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Gorgeous Charming Dangerous, KIM HYE-SOO

Tazza: The High Rollers

CHOI Donghoon

Korea2006139min Color

Synopsis

A guy with a talent for cards makes his way into the dangerous world of underground gambling. Go-ni has lost his entire savings at a gambling joint. He begins training to be the best slicker under a master of gambling. A film based on the comic book Tajja by Huh Youngman.

Program Note

The Korean film industry has had a genre complex for a long time. At that time, Choi Donghoon demonstrated the importance of the less genre-driven films. He pushed to the limits the blending of character conflict. Every line of dialogue is well made. The passionate veteran actors’ performance is intense, and the directing is explosive and sophisticated. Tazza: The High Rollers is a new and exciting movie to watch again and again. In this film, Kim Hyesoo manipulates men, who are trying not to lose. Her portrayal emits great attraction. (LEE Yongcheol)

Diretor

CHOI Donghoon

Born in 1971, Choi majored in Korean Literature at Seogang University. His feature debut The Big Swindle (2004) received critical and commercial acclaims. After that, with Tazza: The High Rollers (2006), Jeon Woo-chi: The Taoist Wizard (2009) and The Thieves (2012), heis said that he opened the new chapter of Korean crime thriller on top of the huge commercial success.