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Alive

2015-05-21 · 175 min · ★ 6.3

Drama

You earn as much as you work, and you live off that money. This simple proposition has always been a problem for Jung-cheol. At the soybean paste factory he went to work for in the bitter winter, he dreams of travelling to warm Philippines in spring - as long as he survives the winter making his portion of the soybean paste that he promised the boss. But the more he struggles to live, the worse it gets. And soon, the fermentation room turns musty with the black mold spreading from the thousands of ferment boiled soybean lumps.

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Directors
Park Jung-bum
Production companies
Opus Pictures, Jeonju International Film Festival, LiTTLE BiG PiCTURES, Secondwind Film
Countries
South Korea
Status
Released

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Park Jung-bumPark Jung-bumJung-cheol
Lee Seung-yeonLee Seung-yeonSu-yeon
Park Myung-hoonPark Myung-hoonMyeong-hoon
Park Hee-bonPark Hee-bon
Lee Na-raLee Na-raJin-yeong
Shin Haet-bitHana
Joo Young-hoJoo Young-hoJin-sung

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