The Show Must Go On (2007 film)
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| Hangul | 우아한 세계 |
| Hanja | 우아한 世界 |
| RR | Uahan segye |
| MR | Uahan segye |
| Directed by | Han Jae-rim |
| Written by | Han Jae-rim |
| Produced by | Kang Tae-woo Jeong Young-joo |
| Starring | Song Kang-ho Park Ji-young Oh Dal-su Yoon Je-moon Choi Il-hwa |
| Cinematography | Park Yong-soo |
| Edited by | Kim Sun-min |
| Music by | Yoko Kanno |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$6.7 million[1] |
The Show Must Go On (Korean: 우아한 세계; RR: Uahan segye; lit. 'Elegant World') is a 2007 South Korean crime comedy film written and directed by Han Jae-rim. The film stars Song Kang-ho as a gangster who aspires to be a full-time husband and dad. It was released theatrically in South Korea on 5 April 2007.
Unlike most men who hold titles like "Manager" or "Director", Kang In-gu is called "Boss". But beyond his unconventional profession, his love for his family is just like any other hardworking father in South Korea. Each day, he balances his life between being a dedicated enforcer for the organization and playing the role of a caring dad—all in pursuit of his dream: to live elegantly with his family in a quiet countryside home. The elegant life he longs for seems within reach, but constant demands from his family to leave his job—and the tense rivalry with the organization's second-in-command, Noh Sang-moo—threaten to pull him further away from that dream.
Cast
- Song Kang-ho as Kang In-gu
- Park Ji-young as Mi-ryung
- Oh Dal-su as Hyun-soo
- Yoon Je-moon as Director Noh Sang-moo
- Choi Il-hwa as Chairman Noh
- Kim So-eun as Hee-soo
- Choi Jong-ryul as owner of dumpling restaurant
- Jung In-gi as police chief
- Kim Kyeong-ik as Hee-soo's teacher
- Kwon Tae-won as police chief of police substation
- Lee Dae-yeon as company president Baek
- Oh Jung-se as manager
- Lydia Park as female employee
- Lee Yong-yi as granny in broken-down home
- Min Seong-wook as Director Noh's subordinate
- Son Se-bin as daughter of woman in mourning
- Park Jin-woo as reporter
- Lee Jang-hoon as Yong-seok
Release
The film was released in South Korea on April 5, 2007, and received a total of 1,025,781 admissions nationwide.[2]