The Good, the Bad, the Weird
- IMDb link: 0901487
- IMDb rating: 7.2 (39,872 votes) Search
- Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
- Director: Woo-sung Jung, Jee-woon Kim
- Cast: Kang-ho Song, Byung-Hun Lee, Je-mun Yun and others
- Release date: 17 Jul 2008
- Release year: 2008
- Runtime: 130 minutes
- Country: South Korea
- Keywords: map, treasure, manchuria, franz jager, japanese occupation, 1930s, south korea, reference to spaghetti western films, parody comedy, manchurian western
Plot
Storyline
The story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits.
A guksu western. Three Korean gunslingers are in Manchuria circa World War II: Do-wan, an upright bounty hunter, Chang-yi, a thin-skinned and ruthless killer, and Tae-goo, a train robber with nine lives. Tae-goo finds a map he's convinced leads to buried treasure; Chang-yi wants it as well for less clear reasons. Do-wan tracks the map knowing it will bring him to Chang-yi, Tae-goo, and reward money. Occupying Japanese forces and their Manchurian collaborators also want the map, as does the Ghost Market Gang who hangs out at a thieves' bazaar. These enemies cross paths frequently and dead bodies pile up. Will anyone find the map's destination and survive to tell the tale?
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