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Sunflower

Sunflower

Crime · Drama · 2006

Tae-sik gets out of a prison after spending 10 years for killing a man and wishes nothing but an ordinary life. A local lady welcomes him into her household like a son and he gets a second chance in life. His former gang tries to destroy his new home in order to build a night club but he won’t let them destroy his new family.

Movie details

Sunflower

“A ray of hope and darkness”

2006 Crime · Drama 1h 56m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.2 / 10

2.8K votes

TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Tae-sik gets out of a prison after spending 10 years for killing a man and wishes nothing but an ordinary life. A local lady welcomes him into her household like a son and he gets a second chance in life. His former gang tries to destroy his new home in order to build a night club but he won’t let them destroy his new family.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Sunflower?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Kang Suk-bum

Written by

Kang Suk-bum

Kim Rae-won

Kim Rae-won

Oh Tae-sik

Kim Hae-sook

Kim Hae-sook

Yang Deok-ja

Huh Yi-jae

Huh Yi-jae

Choi Hee-joo

Kim Byeong-ok

Kim Byeong-ok

Jo Pan-soo

Kim Jung-tae

Kim Jung-tae

Kim Yang-ki

Han Jung-soo

Han Jung-soo

Lee Chang-moo

Ji Dae-han

Ji Dae-han

Byung-jin

Court is in session

Put Sunflower on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.