Bloody Tie

Bloody Tie (lit. "A Life-or-Death Decision") is a 2006 South Korean neo-noir action crime film directed by Choi Ho, it stars Hwang Jung-min as a detective trying to track down a drug lord by cooperating with a mid-level drug dealer, played by Ryoo Seung-bum.

Plot
Sang-do (Ryoo Seung-bum) is a fast talking crystal meth dealer who considers himself more of a businessman than a criminal. Sang-do has been involved in the drug business all of his life. His uncle was a drug dealer (Kim Hee-ra), specializing in manufacturing crystal meth. Sang-do's mother died when one of his uncle's meth labs blew up in an accident.

Do Jin-kwang (Hwang Jung-min) is a hard-nosed cop who doesn't always play by the rules. Do's partner died four years ago, while trying to take down the top drug dealer Jang Chul (Lee Do-kyeong) in Busan. Since his partner's death, Do has been driven to arrest Jang Chul and this time he plans to use Sang-do to finally take him down.

Cast

 * Ryoo Seung-bum - Oh Sang-do
 * Hwang Jung-min - Do Jin-kwang
 * Kim Hee-ra - Lee Taek-jo
 * Choo Ja-hyun - Ji-young
 * Lee Do-kyeong - Jang Chul
 * On Joo-wan - Yoo Sung-geun
 * Kim Jin-hyeok - Young-nam
 * Jung Woo - Detective Kim
 * Lee Eol - Detective Kim
 * Shin Jung-geun - Section chief Go
 * Yang Ki-won - Hyung-nam
 * Kim Sun-hwa - Hyung-nam's girl
 * Min Do-gi
 * Choi Jin-ho - Chang-joon

Awards and nominations
2006 Busan Film Critics Awards
 * Best Actor - Hwang Jung-min
 * Best Supporting Actress - Choo Ja-hyun

2006 Grand Bell Awards
 * Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
 * Nomination - Best Actor - Ryoo Seung-bum
 * Nomination - Best Editing - Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum

2006 Blue Dragon Film Awards
 * Nomination - Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
 * Nomination - Best Cinematography - Oh Hyun-je
 * Nomination - Best Lighting - Im Jae-young
 * Nomination - Best Music - Kim Sang-man

2006 Korean Film Awards
 * Best Supporting Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
 * Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
 * Nomination - Best Actor - Ryoo Seung-bum
 * Nomination - Best Actor - Hwang Jung-min
 * Nomination - Best Cinematography - Oh Hyun-je
 * Nomination - Best Editing - Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum

2006 Director's Cut Awards
 * Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun

2007 Baeksang Arts Awards
 * Best Actor - Ryoo Seung-bum
 * Nomination - Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun