Chronicle of a Blood Merchant

Original title: Heosamgwan maehyeolgi

2015
2h 4m

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Ha Ji-Won and Ha Jung-woo in Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (2015)

Set in the 1960's, this film is a story about a man without money or plans and his struggles with reality, based on the bestselling novel 'Chronicle of a Blood Merchant'.Set in the 1960's, this film is a story about a man without money or plans and his struggles with reality, based on the bestselling novel 'Chronicle of a Blood Merchant'.Set in the 1960's, this film is a story about a man without money or plans and his struggles with reality, based on the bestselling novel 'Chronicle of a Blood Merchant'.

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6.8/10

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- 2 nominations

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Director Ha Jung-woo's second film; he also plays the main character.

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Before donating blood, three guys are seen drawing water from a stream with something resembling a very modern tetra-pack with its top cut off, similar to what milk and juice come in. The film starts in 1953, when such a thing didn't exist in Korea; such a plastic-coated pack was just invented and didn't resemble what they were using. It's highly unlikely that those guys would have access to such a sophisticated package.

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6/10

Basically faithful to the original works

Basically faithful to the original works, unfortunately, the social atmosphere and history of Korea are always worse. The protagonist is still relatively in place to deduce the situation of small people struggling to live hard. Besides, Yile is really good.