Te-o begins life as a lonely son of a high-ranking officer. He buys his friends with money and ice cream. Eventually two of these boys, the orphans Euglena and Amoeba, become real friends. Years later, Te-o abandons his overseas education and returns home. He finds Euglena making a living as an artist the hulking Amoeba had suffered a head injury which has arrested his mental development. After drinking, the three friends are stopped by a police officer. The police officer is accidently killed by a garbage dumpster and, even though the Te-o, Euglena, and Amoeba are innocent, the policeman's partner demands that they pay 20 million dollars in return for their freedom. From there is becomes a comedy of kidnapping, corruption, and chaos.
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Cast
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Ahn Jae-mo
Known for
My Wife is a Gangster
Birdcage Inn
Kang Seong-jin
Known for
Attack the Gas Station!
Apt
Sun-yeol Lee
Mu-yeong Lee
Heo Jeong-im
Park Sang-myeon
Known for
Dali & Cocky Prince
My Wife is a Gangster
Park Chan-wook
Also in
Crush and Blush
Making of The Handmaiden
Park Young-gye
Ahn Suk-hwan
Known for
Boys Over Flowers
Personal Taste
Young-gye Park
Ma Bok-dae
Myeong Soon-mi
Known for
Judgement
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well
Sun-mi Myeong
Rosa
Lee Mu-yeong Director · Park Chan-wook Writer Byun Hee-sung Cinematographer
First release May 12, 2001 · Produced in South Korea · Original title 휴머니스트
Production
South Korea
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Original title
휴머니스트
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
South Korea · May 12, 2001
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No release date listed for United States.
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