Running Wild | |||||||||||
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Director: | Kim Sung-soo | ||||||||||
Producer: | Han Seong-gu | ||||||||||
Starring: | Kwon Sang-woo Yoo Ji-tae | ||||||||||
Music: | Kenji Kawai | ||||||||||
Cinematography: | Choi Sang-mook | ||||||||||
Editing: | Ko Im-pyo | ||||||||||
Distributor: | Showbox | ||||||||||
Runtime: | 124 minutes | ||||||||||
Country: | South Korea | ||||||||||
Language: | Korean |
Running Wild is a 2006 South Korean action thriller film directed by Kim Sung-soo. This film was released on 12 January 2006. This film cast Kwon Sang-woo and Yoo Ji-tae.
Jang Do-young is a homicide detective who likes to use violence when dealing with criminals, while Oh Jin-woo is a prosecutor who believes in the importance of data and evidence. After the murder of his younger half-brother, Do-young and Jin-woo meet when Do-young interrupts a stakeout in an attempt at vengeance. The unlikely duo join forces to bring gangster boss Yu Kang-jin to justice, but find that he is too well connected. Being unsuccessful in bringing Yu Kang-jin to justice the duo turn to violence in order to bring him down.
Running Wild was released in South Korea on 12 January 2006,[1] and on its opening weekend was ranked second at the box office with 389,370 admissions.[2] The film went on to receive a total of 1,016,152 admissions nationwide, with a gross (as of 5 February 2006) of .[3]