The Good, the Bad, the Weird
Director: Kim Ji-Woon
Genre: Western, Adventure, Comedy, Action, World cinema, Action/Adventure, Period piece, Costume Adventure
Year: 2008
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean Language, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese Language
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-Hun, Jung Woo-sung, Byung-ho Son, Uhm Ji-won, Oh Dal-su, Young-chang Song, Ryu Seung-Su
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈, Joheun nom nabbeun nom isanghan nom) is a 2008 South Korean western film, directed by Kim Ji-woon, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, and Jung Woo-sung. It was inspired by Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was released on a limited basis in the U.S on April 23, 2010.
In the desert wilderness of 1930s Manchuria, The Bad (Lee Byung-hun) - a bandit and hitman - is hired to acquire a treasure map from a Japanese official traveling by train. Before he can get it however, The Weird (Song Kang-ho) - a thief (Honghuzi) - steals the map and is caught up in The Bad's derailment of the train. This involves the slaughter of the Japanese and Manchurian guards, and various civilians. The Good (Jung Woo-sung) - an eagle-eyed bounty hunter - appears on the scene to claim the bounty on The Bad. Meanwhile The Weird escapes, eluding his Good and Bad pursuers. A third force - a group of Manchurian bandits - also want the map to sell to the Ghost Market. The Weird hopes to uncover the map's secrets and recover what he believes is gold and riches buried by the Qing Dynasty just before
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