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Alive
Genres
Drama
Overview
You earn as much as you work, and you live off that money. This simple proposition has always been a problem for Jung-cheol. At the soybean paste factory he went to work for in the bitter winter, he dreams of travelling to warm Philippines in spring - as long as he survives the winter making his portion of the soybean paste that he promised the boss. But the more he struggles to live, the worse it gets. And soon, the fermentation room turns musty with the black mold spreading from the thousands of ferment boiled soybean lumps.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
175 min
Release Date
2015-05-21
Status
Released
Original Language
Korean
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
6.3
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Park Jung-bum
Jung-cheol
Lee Seung-yeon
Su-yeon
Park Myung-hoon
Myeong-hoon
Park Hee-von
Lee Na-ra
Jin-yeong
Shin Haet-bit
Hana
Joo Young-ho
Jin-sung
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