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An increasing number of Chinese and Japanese stars have signed to appear in Korean films. In Failan, Hong Kong top star Cecilia Cheung plays a Chinese woman of Korean descent named Failan who, after the death of her parents, comes to Korea to make a living. She pays for a fake marriage in order to obtain a working permit, but is then led unwitting into a bar to work as a prostitute. Only by some quick thinking is she able to escape her situation and find a job at a laundromat run by an old woman. Meanwhile her legal husband, a third-rate gangster played by Choi Min-shik (Old Boy), is embroiled in troubles of his own. He dreams of returning to his hometown, but fights with fellow gang members as his life edges closer to collapse. One day, he receives a letter written in halting Korean from his wife, whom he has never met. (Independent Cinema Office)
(more)Cast
Min-shik Choi
South Korea
Best movies:
Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
Oldboy (2003)
Springtime (2004)
Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi
Hong Kong
Best movies:
Lost in Time (2003)
Failan (2001)
One Nite in Mongkok (2004)
Hyeong-jin Kong
South Korea
Best movies:
Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
Couples (2011)
Runaway: Plan B (2010) (series)
Dae-han Ji
South Korea
Best movies:
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003)
Oldboy (2003)
When I Turned Nine (2004)
Kyeong-jin Min
South Korea
Best movies:
Castaway on the Moon (2009)
Always (2011)
Mother (2009)
Soo-hyun Kim
South Korea
Best movies:
Oldboy (2003)
Crying Fist (2005)
Failan (2001)
Ji-yeong Kim
South Korea
Best movies:
Silenced (2011)
My Son (2007)
My Girlfriend Is a Gumiho (2010) (series)
Kyeong-ae Kim
South Korea
Best movies:
Dawn (2010) (series)
A Millionaire's First Love (2006)
Failan (2001)
Woo-yeol Park
South Korea
Best movies:
When I Turned Nine (2004)
Poetry (2010)
Failan (2001)
Kwang-sik Kim
South Korea
Best movies:
The Uncanny Counter (2020) (series)
Il Ji-Mae: The Phantom Thief (2008) (series)
Failan (2001)