Blood and Bones (2004)

In 1923, the Korean teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting his employees. He makes fortune, abuses and destroys the lives of his wife and family, having many mistresses and children and showing no respect to anybody. Later he closes the factory, lending the money with high interests and becoming a loan shark. His hatred behavior remains until his last breath, alone in North Korea.

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International (100%)
$4,649,617
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$4,649,617
Summary Details
Domestic DistributorTartan
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Earliest Release DateNovember 6, 2004 (Japan)
Running Time2 hr 20 min
GenresDrama

Europe, Middle East, and Africa

AreaRelease DateOpeningGross
FranceJul 20, 2005$272,486

Asia Pacific

AreaRelease DateOpeningGross
JapanNov 6, 2004$713,821$4,370,922
TaiwanNov 12, 2005$2,270$6,209