SYNOPSICS
Biseuti boijeu (2008) is a Korean movie. Jong-bin Yoon has directed this movie. Yoon Kyesang,Jung-woo Ha,Jin-Seo Yoon,Seung-min Lee are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2008. Biseuti boijeu (2008) is considered one of the best Drama movie in India and around the world.
Seung-woo through his friend Jae-hyun becomes a "host," or a male gigolo who serves women customers, to make ends meet. Seung-woo's family had been financially successful but suffered bankruptcy and plunged into poverty. Most of his clients are themselves workers in the hostess or prostitution trade. Jae-hyun is a manager at the host bar Seung-woo works at. Jae-hyun is a chronic con artist who lies and cheats women, including his live-in girlfriend who is Seung-woo's sister, to get money. Trouble brews when Seung-woo starts dating one of his customers, a massage parlor girl named Ji-won, and Jae-hyun's scams finally start to catch up with him.
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Gritty drama set in the host-bar industry of Seoul.
This film, also known as "Beastie Boys", is a rather frank depiction of the host/hostess industry in Seoul. We have a big brother and little brother relationship in the two main characters as they "entertain" wealthy, older women in Seoul. As we follow these leads, they start off charming, if flawed. They're cool. They flirt with women, wear expensive clothes, and seem to not have a care in the world as they smooth-talk their way into the lives of their clients. Their shallow and materialistic lifestyles eventually catch up to them, however. We eventually get to see the uglier and more violent side of these men. One is addicted to gambling and lies. The other begins a rather unhealthy relationship with a call girl. Eventually, both of these stories come together. While Korean dramas can possibly be seen as melodramatic to Western audiences, this film delivers a strong, emotional punch that never seems forced or unrealistic. At the same time, the movie can be slow in spots, but it is certainly worth a rental.
Regular film
This is the story of two gigolos, both young but one a little older than the another one. The elder one has also relationship with the sister of the younger one. He is that kind of guy always gambling, telling lies and owing money to everybody. The youngest one is new in the business, in his twenty some and handsome. He makes the mistake of falling in love with a girl involved in the same business, so he becomes dangerously jealous soon. That's essentially all, not much for more than two hours of length. The movie is sometimes pretty real and sometimes over the top. The setting and description of archetypes are realistic but the actions and reactions of main characters, specially the protagonist, aren't at all convincing. Not a big conclusion after more than two hours, either. There are worse Korean films as there are much better ones. Acting is OK the same as technical aspects (until now I haven't watched a Korean movie that fails in that) but script should be polished. The result is so aesthetically brilliant as conceptually incomplete. Not a mess but unsatisfactory.
Disappointing movie on interesting field
I saw this movie on DVD, and I have to say it took an interesting topic like the world of male hosts who entertain women clients, usually workers in the sex trade. Jae-hyun is too predictable and too black-and-white as the chronic shyster, while Seung-woo starts to take a rather unrealistic turn toward the end of the movie. I think the director sped up the action too fast (surprising since the movie is more than two hours long) and the plot simply moved in all the wrong directions. I also think the role of dissatisfied rich women was underplayed in the movie, since they can be major customers of hosts.
Raw and realistic, but that is the only thing that pretty much stands out about this one
The only thing that stands out about this movie for me, is the raw realism when it comes to how selfish, vile and manipulative people can be that works in the red light district. I first thought this movie would be interesting since it has to do with two guys working in the host club. But disappointingly it has more to do with the two characters outside issues. Which is different from both when it comes to individual conflicts they face. But yeah, if your expecting the movie to delve more into the host club side of things in Korea you will be left disappointed. This movie has realism, but it's just mostly compact with people constantly using profanity, cheating, manipulating and hurting one another. In another words it's the complete opposite of a feel-good movie. And when it's finished, it just seems overlong, tiresome and not very satisfying. I don't like the moral of this movie either, which seemed to me is "be a complete utter scumbag and you will win in the end" or something like it. 3.9/10