ONE MAP. THREE VILLAINS. WINNER TAKES ALL.
Genre maestro Kim Jee-woon (A Tale of Two Sisters) set his sights on new frontiers and spiced them up with his rollicking kimchi western The Good, the Bad, the Weird. Wrangling three of Korea’s biggest stars, he orchestrated an audacious action epic sweeping across the dusty Manchurian plains.
In the 1930s, three gun-toting Koreans converge on a train with different objectives but after an explosive altercation they leave it with the same goal: track down a map leading to an unfathomable treasure. The ‘Good’ is bounty hunter Park Dowon (Jung Woo-sung, 12.12: The Day), who is chasing down the ‘Bad’, the ruthless bandit Park Chang-yi (Lee Byung-hun, A Bittersweet Life), rumored to be the notorious ‘Finger Cutter’. Meanwhile, wily thief Yoon Tae-goo (Song Kang-ho, Parasite), the ‘Weird’, is on the hunt for anything he can get his hands on. Backs are stabbed, fingers are cut, and many bullets fly as this dangerous trio blast their way through the desert in search of untold riches.
This glorious resurrection of the Manchurian Western was the biggest and most ambitious production ever undertaken in Korea. Presented here in stunning 4K, experience this spicy slice of wild west mayhem as you’ve never seen it before.
2-DISC SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS
DISC ONE – FEATURE PRESENTATIONS
• 4K master approved by director Kim Jee-woon
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
• Includes both the International and Korean versions of the film presented via seamless branching
• DTS-HD MA 7.1 audio on both cuts of the film
• Optional English subtitles
• Audio commentary by film critic James Marsh and film critic and producer Pierce Conran
• Archival audio commentary of the International Cut by director Kim Jee-woon and actors Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, and Jung Woo-sung
• Archival audio commentary of the Korean Version by director Kim Jee-woon, cinematographer Lee Mogae, lighting director Oh Seung-chul, and art director Cho Hwa-sung (Korean Version)
• Introduction to the film by Kim Jee-woon
DISC TWO – BONUS FEATURES
• Corralling Chaos in the Desert, an interview with director Kim Jee-woon
• Dusty Dust-ups and Sweaty Saddles, an interview with martial arts coordinator Jung Doo-hong
• Archival making-of films and featurettes
• Trailer gallery
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh
- Region Code:
- Region B
- Duration:
- 130 minutes
- Original Language:
- Korean
- Extras:
- Language(s): Korean, Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1 - 2.35:1, 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, Commentary: James Marsh (critic) and Pierce Conran (critic/producer); International version: Kim Jee-woon, Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun and Jung Woo-sung (actors); Korean version: Kim Jee-woon, Lee Mo-gae (cinematographer), Oh Seung-chul (lighting director) and Cho Hwa-sung (art director), Image Gallery, Interviews: Kim Jee-woon (director); Jung Doo-hong (martial arts coordinator), Making of Documentary, Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh; Includes both the International and Korean versions of the film presented via seamless branching; Introduction to the film by Kim Jee-woon, Trailers