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| Hangul | 친구 |
| Hanja | 親舊 |
| Revised Romanization | Chingu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'in'gu |
| Directed by | Kwak Kyung-taek |
| Written by | Kwak Kyung-taek |
| Produced by | Seok Myeong-hong An Chang-guk Hyeon Gyeong-rim Jo Won-jang |
| Starring | Yu Oh-seong Jang Dong-gun Seo Tae-hwa Jung Woon-taek Kim Bo-kyung |
| Cinematography | Hwang Gi-seok |
| Edited by | Park Gok-ji |
| Music by | Choi Man-sik Choi Sun-sik Im Ju-hui Choi Seung-hyun Oh Hye-won Luc Baiwir |
| Distributed by | Korea Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | $44 million |
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Friend (Korean: 친구) is a 2001 South Korean neo-noir action film written and directed by Kwak Kyung-taek. Upon its release, it became the highest-grossing South Korean movie up to that time. Its record was surpassed in 2003 by Silmido.
This film is the director's experiences with his friends, a semi-autobiography set in his hometown, Busan, and the actors speak with a strongly accented Busan dialect. The film changed the public images of Jang Dong-gun and Yu Oh-seong; previously, Jang had been famous for romantic comedies and Yu had appeared in movies with mostly cult interest.[1]