Tazza: The High Rollers

Tazza: The High Rollers
Theatrical release poster
Korean name
Hangul
타짜
Revised RomanizationTajja
McCune–ReischauerT'atcha
Directed byChoi Dong-hoon
Written byChoi Dong-hoon
Based onTajja
by Huh Young-man and Kim Se-yeong
Produced byCha Seung-jae
Kim Mi-hee[1]
StarringCho Seung-woo
Kim Hye-soo
Yoo Hae-jin
Baek Yoon-sik
CinematographyChoi Young-hwan[1]
Edited byShin Min-kyung[1]
Music byJang Young-gyu[1]
Production
company
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • September 28, 2006 (2006-09-28)
Running time
139 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$5.5 million[2]
Box officeUS$39.2 million[3]

Tazza: The High Rollers (Korean타짜) is a 2006 South Korean crime film directed by Choi Dong-hoon and based on Huh Young-man and Kim Se-yeong's manhwa of the same name. Produced by Sidus FNH and distributed by CJ Entertainment, the story revolves around a group of gambling drifters involved in the Korean card game Hwatu (Korean화투; Hanja花鬪; lit. War of Flowers). It was a huge commercial and critical success, becoming one of South Korea's highest-grossing films and winning numerous awards. It was the second best-selling film of 2006 in South Korea, with 6,847,777 admissions nationwide.

  1. ^ a b c d "Tazza: The High Rollers". Variety. 2012-10-08. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  2. ^ "Tazza: The High Rollers". Screened.com. 2012-10-08. Archived from the original on 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. ^ "Tajja (Tazza: The High Rollers)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2012-10-02.