Tazza: The High Rollers | |
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Korean name | |
Hangul | 타짜 |
Revised Romanization | Tajja |
McCune–Reischauer | T'atcha |
Directed by | Choi Dong-hoon |
Written by | Choi Dong-hoon |
Based on | Tajja by Huh Young-man and Kim Se-yeong |
Produced by | Cha Seung-jae Kim Mi-hee[1] |
Starring | Cho Seung-woo Kim Hye-soo Yoo Hae-jin Baek Yoon-sik |
Cinematography | Choi Young-hwan[1] |
Edited by | Shin Min-kyung[1] |
Music by | Jang Young-gyu[1] |
Production company | |
Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Budget | US$5.5 million[2] |
Box office | US$39.2 million[3] |
Tazza: The High Rollers (Korean: 타짜) 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 (Korean: 화투; 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.