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Hangul | 타짜: 신의 손 |
Revised Romanization | Tajja: Sineui Son |
McCune–Reischauer | T‘acha: Sin-ŭi Son |
Directed by | Kang Hyeong-cheol |
Written by | Jo Sang-beom |
Based on |
Tajja by Huh Young-man and Kim Se-yeong |
Produced by | Lee Anna |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Kim Tae-gyeong |
Edited by | Nam Na-yeong |
Music by | Kim Jun-seok |
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Running time | 147 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$31 million [1] |
Tazza: The Hidden Card ( Korean: 타짜: 신의 손; RR: Tajja: Sineui Son; lit. Tazza: Hand of God) is a 2014 South Korean crime film directed by Kang Hyeong-cheol based on Huh Young-man and Kim Se-yeong's manhwa of the same name. [2] [3] It is followed by Tazza: One Eyed Jack, released in 2019.
After Ham Dae-gil enters the gambling world, he is set up as the fall guy in a crooked deal. To get revenge, he enters a final game which could be fatal to the loser.
Due to the box office success of Choi Dong-hoon's gambling epic Tazza: The High Rollers (it attracted 6.84 million in admissions in 2006, making it one of the highest-grossing Korean films that year), production company Sidus FNH announced a sequel, with Jang Joon-hwan originally attached as screenwriter/director and a release planned for late 2008. [7] But pre-production was later halted, and Jang pulled out of the film.
Speculation about a sequel continued, given that Tajja, the famous local comic series (or " manhwa") illustrated by Huh Young-man and written by Kim Se-yeong that served as the 2006 film's source material comes in four volumes, each with entirely different characters and settings. Tazza 2 is based on the second volume Tazza: Hand of God, which was published on November 16, 2006, by Random House Korea.
In 2012, Kang Hyeong-cheol signed on to direct the sequel, and casting was finalized in late 2013, with Choi Seung-hyun as lead character Ham Dae-gil, the nephew of Goni, the protagonist in Tazza: The High Rollers. [8]
Filming began on January 2, 2014, at a pool hall in Cheongnyangni-dong, Seoul. [9] [10] [11]
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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2014
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51st Grand Bell Awards [12] | Best Director | Nominated | |
Best New Actress | Nominated | |||
Best Music | Kim Jun-seok
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35th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
Best Editing | Nominated | |||
Best Music | Kim Jun-seok
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Popular Star Award | Won | |||
2015
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51st Paeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actress | Nominated | |
2016
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4th Annual DramaFever Awards | Best Feature Film | Tazza: The Hidden Card
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Won |