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 Do-won (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), rumoured 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 for the very first time in stunning 4K, experience this spicy slice of wild west mayhem as you’ve never seen it before, on limited edition 4K UHD and Blu-Ray from Arrow Video, releasing on 9th December in the UK.
2-DISC LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD CONTENTS
• Brand new 4K master, approved by director Kim Jee-woon
• DTS-HD MA 7.1 on both cuts of the film
• Optional English subtitles
• Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh
• 40-page perfect bound collector’s book featuring new writing by Darcy Paquet, Kyu Hyun Kim, Cho Jae-whee, and Ariel Schudson
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh
• Three postcard-sized artcards
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh
DISC ONE – FEATURE PRESENTATIONS (4K ULTRA-HD BLU-RAY™)
• 4K Ultra HD (2160p) presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
• Includes both the International and Korean versions of the film presented via seamless branching
• Brand new audio commentary by film critic James Marsh and film critic and producer Pierce Conran
• Archival audio commentary by director Kim Jee-woon and actors Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, and Jung Woo-sung (International version)
• Archival audio commentary by director Kim Jee-woon, cinematographer Lee Mo-gae, lighting director Oh Seung-chul, and art director Cho Hwa-sung (Korean Version)
• A new introduction to the film by Kim Jee-woon
DISC TWO – BONUS FEATURES (BLU-RAY™)
• Corralling chaos in the desert, a new interview with director Kim Jee-woon
• Dusty dust-ups and sweaty saddles, a new interview with martial arts coordinator Jung Doo-hong
• Archival making of films and featurettes
• Trailer gallery
• Image gallery
2-DISC LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS
• Brand new 4K master, approved by director Kim Jee-woon
• DTS-HD MA 7.1 on both cuts of the film
• Optional English subtitles
• Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh
• 40-page perfect bound collector’s book featuring new writing by Darcy Paquet, Kyu Hyun Kim, Cho Jae-whee, and Ariel Schudson
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh
• Three postcard-sized artcards
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Nathanael Marsh
DISC ONE – FEATURE PRESENTATIONS (BLU-RAY™)
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray™ presentation
• Includes both the International and Korean versions of the film presented via seamless branching
• Brand new audio commentary by film critic James Marsh and film critic and producer Pierce Conran
• Archival audio commentary by director Kim Jee-woon and actors Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, and Jung Woo-sung (International version)
• Archival audio commentary by director Kim Jee-woon, cinematographer Lee Mo-gae, lighting director Oh Seung-chul, and art director Cho Hwa-sung (Korean Version)
• A new introduction to the film by Kim Jee-woon
DISC TWO – BONUS FEATURES (BLU-RAY™)
• Corralling chaos in the desert, a new interview with director Kim Jee-woon
• Dusty dust-ups and sweaty saddles, a new interview with martial arts coordinator Jung Doo-hong
• Archival making of films and featurettes
• Trailer gallery
• Image gallery
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