Nameless Gangster (2012) on Netflix
Busan, 1982. Customs officer Choi Ik-hyun takes bribes and pilfers goods. He finds ten kilograms of crystal meth and brings it to gangster Choi Hyung-bae, who has yakuza ties.
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Plot summary
Choi Ik-hyun is a customs officer in Busan who takes bribes and pilfers goods with his colleagues. One night he finds ten kilograms of crystal meth in a warehouse. He and a fellow officer, Mr. Jang, bring it to Jang's friend, the gangster Choi Hyung-bae, who has ties to Japan's yakuza. Ik-hyun learns that Hyung-bae belongs to the same Choi clan of Gyeongju, and the two become close. Ik-hyun leaves the customs service and becomes a full-time businessman, while Hyung-bae handles the underworld side.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Nameless Gangster (2012)
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- Choi Min-sik reportedly gained 10 kilograms for his role in Nameless Gangster, while co-star Ha Jung-woo spent eight hours being fitted with the fake body tattoos his character wears.
- The film's scenes and lines were widely parodied on South Korean TV variety shows such as Gag Concert and Infinite Challenge, where comedians copied the characters' hairstyles and Choi Min-sik's catchphrase "살아 있네".
- The film's heavy use of the Busan dialect stirred new viewer interest in regional dialects long frowned on as "backwards" beside standard Seoul speech. Most gangster actors, except Cho Jin-woong, were not from Busan and had to learn the dialect from scratch over several months.
