- Country: South Korea
- Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
- Release: 2001-03-31
- Director: Kyung-taek Kwak
- Writers: Kyung-taek Kwak
- Language: Korean
- Stars: Oh-seong Yu , Jang Dong-gun , Tae-hwa Seo , Jung Woon-taek , Bo-kyeong Kim , Hyun-sook Kim , Hyeon Ju , Ju-bong Gi , Kwang-gyu Kim , Nam-hee Kwon
- Runtime: 113 min
- Awards: 5 wins & 10 nominations
- AKA: Friend (France, French Republic) , Friend (Greece) , Ystävä (Finland) , Barát (Hungary) , Chingoo (Korea) , Friend (Spain) , Chingu (Korea) , Friend (Sweden) , Friend (Argentina) , Friend , Friend (United Kingdom) , Amigo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , 友へ チング (Japan) , Friend (United States of America) , Chingoo , Kolega (Poland) , Friend (Germany) , Friend (Canada) , Друг (Russian Federation)
- Plot:
The film follows the lives of four childhood friends: Joon-seok, the leader, whose father is a powerful mob boss; Dong-su, whose father is an undertaker; class clown Jung-ho; and Sang-taek, an exemplary student. The story is the director’s experience about his friends, a semi-autobiography set in his hometown, Busan. When it was released it was the highest-grossing Korean movie of all time.
- IMDB:tt0281718
Friend Cast · · · ALL
Kyung-taek Kwak
Director
Oh-seong Yu
Joon-seok
Jang Dong-gun
Dong-soo
Tae-hwa Seo
Sang-taek
Jung Woon-taek
Jeong-ho
Bo-kyeong Kim
Jin-sook
Ju-bong Gi
Mustache
Hyeon Ju
Joon-seok's Father
Jae-yong Lee
Scar-Eye
Shin-il Kang
Sang-taek's Father
Nam-hee Kwon
Sang-taek's Mother
Nam-Hee Park
Joon-seok's Mother
Jeong-tae Kim
Doruko
Ho-bin Jeong
Eun-gi
Hong Seok-Yeon
Security Guard
Se-na Lee
Member of Rainbow
Hyun-sook Kim
Member of 7 Princess
Dae-han Ji
Scar-Eye's Shadow
Yoon-tae Kim
Dong-soo's Henchman
Chang Yun
Dong-soo's Henchman
Ji-yeon Lee
Female Employee at Wedding Hall
Kim Sung-nyeo
Bus Conductor