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No Tears for the Dead
A bullet-riddled Korean noir of guilt and penance, where a killer's single fatal mistake turns into a vigil of protection, and remorse falls like rain on concrete.
No Tears for the Dead
No Tears for the Dead

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"His first mistake is his last chance for redemption."

04 June 2014 South Korea 117 min 7.3 (313)

Director: Lee Jeong-beom

Cast: Jang Dong-gun, Kim Min-hee, Brian Tee, Kim Min-jae, Brian Kim

Drama Action Thriller Guilt and Remorse Redemption through Sacrifice Grief and Loss The Hitman's Code and Honor Exhaustion with Violence
Box Office: $4,500,000

No Tears for the Dead — Characters & Cast

Character Analysis

Gon

Jang Dong-gun

Archetype: Antihero / remorseful assassin Key Trait: Guilt-ridden, lethal efficiency

Motivation

To atone for the death of the girl by protecting her mother.

Character Arc

Gon starts as a professional killer for hire in the United States. After accidentally killing a child, he is filled with guilt. In Korea he refuses to kill his new target and ends up protecting her against the other assassins, at a heavy cost to himself.

Mo-gyeong

Kim Min-hee

Archetype: Grieving mother / target Key Trait: Fierce resolve beneath grief

Motivation

Survival and the truth about her daughter's death.

Character Arc

Mo-gyeong is a woman devastated by the loss of her husband and daughter who becomes the target of a hit. In the climax she has to arm herself against the man coming to kill her, who is the same man that killed her daughter.

Rival assassin

Brian Tee

Archetype: Antagonist Key Trait: Ruthless professionalism

Motivation

To complete the job that Gon will not finish.

Character Arc

A killer in the same violent world as Gon. He becomes part of the threat that closes in once Gon abandons his contract.

Cast

Jang Dong-gun as Gon
Kim Min-hee as Mo-kyeong
Brian Tee as Charles
Kim Min-jae as Team Leader Park
Brian Kim as John Lee
Kim Hie-won as Head of a Department Byeon
Jeon Bae-soo as Detective Jang
Byun Yo-han as Song Joon-gi
Lee Young-ran as Ok-soon
Kang Ji-woo as Yoo-mi
Anthony Dilio as Juan
Alexander Wraith as Alvaro
Rich Ting as Asing
Dana Lee as Dai Ban
Angela Bullock as Emma

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