Tough as Iron

Oct 2, 2013

1h 48m

★ 6.5

Bound and determined.

Overview

Gang-cheol is a legendary street fighter in Busan who cleaned up his act to care for his sick mother. Knowing he's desperate for money for his mother's operation, Sang-gon proposes that Gang-cheol works for him.

Genres

Drama

Action

Production Companies

CJ Entertainment

Daemyung Culture Factory

Popcorn Film

Cinema Service

The Dream & Pictures

Tough as Iron Trailers

Cast

Gang-cheol

Yoo Ah-in

Soon-i

Kim Hae-sook

Sang-gon

Kim Jung-tae

Hwi-gon

Kim Seung-o

Soo-ji

Jung Yu-mi

Jong-soo

Lee Si-eon

Yagami

Shin Jung-keun

Jae-sook

Bae Seul-ki

Organ Broker

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