Rosy Life

Aug 6, 1994

1h 34m

★ 5.5

Overview

A comic book store in Garibong-dong is run by a beautiful woman better known as Madam. This store stays open late into the night, thus attracting varied types of people such as gangsters and hustlers.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Taehung Pictures

Rosy Life Trailers

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Cast

Madame

Choi Myung-gil

Dong-pal

Choi Jae-sung

Ki-young

Cha Kwang-soo

Eugene

Lee Ji-hyoung

Miss Oh

Hwang Mi-sun

Shooting Range Owner

Dong Bang-woo

Mr. Han

Choi Jong-won

Agency Executive

Choi Dong-joon

Manhwa Shop Owner

Chu Bong

Worker 1

Park Yong-Pal

Worker 2

You Il-Moon

Ju Sang-ho

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