Cruel Winter Blues

Cruel Winter Blues
Poster for Cruel Winter Blues (2006)
Korean name
Hangul
열혈남아
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYeolhyeolnama
McCune–ReischauerYŏrhyŏlnama
Directed byLee Jeong-beom
Written byLee Jeong-beom
Produced byCha Seung-jae
Kim Mi-hee
StarringSul Kyung-gu
Jo Han-sun
Na Moon-hee
CinematographyKim Dong-cheon
Edited byShin Min-kyung
Music byKim Jun-seok
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • November 9, 2006 (2006-11-09)
Running time
118 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$4 million
Box officeUS$2.5 million

Cruel Winter Blues (Korean: 열혈남아; RR: Yeol-hyeol-nam-a; lit. "A Hot-blooded Man") is a 2006 South Korean neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by Lee Jeong-beom. It stars Sul Kyung-gu, Jo Han-sun and Na Moon-hee in the lead roles. The narrative centers around a small-time crook who partners with a retired taekwondo practitioner to seek revenge on the man who killed his mentor, and ends up befriending the killer's mother who reminds him of his hometown.

The film released on 9 November 2006.