Lee Dae-ro Can't Die

Lee Dae-ro Can't Die (Korean: 이대로, 죽을 순 없다; RR: I Dae-ro jukeulsun opta; also known as Short Time) is a 2005 South Korean action film about a corrupt police officer who is told he has only three months to live, and plots his own death so his wife can collect his insurance policy. The film was released to South Korean cinemas on August 18 and received a total of 838,419 admissions nationwide.[2]

Lee Dae-ro Can't Die
Poster to Lee Dae-ro Can't Die (2005)
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationI Dae-ro, jugeul sun eobda
McCune–ReischauerYi Tae-ro, chuŭl sun ŏpta
Directed byLee Young-eun
Written byHwang Jo-yun
Produced byKim Dong-ju
Kim Young-wun
StarringLee Beom-soo
Byeon Ju-yeon
Choi Sung-kook
CinematographyHong Jong-gyeong
Edited byKim Sun-min
Music byHan Jae-kwon
Distributed byShowEast
Release date
  • August 18, 2005 (2005-08-18)
Running time
108 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$4,736,013[1]

The film is similar to that of the 1990 American dark comedy film, Short Time.

Plot

An officer in the violent crimes division, Dae-ro is a hero in his daughter Hyun-ji's eyes, but in fact he's a corrupt cop, interested only in bribe money and pretty women. He is totally selfish and takes great pains to keep himself out of harm's way, avoiding the danger inherent in his job. One day, while in pursuit of a suspect, Dae-ro faints and is taken to the hospital. There he is told that he has a brain tumor and has about three months to live at most. To provide for his daughter's financial security, Dae-ro plots his own death that will appear accidental so that she will collect a sizable insurance premium.

Cast

References
  1. "Lee Dae-ro, jook-eul soon eobs-da (Short Time)". Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  2. "Korean Film List 2005".


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