Tazza: The High Rollers

In 1994, Goni(Original name Kim gon),a recent university graduate, has lost his entire savings, and money stolen from his family(his older sister), after being swindled by professional cheat gamblers(Park moo sik and Kwak Cheol Yong). In order to regain the money,from 1994 to 1995, Goni begins training in the art of trickery under one of the best gamblers in the country, Mr. Pyeong(also translated as Officer Pyeong.He is the top three gamblers along with Agwi of Jeolla province and JJakgwi(One ear) of Gyeongsang Province). He becomes well-known, wandering about different gambling places throughout the country with Pyeong. Madam Jeong, who runs an illegal gambling operation and plays the role of the architect of setting the plot in their gambling fraud schemes, begins to show interest in Goni.Over some philosophical differences in the art of gambling, Goni leaves Pyeong and begins working for Jeong, whom he also has a love tryst with. A ooncerned Pyeong, tries to discourage Goni to leave the gambling scene by cutting his finger, but while Goni tries to cut fingers, he accdidentally meets Agwi, who is known to kill his opponents after a gambling match with him. While in his usual gambling operations, Goni receives a call that Mr Pyeong was found dead with his wrist sliced off(initially implied to be a result of losing the match against Agwi, as Agwi murders his opponent.). An angry Goni,full of revenge, prepares to have a proper match with Agwi to beat him. While he was having another gambling match that leads to the arrest of madam Jung, he meets another cardsharp Ko gwang ryol, who joins the dream team that would help Goni's match with Agwi.Goni meets JJakgwi who he learns the art of lying from. Goni also develops a relationship with Hwa ran, and delivers money to his family. Before he meets Agwi, he tries to beat Kwak cheol yong by beating at his own game, but is later caught, but goni averses the risk by murdering Kwak cheolyong's squad in an impromtu car accident.Meanwhile raccoon finds that Madam jeong is the reall killer of Mr pyeong, who ordered her bodyguard to kill for him.Ko gwang ryeol matches with Agwi and gets hurt. Goni finally gets a match with agwi, with madam jeong helping goni, and leads to Agwi losing the bet. However, as the game progresses it was revealed goni has suspected madam jeong making agwi and madam jeong lose all the things they have.After a fight in the train, goni mysteriously disappears.Goni hiding his previous life ends with involving in another form of gambling.

• Cho Seung-woo as Kim Goni
• Kim Hye-soo as Madam Jeong
• Yoo Hae-jin as Ko Gwang-ryeol
• Baek Yoon-sik as Mr. Pyeong
• Kim Yoon-seok as Agui
• Kim Eung-soo as Kwak Cheol-yong
• Kim Sang-ho as Park Moo-seok
• Lee Soo-kyung as Hwa-ran
• Park Soo-young as Go Ni's Uncle
• Kim Jung-nan as Se-ran
• Jo Sang-geon as Raccoon (detective)
• Huh Young-man (cameo)

5 Points Pictures gave the film a two-disc DVD release in North America on September 18, 2012.[5] The film is subtitled and includes nearly 3 hours of bonus features, including the making of the film, a comparison between the film and its source manhwa, and gambling tricks explained by a former professional gambler.

A sequel, titled Tazza: The Hidden Card, was directed by Kang Hyeong-cheol and starred Choi Seung-hyun, Shin Se-kyung, Kwak Do-won and Lee Hanee, with Yoo Hae-jin and Kim Yoon-seok reprising their roles. It began filming on January 2, 2014, and was released on September 3, 2014.[6]

A second sequel, Tazza: One Eyed Jack, was released in 2019. It was directed by Kwon Oh-kwang and stars Park Jung-min and Ryoo Seung-bum.[7]

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