A Wacky Switch (2004) - 나두야 간다

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If gangster movies are currently in favor in the Korean cinema, the formula of two male lead characters is increasingly appealing to mainstream directors here. "A Wacky Switch" takes advantage of both trends - apparently a safe bet for director Jung Yeon-won, who makes his debut with this work.
Dong-hwa (Jung Jun-ho) is an obscure writer who has failed to make his name in the literary world. He wrote one novel titled "I met Kafka", and the publishing company met with bankruptcy as a result.

The problem is that Dong-hwa insists on a writing career even though no publishing house is now willing to put out his not-so-impressive novel. Naturally, his wife is unhappy and pushes him to make a living as a taxi driver. But this job proves too mundane for the writer, with his lofty artistic ambitions.

One day, Dong-hwa is offered a job as a ghostwriter for a CEO named Man-cheol (Son Chang-min), who turns out to be the ringleader of the biggest criminal syndicate in Korea.


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