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A Hard Day
2014
· Movie
· 111 min
B
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1422
- IMDb #1840
- Metacritic #1070
- Letterboxd #1640
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1908
- Metacritic Audience #1474
Every rating
72–82
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is IMDb on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 82.
See the most agreed on films →A detective already under investigation for corruption has a very bad day. While driving to his mother's funeral, he accidentally hits a pedestrian with his car. In a panic, he hides the body, but this single decision triggers a chain of catastrophic events. He finds himself being blackmailed by a mysterious man who seems to know everything, leading to a tense game of cat-and-mouse.
Details
- Director
- Kim Seong-hun
- Writers
- Chang Hang-jun, Kim Seong-hun
- Studio
- Dasepo Club, AD406
- Released
- 29 May 2014
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Box office
- $26.5M
- Awards
- 18 wins, 21 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (22) →
Awards & nominations
See all 39 →18 wins from 39 nominations across 12 ceremonies
| 10th Max Movie Awards 2015 | Best Supporting Actor | Cho Jin-woong | Winner |
| 20th Chunsa Film Art Awards 2015 | Best Director (Grand Prix) | Kim Seong-hun | Winner |
| 20th Chunsa Film Art Awards 2015 | Best Actor | Lee Sun-kyun | Nominee |
| 20th Chunsa Film Art Awards 2015 | Technical Award | Nominee | |
| 20th Chunsa Film Art Awards 2015 | Best Screenplay | Kim Seong-hun | Nominee |
| 51st Baeksang Arts Awards 2015 | Best Actor | Cho Jin-woong | Winner |
| 51st Baeksang Arts Awards 2015 | Best Actor | Lee Sun-kyun | Winner |
| 51st Baeksang Arts Awards 2015 | Best Director | Kim Seong-hun | Winner |
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35th Blue Dragon Film Awards
8 nominations, 3 won
| Best Editing | Kim Chang-ju | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Kim Seong-hun | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Cho Jin-woong | Winner |
| Best Actor | Lee Sun-kyun | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Kim Tae-seong | Nominee |
| Best Director | Kim Seong-hun | Nominee |
| Best Film | A Hard Day | Nominee |
| Best Lighting | Kim Gyeong-seok | Nominee |
51st Grand Bell Awards
7 nominations, 3 won
| Best Cinematography | Kim Tae-seong | Winner |
| Best Director | Kim Seong-hun | Winner |
| Best Lighting | Kim Gyeong-seok | Winner |
| Best Editing | Kim Chang-ju | Nominee |
| Best Film | A Hard Day | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Kim Seong-hun | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Cho Jin-woong | Nominee |
51st Baeksang Arts Awards
5 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Cho Jin-woong | Winner |
| Best Actor | Lee Sun-kyun | Winner |
| Best Director | Kim Seong-hun | Winner |
| Best Film | A Hard Day | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Kim Seong-hun | Nominee |
1st Korean Film Producers Association Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Director | Kim Seong-hun | Winner |
| Best Editing | Kim Chang-ju | Winner |
| Best Film | A Hard Day | Winner |
20th Chunsa Film Art Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director (Grand Prix) | Kim Seong-hun | Winner |
| Best Actor | Lee Sun-kyun | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Kim Seong-hun | Nominee |
| Technical Award | Nominee |
10th Max Movie Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actor | Cho Jin-woong | Winner |
15th Busan Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Kim Seong-hun | Winner |
15th Women in Film Korea Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Technical Award | Oh So-ra (sound designer) | Winner |
34th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Critics' Top 10 | A Hard Day | Winner |
6th KOFRA Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Director | Kim Seong-hun | Winner |
23rd Buil Film Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actor | Lee Sun-kyun | Nominee |
| Best New Director | Kim Seong-hun | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Kim Seong-hun | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Cho Jin-woong | Nominee |
9th Asian Film Awards
3 nominations
| Best Editor | Kim Chang-ju | Nominee |
| Best Screenwriter | Kim Seong-hun | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Cho Jin-woong | Nominee |