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The Man from Nowhere
2010
· Movie
· 119 min
A
MEANRANK
83/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #292
- IMDb #745
- Google retired #36
- Rotten Tomatoes #107
- Letterboxd #845
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #571
Every rating
77–98
out of 100
A quiet and mysterious pawnshop keeper with a violent past forms a friendship with the young girl who lives next door. When she and her mother are kidnapped by organ traffickers, he is forced to return to the skills of his former life, unleashing a brutal campaign of vengeance to save her.
Details
- Director
- Lee Jeong-beom
- Writer
- Lee Jeong-beom
- Released
- 4 August 2010
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean, English
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $1.3M
- Box office
- $43.1M
- Awards
- 35 wins, 18 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 53 →35 wins from 53 nominations across 17 ceremonies
| Asian Film Awards 2010 | Best Visual Effects | Park Jung-ryul | Nominee |
| Baeksang Arts Awards 2010 | Best Actor | Won Bin | Nominee |
| Baeksang Arts Awards 2010 | Best Director | Lee Jeong-beom | Nominee |
| Baeksang Arts Awards 2010 | Best Film | The Man from Nowhere | Winner |
| Baeksang Arts Awards 2010 | Best New Actress | Kim Sae-ron | Nominee |
| Baeksang Arts Awards 2010 | Most Popular Actor | Won Bin | Nominee |
| Baeksang Arts Awards 2010 | Most Popular Actress | Kim Sae-ron | Nominee |
| Beaune International Thriller Film Festival 2010 | Grand Prize | The Man from Nowhere | Winner |
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Korean Film Awards
7 nominations, 7 won
| Best Actor | Won Bin | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Lee Tae-yoon | Winner |
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum | Winner |
| Best Lighting | Lee Cheol-oh | Winner |
| Best Music | Shim Hyun-jung | Winner |
| Best New Actress | Kim Sae-ron | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Park Jung-ryul | Winner |
Blue Dragon Film Awards
12 nominations, 4 won
| Audience Choice Award | The Man from Nowhere | Winner |
| Box Office Award | The Man from Nowhere | Winner |
| Popular Star Award | Won Bin | Winner |
| Technical Award | Park Jung-ryul | Winner |
| Best Actor | Won Bin | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Hong-sam Yang | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Lee Tae-yoon | Nominee |
| Best Director | Lee Jeong-beom | Nominee |
| Best Film | The Man from Nowhere | Nominee |
| Best Lighting | Lee Cheol-oh | Nominee |
| Best Music | Shim Hyun-jung | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Lee Jeong-beom | Nominee |
Grand Bell Awards
7 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Won Bin | Winner |
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Kim Tae-ui | Winner |
| Popularity Award | Won Bin | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Lee Tae-yoon | Nominee |
| Best Director | Lee Jeong-beom | Nominee |
| Best Film | The Man from Nowhere | Nominee |
University Film Festival of Korea
4 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Won Bin | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Lee Tae-yoon | Winner |
| Best Director | Lee Jeong-beom | Winner |
| Best Music | Shim Hyun-jung | Winner |
Max Movie Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Won Bin | Winner |
| Best Director | Lee Jeong-beom | Winner |
| Best New Actress | Kim Sae-ron | Winner |
Buil Film Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Music | Shim Hyun-jung | Winner |
| Special Award (Buil Independence Judge) | The Man from Nowhere | Winner |
| Best Actor | Won Bin | Nominee |
Cine21 Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Actor of the Year | Won Bin | Winner |
| Producer of the Year | Lee Tae-heon | Winner |
Baeksang Arts Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film | The Man from Nowhere | Winner |
| Best Actor | Won Bin | Nominee |
| Best Director | Lee Jeong-beom | Nominee |
| Best New Actress | Kim Sae-ron | Nominee |
| Most Popular Actor | Won Bin | Nominee |
| Most Popular Actress | Kim Sae-ron | Nominee |
Beaune International Thriller Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Grand Prize | The Man from Nowhere | Winner |
Director's Cut Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Producer | Lee Tae-heon | Winner |
Golden Cinematography Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Gold Medal Cinematography | Lee Tae-yoon | Winner |
KOFRA Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Won Bin | Winner |
Korea International Youth Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Favorite Actor | Won Bin | Winner |
Korean Wave Industry Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Popular Culture Award (Film section) | The Man from Nowhere | Winner |
National Assembly Society of Popular Culture & Media Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Movie of the Year | The Man from Nowhere | Winner |
Philadelphia Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Graveyard Shift Special Mention | The Man from Nowhere | Winner |
Asian Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Visual Effects | Park Jung-ryul | Nominee |