Jee-woon Kim’s THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD is what happens when the Wild West collides with Korean wave cinema! It has thrilled audiences since its premiere at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. This eccentric film is set in the 1930s, a time when the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule. During that time, many Koreans fled to the wilderness of Manchuria to seek refuge. Some became gunslinging outlaws and train robbers. Others followed the path of justice. This film follows the adventures of three such men — The Good, The Bad and The Weird!

The Weird, played by leading South Korean actor Song Kang-Ho (THE HOST, LVHIFF 2006), has just robbed a Japanese train and made off with a priceless treasure map. However, The Bad, a vicious gang leader (played by South Korean superstar Lee Byung-hun whose film BITTERSWEET LIFE was nominated for the First Hawaiian Bank Golden Maile Award at LVHIFF 2005), also wants the map and he’ll kill anyone to get a hold of it. Luckily, THE GOOD (Jung Woo-sung), is a bounty hunter who also happens to be on the train, and his mission is to capture THE BAD. What should be a simple take down is complicated when the Japanese army, Korean independence fighters and Chinese bandits get involved in the fight over the treasure map. Who will prevail? The Good, The Bad or The Ugly?