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My Boss, My Teacher

2006 · 124 min

A breezy, silly culture-clash comedy where a tough guy fumbles through classroom life, mixing slapstick scraps with easy laughs.

Tagline
Step aside, we're set to have you laugh till you cry!
Overview
A mobster must complete college and spend some time as an ethics teacher in order to receive a promotion to a coveted territory.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • education
  • crime
  • class
  • loyalty
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour7
Realism5
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
action, comedy, crime
Directed by
Kim Dong-won
Written by
Kang Suk-bum, Kim Dong-won
Starring
Jung Jun-ho, Jung Woong-in, Jung Woon-taek, Kim Sang-joong, Kang Sung-pil, Choi Yoon-young, Han Hyo-joo, Lee Soo-hyuk
Music
Kim Si-hwan
Cinematography
Lee Hu-kon
Runtime
124 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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