Despite the fact that it screened during February, a low season for movies in S. Korea, rated R, using Busan dialect overtly and screened less frequently due to its running of 133 minutes, “Nameless Gangster” was one of the most successful movies of 2012, grossing a total of ₩36 billion after nine weeks of screening, particularly due to the pairing of Choi Min-sik and Ha Jung-woo, but also due to the supporting cast, that includes Hwang Jun-min, Cho Jin-woong and Ma Dong-seok

The film is set in the Korean port city of Busan during the reign of organized crime in the 80s and the subsequent declaration of war toward it in the 90s by President Roh Tae-woo. Choi Ik-hyun is a corrupted Busan customs officer, who is not averse to taking bribes or pilfering goods. Eventually he discovers a shipment of crystal meth, which leads him to kingpin Choi Hyung-bae,...