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Aimless Bullet

Let's get outta here!

7.1(39)19611h 48m2

Two brothers—Cheol-ho, an accountant with a toothache and a pregnant wife, and Yong-ho, an unemployed ex-soldier wounded in battle—navigate life in post-war Korea.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
Korean
  • post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
  • poverty
  • family
  • based on short story
  • post war
  • korean war veteran
  • toothache

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Yu Hyun-mok

Produced in

South Korea

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)NRNew York Museum of Modern Art27 Aug 1998
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical (limited)14Cinemateca Brasileira (Mostra "Anos 60 - A Era de Ouro do Cinema Coreano")5 Dec 2025
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereLyon Asiexpo Film Festival13 Nov 2006
  • JapanJP

    • PremiereTokyo International Film Festival18 Oct 2009
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical (limited)M/12Cinemateca Portuguesa9 Jan 2021
  • SingaporeSG

    • Theatrical (limited)PGAsian Film Archive (Restored Version)1 Sept 2018
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1513 Apr 1961
    • PremierePusan International Film Festival10 Oct 2009
    • PremiereBusan International Film Festival10 Oct 2019
  • SpainES

    • PremiereSan Sebastián Film Festival18 Sept 2021
  • TaiwanTW

    • Theatrical (limited)6+Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (4K Restoration)17 Nov 2024

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Aimless Bullet was released on 13 April 1961.

Audience reviews

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  • D

    deepkino

    11/29/2025

    I’m struck by how Yoo Hyun-mok fuses Italian Neorealism with a distinctly Korean sense of moral paralysis, creating a portrait of post-war despair that still feels uncomfortably present. The film’s cramped interiors, handheld street scenes, and jarring cuts trap the viewer inside the same psychological claustrophobia that consumes its characters. Rather than depicting dramatic collapse, Obaltan shows a slow erosion—l…

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