Tazza: The High Rollers

Tazza: The High Rollers
Theatrical release poster
Korean name
Hangul
타짜
Revised RomanizationTajja
McCune–ReischauerT'atcha
Directed byChoi Dong-hoon
Written byChoi Dong-hoon
Based onTajja
by Huh Young-man and Kim Se-yeong
Produced byCha Seung-jae
Kim Mi-hee
StarringCho Seung-woo
Kim Hye-soo
Baek Yoon-sik
Yoo Hae-jin
CinematographyChoi Young-hwan
Edited byShin Min-kyung
Music byJang Young-gyu
Production
company
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • September 28, 2006 (2006-09-28)
Running time
139 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$5.5 million
Box officeUS$39.2 million

Tazza: The High Rollers (Korean: 타짜) is a 2006 South Korean crime film directed by Choi Dong-hoon and based on Huh Young-man and Kim Se-yeong's manhwa of the same name. Produced by Sidus FNH and distributed by CJ Entertainment, the story revolves around a group of gambling drifters involved in the Korean card game Hwatu (Korean: 화투; Hanja: 花鬪; lit. War of Flowers). It was a huge commercial and critical success, becoming one of South Korea's highest-grossing films and winning numerous awards. It was the second best-selling film of 2006 in South Korea, with 6,847,777 admissions nationwide.