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Sharks' warehouse, Andy and the rest of his group discovers that they were heavily outnumbered. The pregnant Eun-jin went out to fight the gangsters, but suffered a miscarriage after suffering a vicious attack by Nanman. Eun-jin tells Nanman to stop kicking her in the belly as she was pregnant. Nanman then revealed that he has become a eunuch after his earlier showdown with Eun-jin.
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Nanman's groin after she stabs the ground right next to his face, refusing to kill him. Soo-il eventually finds that Eun-jin was a gangster after seeing her tattoo on her back and wanted her to give it up. Eun-jin discovers that she was pregnant and told Yu-jin. Later, Yu-jin dies in front of Eun-jin after telling Eun-jin that her baby deserves a father.
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The paradox is resolved when Soo-il takes vengeance on his wife's enemies by dousing them with kerosene. When he ultimately appears as his wife's second in the film's final showdown, the conflict between their social roles is resolved. At the end, both are outlaws in terms of legal acceptability, but
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The complete title, Jopok Manura, thus epitomizes the central paradox of the film. It is probably best translated as "Gangster Wife". The heroine, Eun-jin, is a respected professional (jopok) in the world of organized crime, but a romantic (manura) in the world of traditional Korean gender relations.
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The second word of the title, 마누라, is pronounced manura. This word means wife, with local flavor. There are at least two other words in Korean, 아내 (a-nay) and 집사람 (jipsaram), that can be used by a man to refer to his own wife in a deferential but respectful way. An approximate translation in
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While Eun-jin is smashing up a car in retaliation against two men, a man ran up to protect her, but was accidentally hit in the head by Eun-jin. The man named Kang Soo-il is simple and kind-hearted. He seems perfect for Eun-jin and later marries her. Yu-jin spoke to Eun-jin about her desire to have
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The title, 조폭 마누라, is pronounced Jopok Manura. 조폭 (jopok) is a Sino-Korean word: 組暴. The first character, 組, is pronounced "jo" in Korean, and refers to a group, gang, or organization. The second character, 暴, is pronounced "Pok" (or sometimes Po) in Korean, and refers to violence and cruelty. The
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As Nanman is about to stab Eun-jin, her boss turns up and pleads the White Shark to spare her life in exchange for some documents. Soo-il finds out that Eun-jin is pregnant, where he takes revenge on White Shark by dousing the gang and him with kerosene. As he is holding up the lighter, Soo-il is
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gangster and adopts the nickname "Mantis". Upon discovering that Yu-jin is suffering from cancer, Eun-jin demands the doctors to perform an operation, but they refuse. The dying Yu-jin tells Eun-jin to marry as soon as possible, where Eun-jin goes on a blind date under the advice of her underling
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