# Tazza: The Hidden Card

Tazza: The Hidden Card (Korean: 타짜: 신의 손; lit. Tazza: Hand of God) is a 2014 South Korean crime film directed by Kang Hyeong-cheol based on Huh Young-man and Kim Se-yeong's manhwa of the same name. It is followed by Tazza: One Eyed Jack, released in 2019.
After Ham Dae-gil enters the gambling world, he is set up as the fall guy in a crooked deal. To get revenge, he enters a final game which could be fatal to the loser.

## Cast

* Choi Seung-hyun (T.O.P) as Ham Dae-gil
** Jung Yoon-seok as young Dae-gil
* Shin Se-kyung as Heo Mi-na
* Kwak Do-won as Jang Dong-sik
* Lee Hanee as President Woo
* Yoo Hae-jin as Ko Gwang-ryeol
* Kim Yoon-seok as Agui
* Han Joon-woo as Choi Wang-geun
* Lee Geung-young as Kko-jang
* Kim In-kwon as Heo Gwang-chul, Mi-na's older brother
* Oh Jung-se as Director Seo
* Park Hyo-joo as Little Madam
* Go Soo-hee as Madam Song
* Kim Joon-ho as Yu-ryeong ("Ghost")
* Lee Dong-hwi as Jjari ("Worth")
* Kim Won-hae as Artist Jo
* Lee Jun-hyeok as Benjie ("Pliers"), Dae-gil's helper
* Kim Min-sang as Dr. Hwang
* Jo Kyung-hyun as young Mr. Kim
* Son Sang-gyeong as Father Jang
* Park Soo-young as Chang-sik
* Im Jung-eun as Dae-gil's mother
* Lee Dong-yong as Auto repair owner
* Ha Seong-gwang as The Dark Knight of Ansan
* Song Jae-ryong as Gambling den bouncer
* Kim Dae-myung as Billiards hall owner
* Yoon Kyung-ho as Gambler in billiards hall
* Nicky Lee as Ppappa
* Bae Yu-ram as "Halibut"
* Ahn Jae-hong as Woon-do
* Jung Da-won as Joong-ki
* Cha Seung-ho as Bribed detective
* Kwak Soo-jung as Wife of auto repair owner
* Lee Joon-ik as O-ring man (cameo)
* Oh Yeon-soo as Woman at the observatory (cameo)
* Yeo Jin-goo as Agui's pupil (cameo)
* Cha Tae-hyun as Radio DJ (cameo)

## Production

Due to the box office success of Choi Dong-hoon's gambling epic Tazza: The High Rollers (it attracted 6.84 million in admissions in 2006, making it one of the highest-grossing Korean films that year), production company Sidus FNH announced a sequel, with Jang Joon-hwan originally attached as screenwriter/director and a release planned for late 2008. But pre-production was later halted, and Jang pulled out of the film.
Speculation about a sequel continued, given that Tajja, the famous local comic series (or "manhwa") illustrated by Huh Young-man and written by Kim Se-yeong that served as the 2006 film's source material comes in four volumes, each with entirely different characters and settings. Tazza 2 is based on the second volume Tazza: Hand of God, which was published on November 16, 2006, by Random House Korea.
In 2012, Kang Hyeong-cheol signed on to direct the sequel, and casting was finalized in late 2013, with Choi Seung-hyun as lead character Ham Dae-gil, the nephew of Goni, the protagonist in Tazza: The High Rollers.
Filming began on January 2, 2014, at a pool hall in Cheongnyangni-dong, Seoul.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
| 2014 | 51st Grand Bell Awards | Best Director | Kang Hyeong-cheol | Nominated |
| 2014 | 51st Grand Bell Awards | Best New Actress | Lee Hanee | Nominated |
| 2014 | 51st Grand Bell Awards | Best Music | Kim Jun-seok | Nominated |
| 2014 | 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Lee Hanee | Nominated |
| 2014 | 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Editing | Nam Na-yeong | Nominated |
| 2014 | 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best Music | Kim Jun-seok | Nominated |
| 2014 | 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Popular Star Award | Shin Se-kyung | Won |
| 2015 | 51st Paeksang Arts Awards | Best New Actress | Lee Hanee | Nominated |
| 2016 | 4th Annual DramaFever Awards | Best Feature Film | Tazza: The Hidden Card | Won |