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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

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Crime/Violence · Revenge · Psychology

  • CountryKorea
  • Production Year2002
  • Running Time126min
  • Format35mm
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
The latest film by Park Chan-wook, who marked 2000 with his commercial hit, Joint Security Area: JSA. This time, though, Park leaves all pop conventions behind and reveals his cinephiliac sensibility and pessimistic views to create an extraordinary piece. With a little push from his anarchist girlfriend, a poor working class man resorts to kidnapping his boss’ daughter when he cannot find surgery money for his sick sister. When the kidnapped girl dies from a fluke accident, the girl’s father sets out on a vengeful mission whereby he kills the kidnappers and is himself killed by the female kidnapper’s anarchist group members. At the time of its release, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance claimed popular attention with its unconventional attempts to dismantle the general notions of the working class - the capitalist - the Intellectual, along with its anti-sentimental, hard-boiled approach that called for extreme physical violence. Metallic images violating the body are overwhelming throughout the film, while raw sound and silence carefully suggest distance and contemplation rather than presenting wicked indulgence.
Director
Director
PARK Chan-Wook
Born in 1963 and graduated Sogang University with philosophy major. Making debut with [The Moon is What the Sun Dreams of] (1992), he became a world famous director with [Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance] (2002) and [Old Boy] (2003). He won Grand Prix of the Jury at Cannes 2004 and received the Prize of the Jury with [Thirst] at Cannes 2009.
Credit
  • Director
    PARK Chan-Wook
  • ProducerSeok Dong-jun
    Han Sung-keun
    Lim Jin-kyu
    Lee Jea-Soon
  • CastSong Kang-ho
    Shin Ha-kyun
    Bae Doona
  • ScreenplayLee Moo-young
    Lee Jong-yong
    Park Ridame
  • CinematographyKim Byung-il
  • Production DesignChoi Jung-wha
  • EditorKim Sang-beom
  • SoundKim Seok-won
  • MusicPae Hyun-jin
  • Production CompanyStudio Box
    studiobox@hanmail.net
  • World SalesCJ Entertainment
    karen@cj.net
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