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Sympathy For Lady Vengeance

10th(2005) Korean Cinema

Crime/Violence · Revenge · Psychology  

  • CountryKorea
  • Production Year2005
  • Running Time112min
  • Format 35mm
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
At the age of nineteen, Geum-ja is arrested and charged for the abduction and murder of a Being so young and pretty, Geum-ja and her horrific crime becomes the obsession of the m Thirteen years have passed and during that time, hardworking Geum-ja has been a model prisoner, earning her the nickname kind-hearted Geum-ja′. "Kind-hearted" Geum-ja, however has not been idle during her time behind bars. For 13 years, she has plotted revenge against her former teacher, Mr. Baek. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is the newest work of Park Chan-wook and is an endless cirded cynicism and passion, sadness and anger, and humor and violence. This film is very impressive for its gorgeously-colored sets and the actors′ outstanding performances. Instead of the speed caused by the intense emotion and the unexpected incidents of his previous work, Old Boy. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance presents the exquisite emotional tones caused by the discord d heterogeneous elements in the relatively slow-going story. Through this, audience would experience identification and estrangement in turns. This film is the completion of the Revenge Trilogy, which included Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Old Boy.
Director
Director
PARK Chan-Wook
Born in 1963, Park Chan-wook first worked as a critic. His debut film was Moon Is Sun′s Dream (1992). The Trio(1997) didn′t attract the attention of critics, but Joint Security Area JSA(2000) brought him to the top status of commercial directors in Korea. It went on to the Competition at the Berlin Film Festival and won the Jury′s Award at the Seattle Film Festival. He followed that up with Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance(2002), which received critical praise but performed poorly at the box office Old Boy won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004.
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Credit
  • Director PARK Chan-Wook 박찬욱
  • Cast Lee Young-ae, Choi Min-sik, Oh Guang-rok, Kim Shi-hoo, Lee Seung-shin, Kim Boo-sun
  • Screenplay Chung Seo-kyung, Park Chan-wook
  • Cinematography Chung Chung-hoon
  • Production Design Cho Hwa-sung
  • Editor Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum
  • Production Company MOHO FILMS