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Sympathy For Lady Vengeance

Korean Cinema

Crime/Violence · Revenge · Psychology

  • Country / RegionKorea
  • Production Year2005
  • Running Time112min
  • Format35mm
  • 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.
Credit
  • Director
    PARK Chan-Wook
  • CastLee Young-ae
    Choi Min-sik
    Oh Guang-rok
    Kim Shi-hoo
    Lee Seung-shin
    Kim Boo-sun
  • ScreenplayChung Seo-kyung
    Park Chan-wook
  • CinematographyChung Chung-hoon
  • Production DesignCho Hwa-sung
  • EditorKim Sang-bum
    Kim Jae-bum
  • Production CompanyMOHO FILMS
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한국거래소
드비치골프클럽 주식회사
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아이앱 스튜디오
두산트리븐센텀
팔라티움
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Busan Metropolitan City
Korean Film Council
BUSAN CINEMA CENTER