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No Other Choice

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Psychology/Mystery/Suspence/Thriller · Comedy/Satire · Revenge

  • Country / RegionKorea
  • Production Year2025
  • Running Time139min
  • FormatDCP
  • ColorColor
Program Note
Man-su (Lee Byung Hun), the protagonist of No Other Choice, leads a happy life. He has a stable job, a beautiful wife named Miri (Son Yejin), and a peaceful family. That is, until the day he is laid off. From that moment, his life begins to unravel. The job hunt proves grueling, his confidence plummets, and hardship steadily closes in. Seeking work as a paper manufacturing specialist, Man-su realizes that his competitors are far more skilled than he is—and he decides to handle this situation in an outrageous way. No Other Choice is a high-caliber film born from a remarkable collaboration of leading talents in contemporary Korean cinema. With Park Chan-wook’s masterful direction, the script, cinematography, art direction, costume design, and music each retain their singularity while blending seamlessly into a unified whole. The stellar cast—Son Yejin, Park Hee Soon, Lee Sung Min, Yeom Hye Ran, and Cha Seung Won—deliver outstanding performances. In particular, Lee Byung Hun portrays Man-su with a pathetic tension, depicting a desperate yet extremely clumsy man whose gestures and expressions evoke both sadness and humor, drawing the audience into his predicament with mixed emotions. In No Other Choice, uncontrollable events, emotions, and situations collide without warning, tumbling about chaotically. From start to finish, the film captures the pitiful frenzied outbursts of an ordinary man with a persistent grip on the viewers’ attention. (JUNG Hanseok)

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Director
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PARK Chan-wook
Born in Seoul in 1963, Park Chan-wook made his directorial debut with The Moon is… the Sun’s Dream (1992). Through a diverse range of films such as Joint Security Area (2000), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005), and The Handmaiden (2016), he has captivated both audiences and critics alike, establishing himself as one of the leading figures in Korean cinema. Notably, he won the Grand Prix of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival for Old Boy (2003), the Jury Prize for Thirst (2009), and the Best Director Award for Decision to Leave (2022), becoming the first Korean director to win three major awards at Cannes and solidifying his status as a cinematic master.
Credit
  • Director
    PARK Chan-wook
  • ProducerChan-wook PARK
    Jisun BACK
  • CastByung Hun LEE
    Yejin SON
    Hee Soon PARK
    Sung Min LEE
    Hye Ran YEOM
    Seung Won CHA
  • ScreenplayChan-wook PARK
    Kyoung-mi LEE
    Don MCKELLAR
    Jahye LEE
  • CinematographyWoo-hyung KIM
  • Production DesignSeong-hie RYU
  • EditorSang-beom KIM
    Ho-bin KIM
  • MusicYoung-wuk CHO
  • Production CompanyMoho Film
    KG Productions
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