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Park Chan-wook is a renowned South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. He is known for his acclaimed Vengeance Trilogy, Oldboy, The Handmaiden, and other films that blend crime, mystery, thriller, and black humor.
Park Chan-wook is a South Korean producer, writer and director known for his stylish and violent films such as Oldboy, The Handmaiden and Lady Vengeance. He has won several awards, including a BAFTA, and is married to Eun-hee Kim.
4 days ago · Recounting the plot of Park Chan-wook’s 2003 revenge thriller Oldboy feels like a punishment in its own right. Speaking from personal experience, it’s better to simply say, “You’ll have to watch it for yourself. Just trust me on this one”, and tactfully remove yourself from the room. If this doesn’t work, give the person the ...
Aug 14, 2023 · Park Chan-wook never expected Oldboy to become a classic. When the South Korean auteur was directing his famously violent story of revenge, he remembers being so worried that audiences would immediately reject it that he never considered the alternative. "We had a lot of concerns about how the audience would take it," director Park tells A.frame.
Aug 22, 2023 · A comprehensive list of the South Korean filmmaker's 12 feature films, from his debut in 1992 to his English-language movie in 2013. Find out which ones are his best and worst,...
Oct 19, 2022 · A heady romantic thriller filled with flights of visual invention, it could only have been directed by a man desperate to make cinema again: one driven back to the big screen. “Well, yes and no,”...
Apr 8, 2024 · Park Chan-wook Gets the Picture He Wants. With “The Sympathizer,” the director of “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden” comes to American television. By Jia Tolentino. April 8, 2024. Actors tend to...
Aug 16, 2023 · The acclaimed director of Oldboy, a neo-noir thriller about a man seeking revenge after 15 years of captivity, talks about his film's restoration, style, and themes. He also reveals the key to the film's mystery and his relationship with Choi Min-sik, the lead actor.
The Handmaiden is a 2016 South Korean film directed by Park Chan-wook, based on the novel Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. It is a historical psychological thriller about a con man, a maid and a heiress in Japanese-occupied Korea.
Nov 8, 2022 · Park Chan-wook’s twisty crime drama Decision to Leave is one of the best movies of 2022, and one of the most sophisticated films he’s ever made.
