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Chan-Wook Park - what members say


  • Sympathy For Mr Vengeance
  • Sympathy For Mr Vengeance review by from Cornwall
    Rated - 5 stars Symphony for the Devil 28 September 2004
    ...made by Ken Loach as a gritty socio-realist study in human misery, perhaps. Chan-Wook Park, however has created a blisteringly vivid cinematic ballet of human misery with...  
  • OldBoy
  • OldBoy review by Stevieb47 from poole
    Rated - 5 stars Harrowing 6 March 2005
    ...along with Joint Security Area and Sympathy for Mr Vengence this lifts director Chan-Wook Park to real international standing and adds South Korea to another area of exciting...  
  • Three Extremes
  • Three Extremes review by drunkenmaster from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales
    Rated - 3 stars Twisted Tales From Asia 12 February 2007
    ... considering his reputaion, but for me the highlight is the beautifully twisted Chan-Wook Park segment 'Cut'. (Which is also the shortest.) Well worth the rental for this vi...  

Chan-Wook Park - filmography


  • Thirst (2009)
    Starring: Song Kang-ho,  Song Kang-ho,  Shin Ha-gyun
    Director: Park Chan-Wook,  Chan-Wook Park
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Sang-hyun is a priest who cherishes life; so much so, that he selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine development project meant to eradicate a deadly virus. But, the virus takes the priest, and a blood transfusion is urgently ordered up for him. The blood he receives is infected, so Sang-hyun ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 28 members
    Due for release on 25th January 2010
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  • I'm A Cyborg on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Ji-hun Jeong,  Lim Soo Jung
    Director: Chan-Wook Park
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Young-goon is admitted to a mental institution. Believing herself a cyborg, she charges herself with a transistor radio. Il-soon, a fellow inmate, steals the other inmates' personality traits and believes he is fading and will one day turn into a dot. When Young-goon refuses to eat, Il-soon decides ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,818 member
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  • Lady Vengeance - BLU-RAY Version (2005)
    Starring: Yeong-Ae Lee,  Min-Sik Choi,  Min-sik Choi
    Director: Chan-Wook Park
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    South Korean maestro Park Chan-wook concludes his Revenge Trilogy with the operatic, mesmerizing SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE. Unlike the first two films in the trilogy--SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE and OLDBOY--this time around, the hero is a heroine. On the heels of her release from prison, Lee Geum-..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 194 members
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  • OldBoy on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Kang Hye-jeong
    Director: Chan-Wook Park,  Chan-wook Park
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A man is inexplicably kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years and his wife is brutally murdered. On his release, he is given a wallet full of money and a mobile phone. A stranger calls and asks him to try and figure out why he was imprisoned. A girl appears and promises to help him solve the enigma ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 41,106 members
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Chan-Wook Park facts

5 most recent films

Thirst - 4.0 stars
Cinema 16 - World Short Films - 4.0 stars
I'm A Cyborg - 3.5 stars
I'm A Cyborg - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Lady Vengeance - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

OldBoy - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
OldBoy - 3.5 stars
Lady Vengeance - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Sympathy For Mr Vengeance - 3.5 stars
I'm A Cyborg - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Thirst - 4.0 stars
Cinema 16 - World Short Films - 4.0 stars
I'm A Cyborg - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Three Extremes - 3.0 stars
Joint Security Area - JSA - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Song Kang-ho - 5 times - show films
Yeong-Ae Lee - 4 times - show films
Kang Hye-jeong - 4 times - show films
Ha-Kyun Shin - 3 times - show films
Tae-Woo Kim - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Chan-wook Park - 2 times - show films
C - 1 times - show films
Fruit Chan - 1 times - show films
Takashi Miike - 1 times - show films
Park Chan-Wook - 1 times - show films