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Park Chan-wook ( Korean : 박찬욱; IPA: [pak̚ tɕʰanuk̚]; born 23 August 1963) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of South Korean cinema as well as 21st-century world cinema. [2]
Park Chan-wook was born on 23 August 1963 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a producer and writer, known for The Handmaiden (2016), Oldboy (2003) and Decision to Leave (2022).
Aug 16, 2023 · The masterpiece that propelled South Korean cinema onto a world stage and solidified Park’s status as one of its most ferociously original auteurs, “Oldboy” won the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, with jury president Quentin Tarantino personally advocating on the film’s behalf.
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.
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...
Aug 11, 2023 · ‘Oldboy’ at 20: How Park Chan-wook’s Violent Mind-Bender Kickstarted the Korean Wave. As Neon rereleases the film in U.S. theaters this week, THR looks back at how the lurid, blood-soaked,...
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...
Lady Vengeance. 2005 1h 55m R. 7.5 (87K) Rate. 75 Metascore. After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means. Director Park Chan-wook Stars Nam-mi Kang Jeong-nam Choi Hye-Sook Go.
Oct 20, 2022 · Sat with his interpreter in a hotel suite in one of London’s more upmarket junket venues, director Park Chan-wook says them frequently, two islands of English in a sea of Korean, part of a long...
Nov 28, 2022 · Director Park Chan-wook’s film ‘Decision to Leave’ follows two tracks — a noir mystery and a romance of sorts.
