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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.
Park Chan-wook. Director: Oldboy. Park Chan-wook was born on 23 August 1963 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a producer and director, known for Oldboy (2003), The Handmaiden (2016) and Decision to Leave (2022). He is married to Eun-hee Kim. They have one child.
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...
4 days ago · Few names in Korean cinema are more revered than Park Chan-wook. A meticulous filmmaker of genre-bending thrillers, morality plays and stylish literary adaptations – often all at once – the ...
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 · Film-maker Park Chan-wook on subverting the detective genre: ‘The world has enough clichés already’ The Korean stylist behind ‘Oldboy’ discusses his new thriller ‘Decision to Leave ...
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.