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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 Thirst (2009). He is married to Eun-hee Kim.
Aug 16, 2023 · In the 20 years since it was first released, Park Chan-wook’s “Oldboy” has lost none of its ability to provoke and enthrall, none of its potency as a work of art that deploys graphic violence and equally visceral style to probe the depths of human nature.
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.
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,...
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
Park Chan-wook was born on August 23, 1963 in Seoul, South Korea. He is a producer and writer, known for The Handmaiden (2016), Oldboy (2003) and Decision to Leave (2022). He is married to Eun-hee Kim.
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...
Nov 28, 2022 · Director Park Chan-wook’s film ‘Decision to Leave’ follows two tracks — a noir mystery and a romance of sorts.
Oct 16, 2017 · Park, who turns 54 this fall, is arguably South Korea’s most famous film director, known nationally and internationally for his 2002-05 Vengeance trilogy — “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance,” “Oldboy”...
