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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). He is married to Eun-hee Kim.
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Nov 8, 2022 · The director of the twisty crime drama Decision to Leave explains the symbolism behind the pockets, the eyedrops, the language barrier, and the final scene. He also talks about the genre, the sex, and the violence in his film.
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- Jeremy Urquhart
- Feature Writer/Senior List Writer
- 'Oldboy' (2003) Park Chan-wook's best film also happens to be his grittiest, as well as his most violent and confronting. That film was the legendary Oldboy from 2003, which arguably ranks as one of the greatest revenge movies of all time and is easily the highlight of Park's Vengeance Trilogy.
- 'The Handmaiden' (2016) The Handmaiden is arguably Park Chan-wook's most romantic film and one of his best. It takes place in Korea during the 1930s and revolves around a swindler and his associate posing as people they're not to steal the fortune of a Japanese heiress.
- 'Joint Security Area' (2000) Though it was his third movie, Joint Security Area was the first Park Chan-wook movie to feel like something truly great, and it, therefore, helped put him on the map as a filmmaker to watch.
- 'Decision to Leave' (2022) The best way to describe Decision to Leave would be to say it's one of the most dizzying and disorientating psychological thrillers in recent memory but in a good way.
Oct 19, 2022 · Park Chan-wook likes to surprise. Over a three-decade career, the vastly respected South Korean writer-director has made a signature of intricate and beautiful cinema, goosed with...
The visually stunning and breathtakingly violent dramas of South Korean director Park Chan-wook - including "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" (2002), "Oldboy" (2003), "Thirst" (2009) and "The ...
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
