Boksuneun naui geot (2002)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Chan-wook Park

Writers:

Jae-sun Lee (writer)
Mu-yeong Lee (writer)
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Release Date:

29 March 2002 (South Korea)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Revenge Was Never This Sweet

Plot:

In Seoul, the deaf and dumb worker Ryu is very attached to his sister, who needs a transplantation of kidney...

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Violence | Blood | Kidney Transplant | Tragic Male Character

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Kang-ho Song	...	Park Dong-jin
Ha-kyun Shin	...	Ryu
Du-na Bae	...	Cha Yeong-mi
Ji-Eun Lim	...	Ryu's Sister
Bo-bae Han	...	Yu-sun
Se-dong Kim	...	Chief of Staff
Dae-yeon Lee	...	Choe
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ju-bong Gi
Gyu-su Jeong
Jae-yeong Jeong	...	Husband of Dong-jin's ex-wife's
Kan-hie Lee	...	Park Dong-jin's ex-wife
Kwang-rok Oh	...	Anarchist
Seung-wan Ryoo	...	Delivery Boy
Seung-beom Ryu	...	Retarded Boy at River

Directed by
Chan-wook Park

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jae-sun Lee		writer
Mu-yeong Lee		writer
Yong-jong Lee		writer
Chan-wook Park		writer

Produced by
Jae-sun Lee	....	producer
Kang-bok Lee	....	executive producer
Jin-gyu Lim	....	producer
Dong-jun Seok	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
Byeong-il Kim

Film Editing by
Sang-Beom Kim

Production Design by
Jung-hwa Choe

Art Direction by
Sang-man Oh

Costume Design by
Seung-heui Shin

Sound Department
Seok-weon Kim	....	sound
Seung-cheol Lee	....	sound

Production Companies

• CJ Entertainment
• Studio Box

Distributors

• Bright Angel Distribution (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Cine Qua Non Films (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Tartan (2005) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• MTV Netherlands (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Madman Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Palisades Pictures (2005) (USA) (all media)
• Palisades Tartan (2002) (USA) (all media)
• SBP (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Tartan Video USA (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Total Film Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
• YLE Teema (2007) (Finland) (TV)

Also Known As:

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong gruesome violence, strong sexuality, language and drug use.

Runtime:

129 min | Japan:117 min | UK:121 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean | Korean Sign Language

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:R21 | Finland:K-18 | New Zealand:R18 | France:-16 | Iceland:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:18 (canton of Basel-Stadt) | Italy:T | Argentina:16 | Argentina:18 (DVD rating) | Brazil:14 | Australia:R | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Japan:R-18 | Norway:15 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:16

Company:

CJ Entertainment

Trivia:

The script was finished in 20 hours of non-stop work.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the ransom photo of Yoosun, she is wearing the necklace Ryu made. However, he hadn't given her the necklace when he took the photo, it was later, when he traded the necklace for her doll.

Quotes:

Park Dong-jin: I know you're a good guy... but you know why I have to kill you...

Movie Connections:

References Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968)

Genius...

Chan Wook-Park is for my money, the greatest film maker alive today. His recent work (the second part in his "Revenge Trilogy" just won the Grand Prix at Cannes) has seen him grow even stronger! But with this, we saw the director of S. Korea's biggest ever film for it's time (Joint Security Area) grow up, and do something he HONESTLY wanted to do. Sympathy for Mr. Vengance is not a nice film, it's brutal, cold and very bleak, but who said movies cannot be like this? let alone be... dare I say... "Enjoyable"?

The acting, the camera work, the cinematography... hell, the whole production set a new standard for new-wave Korean art-house cinema, it showed how art can remain with it's roots but still show it's mainstream tendencies. Hence, Chan Wook-Park being able to bring truly personal movies, that he has control over 100% to out big screens, with out any producer BS, proving that film makers CAN make what they want, if they have the courage and heart!

This movie will never be liked by many, as many may find it deceiving, how such a pretty looking movie can turn out to be so brutal and attack there moral sense, but hey, if they don't want to be challenged they can stay home and watch the far more violent "Bad Boys 2"...

Roll one Sympathy for Mrs. Vengance... the final part in the "Revenge Trilogy"