A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Kang-ho Song | ... | Dong-jin Park | |
| Ha-kyun Shin | ... | Ryu | |
| Doona Bae | ... | Yeong-mi Cha | |
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Ji-Eun Lim | ... | Ryu's Sister |
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Bo-bae Han | ... | Yu-sun |
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Se-dong Kim | ... | Chief of Staff |
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Dae-yeon Lee | ... | Choe |
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Masashi Fujimoto | ... | Peng |
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Ju-bong Gi | ||
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Gyu-su Jeong | ||
| Jae-yeong Jeong | ... | Husband of Dong-jin's ex-wife's | |
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Kan-hie Lee | ... | Dong-jin Park's ex-wife |
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Kwang-rok Oh | ... | Anarchist |
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Jae-woong Park | ||
| Seung-bum Ryoo | ... | Retarded Boy at River (as Seung-beom Ryu) | |
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In Seoul, Ryu, a deaf worker has a sister who needs a kidney transplant. He tries to donate his own kidney to his sister, but his blood type is not compatible with hers. When Ryu is fired from Ilshin Electronics, he meets illegal dealers of organs, and the criminals propose that he give them his kidney plus ten millions Won to obtain a kidney suitable for his sister. Ryu accepts the trade, but he does not have money to pay for the surgery. His anarchist revolutionary girlfriend Cha Young-mi convinces him to kidnap Yossun, the daughter of his former employer Park, who owns Ilshin Electronics. However, a tragedy happens, generating revenge and a series of acts of violence. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Rated R for strong gruesome violence, strong sexuality, language and drug use | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
South KoreaRelease Date:
29 March 2002 (South Korea) See more »Also Known As:
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance See more »Filming Locations:
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Box Office
Budget:
$4,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$9,827, 21 August 2005, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$45,289, 16 February 2006Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$1,954,937, 25 March 2007Company Credits
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The delivery guy killed at Yeong-mi's house is played by Seung-wan Ryoo, a Korean director. He is the brother of actor Seung-bum Ryoo whose role in this movie is a retarded boy at the river. See more »Goofs
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. See more »Crazy Credits
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The heir apparent to Sam Peckinpah is tucked away far from Hollywood. Chan-wook Park, I'm sure few people know of him outside of Korea but talent like this can not go unoticed for long. I knew nothing of this film or Mr. Park before seeing it at the Seattle International Film Festival. Human (political?) isolation permeates the film, connectiveness to others whether familial or conjugal comes with a steep price to pay. Vengence to reclaim honor is a staple in Asian cinema, Mr. Park's "Revenge" completely sidesteps the tired honor formula making us question what happens when normal folk take revenge into the realm of pyschotic? This is the type of film that you and your friends will passionately discuss over STRONG drinks afterwords, there is no nuetrality in opinions, like Solondz's "Hapiness" you love it or hate it. As the film ended, a packed house gave a tepid applause, not because of a lack of enthusiasm, a collective numbness left a pall over the audience, a raping of all the senses. Like Cronenberg's "Crash" and Tarkovsky's "Stalker", one becomes defeated by a hypnotic sense of forboding, you are forced to endure it, pummeled into submission. The violence is very graphic, but as much as Mr. Park show's, it's what he doesn't show that makes him so talented, the subtle use of sound to advance the film is outright brilliance. Like Takeshi Kitano's early films, the extreme violence is never gratuitous yet the like offbeat humor, very unsettling. "Sympathy For Mr. Vengence" is not 'dark' it is uncompromisingly bleak, ah but bleakness never looked so good!