Park Chan-wookFilmography

Born:: August 23, 1963 in Korea
Occupation:: Director, Editor, Screenwriter
Biography:: A versatile stylist with an aesthetic that straddles the line between the idiosyncratic and the mainstream, Park Chan-wook is best known for his 2000 film Joint Security Area, a powerful story about a murder along the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea that became the biggest...Read More

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Thirst

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Shin Ha-kyun, Kim Hae-suk, Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-bin

Synopsis: Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, and Kim Ok-bin star in Oldboy director Park Chan-wook's frightener concerning a priest whose life takes a turn for the worst after he participates in a medical experiment to find a cure for a deadly disease. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

7/31/09
I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Lim Su-jung, Rain, Choi Heui-jin, Lee Yeong-mi, Oh Dal-su

Synopsis: After wrapping-up his critically-acclaimed "Vengeance Trilogy" with the award-winning 2005 thriller Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, South Korean filmmaker Chan-wook Park shifts gears for this gently comic romantic drama concerning a delusional young mental patient who believes herself to be a cyborg. Read More

2007
Lady Vengeance

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Lee Yeong-ae, Kim Shi-hu, Nam Il-woo, Kim Byeong-ok

Synopsis: A woman looks for both revenge and redemption after spending 13 years in prison in this offbeat thriller from South Korea. Lee Geum-ja (Lee Yeong-ae) was in her early twenties when she was found guilty of kidnapping and killing a young boy, and though she confessed to the crime under duress, while Read More

4/28/06
Three... Extremes

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Bai Ling, Miriam Yeung, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, Pauline Lau, Zabit Memedov

Synopsis: Three Asian directors, from Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan, join forces to create an omnibus horror film, Three...Extremes. In Fruit Chan's "Dumplings," shot by Christopher Doyle, Mrs. Li (Miriam Yeung), a thirtysomething former actress with a philandering husband (Tony Leung) goes to visit Aunt Mei (Bai Ling Read More

10/28/05
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Song Kang-ho, Lim Ji-Eun, Bae Du-na, Shin Ha-kyun

Synopsis: Korean director Park Chan-wook followed up his highly acclaimed Joint Security Area with this tale of a deaf mute named Ryu (Shin Ha-kyun) trying to help his sister (Lim Ji-Eun) get a kidney transplant. Because his blood type is incompatible and no donors are available, he turns to a group of Read More

8/19/05
Oldboy

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Choi Min-Sik, Gang Hye-jeong, Yu Ji-tae

Synopsis: South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook directed this violent and offbeat story of punishment and vengeance. Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik) is a husband and father whose reputation for womanizing is well known. One day, for reasons he doesn't understand, Oh Dae-su finds himself locked up in a prison cell Read More

3/25/05
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema

Actors: Ahn Sung-ki, Bae Chang-Ho, Bong Joon-ho, Derek Elley, Hong Sang-soo

2005
Jiltuneun Naeui Him

Crew: Director, Editor, Screenwriter

Actors: Bae Jong-ok, Choi Jin-yeong, Gong Ho-seok, Kim Ggoch-bi, Lee Jin-suk

Synopsis: Jiltuneun Naeui Him (Jealousy Is My Middle Name) is the feature-length debut of Park Chan-ok. Lee Weon-sang (Park Hae-il) is close to finishing his master's degree in Literature. Although he works as a plumber, Weon-sang begins working for a periodical that is run by Han Yun-shik (Mun Seong-keun) Read More

2002
J.S.A. - Joint Security Area

Crew: Director

Actors: Song Kang-ho

Synopsis: Riding the trend of Korean action blockbusters after the phenomenally popular Swiri, Park Chan Wook directs this murder mystery thriller about death on the DMZ. The film opens with a shooting along the heavy militarized border between North and South Korea, which leaves a North Korean soldier Read More

2000