Park Chan-wook (박찬욱)

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  THN's Korean Cinema Style Week 11: Park Chan-wook - "I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK"
  2013/02/08, Source,
  This year will see three of South Korea's most commercially successful and critically acclaimed directors present their English language debuts. Kim Ji-woon ("THE LAST STAND"), Park Chan-wook ("STOKER"), and Bong Joon-ho ("Snowpiercer") have already proved themselves in their homeland, and here at THN we are taking a look back over their past efforts. Here's our first look at the films of Park Chan-wook, join us each week over the course of the next few months as we explore The Land Of The Morning Calm. "I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK" Director: Park Chan-wook Year:  2006 Cast: Im Soo-jeong, Rain, Choi Hee-jin, Lee Yong-nyeo, Son Yeong-soon, Oh Dal-soo Plot:  After an apparent suicide attempt, Cha Young Goon is sent to a psychiatric hospital. She also believes she is a cyborg and so doesn't feel the need to eat. A fellow patient sets about encouraging her to not starve to death. After hitting, what seemed at the time, a career high that could never be beaten, it was time for Park Chan-wook to try something different,...More

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  THN's Korean Cinema Style Week 10: Park Chan-wook - "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance"
  2013/02/08, Source,
  This year will see three of South Korea's most commercially successful and critically acclaimed directors present their English language debuts. Kim Ji-woon ("THE LAST STAND"), Park Chan-wook ("STOKER"), and Bong Joon-ho ("Snowpiercer") have already proved themselves in their homeland, and here at THN we are taking a look back over their past efforts. Here's our first look at the films of Park Chan-wook, join us each week over the course of the next few months as we explore The Land Of The Morning Calm. "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" Director: Park Chan-wook Year:  2005 Cast: Lee Young-ae, Choi Min-sik, Kim Si-hoo, Nam Il-woo, Kim Byeong-ok and Oh Dal-soo Plot:  A woman serves 13 years in prison after confessing to the murder of a young boy. But is everything as it seems? We often think about actors being typecast, and how some struggle to break from the norm. But we don't always think about directors and the risks they run. Some directors jump into films against audience expectations, such as John Hughes taking on ANNIE,...More

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  THN's Korean Cinema Style Week 9: Park Chan-wook - "Old Boy"
  2013/01/25, Source,
  This year will see three of South Korea's most commercially successful and critically acclaimed directors present their English language debuts. Kim Ji-woon ("THE LAST STAND"), Park Chan-wook ("STOKER"), and Bong Joon-ho ("Snowpiercer") have already proved themselves in their homeland, and here at THN we are taking a look back over their past efforts. Here's our first look at the films of Park Chan-wook, join us each week over the course of the next few months as we explore The Land Of The Morning Calm. "Old Boy" Director: Park Chan-wook Year:  2003 Cast: Choi Min-sik, Yoo Ji-tae, Kang Hye-jeong, Kim Byeong-ok, Ji Dae-han and Oh Dal-soo Plot:  A man is kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years for no apparent reason. He is then released and given 5 days to solve the mystery of who had him imprisoned and why. "Old Boy" is 10 years old this year, hard to believe that a film can remain so striking after simply dozens of viewings. This year will also see Spike Lee's remake hit the screen. "Old Boy" will most likely forever stand as the film that all Korean films will be judged by thanks to its accessibility as a heart pounding thriller and the fact that it's a daring film with unspeakable shock value which never feels contrived,...More

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  Leading Korean Directors Ready to Invade Theaters Worldwide
  2013/01/21, Source,
  The movie poster for "Stoker". Photo Credit: http://bit.ly/VIISwJ 2013 just might be the year when Korean directors go beyond Asia and win worldwide recognition. We recently wrote about director Kim Ji-woon's action-packed Hollywood debut, "The Last Stand", with none other than the indomitable Arnold Schwarzenegger. Kim's colleagues Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho are also poised to show their first English language films to a wider international audience this year. Park Chan-wook is one of the most distinguished and popular directors in Korea. His famous Vengeance Trilogy consisting of "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" "Old Boy" and "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" received critical acclaim. He's also the man behind the 2000 blockbuster "JSA - Joint Security Area" His work is known to contain dark and often brutal themes, which seems to carry on in his first Hollywood film, "Stoker,...More