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Directed by Park Chan-wook (박찬욱)

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A father sets out to get revenge on a kidnapper who mistakenly kills his precious daughter… A deaf boy resorts to kidnapping to save his one and only sister who is dying of kidney trouble, a... More

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 Produced by
 Lee Jae-soon (이재순)
Distribution
CJ Entertainment (CJ Entertainment)
Staff
 Baek Hyeon-jin (백현진)
 Musician
 Lee Byung-hoon (이병훈)
 Musician
 Lee So-yeong (이소영)
 Assistant director
 Kim Sang-beom (김상범)
 Editor
 Kim Jae-beom (김재범)
 Editor
 Lee Gye-byeok (이계벽)
 Production department
 Jeong Sik (정식)
 Production department
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121 min 35mm Cinemascope (2.35)
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Release date in South Korea : 2002/03/29
 Korea, South - 2002/3/29
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Synopsis
A father sets out to get revenge on a kidnapper who mistakenly kills his precious daughter… A deaf boy resorts to kidnapping to save his one and only sister who is dying of kidney trouble, after his efforts to find a transplant fail tragically. A psychological thriller on the change of human instincts against the backdrop of extreme emotions and situations

International Film Festivals
2004 Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival ,
2005 Berlin Asia-Pacific Film Festival, Kaleidoskop
2003 Berlin International Film Festival ,
2002 Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival , Midnight Dark
2006 Paris Cinema , New Korean Cinemas
2005 Thessaloniki International Film Festival , Special Screenings
2004 Transilvania International Film Festival, Focus Korea
2002 Seattle International Film Festival ,
2002 Black Nights Film Festival ,
2005 Filmasia Film Festival , Tribute to director Park Chan-wook
2002 Bergen International Film Festival,
2002 Toronto International Film Festival ,
2002 Tokyo International Film Festival , Winds of Asia
2005 International Istanbul Film Festival , Korean Cinema
2003 Philadelphia International Film Festival, Danger after Dark
2003 Fantasia Film Festival , Faces of Korea
2005 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival , Special Presentation
2003 Udine Far East Film Festival ,
2004 Era New Horizons Film Festiva

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