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(Redirected from Chan-wook Park)
'Park Chan-wook' (born August 23, 1963 in the Tanyan area of Jecheon) is a South Korean director and screenwriter. One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country, Park is internationally renowned for what has become known as his "vengeance trilogy", consisting of 2002's ''Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'', ''Oldboy'' in 2003 and ''Sympathy for Lady Vengeance'' in 2005.
In a May 2004 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, when asked who his influences are, Park's response was: Sophocles, Shakespeare, Kafka, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Kurt Vonnegut and others.[1]
Park grew up in Seoul and studied philosophy at the Sogang University, where he started a cine-club called the 'Sogang Film Community' and published a number of articles on contemporary cinema. On seeing ''Vertigo'', he resolved to try to become a filmmaker.[1] After graduation, he wrote articles on film for journals, and soon became an assistant director of films like ''Kkamdong'' of Yu Yeong-Jin and ''Watercolor painting in a Rainy Day'' of Kwak Jae-yong (''My Sassy Girl'').
His debut feature film was ''The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream'' (1992), and after 5 years, he made his second film ''Trio'', but the response to these two films were quite cold. Before ''Joint Security Area'', Park was more famous as a film critic than as a filmmaker.
In 2000, Park directed ''Joint Security Area'', which was a great success both commercially and critically, even surpassing Kang Je-gyu's ''Shiri'' as the most-watched film ever made in South Korea. This success made it possible for him to make his next film more independently - ''Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'' is the result of this creative freedom.
After winning the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for the film ''Oldboy'', a journalist asked "in your film, why is the vengeance repeating?". According to Park, he decided to make three consecutive films with revenge as the central theme. Often thought to be in favor of vengeance, Park has denied this, saying his films are about the utter futility of vengeance and how it wreaks havoc on the lives of everyone involved.
His so-called "vengeance trilogy" consists of ''Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'', ''Oldboy'' and ''Sympathy for Lady Vengeance''. It was not originally intended to be a trilogy.
''Sympathy for Lady Vengeance'', shortened to ''Lady Vengeance'', was distributed by Tartan Films for American theatrical release in April 2006.
After the DVD release of ''Lady Vengeance'' in the UK, the three films were re-released, packaged together into a 6 disc boxset with a 2 disc special edition of each film. These included previously unavailable additional features including a 3.5 hour documentary on the making of ''Oldboy'' and the "Fade to Black and White" version of ''Lady Vengeance''. A "deluxe" version of the boxset was also released, packaged in a box with the same design as the boxes used in ''Oldboy'', and in addition to the films, contained an ''Oldboy'' hammer/bottle-opener and ''Lady Vengeance'' gun poster.
Despite of the extreme violences in his films, Park is regarded as one of the most popular film directors in Korea, with three of his last five feature films (''Joint Security Area'', ''Oldboy'' and ''Sympathy for Lady Vengeance'') gathering more than 3 million spectators. Which means that Park has three films in 30 all-time highest grossing films. (9th, 29th, 26th respectively as of January 2007). [3]
In addition to being a film director and screenwriter, Park is also a film critic with several published editions to his name. None have been translated into English as yet.
Famed American director Quentin Tarantino is an avowed fan of Park and has publicly disclosed on the show Jimmy Kimmel Live! that as the head judge in the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, he personally pushed for Park's ''Oldboy'' to be awarded the Palme D'Or (the honor eventually went to Michael Moore's ''Fahrenheit 9/11''). ''Oldboy'' garnered the Grand Jury Prize, the second highest honor in the competition.
He was offered the chance to remake ''The Evil Dead'' but he turned it down.
In 2006, he was the member of official section jury at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival.
In February 2007, Park won the Alfred Bauer prize at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival. The award, named after the festival's founder and in praise of movies opening up new perspectives, went to Park for his film, ''I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK''[4]
Like another Korean director Bong Joon-ho, Park is a partisan of Democratic Labor Party, a minor and the most leftist party in South Korea, for whom in 2002 he joined the presidential TV campaign.
★ ''Moon Is the Sun's Dream'' (1992)
★ ''Saminjo'' (1997)... aka Trio
★ ''Judgement'' (1999) (short film)
★ ''Joint Security Area'' (2000)
★ ''Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'' (2002)
★ ''If You Were Me'' (2003) (segment "Never Ending Peace And Love")
★ ''Oldboy'' (2003)
★ ''Three... Extremes'' (2004) (segment "Cut")
★ ''Sympathy for Lady Vengeance'' (2005)
★ ''I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK'' (2006)
★ ''Evil Live'' (2007) (pre-production)
★ ''Moon Is the Sun's Dream'' (1992)
★ ''Saminjo'' (1997)...aka Trio
★ ''Judgement'' (1999)
★ ''Anarchists'' (2000)
★ ''Joint Security Area'' (2000)
★ ''The Humanist'' (2001)
★ ''Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'' (2002)
★ ''A Bizarre Love Triangle'' (2002)
★ ''If You Were Me'' (2003)
★ ''Oldboy'' (2003) (screenplay)
★ ''Three... Extremes'' (2004) (segment "Cut")
★ ''Sympathy for Lady Vengeance'' (2005)
★ ''Sonyeon, Cheonguk-e gada'' (2005)
★ ''I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK'' (2006)
★ ''Evil Live'' (2007)
★ ''Evil Live'' (2007)
''Oldboy''
★ 2004 - the Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival
Park Chan-Wook often casts the same actors in different roles in his films. The following is a table indicating recurring actors and their roles in his most well known films:
Park Chan-Wook and his close friend director Kim Ji-Woon love to share their actors. For example, in ''A Bittersweet Life'' of Kim Ji-Woon, you can find Lee Byung Hun, Oh Kwang-rok and Oh Dal-su while the stepmom of ''A Tale of Two Sisters'' plays the role of the vampire in Park's ''Three.. Extremes'' and the elder sister of ''A Tale of Two Sisters'' will be the heroine of the next Park Chan-Wook ''I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK''.
1. www.hollywoodreporter.com/h/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000511737
2. www.hollywoodreporter.com/h/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000511737
3. [1]
4. [2]. "China's Tuya's Marriage wins Berlin film festival". Retrieved February 17, 2007.
★ List of Korea-related topics
★ List of Korean language films
★ Contemporary culture of South Korea
★ Park Chan-wook: monographic website. Italian & English
★
★ Cineseoul profile
★ HanCinema Director Page
★ I'm a cyborg but that's OK : full synopsis of 2006 new film - Culture Café (French)
★ SuicideGirls interview with Park Chan-Wook by Daniel Robert Epstein
'Park Chan-wook' (born August 23, 1963 in the Tanyan area of Jecheon) is a South Korean director and screenwriter. One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country, Park is internationally renowned for what has become known as his "vengeance trilogy", consisting of 2002's ''Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'', ''Oldboy'' in 2003 and ''Sympathy for Lady Vengeance'' in 2005.
In a May 2004 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, when asked who his influences are, Park's response was: Sophocles, Shakespeare, Kafka, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Kurt Vonnegut and others.[1]
| Contents |
| Biography |
| Filmography |
| Director |
| Writer |
| Producer |
| Awards |
| Recurring cast in Park Chan-Wook's films |
| References |
| See also |
| External links |
Biography
Park grew up in Seoul and studied philosophy at the Sogang University, where he started a cine-club called the 'Sogang Film Community' and published a number of articles on contemporary cinema. On seeing ''Vertigo'', he resolved to try to become a filmmaker.[1] After graduation, he wrote articles on film for journals, and soon became an assistant director of films like ''Kkamdong'' of Yu Yeong-Jin and ''Watercolor painting in a Rainy Day'' of Kwak Jae-yong (''My Sassy Girl'').
His debut feature film was ''The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream'' (1992), and after 5 years, he made his second film ''Trio'', but the response to these two films were quite cold. Before ''Joint Security Area'', Park was more famous as a film critic than as a filmmaker.
In 2000, Park directed ''Joint Security Area'', which was a great success both commercially and critically, even surpassing Kang Je-gyu's ''Shiri'' as the most-watched film ever made in South Korea. This success made it possible for him to make his next film more independently - ''Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'' is the result of this creative freedom.
After winning the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for the film ''Oldboy'', a journalist asked "in your film, why is the vengeance repeating?". According to Park, he decided to make three consecutive films with revenge as the central theme. Often thought to be in favor of vengeance, Park has denied this, saying his films are about the utter futility of vengeance and how it wreaks havoc on the lives of everyone involved.
The Vengeance Trilogy DVD boxset
His so-called "vengeance trilogy" consists of ''Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'', ''Oldboy'' and ''Sympathy for Lady Vengeance''. It was not originally intended to be a trilogy.
''Sympathy for Lady Vengeance'', shortened to ''Lady Vengeance'', was distributed by Tartan Films for American theatrical release in April 2006.
After the DVD release of ''Lady Vengeance'' in the UK, the three films were re-released, packaged together into a 6 disc boxset with a 2 disc special edition of each film. These included previously unavailable additional features including a 3.5 hour documentary on the making of ''Oldboy'' and the "Fade to Black and White" version of ''Lady Vengeance''. A "deluxe" version of the boxset was also released, packaged in a box with the same design as the boxes used in ''Oldboy'', and in addition to the films, contained an ''Oldboy'' hammer/bottle-opener and ''Lady Vengeance'' gun poster.
Despite of the extreme violences in his films, Park is regarded as one of the most popular film directors in Korea, with three of his last five feature films (''Joint Security Area'', ''Oldboy'' and ''Sympathy for Lady Vengeance'') gathering more than 3 million spectators. Which means that Park has three films in 30 all-time highest grossing films. (9th, 29th, 26th respectively as of January 2007). [3]
In addition to being a film director and screenwriter, Park is also a film critic with several published editions to his name. None have been translated into English as yet.
Famed American director Quentin Tarantino is an avowed fan of Park and has publicly disclosed on the show Jimmy Kimmel Live! that as the head judge in the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, he personally pushed for Park's ''Oldboy'' to be awarded the Palme D'Or (the honor eventually went to Michael Moore's ''Fahrenheit 9/11''). ''Oldboy'' garnered the Grand Jury Prize, the second highest honor in the competition.
He was offered the chance to remake ''The Evil Dead'' but he turned it down.
In 2006, he was the member of official section jury at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival.
In February 2007, Park won the Alfred Bauer prize at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival. The award, named after the festival's founder and in praise of movies opening up new perspectives, went to Park for his film, ''I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK''[4]
Like another Korean director Bong Joon-ho, Park is a partisan of Democratic Labor Party, a minor and the most leftist party in South Korea, for whom in 2002 he joined the presidential TV campaign.
Filmography
Director
★ ''Moon Is the Sun's Dream'' (1992)
★ ''Saminjo'' (1997)... aka Trio
★ ''Judgement'' (1999) (short film)
★ ''Joint Security Area'' (2000)
★ ''Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'' (2002)
★ ''If You Were Me'' (2003) (segment "Never Ending Peace And Love")
★ ''Oldboy'' (2003)
★ ''Three... Extremes'' (2004) (segment "Cut")
★ ''Sympathy for Lady Vengeance'' (2005)
★ ''I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK'' (2006)
★ ''Evil Live'' (2007) (pre-production)
Writer
★ ''Moon Is the Sun's Dream'' (1992)
★ ''Saminjo'' (1997)...aka Trio
★ ''Judgement'' (1999)
★ ''Anarchists'' (2000)
★ ''Joint Security Area'' (2000)
★ ''The Humanist'' (2001)
★ ''Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance'' (2002)
★ ''A Bizarre Love Triangle'' (2002)
★ ''If You Were Me'' (2003)
★ ''Oldboy'' (2003) (screenplay)
★ ''Three... Extremes'' (2004) (segment "Cut")
★ ''Sympathy for Lady Vengeance'' (2005)
★ ''Sonyeon, Cheonguk-e gada'' (2005)
★ ''I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK'' (2006)
★ ''Evil Live'' (2007)
Producer
★ ''Evil Live'' (2007)
Awards
''Oldboy''
★ 2004 - the Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival
Recurring cast in Park Chan-Wook's films
Park Chan-Wook often casts the same actors in different roles in his films. The following is a table indicating recurring actors and their roles in his most well known films:
| 'Actor' | 'Photo' | 'Mr. Vengeance' | 'Oldboy' | 'Lady Vengeance' | 'JSA' | 'Cut' (Three... Extremes) | 'Other Park Chan-Wook Films' |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song Kang-ho |  | Father of kidnapped girl | Hired kidnapper attacking the heroine | North Korean Sgt | |||
| Shin Ha-kyun |  | the deaf Protagonist | Hired kidnapper attacking the heroine | North Korean Private | |||
| Choi Min-sik |  | Oh Dae-Su (Protagonist) | Antagonist (English teacher) | ||||
| Kang Hye-jeong |  | Mido (heroine) | TV News Anchor | wife of director | |||
| Yu Ji-tae |  | Lee Woo-Jin (antagonist) | Ghost of murdered child | ||||
| Lee Byung Hun |  | First choice for the role of Lee Woo-Jin which he turned down | protagnoist (South Korean soldier) | movie director | |||
| Lee Young Ae |  | Heroine | Heroine (investigating officer) | ||||
| Lee Dae-yeon |  | Police Detective (captain) | The beggar who gives the cell phone to Dae-Su | Prison Warden | South Korean Sergeant (Sgt Hwang) | Male Actor in a high-school girl uniform | |
| Oh Kwang-rok |  | Leader of anarchist gang | Suicidal man | Vengeful father with an axe | |||
| Gi Ju-bong | Laid-off Engineer | South Korean general | Father of the victim in ''Judgement'' | ||||
| Oh Dal-su |  | Jail owner | Bakery owner | one of patients in Cyborg ; policeman in Never Ending Peace And Love | |||
| Yun Jin-seo |  | Sister of Lee Woo-Jin | Prisoner | ||||
| Ji Dae-han | Police Detective | Joo-Hwan (Dae Su's friend and the owner of a cybercafe) | |||||
| Lee Seung-Sin |  | Hypnotist | Wife of Antagonist | ||||
| Park Myeung-shin | Coiffeuse | Victim's family member | |||||
| Kim Byeong-ok |  | Mr. Han (Bodyguard of Woo-Jin) | Preacher | Judge in Cyborg |
Park Chan-Wook and his close friend director Kim Ji-Woon love to share their actors. For example, in ''A Bittersweet Life'' of Kim Ji-Woon, you can find Lee Byung Hun, Oh Kwang-rok and Oh Dal-su while the stepmom of ''A Tale of Two Sisters'' plays the role of the vampire in Park's ''Three.. Extremes'' and the elder sister of ''A Tale of Two Sisters'' will be the heroine of the next Park Chan-Wook ''I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK''.
References
1. www.hollywoodreporter.com/h/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000511737
2. www.hollywoodreporter.com/h/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000511737
3. [1]
4. [2]. "China's Tuya's Marriage wins Berlin film festival". Retrieved February 17, 2007.
See also
★ List of Korea-related topics
★ List of Korean language films
★ Contemporary culture of South Korea
External links
★ Park Chan-wook: monographic website. Italian & English
★
★ Cineseoul profile
★ HanCinema Director Page
★ I'm a cyborg but that's OK : full synopsis of 2006 new film - Culture Café (French)
★ SuicideGirls interview with Park Chan-Wook by Daniel Robert Epstein
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