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Kind-hearted Geum-ja; titled Sympathy for Lady Vengeance in Australia and Russia) is a 2005 South Korean neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook. [3] The film is the third and final installment in Park's Vengeance Trilogy , following Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) and Oldboy (2003).
The Vengeance Trilogy (Korean: 복수 삼부작) is a South Korean thematically-linked film trilogy directed by Park Chan-wook, comprising Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Oldboy (2003) and Lady Vengeance (2005). Each film deals with the themes of revenge, [7] ethics, [8] violence and salvation. The films are not narratively connected and ...
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is the result of this creative freedom. Park's unofficially-titled Vengeance Trilogy consists of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Oldboy (2003) and Lady Vengeance (2005). It was not originally intended to be a trilogy. Park won the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for Oldboy.
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance did not fare well commercially upon its initial release in South Korea and garnered mixed reviews. [2] Despite this, it won several awards. It is the first installment in director Park's thematic Vengeance Trilogy, and is followed by Oldboy (2003) and Lady Vengeance (2005).
The drama was first announced in March 2015 with Lee Young-ae cast in the titular role of Saimdang marking her return to acting after a 10-year hiatus since the 2005 film Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, and her first television role since the 2003 hit Dae Jang Geum. [9] Song Seung-heon was cast as Saimdang's fictional love interest in July 2015. [10]
Shin Ha-kyun (Korean: 신하균; born May 30, 1974) is a South Korean actor.He is known for his roles in television series Brain (2011), Soul Mechanic (2020), Beyond Evil (2021), and films Joint Security Area (2000), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Save the Green Planet!
Choi Min-sik (Korean: 최민식; born January 22, 1962) is a South Korean actor.Best known for his role in Oldboy (2003), the performance was critically acclaimed and won him the Best Actor prize at the 40th Baeksang Art Awards, the 24th Blue Dragon Awards, and the 41st Grand Bell Awards.
a 12-minute featurette on the examination of rape-revenge movies with Ben Sher, a 21-minute interview with cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling on the making of Hannie Caulder, and the history of Tigon Studios titled "Win or Lose" and a 10-page essay titled "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" by film critic Kim Morgan in digital and booklet form.