Park Chan Wook And Bong Joon Ho

Lovehkfilm one of my favorite sources for all things asian cinema recently posted reviews of arguably the two biggest korean film releases of the year bong joon ho s mother and park chan wook s thirst.

Park chan wook and bong joon ho. Bong joon ho then entered the korean academy of film arts and submitted the short film incoherence as his graduation project. Park uses the mystery thriller genre to explore the recurring themes of the burden of guilt and revenge whereas bong korean cult ure arts 21. Hence they are more popular than kim ki duk or hong sangsoo. Park and two other top south korean directors kim jee woon known for 2003 ghost story a tale of two sisters and the recent serial killer thriller i saw the devil and bong joon ho known for.

Choi min sik in park chan wook s oldboy part of the south korean director s seminal vengeance trilogy. Memories of murder stars song kang ho also of parasite the host snowpiercer and several park chan wook films and has long been hailed not just as one of bong s very best but as one of. By the time that barking dogs made it to video for western markets in 2010 bong was identified with a korean new wave of filmmakers steeped in the gruesome his contemporaries kim ki duk park chan wook and kwak kyung taek had shocked audiences around the world with innovative deadpan violence through the 00s and that enfant terrible aspect expectedly colored impressions of a film mostly. Kevin ma s review of mother.

Although joon ho s filmography is considerably less violent or sexual. Director park chan wook who saw the graduation project said. Park chan wook and bong joon ho take the genre film conventions of hollywood and adapt and indigenize them to fit the korean situation ingeniously telling the stories that they want. Handout the triumph of parasite at the oscars this year made bong joon ho the.

Park chan wook the director who put korean cinema on the map before bong joon ho with the handmaiden and the vengeance trilogy called the country s most famous director long before parasite.