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Park chan wook letterboxd. With no clue how he came to be imprisoned drugged and tortured for 15 years a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors. Amazon video us. 1930s korea in the period of japanese occupation a young woman is hired as a handmaiden to a japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. Films directed by park chan wook.

One of the most shocking disturbing tales of revenge you are ever going to come across oldboy is a genre defining classic that didn t just set a new benchmark for revenge thrillers to follow which as of today still remains unsurpassed but still remains the finest film to come out from the south korean film industry and it is in every way director park chan wook s best work to date. Stoker is a gorgeously shot coming of age story about a young woman realizing and eventually accepting that insanity runs deep in her blood. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a japanese count to help him seduce the heiress to elope with him rob her of her fortune and lock her up in a madhouse. The adult leads evelyn nicole kidman and charlie matthew goode are.

The film portrays a variety of themes ranging from sacrifice remaining faithful to god and servility repentance haunting of past sins lust murder. Like other vampire films it deals with love yes but it is never only that. After india s father dies her uncle charlie who she never knew existed comes to live with her and her unstable mother. I will never forgive park chan wook for having the english patient poster in this film.

Vengeance 2002 three extremes 2004 i m a cyborg but that s ok 2006 thirst 2009 and judgement 1999. Park chan wook has never been afraid to go there with his work stoker his first english language feature film is yet another prime example of his flair for capturing the taboo. Park chan wook s thirst is definitely a very unique film. I removed all stand up specials stage if you like american film watch foreign film tori 522 films 13 634 456 edit note foreign film is like.

A list of 12 films compiled on letterboxd including sympathy for mr. Some films are not on tmdb some. Chan wook park s sense of control of timing of maneuvering around spaces equally expansive and confined is exquisite. Upgrade to a letterboxd pro account to add your favorite services to this list including any service and country pair listed on justwatch and to enable one click filtering by all your favorites.

35mm print on behalf of the korean cultural center of new york metrograph korean movie night new york. Chan wook places the protagonist in such an exasperating dilemma which pulled me effortlessly into the film.