Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance ( Boksuneun naui geot ) is a South Korean film carried out by Park Chan-wook, left in 2002.

Synopsis

Ryu is deaf and dumb. There saved forever by the life and yet he remains animated of a deep kindness. It is even ready to offer one of its kidneys to his dying sister. Alas, it is not a compatible donor. With court of money, and after having sacrificed her work, his/her boyfriend has an idea: to kidnap the girl of Park Dong-Jin, her ex-owner, in order to obtain a ransom which will make it possible to consider an operation finally when a compatible body is presented. But nothing will occur as envisaged…

Data sheet

Title: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
original Title: Boksuneun naui geot (복수는나의것)
Realization: Park Chan-wook
Scenario: Lee Jae-sun, Lee Driven-yeong and Park Chan-wook
Production: Lee Jae-sun, Lim Jin-gyu, Lee Kang-bok and Seok Dong-jun
Production companies: CJ Entertainment and Studio Box
Music: Ururboo Band
Photography: Kim Byeong it
Assembly: Kim Blood-beom
Decorations: Choe Jung-hwa
Costumes: Shin Seung-heui
Country of origin: South Korea
Format: Colors - 2,35:1 Cinemascope - Dolby Surround - 35 mm
Kind: Drama, police
Lasted: 129 minutes
Comings out date: March 29th 2002 (South Korea), September 3rd 2003 (France)
Film prohibited with less than 16 years at the time of its exit in France

Distribution

Song Kang-Ho: Park Dong-jin
Shin ha-kyun: Ryu
Bae Of-Na: Cha Yeong-semi
Im Ji-eun: The sister of Ryu
Lee Dae-yeon: Choe
Han Bo-bae : Yu-sun
Lee Keum-hee : The ex-wife of Dong-jin
Jeong Jae-Young: The husband of the ex-wife of Dong-jin
Kim -dong: The foreman
Oh Kwang-rok: An anarchist
Ryu Seung-beom: A mentally handicapped person
Ryu Seung-wan: A deliveryman

Around film

the deliveryman who is made kill in the house thesemi one is interpreted by the realizer Ryu Seung-wan ( No Blood No Tears ). He is also the brother of Ryu Seung-beom, which plays here the part of a mentally handicapped person close to the river.
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is the first shutter of a triptych on the topic of the revenge, which will continue in 2003 with Old Boy and will be concluded in 2005 with Lady Revenge .
the English word sympathy of the title is a False-friend, and means compassion .

Rewards

Price of best photography (Kim Byeong it) and of the best assembly (Kim Blood-Beom), at the time of MBC Film Awards 2002.
Price of best film and the best realizer at the time of the Pusan Film Critics Awards 2002.
Price of best Asian film at the time of the festival FanTasia 2003.

External bonds

Critique Sancho does Asia
Critiques Cinemasie
Critiques HK Handled

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