Park Chan-wook

Park Chan-wook

b. 1963 (age 63) Seoul, South Korea
Director Writer

Park Chan-wook is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country, Park is most known for his films Joint Security Area, Thirst and The Vengeance Trilogy (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance). His films are noted for their immaculate framing and often brutal subject matter. In a May 2004 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Park listed Sophocles, Shakespeare, Kafka, Dostoevsky, Balzac, Kurt Vonnegut and others as being influences on his career. In a later interview for Lady Vengeance, Park listed Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Aldrich, Ingmar Bergman, Sam Fuller, Roman Polanski and Kim Ki-young as cinematic influences.

Known For

Filmography

Gold Land
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★ 7.7
Gold Land
2026 Writer
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.4
The 9th Annual Astra Film Awards
2026 Self
No Other Choice
🎞️
★ 7.5
No Other Choice
2025 Director Writer
Tempest
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★ 6.8
Tempest
2025 Writer
The Sympathizer
📺
★ 6.8
The Sympathizer
2024 Writer Director
Uprising
🎞️
★ 6.6
Uprising
2024 Writer
Decision to Leave
🎞️
★ 7.3
Decision to Leave
2022 Director Writer
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.2
Life Is But a Dream
2022 Director Writer
🎬
🎞️
Critics Choice 1st Annual Celebration of Asian Pacific Cinema & Television
2022 Actor
Honoree
The Little Drummer Girl
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★ 7.4
The Little Drummer Girl
2018 Director
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🎞️
Decades Apart
2017 Director
The Handmaiden
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★ 8.1
The Handmaiden
2016 Director Writer
The Truth Beneath
🎞️
★ 6.8
The Truth Beneath
2016 Writer
Old Days
🎞️
★ 7.1
Old Days
2016 Self
🎬
📺
★ 2.6
Le gros journal
2016 Self
A Rose Reborn
🎞️
★ 5.7
A Rose Reborn
2014 Director Writer
Bitter, Sweet, Seoul
🎞️
★ 6.4
Bitter, Sweet, Seoul
2014 Director Writer
Stoker
🎞️
★ 6.7
Stoker
2013 Director
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.9
Lee Jung Hyun: V
2013 Director
Day Trip
🎞️
★ 6.1
Day Trip
2012 Director Writer
Night Fishing
🎞️
★ 6.4
Night Fishing
2011 Director Writer
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
🎞️
★ 5.1
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011 Director
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
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★ 6.5
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2011 Self
Thirst
🎞️
★ 7.1
Thirst
2009 Director Writer
Crush and Blush
🎞️
★ 6.2
Crush and Blush
2008 Writer
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.2
The Angry Young Men of Korean Cinema
2007 Self
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
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★ 6.9
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
2006 Director Writer
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
🎞️
★ 6.4
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
2006 Self
🎬
🎞️
Two or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
2006 Self
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
🎞️
★ 7.5
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
2005 Director Writer
A Boy Who Went to Heaven
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★ 6.4
A Boy Who Went to Heaven
2005 Writer
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.5
Cinema Goes to Dinner
2005 Self
Three... Extremes
🎞️
★ 6.9
Three... Extremes
2004 Director Writer
Oldboy
🎞️
★ 8.3
Oldboy
2003 Director Writer
If You Were Me
🎞️
★ 6.5
If You Were Me
2003 Director Writer
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
🎞️
★ 7.5
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 Director Writer
A Bizarre Love Triangle
🎞️
★ 5.2
A Bizarre Love Triangle
2002 Writer
The Humanist
🎞️
★ 6.0
The Humanist
2001 Writer
Joint Security Area
🎞️
★ 7.7
Joint Security Area
2000 Director Writer
The Anarchists
🎞️
★ 5.6
The Anarchists
2000 Writer
Judgement
🎞️
★ 7.0
Judgement
1999 Director Writer
Trio
🎞️
★ 4.9
Trio
1997 Director Writer
The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream
🎞️
★ 4.8
The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream
1992 Director Writer
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🎞️
Second Born
Director
🎬
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Oldboy
Director
🎬
🎞️
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Writer
🎬
🎞️
The Brigands of Rattlecreek
Director Writer