Park Chan-wook
Also Known As: 박찬욱, Chan-wook Park, 朴赞郁, Пак Чхан Ук
Biography: Park Chan-wook (born August 23, 1963) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of South Korean cinema as well as world cinema in 21st century. His films have gained notoriety for their cinematography and framing, black humor and often brutal subject matter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Park Chan-wook, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea
Birthday: August 23, 1963
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Gender: Male
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Müdigkeitsgesellschaft: Byung-Chul Han in Seoul/Berlin
Overview: The essay film about the German philosopher Byung-Chul Han encircles the phenomenon of fatigue in our capitalistic societies and its associated symptoms such as depression and burnout. It raises the question of how we want to live today, and what we can oppose to the pressure of an achievement-oriented digital society.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-02-09
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I Haven’t Done Anything
Overview: Oh Tae-kyung, once an up-and-coming actor, starts a YouTube channel. He starts to produce content where he grants people's wishes, borrowing a concept from the movie “Oldboy”.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2023-07-12
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Overview: A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2002-03-29
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Kultur-King Korea
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2022-12-10
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Plankton Salesmen
Overview: A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in Russia. The story of the Cinema Without Borders company and its two founders, Sam Klebanov and Anton Mazurov.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2017-10-29
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Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video
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Genres: Horror Documentary Action
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2004-11-11
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Mascara
Overview: Buzz Salon which is run by Cho is known for its mysterious ambience. Gi-hyuk, one of Cho's best customers, falls for Hae-joo, a hostess at Buzz. Cho uses Hae-joo to kill gangsters who harass him with money he owes them. When Gi-hyuk discovers that Hae-joo is biologically male, he feels betrayed and becomes disillusioned. He leaves her for good. Hae-joo is able to get her transgender operation in return for the assassinations and goes in search of Gi-hyuk. She returns to Gi-hyuk, as a new person, calling herself Yoo-jung. She also begins to take revenge on the thugs who abused her in the past.
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1995-04-01
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Old Days
Overview: Old Days is a documentary about Park Chan-wook's original masterpiece, Oldboy. It was created for Plain Archive's Blu-ray release and first screened at the Jeonju International Film Festival.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2016-04-29
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The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
Overview: South Korean cinema is in the throes of a creative explosion where mavericks are encouraged and masters are venerated. But from where has this phenomenon emerged? What is the culture that has yielded this range of filmmakers? With The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema, French critic, writer and documentarian Hubert Niogret provides a broad overview but, nevertheless, an excellent entry point into this unique type of national cinema that still remains a mystery for many people. The product of a troubled social and political history, Korean cinema sports an identity that is unique in much modern film. Niogret's documentary tells of the country's cinematic history - the ups along with the downs - and gives further voice to the artists striving to express their concerns, fears and aspirations.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2006-04-08
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Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Overview: Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2012-12-06
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Through Korean Cinema
Overview: Discover the roots of Korean cinema. A cinema who surprised by the success recorded in the major international festivals. Interviews to five famous Korean directors, to get to know closely the evolution of Korean cinema. Through their words, their pictures and their stories. The Korean cinema has tendency to describe both the society, the past and the modern. The world of west cinema knows these directors through the journey of some of their movies. What do we know about their thoughts, their life, their culture and their way of working? The documentary focus on it.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-09
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Crush and Blush
Overview: With her frumpy hair, blushing face, and awkward mannerisms, Yang Mi Sook has spent her entire life being unnoticed. Nicknamed Miss Carrot, she diligently teaches Russian to high school students who don't listen and ceaselessly pines after colleague Seo, her crush of ten years. Content with her uneventful, self-delusional existence, Mi Sook is sparked into action when hot young teacher Yuri comes strolling in and steals her class and her man. To nip their blooming romance in the bud, Mi Sook forms an unlikely alliance with Seo's misfit teenager daughter, who's every bit as eccentric as she is!
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2008-10-16
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Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
Overview: A documentary consisting of twenty-two Korean directors' interviews about Kim Ki-young and respect for his work and the influence
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2007-01-21
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Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
Overview: Documentary on the making of the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-02
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Autobiography of 'Oldboy'
Overview: A three and- a-half-hour video diary of the making of Oldboy. This was included as a special feature in the DVD and Blu Ray releases of Oldboy and was a special feature in Arrow Video's release of the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-02-28
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