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Thirst (Korean: 박쥐; literally "bat") is a 2009 horror film written, produced and directed by Park Chan-wook.Based on the 1867 novel Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola, [5] the film stars Song Kang-ho as Sang-hyun, a Catholic priest who turns into a vampire as a result of a failed medical experiment, and falls in love with Tae-ju (), the wife of his childhood friend (Shin Ha-kyun).
Park Chan-wook ( Korean : 박찬욱; IPA: [pak̚ tɕʰanuk̚]; born 23 August 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 21st-century world cinema. [2] His films, which often blend crime, mystery and thriller with ...
The Vengeance Trilogy ( Korean: 복수 삼부작) is a South Korean thematically-linked film trilogy directed by Park Chan-wook, comprising Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Oldboy (2003) and Lady Vengeance (2005). Each film deals with the themes of revenge, [7] ethics, [8] violence and salvation. The films are not narratively connected and ...
Park is easily considered among the most prominent South Korean filmmakers, and is known for directing Thirst in 2009, BAFTA-winning The Handmaiden in 2016, and Decision to Leave in 2022.
South Korean director Park Chan-wook, maestro of our demons and desires, talks to CNN about revenge, inspiration and his forthcoming adaptation of “The Sympathizer.”
Director Park Chan-wook didn’t always storyboard scenes to help his filmmaking: It wasn’t until his 2000 film “Joint Security Area” that he began using the technique. “My producer argued ...
US$38.6 million [ 3][ 4] The Handmaiden ( Korean : 아가씨; RR : Agassi; lit. '"Lady"') is a 2016 South Korean historical psychological thriller film directed, co-written and co-produced by Park Chan-Wook and starring Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo and Cho Jin-woong. It is inspired by the 2002 novel Fingersmith by Welsh writer Sarah ...
Lady Vengeance. Lady Vengeance ( Korean : 친절한 금자씨; lit. 'Kind-hearted Geum-ja'; titled Sympathy for Lady Vengeance in Australia and Russia) is a 2005 South Korean neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Park Chan-wook. [3] The film is the third and final installment in Park's Vengeance Trilogy, following Sympathy for Mr ...