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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Revenge was never this sweet.

20027.52h 9m

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.

Directed by Park Chan-wook
Written by Lee Jae-soon, Lee Jong-yong, Park Chan-wook
Produced by Lee Jae-soon, Lim Jin-gyu
Box OfficeBudget: $4.0MRevenue: $2.0M

Top Cast

Song Kang-ho

Song Kang-ho

Dong-jin

Shin Ha-kyun

Shin Ha-kyun

Ryu

Bae Doona

Bae Doona

Yeong-mi

Im Ji-eun

Im Ji-eun

Sister

Han Bo-bae

Han Bo-bae

Yu-Sun

Lee Dae-yeon

Lee Dae-yeon

Detective Choi

Ki Joo-bong

Ki Joo-bong

Engineer Peng

Kim Se-dong

Kim Se-dong

CEO

L

Lee Yoon-Mi

Boss

Ryoo Seung-bum

Ryoo Seung-bum

Person with Cerebral Palsy

Themes & Keywords

factorykidnappingkidney transplant revengedisabilityradical politicssouth koreaorgan harvestingsequestrobriskdisgusted

About Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is a action, drama, thriller film released in 2002 exploring themes of factory, kidnapping, kidney transplant , revenge, disability, radical politics. Directed by Park Chan-wook, it stars Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Doona. 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.

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