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Park Chan-wook
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23 Aug 1963 (62 years)
Seoul, South Korea
Biography
Park Chan-wook (Korean: 박찬욱; pronounced [pak̚tɕʰanuk̚]; born 23 August 1963) is a South Korean filmmaker and former film critic. Widely regarded as a leading figure in South Korean and 21st-century world cinema, he is known for films that blend crime, mystery, and thriller elements with other genres. His films are noted for their cinematography, framing, black humour, and often brutal subject matter. After two unsuccessful films in the 1990s, which he has since largely disowned, Park came to pr...
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Chan-wook Park
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Park Chan-wook's Movies
75%
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
29 Mar 2002
63%
Crush and Blush
16 Oct 2008
55%
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
06 Dec 2012
66%
Old Days
02 Oct 2016
50%
Müdigkeitsgesellschaft: Byung-Chul Han in Seoul/Berlin
09 Feb 2015
60%
I Haven’t Done Anything
12 Jul 2023
50%
Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
02 Apr 2014
60%
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
07 Oct 2005
100%
Han Kang Chronicles: A Tale of Seven Lives
29 Aug 2025
0%
Kultur-King Korea
10 Dec 2022
0%
Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video
11 Nov 2004
0%
Mascara
01 Apr 1995
0%
Through Korean Cinema
09 Oct 2010
0%
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
21 Jan 2007
0%
Nino
0%
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
19 Feb 2026
0%
Plankton Salesmen
29 Oct 2017
0%
Autobiography of Oldboy
17 Dec 2004
0%
Making of Thirst
03 Aug 2010
0%
Making of The Handmaiden
26 Jul 2018
