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Park Chan-wook

Literal Translation
Korean filmmaker, director of the Vengeance Trilogy (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance), The Handmaiden, and other major works. One of the central figures of the Korean cinema new wave. His consistent subject: the futility of revenge as a structure for meaning-making, the specific weight of han in Korean emotional life.