News culture 20 years later, one of the best Korean films is back in a never before seen version!
Publié le 20/02/2024 à 18:05
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Monuments of Park Chan-wook's cinema, these three films will soon be released in 4K in cinemas.
In 2002, Park Chan-wook began his revenge trilogy with Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, a dark film that follows the story of Ryu, a deaf and mute worker who attempts to earn enough money for his kidney transplant. his sister by ransoming the daughter of a rich man. The film certainly did not experience great commercial success during its first release in South Korea, but it won several awards and preceded another, more well-known masterpiece: Oldboy, a film which this time focused on story of Oh Dae-su (played by the renowned Choi Min-sik), imprisoned in a cell for 15 years before being suddenly released. The man will then seek answers and well-deserved revenge. The trilogy concludes with Lady Vengeance, in which Lee Young-ae plays a woman released from prison after serving time for a murder she did not commit.
Good news, on March 6, Park Chan-wook's revenge trilogy will return to theaters in restored 4K versions. We also learn that Old Boy is joining Metropolitan France's HK Video collection. Some programming has already been announced: the Le Brady cinema, in Paris, already offers several times for the three feature films.
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Park Chan-wook coming soon to Netflix
If you are interested in Park Chan-wook's filmography, know that on Netflix, you can soon discover Uprising, a film produced by the man with his production company Moho Film, who also co-wrote the screenplay. The production is entrusted to Kim Sang-man. Scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2024 on Netflix, Uprising is described by the platform as “a gripping journey through the lives of two childhood friends turned enemies”, a period film in the heart of feudal Korea during the Joseon period. “In the Joseon era, a tormented post-war era, two childhood friends became adversaries: a slave with a perfect mastery of martial arts who is trying to free himself from an unjust yoke and his master and descendant of a of the most influential families of the time”, we can read in the Allociné synopsis.
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