Biography
Park Chan-wook (born August 23, 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 world cinema in 21st century. His films have gained notoriety for their cinematography and framing, black humor and often brutal subject matter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Park Chan-wook, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Complete Filmography

No Other Choice
2026
Producer, Writer, Director
After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.

Uprising
2024
Writer, Executive Producer
In the Joseon Dynasty, two friends who grew up together — one the master and one the servant — reunite post-war as enemies on opposing sides.

I Haven’t Done Anything
2023
as Self
Oh Tae-kyung, once an up-and-coming actor, starts a YouTube channel. He starts to produce content where he grants people's wishes, borrowing a concept...

Kultur-King Korea
2022

Decision to Leave
2022
Producer, Writer, Director
From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begi...

Life Is But a Dream
2022
Writer, Producer, Director
An undertaker digs up an abandoned grave to get wood to build a coffin for the savior of his village, but in doing so, he awakens the ghost of an anci...

Believe It or Not
2018
Producer
Over many years of division, North and South Korea have become like a hall of mirrors where it is difficult to tell the real from the false. Inspired ...

Plankton Salesmen
2017
as Self (archive footage)
A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in Russia. The story of the Cinema Without Borders company a...

Reawakening of memories
2017
Editor
I wanted to render an interesting depiction of how the extraction of a dead person's memory-a very sci-fi-esque musing-is used to solve the mystery of...

Decades Apart
2017
Director, Writer, Producer
For the work Decades Apart commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain for the exhibition Highlights, PARKing CHANce has conceived a...

Old Days
2016
as Self
Old Days is a documentary about Park Chan-wook's original masterpiece, Oldboy. It was created for Plain Archive's Blu-ray release and first screened a...

The Truth Beneath
2016
Writer
For 15 days, a politician and his wife navigate a scandal after their daughter goes missing on the eve of the national elections.

The Handmaiden
2016
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded li...

The Shameless
2015
Creative Producer, Executive Producer
A homicide detective tries to flush out a mob enforcer by befriending the suspect's beautiful girlfriend, but soon develops romantic feelings for her.

Müdigkeitsgesellschaft: Byung-Chul Han in Seoul/Berlin
2015
as Self
The essay film about the German philosopher Byung-Chul Han encircles the phenomenon of fatigue in our capitalistic societies and its associated sympto...

A Rose Reborn
2014
Director, Writer
A brilliant young CEO from London contemplates the possibility of selling his invention to a mysterious Chinese billionaire. Before actually meeting h...

Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen
2014
as Self
Documentary on the making of the film.

Bitter, Sweet, Seoul
2014
Director, Producer
Over 98 days from August 20th to November 25th 2013, 2821 people from around the world sent 11,852 video featuring many different faces of Seoul. 154 ...

Snowpiercer
2013
Executive Producer
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that tr...

Lee Jung Hyun: V
2013
Director
A man experiences a car crash and visits the nearest spooky mansion for help, only to discover its ghostly inhabitant wants to take him as a groom.

Stoker
2013
Director
After India Stoker's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect ...

Day Trip
2012
Director, Producer, Writer
A master and his student visit a mountain to practice pansori (a musical storytelling performed by a singer and a drummer) after a music competition w...

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
2012
as Himself
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her...
A Boy with Arms
2012
Editor
The boy's mother packs her belongings and leaves her family for another man. The boy gets home only to see that his mother had left and decides to kil...

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011
Writer, Director
An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was ...

Night Fishing
2011
Director, Writer, Producer
A man casually sets up for a fishing trip at the water's edge. Evening comes and a tug on his line presents him with the body of a woman.

Through Korean Cinema
2010
as Self
Discover the roots of Korean cinema. A cinema who surprised by the success recorded in the major international festivals. Interviews to five famous Ko...
Too Fragile to Be Loved
2010
Editor
Love story. Too hard to believe, and too much to bear.

Thirst
2009
Screenplay, Producer, Director
A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfu...

Crush and Blush
2008
as Passerby
With her frumpy hair, blushing face, and awkward mannerisms, Yang Mi Sook has spent her entire life being unnoticed. Nicknamed Miss Carrot, she dilige...

Crush and Blush
2008
Screenplay, Producer
With her frumpy hair, blushing face, and awkward mannerisms, Yang Mi Sook has spent her entire life being unnoticed. Nicknamed Miss Carrot, she dilige...

Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
2007
as Himself
A documentary consisting of twenty-two Korean directors' interviews about Kim Ki-young and respect for his work and the influence

I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
2006
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly bel...
The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema
2006
as Himself
South Korean cinema is in the throes of a creative explosion where mavericks are encouraged and masters are venerated. But from where has this phenome...

Zinda
2006
Original Film Writer
The film is about a man, who has been imprisoned for 14 years, who has been released and has four days to figure out why he was imprisoned in the firs...

A Boy Who Went to Heaven
2005
Writer
An orphaned boy falls in love with and writes anonymous letters a to 30-year old woman because she reminds him of his mother.

Lady Vengeance
2005
Director, Screenplay
Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

Autobiography of 'Oldboy'
2005
as Self
A three and- a-half-hour video diary of the making of Oldboy. This was included as a special feature in the DVD and Blu Ray releases of Oldboy and was...

Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video
2004
as (archive footage)

Three... Extremes
2004
Director, Writer
An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors: "Dumplings", directed by Fruit Chan of Hong Kong; "Cut", directed b...

Oldboy
2003
Screenplay, Director
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

If You Were Me
2003
Director, Writer
Anthology film of six shorts by leading Korean directors. Park Chan-Wook, tackles racial prejudice and the economic exploitation of immigrant workers ...

Never Ending Peace and Love
2003
Director, Writer
"Never Ending Peace and Love" (or "N.E.P.A.L.") is part of the South Korean omnibus film "If You Were Me" (2003). Comprising six short films directed ...

A Bizarre Love Triangle
2002
Writer
Eun-hee is an extravagant and selfish woman who lives a life of luxury. She constantly swears, acts extremely careless, and is unashamedly tactless. Y...

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
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 situ...

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002
Director, Screenplay
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 situ...

The Humanist
2001
Writer
Te-o begins life as a lonely son of a high-ranking officer. He buys his friends with money and ice cream. Eventually two of these boys, the orphans Eu...

Joint Security Area
2000
Screenplay, Director, Production Assistant
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is t...

The Anarchists
2000
Writer
Set in 1920s Shanghai, the film recounts the activities of a group of young Koreans trying to destabilize Japanese control of their penninsula. Throug...

Judgement
1999
Writer, Director, Producer
At the identification of a dead body, a couple and a morgue employee both claim to be related to the deceased, and therefore the rightful recipient of...

Trio
1997
Director, Writer
Han is a suicidal saxophonist, Mun is a violent simpleton with an I.Q. of 80, and Maria is a single mother with dreams of becoming a nun. Han has trie...

Mascara
1995
Buzz Salon which is run by Cho is known for its mysterious ambience. Gi-hyuk, one of Cho's best customers, falls for Hae-joo, a hostess at Buzz. Cho u...

The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream
1992
Director, Writer
A gangster in Busan is caught having an affair with his boss' mistress and the two run off with their organization's money.
Nino
N/A
as Self - director
An in-depth documentary into the life of renowned Italian composer Nino Rota, who wrote the score for 16 films directed by Federico Fellini, including...
The Jailbreaker
N/A
Director, Writer