Park Chan-wook

Park Chan-wook

1963-08-23 Seoul, South Korea 55 Credits

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.

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No Other Choice

No Other Choice

2026

Producer, Writer, Director

Producing Writing Directing

After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.

Uprising

Uprising

2024

Writer, Executive Producer

7.1
Writing Producing

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

I Haven’t Done Anything

2023

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

Kultur-King Korea

2022

Acting
Decision to Leave

Decision to Leave

2022

Producer, Writer, Director

7.3
Producing Writing Directing

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

Life Is But a Dream

2022

Writer, Producer, Director

5.6
Writing Producing Directing

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

Believe It or Not

2018

Producer

Producing

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

Plankton Salesmen

2017

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

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

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

Decades Apart

2017

Director, Writer, Producer

Directing Writing Producing

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

Old Days

2016

as Self

6.6
Acting

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

The Truth Beneath

2016

Writer

7.0
Writing

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

The Handmaiden

2016

Director, Writer, Executive Producer

8.2
Directing Writing Producing

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

The Shameless

2015

Creative Producer, Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

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

Müdigkeitsgesellschaft: Byung-Chul Han in Seoul/Berlin

2015

as Self

5.0
Acting

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

A Rose Reborn

2014

Director, Writer

5.3
Directing Writing

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

Snowpiercer: Transperceneige, From the Blank Page to the Black Screen

2014

as Self

5.0
Acting

Documentary on the making of the film.

Bitter, Sweet, Seoul

Bitter, Sweet, Seoul

2014

Director, Producer

7.0
Directing Producing

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

Snowpiercer

2013

Executive Producer

6.9
Producing

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

Lee Jung Hyun: V

2013

Director

Directing

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

Stoker

2013

Director

6.6
Directing

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

Day Trip

2012

Director, Producer, Writer

5.9
Directing Producing Writing

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

Ari Ari the Korean Cinema

2012

as Himself

5.2
Acting

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

60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

2011

Writer, Director

3.8
Writing Directing

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

Night Fishing

2011

Director, Writer, Producer

5.7
Directing Writing Producing

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

Through Korean Cinema

2010

as Self

Acting

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

Thirst

2009

Screenplay, Producer, Director

7.1
Writing Producing Directing

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

Crush and Blush

2008

as Passerby

6.3
Acting

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

Crush and Blush

2008

Screenplay, Producer

6.3
Writing Producing

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

Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young

2007

as Himself

Acting

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

I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

2006

Director, Screenplay, Producer

7.0
Directing Writing Producing

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

6.0
Acting

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

Zinda

2006

Original Film Writer

3.9
Writing

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

A Boy Who Went to Heaven

2005

Writer

6.2
Writing

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

Lady Vengeance

2005

Director, Screenplay

7.5
Directing Writing

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

Autobiography of 'Oldboy'

Autobiography of 'Oldboy'

2005

as Self

Acting

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

Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video

2004

as (archive footage)

Acting
Three... Extremes

Three... Extremes

2004

Director, Writer

6.8
Directing Writing

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

Oldboy

Oldboy

2003

Screenplay, Director

8.3
Writing Directing

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

If You Were Me

2003

Director, Writer

6.0
Directing Writing

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

Never Ending Peace and Love

2003

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

"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

A Bizarre Love Triangle

2002

Writer

4.7
Writing

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

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

2002

as Bus Passenger (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

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

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

2002

Director, Screenplay

7.5
Directing Writing

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

The Humanist

2001

Writer

6.0
Writing

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

Joint Security Area

2000

Screenplay, Director, Production Assistant

7.8
Writing Directing

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

The Anarchists

2000

Writer

4.6
Writing

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

Judgement

1999

Writer, Director, Producer

6.2
Writing Directing Producing

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

Trio

1997

Director, Writer

4.3
Directing Writing

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

Mascara

1995

Acting

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

The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream

1992

Director, Writer

5.2
Directing Writing

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

Acting

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

Directing Writing