Thirst

He was born in 1963 and studied Philosophy at Sogang University. His first box office hit in Korea came with Joint Security Area, a film about the dividing line between North and South Korea. It received numerous awards in Korea and was selected for competition at the Berlin IFF in 2001.This was followed by Sympathy for Mr.Vengeance which won critical acclaim worldwide. Oldboy swept the Koren film awards and won the Grand Prize of the Jury at Cannes in 2004. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, the last part of the vengeance trilogy, won the CinemAvvenire Award and the Little Lion at the Venice IFF in 2005.

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1992 Moon Ιs... the Sun’s Dream
1997 A Trio
2000 Joint Security Area
2002 Sympathy for Mr.Vengeance
2003 Oldboy
2004 Three…Extremes (segment: Cut)
2005 Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
2006 I’m a Cyborg, but that’s ok
2009 Thirst