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Park Chan-wook

(朴贊郁)

Park Chan-wook
朴贊郁
Park Chan-wook is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, and producer. His work include ’Joint Security Area’, the ’Vengeance Trilogy’ (featuring ’Oldboy’), ’Thirst’, ’The Handmaiden’, and ’Decision to Leave’. He won the Grand Prix and Best Director awards at the Cannes Film Festival, and a BAFTA for ’The Handmaiden’. He also directed the English-language series ’The Sympathizer’.
Asian cinema: Korean films

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