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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance(Movie, 2002)

Original title: "복수는 나의 것" (Korean/KO)
FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 9min | Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
Sympathy for Mr. VengeanceRating: 3.7/5 (with 592592 votes)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (Korean: 복수는 나의 것; lit. "Vengeance Is Mine") is a 2002 South Korean neo-noir crime thriller film directed and co-written by Park Chan-wook. The film stars Shin Ha-kyun as Ryu, a young, deaf-mute factory worker trying to earn enough money for his sister's kidney transplant by holding the daughter of a wealthy man for ransom, and the path of vengeance that follows when the plan goes awry. Alongside Ha-kyun, the film's cast includes Song Kang-ho, Bae Doona, Han Bo-bae, and Im Ji-eun. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance did not fare well commercially upon its initial release in South Korea, and has garnered mixed reviews. Despite this, it won several awards. It is the first installment in director Park's thematic Vengeance Trilogy, and is followed by ()
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About Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

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 situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.

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Additional Information

Production country: South Korea
Original language: Korean (KO)
Spoken languages: Korean (KO)
Translated into 25 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Burmese (MY), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 08/06/2003 (World premiere: 03/29/2002)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Mr. Vingança"
"复仇"
"Sympathy for Mister Vengeance"
"復讐者に憐れみを"
"Boksuneun naui geot"
"복수는 나의 것"
"Em Nome da Vingança"
"Сочувствие господину Месть"
"復仇三部曲之復仇"
"Vengeance Trilogy 1 - Sympathy for Mr Vengeance"
Budget: 4,000,000 USD
Revenue: 1,954,937 USD (= 49%)

3 movies in the Vengeance Collection

2002 Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2003 Oldboy ("올드보이")
2005 Lady Vengeance ("친절한 금자씨")

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