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Thirst (Korean: 박쥐; literally "bat") is a 2009 horror film written, produced and directed by Park Chan-wook.Based on the 1867 novel Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola, [5] the film stars Song Kang-ho as Sang-hyun, a Catholic priest who turns into a vampire as a result of a failed medical experiment, and falls in love with Tae-ju (), the wife of his childhood friend (Shin Ha-kyun).
Park Chan-wook (Korean: 박찬욱; IPA: [pak̚ tɕʰanuk̚]; born 23 August 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 21st-century world cinema . [ 1 ]
The Vengeance Trilogy (Korean: 복수 삼부작) is a South Korean thematically-linked film trilogy directed by Park Chan-wook, comprising Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Oldboy (2003) and Lady Vengeance (2005). Each film deals with the themes of revenge, [7] ethics, [8] violence and salvation. The films are not narratively connected and ...
Park is easily considered among the most prominent South Korean filmmakers, and is known for directing Thirst in 2009, BAFTA-winning The Handmaiden in 2016, and Decision to Leave in 2022.
South Korean director Park Chan-wook, maestro of our demons and desires, talks to CNN about revenge, inspiration and his forthcoming adaptation of “The Sympathizer.”
Park Hae-il and Tang Wei play a homicide detective and a suspect in this luxuriant feast of a thriller from the South Korean director Park Chan-wook ("The Handmaiden," "Oldboy").
South Korean films began attracting significant international attention in the 2000s, due in part to filmmaker Park Chan-wook, whose movie Oldboy (2003) won the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and was praised by American directors including Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee, the latter of whom directed the remake Oldboy (2013). [8] [40]
A murder mystery gets infused with a healthy dose of romantic yearning in the new film by the South Korean director. Chan-wook Park’s Decision to Leave Is a Sizzling Romantic Thriller: Review ...