Movie Of The Week - 7

Many apologies for not posting the movies of the week. I was getting settled with the new job and learning the ropes. Plus I have to be up at 5am everyday to catch the 6.30 train to be able to start work by 7.30 then I get home about 7.30 at night. So posting isn't top priority right. Ok so enough of my schedule lets get into the films, its Labor Day and you're bored.

This weeks movie is...

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is the third movie in Park Chan-wook's (Chan-wook Park in the states, over in Asia last name is spoken and written first)"vengeance" series along with "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" and "Oldboy". These films are brutal, heart wrenching, and not to be taken lightly.

Synopsis:
After thirteen and half years in prison for kidnapping and murdering the boy Park Won-mo, Geum-ja Lee is released and tries to fix her life. She finds a job in a bakery; she orders the manufacturing of a special weapon; she reunites with her daughter, who was adopted by an Australian family; and she plots revenge against the real killer of Won-mo, the English teacher Mr. Baek. With the support of former inmates from prison, Geum-ja seeks an unattained redemption with her vengeance.

Directed by:
Park Chan-wook

Cast:
Yeong-ae Lee
Min-sik Choi

Some Interesting Trivia:

The snow at the ending is not real. They brought two trucks of salt, scattered it all over the street and finally adjusted the scene using computer graphics.

The bakery that Geumja works in is called "Naruse", which is the name of the Japanese director Mikio Naruse.

The two hired assassins are played by Ha-kyun Shin and Kang-ho Song. They played the two main protagonists of Boksuneun naui geot (2002), the first film in the vengeance trilogy, in which Song's character reaps vengeance on Shin's.

Trailer: