Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
“Revenge was never this sweet.”
2002•R•2h 9m•7.5•Released
ActionDramaThriller
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.
Director
Park Chan-wook
Writer
Lee Jong-yong, Lee Jae-soon, Park Chan-wook, Lee Mu-yeong
Budget
$4M
Revenue
$2M
Languages
Korean
Studio
CJ Entertainment
Cast
Song Kang-ho
Dong-jin
Shin Ha-kyun
Ryu
Bae Doona
Yeong-mi
Im Ji-eun
Sister
Han Bo-bae
Yu-Sun
Lee Dae-yeon
Detective Choi
Ki Joo-bong
Engineer Peng
Kim Se-dong
CEO
Lee Yoon-mi
Boss
Ryoo Seung-bum
Person with Cerebral Palsy
Ji Dae-han
Detective Ji
Heo Jong-su
Detective Heo
Nam Byung-hoon
Man 1
Park Jae-woong
Man 2
Jeong Gyu-su
Doctor 1
Production
Company
CJ Entertainment
Company
Studio Box
Producer
Lee Jae-soon
Producer
Lim Jin-gyu
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