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Oldboy
Why this pick
Park Chan-wook again pairs operatic visual control with a morally corrosive revenge spiral, sustaining the same bruising fatalism and escalating dread.
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MOVIE2002 2h 9m KOR
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Why this pick
A devastating study of grief, class, faith and forgiveness, with the same refusal to offer easy moral comfort after an unbearable loss.
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I Saw the Devil
Why this pick
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A Bittersweet Life
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
Revenge was never this sweet.
A recently laid off factory worker kidnaps his former boss' friend's daughter, hoping to use the ransom money to pay for his sister's kidney transplant.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Shin Ha-kyun
Ryu
Song Kang-ho
Park Dong-jin
Bae Doo-na
Cha Yeong-mi
Im Ji-eun
Ryu's sister
Han Bo-bae
Yu-sun
Ki Joo-bong
Engineer Peng
Lee Dae-yeon
Detective Choi