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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

"Revenge was never this sweet."

2002

2h 9m

7.5(1785 votes)

Action

Drama

Thriller

Overview

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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CJ Entertainment

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Song Kang-ho

Song Kang-ho

Dong-jin

Shin Ha-kyun

Shin Ha-kyun

Ryu

Bae Doona

Bae Doona

Yeong-mi

Im Ji-eun

Im Ji-eun

Sister

Han Bo-bae

Han Bo-bae

Yu-Sun

Lee Dae-yeon

Lee Dae-yeon

Detective Choi

Ki Joo-bong

Ki Joo-bong

Engineer Peng

Kim Se-dong

Kim Se-dong

CEO

Lee Yoon-mi

Boss

Ryoo Seung-bum

Ryoo Seung-bum

Person with Cerebral Palsy

Creative team

Directed by: Park Chan-wook
Written by: Lee Jae-soon
Lee Jong-yong
Produced by: Lee Jae-soon
Lim Jin-gyu

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