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Lady Vengeance

Original title: Chinjeolhan geumjassi
  • 20052005
  • RR
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
79K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,536
125
Lee Yeong-ae in Lady Vengeance (2005)
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After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
79K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
4,536
125
  • Director
    • Park Chan-wook
  • Writers
    • Park Chan-wook(character created by: Lady Vengeance, Vengeance Trilogy)
    • Seo-kyeong Jeong
    • Myeong-chan Park(comic)
  • Stars
    • Nam-mi Kang
    • Jeong-nam Choi
    • Hye-Sook Go
  • Director
    • Park Chan-wook
  • Writers
    • Park Chan-wook(character created by: Lady Vengeance, Vengeance Trilogy)
    • Seo-kyeong Jeong
    • Myeong-chan Park(comic)
  • Stars
    • Nam-mi Kang
    • Jeong-nam Choi
    • Hye-Sook Go
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 185User reviews
    • 216Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 12 wins & 13 nominations

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    Seung-shin Lee in Lady Vengeance (2005)
    Lee Yeong-ae, Kim Bu-seon, and Chang-Seok Ko in Lady Vengeance (2005)
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    Top cast

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    Nam-mi Kang
    • Choir Member 1
    Jeong-nam Choi
    • Choir Member 2
    Hye-Sook Go
    • Choir Member 3
    Bok-hwa Baek
    • Choir Member 4
    Cheol Hong
    • Choir Member 5
    Ho-soo Joo
    • Choir Member 6
    • (as Joo Seong-wan)
    In-bo Jang
    • Choir Member 7
    • (as Jang Min)
    Kim Byeong-Ok
    Kim Byeong-Ok
    • Preacher
    Lee Yeong-ae
    Lee Yeong-ae
    • Geum-ja Lee
    Seong-Yoon Choi
    • Won-mo's Friend
    Il-woo Nam
    • Detective Choi
    Cha Soon-bae
    Cha Soon-bae
    • Reporter
    Ik-tae Kim
    • Won-mo's Father
    Yeong-mi Lee
    • Won-mo's Mother
    Jin-gu Kim
    • Sun-sook Go
    Kim Bu-seon
    Kim Bu-seon
    • So-young Woo
    Young-ju Seo
    • Yang-hee Kim
    • (as Yeong-ju Seo)
    Su-hee Go
    • Ma-nyeo
    • Director
      • Park Chan-wook
    • Writers
      • Park Chan-wook(character created by: Lady Vengeance, Vengeance Trilogy)
      • Seo-kyeong Jeong
      • Myeong-chan Park(comic)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The snow during the closing scene is not real. They brought two trucks of salt and scattered it all over the street; the falling snow is CGI.
    • Goofs
      All entries contain spoilers
    • Quotes

      Geum-ja Lee: Listen carefully. Everyone make mistakes. But if you committed a sin, you have to make an atonement for that sin. Atonement, do you know what that means? Big Atonement for big sins. Small Atonement for small sins.

    • Alternate versions
      There are two different versions of the film. One is full color. The other, called "Fade to Black Version", shifts from color to B&W over the course of the movie. Like Sin City, there are color highlighted, even in the B&W scenes. The second version is what the director intended, but he was not able to complete it properly until the Korean DVD (which includes both versions).
    • Connections
      Follows Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Mareta no'm faces plorar
      Composed by Jordi Savall
      Vocal by Montserrat Figuera, Arianna Savall
      Baroque Guitar by Xavier Diaz-Latotte
      Baroque Flutes Traversieres by Mare Hantai
      Bass Viola da gamba by Jordi Savall
      Courtesy by Alia Vox

    User reviews185

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    Featured review
    9/10
    Poetic
    I had the luxury of watching this last night and was awed by it's sheer brilliance. I don't want to delve into the story, as you must see it for yourself to savor the fantastic story like a glass of red wine.

    The story revolves around a young woman sentence to jail due to murdering a young boy. Upon release she then embarks on a journey of redemption for the crime committed.

    The cast's acting is impeccable on all sides. with sumptuous photography and a moving musical score consisting of such great composers as Vivaldi.

    If you are a lover of foreign cinema this is a definite DO NOT MISS movie!
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    • diggler302
    • Jan 6, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 29, 2005 (South Korea)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Languages
      • Korean
      • English
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
    • Filming locations
      • Seoul, South Korea
    • Production companies
      • CJ Entertainment
      • CJ Capital Investment
      • Centurion Investment
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

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    • Budget
      • ₩4,200,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $211,667
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,850
      • Apr 30, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $23,834,149
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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