The Vengeance Trilogy
The Vengeance Trilogy is a series of three films," Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance"( 2002)," Oldboy"( 2003), and" Lady Vengeance"( 2005), directed by South Korean filmmaker Park Chan- wook.
Each deals with the themes of revenge, ethics, violence, and salvation.
The films are not narratively connected and were dubbed a trilogy by international critics because of their thematic links.
The trilogy is considered a revision of the European revenge tradition set in the XXIst century globalization's traumas in South Korea.
In the United Kingdom, Tartan Films released the box set of the three films on DVD.
In the United States, Vivendi Entertainment released the same set.
Lady Vengeance
Lady Vengeance( titled Sympathy for Lady Vengeance in Australia) is a 2005 South Korean psychological thriller film directed by Park Chan- wook.
The film is the third installment in Park's" Vengeance Trilogy", following" Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance"( 2002) and" Oldboy"( 2003).
It stars Lee Young- ae as Lee Geum- ja, a woman released from prison after serving the sentence for a murder she did not commit.
The film tells her story of revenge against the real murderer.
The film debuted on 29 July 2005 in South Korea, and competed for the Golden Lion at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival in September 2005.
While it failed to win in competition, it did walk away with Cinema of The Future, the Young Lion Award, and the Best Innovated Film Award in the non-competition section.
It won the award for Best Film at the 26th Blue Dragon Film Awards.
The film had its US premiere on 30 September 2005 at the New York Film Festival.
It began its limited release in North American theatres on 5 May 2006, to favorable reviews from critics.
Wolf Gremm
Wolf Gremm (26 February 1942 – 14 July 2015) was a German film director and screenwriter.
Gremm was born in Freiburg i
m Breisgau in 1942.
In the 1960s, he studied German literature, psychology, sociology and theater.
After graduation, he studied film direction at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin and directed his first feature film "Ich dachte, ich wär tot" in 1973.
During the 1970s and early 1980s, he produced several feature films.
His greatest success was the 1980 film "Fabian" based on a novel by German author Erich Kästner.
This film was chosen as West Germany's official submission to the 53rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated.
He was a close friend of the German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder, who also starred in Gremm's 1982 film "Kamikaze 1989".
This film was his last feature film; he then worked solely for television.
Oldboy (2003 film)
Oldboy is a 2003 South Korean neo- noir action thriller film co-written and directed by Park Chan- wook.
It is based on the Japanese comic of the same name written by Garon Tsuchiya and illustrated by Nobuaki Minegishi.
" Oldboy" is the second installment of" The Vengeance Trilogy", preceded by" Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" and followed by" Lady Vengeance".
The film follows the story of Oh Dae -su, who is imprisoned in a cell which resembles a hotel room for 15 years without knowing the identity of his captor or his captor's motives.
When he is finally released, Dae- su finds himself still trapped in a web of conspiracy and violence.
His own quest for vengeance becomes tied in with romance when he falls in love with an attractive young sushi chef.
The film won the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and high praise from the President of the Jury, director Quentin Tarantino.
The film has been well received by critics in the United States, with film critic Roger Ebert stating that" Oldboy" is a" powerful film not because of what it depicts, but because of the depths of the human heart which it strips bare".
It has been listed among the best films of the 2000s in several publications.
An American remake of the same name directed by Spike Lee was released in 2013.
Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook (born August 23, 1963) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, producer, and former film critic.
One of the most acclaimed and popular filmmakers in his native country, Park is best known for his films "Joint Security Area" (2000), "Thirst" (2009), "The Handmaiden" (2016) and what has become known as "The Vengeance Trilogy", consisting of "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" (2002), "Oldboy" (2003) and "Lady Vengeance" (2005).
He is also known for his English-language works "Stoker" (2013) and "The Little Drummer Girl" (2018), a television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by John le Carré.
His films have gained notoriety for their immaculate framing, black humor and often brutal subject matters.
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (lit. "
Vengeance Is Mine") is a 2002 South Korean action thriller film directed and co-written by Park Chan-wook.
The film follows a young man trying to earn enough money for his sister's kidney transplant and the path of vengeance that follows.
It is the first film in Chan-wook's "Vengeance Trilogy" and is followed by "Oldboy" (2003) and "Lady Vengeance" (2005).
Bae Doona
Doona Bae( born October 11, 1979) is a South Korean actress and photographer.
She became known outside Korea for her roles as a political activist in Park Chan- wook's" Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance"( 2002), archer Park Nam- joo in Bong Joon- ho's" The Host"( 2006), and as an inflatable sex doll- come- to- life in Hirokazu Koreeda's" Air Doll"( 2009).
She has had English- speaking roles in the Wachowski films" Cloud Atlas"( 2012) and" Jupiter Ascending"( 2015), and their TV series" Sense8"( 2015–2018).
Her latest work is on a Netflix period zombie thriller" Kingdom"( 2019 – present).
Shin Ha-kyun
Shin Ha-kyun( born May 30, 1974) is a South Korean actor.
His notable films include" Joint Security Area"( 2000)," Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance"( 2002)," Save the Green Planet!"( 2003), and" Welcome to Dongmakgol"( 2005).
Kamikaze 1989
Kamikaze 1989 is a 1982 West German cyberpunk thriller film co-written and directed by Wolf Gremm, based on the 1964 novel "Murder on the Thirty-First Floor" by Per Wahlöö.
It stars Rainer Werner Fassbinder as a detective investigating a string of bombings that lead to a corporate media conspiracy.
At the Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto, Fantasporto, for 1984, the film won the Critic's Award and received a nomination for the International Fantasy Film Award.
Shin Ha-kyun
Shin Ha-kyun( born May 30, 1974) is a South Korean actor.
His notable films include" Joint Security Area"( 2000)," Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance"( 2002)," Save the Green Planet!"( 2003), and" Welcome to Dongmakgol"( 2005).

Question: Are the directors of films Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance and Kamikaze 1989 both from the same country?
Answer: no