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Unable to afford proper care for his sister dying from kidney failure, Ryu turns to the black market to sell his own organs only to end up cheated of his life savings. His girlfriend urges Ryu to kidnap the daughter of wealthy industrialist Dong-jin, who recently laid him off. Ryu agrees, but unforeseen tragedies turn an innocent con into a merciless quest for revenge. Bound by their personal losses and deep-seated anger, the two men are thrust into a spiral of destruction. Named Best Film at the Deauville Asian Film Festival, SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE is the first movie in director Chanwook Park's revenge trilogy, which also includes OLDBOY and SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE. Ha-kyun Shin stars as Ryu, a young deaf mute with green hair and a job at a smelting factory. His ailing sister (Ji-Eun Lim) is in dire need of a kidney, and when the doctors cannot find a suitable match, Ryu, who has just been laid off, takes his severance pay and all his savings to a shady black-market organization that will take out his kidney so his sister can use it. But he is tricked, and soon convinced by his anarchist girlfriend, Youngmi (Doo-na Bae), to kidnap the four-year-old daughter (Bo-bae Han) of factory president Park (Kang-ho Song) in order to get enough money to pay for his sister's legitimate transplant. But things don't go as planned, leading to gripping, violent, and bloody battles as both Ryu and Park seek to gain vengeance for the wrongs done to their families. Director Park has taken great care to develop strong, believable characters who are driven by heartbreak to commit acts they never dreamed they'd be capable of in this emotionally wrenching drama. THEATRICAL RELEASE: August 19, 2005 (Limited) Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance | List Price | $19.99 (You save $5.20) | | Studio | Tartan Video | | Orig Year | 2005 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  14331  | | CD Universe Part number | 6980944 | | Catalog number | 3012 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Nov 22, 2005 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Rating Reason | strong gruesome violence, strong sexuality, language, and drug use | | Running Time | 129 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Subtitled; DTS Sound | | Movie Details | Color; Dolby Surround Sound; Digitally Processed; Widescreen; Subtitled; DTS Sound |
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Featurette: A FIRST LOOK AT SYMPATHY FOR LADY VENGEANCE
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