Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

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Revenge was never this sweet.

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.

• Released: 2002-03-29
• Genres: Action, Drama, Thriller
• Runtime: 2h 9m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.5/10 from 1,785 votes

Directed by Park Chan-wook.

Top cast

• Song Kang-ho as Dong-jin
• Shin Ha-kyun as Ryu
• Bae Doona as Yeong-mi
• Im Ji-eun as Sister
• Han Bo-bae as Yu-Sun
• Lee Dae-yeon as Detective Choi
• Ki Joo-bong as Engineer Peng
• Kim Se-dong as CEO
• Lee Yoon-mi as Boss
• Ryoo Seung-bum as Person with Cerebral Palsy

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

• United States: stream on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel
• Canada: stream on Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, Shudder Apple TV channel

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