South Korean cinema has been having a moment lately, fueled by the success of films like “Parasite” and blockbuster television shows such as “Squid Game.” But in the midst of all the attention, one legendary Korean filmmaker has been relatively absent from pop culture lately: Park Chan-wook.
The “Oldboy” director has not made a film since 2016’s “The Handmaiden,” although he did direct the miniseries “Little Drummer Girl” in 2018.But Park is about to come roaring back.
Movie lovers will soon see the auteur return to cinema’s with the upcoming “Decision to Leave,” which tells the story of a detective investigating a mysterious death in the mountains when he happens to encounter the dead man’s wife.
He’ll follow the highly anticipated film with “The Sympathizer,” a new HBO series from A24 based on Viet Tanh Nguyen’s 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
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