About This Film
Ryu is a deaf-mute man who works in a factory. His ailing sister is in desperate need of a kidney transplant, but Ryu's is not a match. After he loses his job, Ryu contacts a group of black market organ dealers to exchange one of his kidneys for one that his sister can use. However, the dealers disappear after taking Ryu's kidney and severance money.
A legitimate kidney donor is found, but after having been conned by the organ dealers, Ryu is unable to afford the operation. To raise money, Yeong-mi, Ryu's radical anarchist girlfriend, suggests kidnapping the daughter of the executive that fired Ryu. They observe the executive with company president Park Dong-jin arriving at the latter's home one day, where one of Dong-jin's employees, Peng, attempts to commit harakiri in front of them. Ryu and Yeong-mi change their plan, deciding to kidnap Dong-jin's young daughter Yu-sun.
Yu-sun stays with Ryu's sister, who believes that Ryu is babysitting her. Ryu and Yeong-mi send a request for ransom to Dong-jin, and he obliges. Upon returning home with the ransom money, Ryu discovers that his sister learned that Yu-sun was kidnapped and not wanting to be a burden any longer, has committed suicide.
Ryu takes Yu-sun and his sister's body to a riverbed they frequented as children to bury her. Distracted by the burial and unable to hear, Ryu is unaware when Yu-sun slips into the river, and she drowns. After Yu-sun's body is discovered by authorities, a deeply mournful Dong-jin hires an investigator to find her kidnappers. Dong-jin finds Ryu's sister's corpse by the riverbed, interacts with a mentally disabled man who witnessed Ryu burying his sister, and begins to piece together the identities of Ryu and Yeong-mi.
Ryu, armed with a baseball bat, locates the organ traffickers and murders them, receiving a stab wound in the process. Meanwhile, Dong-jin finds Yeong-mi and tortures her with electricity, also killing a deliveryman who comes to her apartment. She apologizes for Yu-sun's death but warns Dong-jin that her terrorist friends will kill him if she dies. Unfazed, Dong-jin electrocutes her to death. Ryu returns to Yeong-mi's apartment and sees the police removing her corpse.
Dong-jin knocks Ryu unconscious with a booby trap. He takes Ryu to the riverbed where his daughter died and drags him into the water. Dong-jin slashes Ryu's Achilles tendon and waits for him to drown. After Dong-jin dismembers Ryu's corpse, Yeong-mi's anarchist associates arrive. They stab Dong-jin, pin a note to his chest with a knife, and leave him to die.
A legitimate kidney donor is found, but after having been conned by the organ dealers, Ryu is unable to afford the operation. To raise money, Yeong-mi, Ryu's radical anarchist girlfriend, suggests kidnapping the daughter of the executive that fired Ryu. They observe the executive with company president Park Dong-jin arriving at the latter's home one day, where one of Dong-jin's employees, Peng, attempts to commit harakiri in front of them. Ryu and Yeong-mi change their plan, deciding to kidnap Dong-jin's young daughter Yu-sun.
Yu-sun stays with Ryu's sister, who believes that Ryu is babysitting her. Ryu and Yeong-mi send a request for ransom to Dong-jin, and he obliges. Upon returning home with the ransom money, Ryu discovers that his sister learned that Yu-sun was kidnapped and not wanting to be a burden any longer, has committed suicide.
Ryu takes Yu-sun and his sister's body to a riverbed they frequented as children to bury her. Distracted by the burial and unable to hear, Ryu is unaware when Yu-sun slips into the river, and she drowns. After Yu-sun's body is discovered by authorities, a deeply mournful Dong-jin hires an investigator to find her kidnappers. Dong-jin finds Ryu's sister's corpse by the riverbed, interacts with a mentally disabled man who witnessed Ryu burying his sister, and begins to piece together the identities of Ryu and Yeong-mi.
Ryu, armed with a baseball bat, locates the organ traffickers and murders them, receiving a stab wound in the process. Meanwhile, Dong-jin finds Yeong-mi and tortures her with electricity, also killing a deliveryman who comes to her apartment. She apologizes for Yu-sun's death but warns Dong-jin that her terrorist friends will kill him if she dies. Unfazed, Dong-jin electrocutes her to death. Ryu returns to Yeong-mi's apartment and sees the police removing her corpse.
Dong-jin knocks Ryu unconscious with a booby trap. He takes Ryu to the riverbed where his daughter died and drags him into the water. Dong-jin slashes Ryu's Achilles tendon and waits for him to drown. After Dong-jin dismembers Ryu's corpse, Yeong-mi's anarchist associates arrive. They stab Dong-jin, pin a note to his chest with a knife, and leave him to die.
Film Details
Director
Park Chan-wook
Writers
Lee Jae-soon, Lee Jong-yong, Park Chan-wook, Lee Mu-yeong
Tags
Keywords
Female Nudity
Murder
Female Rear Nudity
Nudity
Female Topless Nudity
Violence
Blood
Death
Sex Scene
Revenge
Bare Chested Male
Male Rear Nudity
Cigarette Smoking
Male Nudity
Corpse
Torture
Doctor
Telephone Call
Fight
Knife
Blood Splatter
Stabbed To Death
Kidnapping
Stabbing
Suicide
Boyfriend Girlfriend Relationship
Photograph
Father Daughter Relationship
Slapped In The Face
Breasts
Hospital
Beating
Attempted Rape
Brother Sister Relationship
Funeral
Coffin
Crying
Dead Woman
Stabbed In The Back
Mirror
Money
Dark Comedy
Electrocution
Masturbation
Stabbed In The Chest
Hallucination
Dismemberment
Tied Up
Robbery
Police Investigation
Elevator
Water
Stalking
Camera
Mercilessness
Sunglasses
Vengeance
Drowning
Rape And Revenge
Stabbed In The Stomach
Doll
Urination
Beaten To Death
River
Neo-noir
Letter
Hit On The Head
Necklace
Dripping Blood
Desperation
Disposing Of A Dead Body
Tied To A Chair
Woman Tied Up
Autopsy
Bridge
Birthday
Part Of Trilogy
Woman On Top
Food
Self Mutilation
Stabbed In The Neck
Cremation
Terrorist
Kicked In The Stomach
Death Of Child
Baseball Bat
Bound
Shovel
Death Of Sister
Stabbed Multiple Times
Electric Shock
Digging
Tortured To Death
Death Of Daughter
Tears
Ransom
Blood On Shirt
Tied Up While Barefoot
Tied To A Post
Loss Of Daughter
Needle
Balloon
Child Kidnapping
Loss Of Sister
Death Of Son
Make Love
Hit With A Baseball Bat
Shallow Grave
Death Of Loved One
Dead Woman In A Bathtub
Urine
Male Buttocks
Kicking
Loud Sex
Dragging A Body
Cut Hand
Pool Of Blood
Suitcase Full Of Money
Radio Broadcast
Deaf-mute
Sign Language
Slapping
Talking To Oneself In A Mirror
Subtitled Scene
Cell Phone
Bandaged Hand
Terrorist Group
Black Market
Delivery
Imagination
Red Rose
Subway Station
Laptop Computer
Knife In The Chest
Cuckoo Clock
Activist
Carrying A Dead Woman
Woman Electrocuted
Wetting Oneself
Ransom Note
Playground
Mental Disability
Donor
Wetting Pants
Petting
Order
Kidney
Kidney Transplant
Helium Balloon
Dead Woman In A Chair
Suicide Of Sister
Offscreen Suicide
Female Urinating
Lifted By The Throat
Licking Someone's Body
Bag Over Head
Achilles Tendon Cut
Three Act Structure
Achilles Tendon
Abdomen Slashed
Dragged
Hands
Thrusting
Cloth
Paper
Two Men
Text
Fired
Organ Theft
South Korea
Screwdriver The Tool
Crying Child
Pedestrian Bridge
Group Masturbation
Skipping Stone
Green Hair
Factory Worker
Dyed Hair
Child Drowning
Bug Zapper
Batting Cage
Baseball Hat
Korea
Also Known As
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, 復仇三部曲之復仇, Boksuneun naui geot, 復讐者に憐れみを, Mr. Vingança, Vengeance Trilogy 1 - Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, Em Nome da Vingança, Сочувствие господину Месть, Sympathy for Mister Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, 复仇, 복수는 나의 것, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance