Judgement
A corpse of a young woman dead in a major catastrophe arrives to a hospital morgue. A couple and the attending mortician claim the dead girl was their daughter. A reporter and an insurance agent both become witnesses in the girl’s identification. A hideous scar is not enough evidence and the couple and the mortician politely avoid the probing questions of the reporter. Suddenly, a woman appears and explains the whole mystery.
- South Korea
- 1999, 26 min
- Director: Park Chan-wook
- Director of photography: Park Hyun-chul
- Editor: Kim Sang-bum
- Screenplay: Park Chan-wook
- Music: Choi Hyuck
- Cast: Choi Hak-rak, Gi Ju-bong, Ko In-bae, Gwon Nan-hee
- Contacts: Indiestory Inc.
- Production: Cine City/Studio Box!
Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook (1963, Korea) studied philosophy at Sogang University, where he started a film club. After graduation, he became a film critic before becoming an assistant director. His feature debut The Moon is the Sun’s Dream (1992), and his second film Trio, made five years later, failed and he was more famous as a film critic. In 2000, he directed Joint Security Area, which was a great success in South Korea, both commercially and critically. This allowed him to make his next film, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance more independently. After winning the Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival with Oldboy, he decided to make his next two films about revenge. His so-called “vengeance trilogy” consists of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance. His other films include I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK (2006) and Thirst (2009), winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes in 2009.