Turned down the chance to remake The Evil Dead. His films "Sympathy for Mr Vengeance", "Oldboy" and "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" are widely known as the "Vengeance Trilogy". Was a student of philosophy at Sogang University in Seoul. Has one daughter. Met wife at a university film club in the 80s. He trained as Research Cosmonaut in 1995-96 to fly to the Mir space station and become the first Korean in space. Member of the Jury at the Venice Film Festival in 2006. imdb
Turned down the chance to remake The Evil Dead. His films "Sympathy for Mr Vengeance", "Oldboy" and "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance" are widely known as the "Vengeance Trilogy". Was a student of philosophy at Sogang University in Seoul. Has one daughter. Met www.imdb.com/name/nm0661791/