Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)

Profile

• Movie: Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
• Revised romanization: Chinjeolhan Geumjassi
• Hangul: 친절한 금자씨

• Director: Park Chan-Wook
• Assistant Director: Seok Min-Woo
• Writer: Jung Seo-Kyoung, Park Chan-Wook
• Producer: Cho Young-wuk, Lee Chun-yeong, Lee Tae-hun
• Cinematography: Jeong Jeong-hun
• Release Date: July 29, 2005 (South Korea)
• Runtime: 112 min.
• Genre: Revenge / Suspense-Thriller
• Studio: Moho Films
• Distributor: CJ Entertainment
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Plot

Lee Geum-Ja (Lee Young-Ae) is released from prison after serving 13 years for kidnapping and murdering a young boy. A small crowd, including a preacher (Kim Byung-Ok), await for her. The preacher offers her the traditional tofu as a symbol of her new, reformed life, but Lee Geum-Ja tosses it aside and walks away. Now that she has her freedom, she can put the pretenses aside and get down to business. Lee Geum-Ja is out to exact revenge upon Mr. Paek (Choi Min-Sik), the man that framed her and ruined her life.

Lee Geum-Ja begins her quest by visiting and recruiting the help of former prisoners she bonded with in prison. She also gets a job at a bakery. Geum-Ja is also reunited with her now adopted daughter Jenny (Kwon Ye-Young).