Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
“Revenge was never this sweet.”
A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge.
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Cast
27 people
Song Kang-ho
Dong-jin
Known for
Parasite
Snowpiercer
Shin Ha-kyun
Ryu
Known for
The Villainess
Beyond Evil
Bae Doona
Yeong-mi
Known for
Sense8
Kingdom
Im Ji-eun
Sister
Known for
Hello Monster
Hwayi: A Monster Boy
Han Bo-bae
Yu-Sun
Known for
A Company Man
Lee Dae-yeon
Detective Choi
Known for
Oh My Ghost
Flower Boy Next Door
Ki Joo-bong
Engineer Peng
Known for
The Producers
Hotel by the River
Kim Se-dong
CEO
Known for
Pandora
The Fabulous
Lee Yoon-mi
Boss
Ryoo Seung-bum
Person with Cerebral Palsy
Known for
Moving
The Net
Ji Dae-han
Detective Ji
Known for
Oldboy
Rugal
Heo Jong-su
Detective Heo
No other roles listed
Park Chan-wook Director · Lee Mu-yeong Screenplay Lee Jae-soon Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Park Chan-wook
Screenplay
Lee Mu-yeong
Screenplay
Lee Jae-soon
Composer
Jang Young-gyu
Composer
Lee Byung-hoon
Composer
Bek Hyun-jin
Cinematographer
Kim Byeong-il
Editor
Kim Sang-bum
Editor
Kim Jae-beom
Production designer
Jung-hwa Choe
Production designer
Oh Jae-won
Costume designer
Sin Seung-hui
Worldwide gross $2M · Budget $4M · United States release June 14, 2002
Box office
Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,954,937
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
CJ Entertainment
Production
Studio Box
Production
CJ ENM Films & Television
Production
South Korea
Produced in
Languages
Original title
복수는 나의 것
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
South Korea · March 15, 2002
Premiere
South Korea · March 29, 2002
Theatrical
United States · June 14, 2002
Theatrical
Brazil
October 10, 2007 · Physical · DVD premiere
Czechia
December 2, 2005 · Premiere · Filmasia Film Festival
France
August 25, 2013 · Theatrical
October 8, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Festival
Germany
August 6, 2003 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 30, 2003 · Theatrical
Italy
November 25, 2003 · TV
Sweden
March 26, 2004 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 30, 2003 · Theatrical
October 27, 2003 · Physical · DVD
November 2, 2009 · Physical · Blu-ray
October 21, 2013 · Physical · The Vengeance Trilogy Blu-ray
December 9, 2019 · Physical · Arrow Video The Vengeance Trilogy Blu-ray
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