Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)

Sympathy For Lady Vengeance is the 3rd installment of The Vengeance Trilogy, preceded by Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Old boy.

Same director. Similarly about loss and revenge.

Both are revenge stories directed by Park Chan Wook. They both make the viewer feel sympathy for the protagonists. They are artistically made and they include complex characters.

The Lady Vengeance cinematroghapy and the noir elements of the story are a reference and inspiration for Mask Girl

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-Prison
-Morally grey FL/AntiHeroine
-Separated mother and daughter
-Trashy men
-Violence
-Noir style thrillers
-Great acting
-Dark and disturbing

Both are revenge stories with a female lead. Both heroines have had their lives stolen from them and seek to right wrongs.

Both Korean movie and drama the main lead served prison time but they wasn’t the main killer. After released they hunt for the real killer and seek revenge

About how far someone can lose themselves in the process of seeking revenge.

Both stories show the way a beautiful cruel woman is obsessed with revenge.

They are both about revenge and are good thrillers

Revenge thrillers with strong female leads. In Lady Vengeance, there is a (younger) man who falls for the female lead. The male lead, in The Glory, who is younger also has feelings for the FL. The Glory is about revenge towards bullies while in Lady Vengeance it’s also towards those who have wronged the FL (but not bullying).