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Lady Vengeance
2005
· Movie
· 115 min
B
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1147
- IMDb #1089
- Rotten Tomatoes #1470
- Metacritic #737
- Letterboxd #455
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2342
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #890
- Metacritic Critics #1048
- Metacritic Audience #433
- Criticker #437
- Douban #1009
- Kinopoisk #1157
- AlloCiné #2082
- Trakt #1068
Every rating
65–87
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 65, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 87.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →After being wrongfully imprisoned for the kidnapping and murder of a young boy, a woman spends years meticulously planning her revenge against the real killer. Upon her release, she methodically enacts her plan, recruiting the help of the families of the killer's other victims to deliver their own collective justice.
Details
- Director
- Park Chan-wook
- Writers
- Jeong Seo-kyeong, Park Chan-wook
- Released
- 29 July 2005
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean, English, Japanese
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- R
- Box office
- $23.8M
- Awards
- 4 wins, 18 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 22 →4 wins from 22 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Baeksang Arts Awards 2006 | Best Film | Lady Vengeance | Nominee |
| Baeksang Arts Awards 2006 | Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Nominee |
| Baeksang Arts Awards 2006 | Best Actress | Lee Young-ae | Winner |
| Grand Bell Awards 2006 | Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Nominee |
| Grand Bell Awards 2006 | Best Film | Lady Vengeance | Nominee |
| Grand Bell Awards 2006 | Best New Actor | Kim Shi-hoo | Nominee |
| Grand Bell Awards 2006 | Best Actress | Lee Young-ae | Nominee |
| Hong Kong Film Awards 2006 | Best Asian Film | Lady Vengeance | Nominee |
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Blue Dragon Film Awards
8 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actress | Lee Young-ae | Winner |
| Best Film | Lady Vengeance | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Cho Hwa-sung | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Chung Chung-hoon | Nominee |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Nominee |
| Best Lighting | Park Hyun-won | Nominee |
| Best Music | Jo Yeong-wook | Nominee |
| Technical Award | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum | Nominee |
Baeksang Arts Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actress | Lee Young-ae | Winner |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Nominee |
| Best Film | Lady Vengeance | Nominee |
Director's Cut Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actress | Lee Young-ae | Winner |
Korean Film Awards
5 nominations
| Best Actress | Lee Young-ae | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Cho Hwa-sung | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Chung Chung-hoon | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum | Nominee |
| Best Music | Jo Yeong-wook | Nominee |
Grand Bell Awards
4 nominations
| Best Actress | Lee Young-ae | Nominee |
| Best Director | Park Chan-wook | Nominee |
| Best Film | Lady Vengeance | Nominee |
| Best New Actor | Kim Shi-hoo | Nominee |
Hong Kong Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Asian Film | Lady Vengeance | Nominee |