After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.
Direction
Park's signature visual poetry applied to office politics
Acting
Lee Byung-hun's smile that curdles in real time
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes Korean workplace hierarchies
Director
Park Chan-wook
Lee Byung-hun
Man-su
Son Ye-jin
Mi-ri
Park Hee-soon
Choi Seon-chul
Lee Sung-min
Gu Bum-mo
Yeom Hye-ran
Lee A-ra
Cha Seung-won
Ko Si-jo
Oh Dal-su
Detective #1
Kim Woo-seung
Si-won
Choi So-yul
Ri-won
Kim Hae-sook
Ok Sang-yeo
Yoo Yeon-seok
Chin-ho
Hwang Gyu-chan
Young Worker at Solar Paper
Bae Ki-beom
Elderly Worker at Solar Paper
Kim Jin-man
Bearded Worker at Solar Paper
Jason Lane Cutler
American HR Manager
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is Park's first remake since 2009's Thirst, adapting the 1996 Japanese film 'The Gentle Art of Japanese Extortion.'
Released during South Korea's 2024 youth unemployment crisis, the film's job interview scenes reportedly caused walkouts at festival screenings—not from gore, but recognition.
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