Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) on Netflix
Ryu, a deaf-mute factory worker in Seoul, cannot pay for his sister's kidney transplant. Black market organ dealers swindle him, and his girlfriend Cha Yeong-mi proposes a kidnapping.
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Plot summary
Ryu is a deaf-mute factory worker whose sister needs a kidney transplant, and his blood type does not match hers. After he loses his job, black market organ dealers take one of his kidneys and his severance money and disappear. A legitimate donor is found, but Ryu cannot afford the operation. His girlfriend, Cha Yeong-mi, an anarchist, proposes taking the child of the executive who fired him. Watching that executive arrive at the home of company president Park Dong-jin, the pair switch targets to Dong-jin's young daughter, Yu-sun. The girl stays with Ryu's sister, who thinks he is babysitting her. The pair send Park Dong-jin a demand for ransom.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
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- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is the first installment in Park Chan-wook's thematic Vengeance Trilogy, followed by Oldboy (2003) and Lady Vengeance (2005).
