If You Were Me (2003) (original) (raw)
Anthology of shorts by six leading Korean directors made for the National Human Rights Commission. Park Chan-Wook (of Sympathy for Mr Vengeance) tackles racial prejudice and the economic exploitation of immigrant workers through the real-life story of a Nepalese woman in Korea. Jeong Jae-Eun (of Take Care of My Cat) tackles the plight of a paedophile released into the community. Yeo Gyun-Dong invites disabled actor Kim Moon-Joo to re-enact his most famous protest. And, in the two best episodes, Im Soon-Rye (of Waikiki Brothers) goes for the engrained sexism of Korean men with superb wit and ...(more)
Anthology of shorts by six leading Korean directors made for the National Human Rights Commission. Park Chan-Wook (of Sympathy for Mr Vengeance) tackles racial prejudice and the economic exploitation of immigrant workers through the real-life story of a Nepalese woman in Korea. Jeong Jae-Eun (of Take Care of My Cat) tackles the plight of a paedophile released into the community. Yeo Gyun-Dong invites disabled actor Kim Moon-Joo to re-enact his most famous protest. And, in the two best episodes, Im Soon-Rye (of Waikiki Brothers) goes for the engrained sexism of Korean men with superb wit and Park Jin-Pyo (of Too Young to Die) confronts the horror of children forced into oral surgery to improve their English-speaking ability. (less)
Directors: Park Chan-wook, Jae-eun Jeong, Park Jin-pyo, Park Kwang-su, Kyun-dong Yeo, Soon-rye Yim
Writers: Park Chan-wook, Jae-eun Jeong, Park Jin-pyo, Park Kwang-su, Kyun-dong Yeo, Soon-rye Yim
Starring: Baek Jong-hak, Jeong-su Byeon, Ji-hyeon Lee, Oh Dal-su, Kim Se-dong, Ryu Seung-su
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