Man-su has everything he dreamed of: a stable job at a prestigious paper company, respect, a happy family, and a big house with a greenhouse full of bonsai trees. But when the paper mill is bought by Americans and Man-su loses his job, his perfect world begins to fall apart. The only way to get everything back in the corporate world? Eliminate the competition.
Man-su has everything he dreamed of: a stable job at a prestigious paper company, respect, a happy family, and a big house with a greenhouse full of bonsai trees. But when the paper mill is bought by Americans and Man-su loses his job, his perfect world begins to fall apart. The only way to get everything back in the corporate world? Eliminate the competition. This bizarrely dark story shows how far a decent person can go when their patience runs out and there really is... There is no other option. Master director Park Chan-wook (, ) comes up with a black comedy starring Lee Byung-hun (), which struck a chord with the audience in the main competition at the Venice Film Festival with its subversiveness and visual precision.