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The Vengeance Trilogy
Part 1: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance - Current Video
Part 2: Oldboy - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng9QCl...
Part 3: Sympathy for Lady Vengeance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH5jRH...

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is a 2002 South Korean film directed by Park Chan-wook which follows the character Ryu trying to earn enough money for his sister's kidney transplant and the path of vengeance that follows. It is the first part of The Vengeance Trilogy and is followed by Oldboy (2003) and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005).

Ryu (Shin Ha-kyun), is a deaf-mute man working in a factory to support his ailing sister (Lim Ji-eun), who is in desperate need of a kidney transplant. As Ryu is not a match, and he is laid off from his job, Ryu contacts a black market organ dealer, and agrees to exchange his savings and one of his own kidneys in exchange for a matching one; the dealers perform the operation, but disappear after taking Ryu's kidney and money. Three weeks later, Ryu learns from his doctor that a donor has been found, but Ryu is unable to afford the operation now.

In need of money for the operation and in retaliation for his being fired, Yeong-mi (Bae Doona), Ryu's radical anarchist girlfriend, helps him to kidnap Yu-sun, the daughter of factory executive Dong-jin. The girl stays with Ryu's sister, who believes Ryu is merely babysitting her; concurrently, Ryu and Yeong-mi collect the ransom from Dong-jin. After collecting the money, Ryu finds his sister discovered his plan, and that she committed suicide as she was unwilling to be involved or to burden Ryu. Ryu takes Yu-sun and his sister's body to a suburban riverbed they used to frequent as children; while Ryu buries his sister, Yu-sun accidentally slips into the river and drowns.

As Dong-jin mourns his daughter, he hires an investigator to help find Yu-sun's kidnappers, and realizes those he laid off may seek revenge. Meanwhile, Ryu locates, ambushes and murders the organ dealers. Dong-jin, receiving help from several sources, finds Yeong-mi and interrogates her; Yeong-mi apologizes for Yu-sun's death, but warns him of an terrorist group she is part of that will find and kill Dong-jin if he kills her. Dong-jin, unfazed by Yeong-mi's threats, electrocutes her to death. Ryu returns to Yeong-mi's apartment building and discovers the police removing her corpse. Dong-jin's investigator is informed that Yeong-mi's "terrorist group" consisted solely of her.

Ryu and Dong-jin wait at each other's residence in an attempt to kill the other; Ryu is the first to return home and, unaware of an electric booby trap on his doorknob, is rendered unconscious. Dong-jin binds Ryu and returns him to the riverbed where Yu-sun died. After binding Ryu's hands and feet and bringing him chest-high into the water, an emotional Dong-jin acknowledges that although Ryu is a good man, he has no choice; Dong-jin then slashes Ryu's Achilles tendons, resulting in his bleeding to death.

Dong-jin drags Ryu back to shore and begins to dig a hole, but soon a group of men arrives. They surround and stab Dong-jin repeatedly, finally attaching a note to his chest identifying themselves as the terrorist group which Yeong-mi was affiliated with. The group leaves Dong-jin dying beside his car with the bloody tools and bags containing Ryu's body.