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Lady Vengeance (2005)

★ 7.5 · 1,930 ratings on TMDB

All she wanted was a peaceful life… they didn't give it.

Lady Vengeance poster★ 7.5

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

DirectorPark Chan-wook
CastChoi Min-sik, Kim Bu-seon, Kim Byeong-ok, Kim Si-hoo, Kwon Yea-young, Lee Seung-shin
GenresDrama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Lady Vengeance keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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