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In our lives, we have good things and bad things, happiness and pain.
Park Chan-wook
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Park Chan-wook
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 23
Film Critic
Film Director
Film Producer
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Seoul Teukbyeolsi
Chan-wook Park
Park Chan-uk
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