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Ever since I arrived in America to promote Stoker, I haven't had time to go and see it in a theater. The fact that I had to shoot twice as fast as I'm used to in Korea was the most challenging thing about my Hollywood experience.
Park Chan-wook
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Park Chan-wook
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 23
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