Due to unforeseen circumstances, Director Ryoo Seung-wan will no longer be present for this screening. Film critic Darcy Paquet and film scholars Molly Kim and Kyu Hyun Kim are scheduled to be present.
Series: The Films of Ryoo Seung-wan
Ryoo wrote, directed, and starred in The City of Violence, an action film set in a fictionalized version of his hometown of Onyang. The movie opens when a policeman from Seoul returns to his hometown for the funeral of his childhood friend who has just been murdered. The policeman teams up with another old friend’s younger brother (played by Ryoo) to avenge his friends’ death. The film has been lauded for its precisely choreographed and shot fight scenes. Jeong Du-hong, who plays the policeman, is “Korea’s most famous action choreographer/stunt artist” (Kyu Hyun Kim), and this film is a spectacular display of his skills work. In Korean with English subtitles. Contains mature content, including violence, drug references, and strong language.
