Watch Park Chan-wook Talk About Decision to Leave

A director and a critic

Park Chan-wook directed Oldboy, The Handmaiden, and Decision to Leave—films that pushed Korean cinema into international conversation. His work is technically precise, visually intricate, and built around questions about obsession, power, and desire.

Lee Dong-jin is one of Korea's most respected film critics. His YouTube show Piarchia (파이아키아) gives filmmakers space to talk about their process without the usual press junket constraints. This interview happened shortly after Decision to Leave premiered at Cannes in 2022, where it won Best Director.

The conversation covers misunderstandings about Park's sensibility, the structure behind his visual choices, and what he was trying to do with Decision to Leave. It's not promotional material. It's two people who understand film craft talking about how movies get made and what they mean.

The interview is in Korean. English speakers who care about film direction, Korean cinema, or Park Chan-wook's work don't get to hear this conversation unless they speak the language or find subtitles.

How to watch the full interview with English subtitles

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Korean film content in English

Korean cinema has produced some of the most interesting film content on YouTube—director interviews, critic roundtables, behind-the-scenes breakdowns. Most of it doesn't have English subtitles. YouTube's auto-generated translations are often incomplete or missing for Korean videos, especially older content.

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