Press Release
Park Chanwook’s Lady Vengeance from Tartan Asia Extreme in Stores September 26th

“Arguably one of the best films of the decade…sure to be one of the greatest films ever made.”
- Film Threat

“Extravagantly cruel and quite entertaining.”
-Kurt Loder, MTV

“Chanwook’s tremendous conclusion to his Vengeance trilogy is a modern classic… cementing his spot among cinema’s most vital talents.”
-New York Magazine

“The best revenge thriller since Kill Bill.”
- Bloody-Disgusting.com

LOS ANGELES — May. 18, 2006 — For Immediate Release — An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind… So be it.  From Park Chanwook, director of the critically acclaimed films Oldboy, and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, comes the highly anticipated Lady Vengeance, the third and final film in his inimitable Vengeance Trilogy, coming to DVD stores nationwide on September 26th from Tartan Asia Extreme.

After being wrongfully convicted of kidnapping and murdering a young child, a beautiful young woman (Lee Young-ae) is imprisoned for 13 years and forced to give up her own daughter.  While in prison she gains the respect and loyalty of her fellow cellmates, all the while plotting her vendetta on the man responsible (Oldboy’s Choi Min-Sik).  Upon her release she sets in motion an elaborate plan of retribution, but what she discovers is a truth so horrifying, even revenge doesn’t seem punishment enough.

An official selection of the Venice, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals, Lady Vengeance opened in South Korea to the highest grossing opening weekend in the country’s history, generating $9.3 million in US dollars of sales.  Since Oldboy won the Grand Jury Prize in Cannes in 2004, Park Chanwook has risen in stature, becoming one of the most exciting, inventive and scrutinized directors working today.

Korean, with English and Spanish subtitles, Lady Vengeance is presented in anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and DTS Surround Sound 5.1. Special DVD features TBD, but will include Original theatrical trailer; Trailers of Tartan Video’s upcoming releases.

All releases on the Asia Extreme label are supported by broad-based and multi-faceted consumer advertising campaigns; a comprehensive online viral marketing campaign; and a public relations push to English-, Spanish- and Asian-language media. 

Tartan Video’s Asia Extreme is a premiere collection of stylish international cinema from the proven Asian horror genre which shocks, scares and astonishes in equal measure.  In the U.K., Tartan has sold over $50 million of Asian product making it Britain’s leading independent film genre.