Trio (1997 film)

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1997 South Korean film

Trio

Hangul|

3인조

RR| 3injo
MR| 3injo
Directed by| Park Chan-wook
Written by| Park Chan-wook
Produced by| Lee Choon-yun
Starring| Lee Geung-young
Kim Min-jong
Jeong Seon-kyeong
Edited by| Park Gok-ji
Distributed by| Cine-2000

Release date

* May 24, 1997 (1997-05-24)

Running time

| 102 minutes
Country| South Korea
Language| Korean

Trio (Korean: 3인조) is the second feature film by South Korean film director Park Chan-wook, released in 1997. Similarly to his debut film, The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream, it has been seen by relatively few people outside of Korea.[1][2]

## Plot

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Three outsiders are united by a common cause. A suicidal saxophonist named Ahn is pushed over the edge after he discovers his wife's infidelity, and decides to rob a bank, aided by a violent man (Moon), and a young woman (Maria), who is looking for her missing child.

## Cast

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* Lee Geung-young as Ahn
* Jeong Seon-kyeong as Maria
* Kim Min-jong as Moon
* Kim Bu-seon as Ahn's wife
* Jang Yong as Captain Choi

## Production

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Park was asked by film producer Dong-gyu Ahn to make a film similar in tone to Léon, a French film written and directed by Luc Besson. Park had never seen the film, but had previously wanted to make a film about a series of armed robberies committed from 1972 to 1974 in South Korea, and chose to use that as a basis. Park was also initially influenced by the works of Abel Ferrara.

However, as time passed, the production company for the film changed, and the film lost its wild and violent conception, becoming closer to a mainstream film. Park took blame for the film's perceived failure, saying, "I regret Trio much more than my first movie."[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Trio - Films from the South". Retrieved 10 December 2022.
2. ^ Doherty, Rory (October 13, 2022). "Every Park Chan-Wook Movie, Ranked". Paste Magazine. Paste Media Group. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
3. ^ ""Hitchcock changed my life", Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize Park Chan-wook talks about Park Chan-wook". Cine21 (in Korean). May 28, 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2022.

## External links

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* Trio at IMDb
* Threesome (Sam-injo) at the Korean Movie Database
* 3인조 at Naver (in Korean)
* Trailer on YouTube

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Park Chan-wook

Feature films|

* The Moon Is... the Sun's Dream (1992)
* Trio (1997)
* JSA: Joint Security Area (2000)
* The Vengeance Trilogy
* Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
* Oldboy (2003)
* Lady Vengeance (2005)
* I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006)
* Thirst (2009)
* Stoker (2013)
* The Handmaiden (2016)
* Decision to Leave (2022)
* No Other Choice (TBA)

Short films|

* Judgement (1999)
* If You Were Me (segment "Never Ending Peace and Love", 2003)
* Three... Extremes (segment "Cut", 2004)
* Night Fishing (2011)
* 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
* Day Trip (2012)

Films written|

* Anarchists (2000)
* Boy Goes to Heaven (2005)
* Crush and Blush (2008)
* The Truth Beneath (2016)

Television|

* The Little Drummer Girl (2018)
* The Sympathizer (2024)

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