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| 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 |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Trio (Korean:3인조) is the second feature film by South Koreanfilm directorPark Chan-wook, released in1997. 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]
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.
Park was asked by film producer Dong-gyu Ahn to make a film similar in tone toLéon, a French film written and directed byLuc 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 ofAbel 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 regretTrio much more than my first movie."[3]