NO OTHER CHOICE | 어쩔수가없다어쩔수가없다

SOUTH KOREA | 2025 | COLOR | DCP | 139’ | KOREAN

A hard-working family man sees his dream of a privileged life crumble when the company he has worked for 25 years decides to fire him. In his despair, and not wanting to be deprived of the luxuries he had enjoyed until then with his wife, their two children, and two beloved four-legged friends, the hero decides to eliminate any other candidate who intends to compete with him for the same position in a new job, so that his own hiring is assured. With the blessing of Costa-Gavras, the Korean auteur of “Old Boy” and “The Handmaiden” adapts the Greek director’s “The Axe” into a hyper-stylized and orgiastic black comedy—a frenzied response to Bong Joon-ho's “Parasite” that demonstrates Park Chan-wook's superior directorial mastery.

DIRECTOR:Park Chan-wook
SCREENWRITERS: Park Chan-wook, Don McKellar, Lee Kyoung-mi, Lee Ja-hye
DoP: Kim Woo-hyung
MUSIC: Jo Yeong-wook
EDITOR: Kim Sang-bum
PRINCIPAL CAST: Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, Cha Seung-won

PARK CHAN-WOOK
One of South Korea's leading contemporary filmmakers, born in 1963. He began his career as a film critic before transitioning to directing, screenwriting, and producing. This is his 12th feature film, and he has enjoyed great success at festivals, with critics and audiences alike, particularly with “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden”.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED)
2025 No Other Choice
2022 Decision to Leave
2016 The Handmaiden
2013 Snowpiercer
2009 Thirst
2005 Lady Vengeance
2003 Oldboy
2002 Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2000 Joint Security Area