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A child is raised in Korea to avenge the death of his father’s first child in this decades-spanning tale of obsession and violence, the third collaboration between director Ermek Shinarbaev and writer Anatoli Kim. A study of everyday evil infused with philosophy and poetry, this haunting allegory was the first Soviet film to look at the Korean diaspora in central Asia, and a founding work of the Kazakh New Wave. Rigorous and complex, Revenge weaves luminous imagery with inventive narrative elements in an unforgettable meditation on the way trauma is passed down through generations.Revenge was restored in 2010 by the Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project, the Kazakhfilm Studio, the State Archive of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Ermek Shinarbaev. Restoration funded by Armani, Cartier, Qatar Airways, and Qatar Museum Authority.
Original Release
04/23/1990
US Release
05/25/1992
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Aleksandr Pan | Sungu Tsai - poet |
Valentina Tyo | wife of Yan Ge |
Kasym Zhakibayev | Sungu Tsai's father |
Lyubov Germanova | Elza - romanian |
Oleg Li | old King/old monk / old King / old monk |
Juozas Budraitis | Tall dumb guy |
Zinaida Em | |
Maksim Munzuk | old Yan Ge - who killed the girl |
Yerik Zholzhaksynov | |
Nikolai Tacheyev | young Yan Ge - teacher who killed the girl |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Aleksandr Pan | Sungu Tsai - poet |
Valentina Tyo | wife of Yan Ge |
Kasym Zhakibayev | Sungu Tsai's father |
Lyubov Germanova | Elza - romanian |
Oleg Li | old King/old monk / old King / old monk |
Juozas Budraitis | Tall dumb guy |
Zinaida Em | |
Maksim Munzuk | old Yan Ge - who killed the girl |
Yerik Zholzhaksynov | |
Nikolai Tacheyev | young Yan Ge - teacher who killed the girl |
Kham Dek Lee | (as Li Kham Dek) |
Oleg Fomin | Lyosha - friend of Sungu / Lyosha |
Olga Yenzak | |
Chun Seb Pak | (as Pak Chun Seb) |
Khe Suk Tsoi | (as Tsoi Ke Suk) |
Khe Bon Tsoi | (as Tsoi Ke Bon) |
Galina Pak | |
Gennadi Lyui | (as Gennadiy Lyui) |
Baiten Omarov | Mr. Gu - moneylender |
Shakhan Musin |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Gennadiy Chalykh | Producer |
Lyudmila Dubova | Producer |