If, while serving the final years of your prison sentence, you were told you were going to die in two days, what would you do? Im Sang-soo, the mind behind the movies The Taste of Money and The Housemaid, has an answer for that question in his later film: Heaven: To the Land of Happiness. Im, who directs and resides in South Korea, is known for his stylish movies that touch upon corruption in society. In The President’s Last Bang, he takes on the case of the dictator Park Chung-hee and the events leading up to his assassination. The Housemaid, released in 2010 and an adaptation of the classic Korean film of the same name, dwells on the concept of wealth and what it takes to keep that wealth, leading to an unfortunate series of events when a newcomer bursts a wealthy household’s bubble. The Taste of Money, which was also released in the 2010s, follows a similar path as The Housemaid discussing finance and corruption.
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