History Film / SympathyForLadyVengeance

* DramaticDrop: When Geum-ja knocks the symbolic tofu out of the Preacher's hands outside, the band is shocked and the cymbalist drops one of his cymbals. Later, Geun-shik catches sight of Geum-ja for the first time and is so struck by her beauty that he drops the stack of boxes he is carrying.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While staying at Geum-ja's apartment, Jenny briefly encounters the ghost of the murdered boy. The narrator notes that Geum-ja would be extremely upset if she knew she'd missed the ghost before having a chance to apologize. [[spoiler: Later, at the end of the film, Geum-ja herself encounters the ghost, [[RuleOfSymbolism who gags her mouth before she can say she's sorry]].]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While staying at Geum-ja's apartment, Jenny briefly encounters the ghost of the murdered boy. The narrator notes that Geum-ja would be extremely upset if she knew she'd missed the ghost before having a chance to apologize. Later, at the end of the film, Geum-ja herself encounters the ghost, [[RuleOfSymbolism who gags her mouth before she can say she's sorry]].]]

** The two hitmen hired by Mr. Baek are played by Song Kang-ho and Shin Ha-kyun, the two leading actors of Film/SympathyForMrVengeance.
** When recounting how the kidnapping occurred, [[spoiler: Geum-Ja says that Mr. Baek convinced her by saying that there are good kidnappings and bad kidnappings, and that good kidnappings end with the child safely returned after the ransom is paid. This is the same explanation Ryu's girlfriend used to convince him to go through with the kidnapping in ''Sympathy For Mr. Vengenace'', which ended with similarly tragic results.]]

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* ShootTheDog: Geum-ja apparently tests herself to see if she has a killer instinct by [[spoiler: shooting her daughter's pet dog]]. This could elicit a MoralEventHorizon or a WhatTheHellHero reaction from the audience.

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* ArbitraryMaximumRange: Geum-ja's gun can only be fired at close range. It's still very effective.

* EvilTeacher: Mr. Baek has a job as an English teacher that makes it easier for him to avoid suspicion.

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Geum-Ja kills]] the Witch by methodically poisoning her food with detergent, "cleaning" her stomach, as the other inmates joke. She was convicted for killing and [[ImAHumanitarian eating]] her husband and his mistress.

* TragicKeepsake: Baek's mementos are later given to the victims' relatives.

* EvilMakeover: As she is finally released, Geum-Ja cuts her hair in a more mature hairstyle and wears red eye shadow so she wouldn't look angelic.

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Geum-Ja kills]] the Witch by methodically poisoning her food with detergent, "cleaning" her stomach, as the other inmates joke. She was convicted for killing and [[IAmHumanitarian eating]] her husband and his mistress.

* ImAHumanitarian: What the Witch did to her husband and his mistress

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Described almost perfectly with PayEvilUntoEvil. No one has any illusions that what they're doing is good.

* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: The prison priest turns out to be hired by Baek to spy on Geum-ja]]

%%* AntiHero

%%* BestServedCold
%%* BewareTheNiceOnes: Geum-ja.
%%* BittersweetEnding
* BlackAndGreyMorality: Described almost perfectly with PayEvilUntoEvil. No one has any illusions that what they're doing is good.

%%* BrokenBird: Geum-ja, and some of the other female convicts.

%%* TheDeterminator: Geum-ja.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: Both Geum-ja and her daughter.

* [[{{ExcessiveEvilEyeShadow}} Excessive Anti-Heroic Eye Shadow]]: A running gag, in which people wonder just what possessed Geum-ja to start wearing hot pink, or rather almost blood red, eye shadow.
%%* EarnYourHappyEnding: Geum-Ja and her daughter.
%%* FalseConfession

%%* TheKillerBecomesTheKilled
%%* MamaBear

%%* MoralityPet: Geum-ja's daughter Jenny.

%%* AnOfferYouCantRefuse
%%* OutGambitted: Baek.
%%* ParentalAbandonment: Not done on purpose in Geum-Ja's case.

%%* {{Revenge}}

%%* TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse

%%* TranquilFury: Geum-ja.

%%* WhatYouAreInTheDark
%%* WouldHurtAChild: Mr. Baek.

** or jokes that the dog had it coming. re: SadisticAudience.

The third film of Creator/ParkChanWook's ''Vengeance Trilogy'', released in Korea under the title of 친절한 금자씨; ''Kind-hearted Geum-ja.'' This film's plot has parallels to both ''Film/{{Oldboy}}'' and ''Film/SympathyForMrVengeance'', notably the quest for {{revenge}} after more than a decade in confinement and the study of how vengeance can turn simple people into monsters. It is, however, very stylistically different from both installments.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The witch and Mr Baek.]]