Director Ryoo is sole Korean presence at Venice| Korea.net News:
"Date: September 07, 2006
VENICE, Italy _ Ryoo Seung-wan's “City of Violence” (Chakpae) was the sole Korean film invited to this year's Venice Film Festival. Ryoo's fifth feature film was screened at the festival, one of the world's leading film events, as part of the midnight screenings on Sept. 1. "