{"id":5952,"date":"2026-02-10T22:21:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/?p=5952"},"modified":"2026-04-03T19:58:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:58:47","slug":"%ec%96%b4%ec%a9%94%ec%88%98%ea%b0%80%ec%97%86%eb%8b%a4-no-other-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/2026\/02\/10\/%ec%96%b4%ec%a9%94%ec%88%98%ea%b0%80%ec%97%86%eb%8b%a4-no-other-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"\uc5b4\uca54\uc218\uac00\uc5c6\ub2e4 aka <em>No Other Choice<\/em> by Park Chan-wook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2705 While almost everybody acts in morally reprehensible ways, the plot\u2019s not based on \u201cgood vs. evil\u201d but\u2014just like in Greek tragedy\u2014irreconcilable intentions and needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 A huge number of elements and complications is so deftly handled by script, directing, and cut that the movie never loses focus or becomes confusing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 Perfect foil to Kurosawa\u2019s 2008 \u30c8\u30a6\u30ad\u30e7\u30a6\u30bd\u30ca\u30bf (<em>T\u014dky\u014d Sonata<\/em>): striking similarities, yet each progresses as if on different planets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"spacer20\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ruler\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"epigraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/No_Other_Choice\" target=\"somethingUnique\"><em>No Other Choice<\/em><\/a> by Park Chan-wook, 2025.<br \/>\nWatched at the Bambi theater on February 9, 2026, in its original language with subtitles.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/2026\/02\/10\/%ec%96%b4%ec%a9%94%ec%88%98%ea%b0%80%ec%97%86%eb%8b%a4-no-other-choice\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to \uc5b4\uca54\uc218\uac00\uc5c6\ub2e4 aka No Other Choice by Park Chan-wook\"><p>\ud83c\udfac Some scenes might upset your stomach.<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5952","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-archive","7":"h-entry","8":"hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5952"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6384,"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5952\/revisions\/6384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betweendrafts.com\/justdrafts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}