Round 2: Tossup 3

A director from this country created an elderly woman who writes poetry while amassing money to cover up her grandson’s crime. A film from this country ends with a detective returning to a culvert in farmland before staring (10[1])into the camera after a child fails to describe a killer. In a film from this country, a vegetarian actor ate a live octopus and performed (-5[1])an extended-take hallway fight. In a film from this country, a character comments on his driver’s “subway smell.” (10[1])A film from this home country of the original Oldboy depicts a poor family using a housekeeper’s peach allergy (10[1])to infiltrate a rich household. For 10 points, name this home country of Parasite’s director, (10[1])Bong Joon-ho. ■END■

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