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A director from this country created an elderly woman who writes poetry while amassing money to cover up her grandson’s crime. (10[1])A film from this country ends with a detective returning to a culvert in farmland before staring (10[1])into (10[2])the camera (10[2])after a child fails to describe a killer. (10[1])In a film from this country, a vegetarian actor ate a live octopus and performed an extended-take hallway fight. In a film from this country, a character comments on his driver’s “subway smell.” 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. (10[1])For 10 points, name this home country of Parasite’s director, Bong Joon-ho. ■END■

ANSWER: South Korea [or Republic of Korea or ROK or Hanguk or Tehan-minguk; prompt on Korea; reject “North Korea” or “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” or “DPRK”] (The first line refers to Poetry by Lee Chang-dong. The unnamed director is Park Chan-wook.)
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