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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. A film from this country ends with a detective returning to a culvert in farmland (10[1])before staring into the camera (10[1]-5[1])after a child fails to describe (10[2])a killer. (10[1])In a film from (10[1])this country, a vegetarian actor ate a live octopus and performed an (10[1])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 (10[1])of (10[1])the original Oldboy depicts a poor family (10[1])using a housekeeper’s peach allergy to infiltrate a rich household. For 10 points, name this home country of Parasite’s director, Bong Joon-ho. ■END■ (10[1])

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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