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

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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