Never Ending Peace and Love (2003)
"Never Ending Peace and Love" (or "N.E.P.A.L.") is part of the South Korean omnibus film "If You Were Me" (2003). Comprising six short films directed by six prominent Korean directors and commissioned by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, "If You Were Me" deals with discrimination in the country. The directors were given free rein with regards to subject and style. Park Chan-wook's short tackles the theme of human rights abuses towards foreign laborers in Korea, telling the sory of a Nepalese woman named Chandra who spent six years in a mental hospital after she was mistakenly accused of losing her mind.
Director: Park Chan-wook
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Chandra Kumari Gurung as herself |
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Lama Kanchan Maya as Chandra Kumari Gurung |
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K.P. Sitoura as Nepalese Businessman |
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Oh Dal-su as Police Box (Chief) |
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Jeong Seok-kyu as Senior Police Officer |
| Directing | Park Chan-wook | Director |
| Writing | Park Chan-wook | Writer |
| Camera | Kim Byeong-il | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Choi Jae-geun | Editor |
| Production | Lee Tae-hun | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Song Jong-hee | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lee Ja-young | Costume Design |
| Sound | Lee Sang-wook | Sound Recordist |
| Lighting | Lee Seong-hwan | Lighting Director |
| Sound | Cho Young-wuk | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Kim Bong-soo | Sound Designer |