about afterwards. director park chan—wook studied philosophy, he was a film critic, he knows cinema history, and he's long been impressed by british director alfred hitchcock. it is said that hitchcock's psychological thriller vertigo influenced decision to leave. translation: i watched vertigo when i was in college and that i inspired me so much that i decided to become a filmmaker one day. so i don't think i will ever be out of the influence of hitchcock, and decision to leave is one particularfilm that shows much influence from him. as i mentioned, a clip from park chan—wook�*s celebrated 2003 film, oldboy, was on display at the hallyu the korean wave exhibition. it's of a violent fight in a corridor, seen as an impressively choreographed sequence in a movie which tells of a man kidnapped for 15 years who, upon release, attempts to track down his capture.