It took 20 years for South Korean director Park Chan-wook to return to the Venice Film Festival but the veteran cineaste has hardly been idle in the interim.

The director of "Old Boy" -- which thrust him into the international spotlight in 2004 after winning the Grand Prix at Cannes -- will premiere his latest feature, "No Other Choice" on the Lido on Friday night.

The thriller, about a veteran paper company employee and family man who is laid off and decides to kill off potential competitors for a new job, is among 21 films in competition for Venice's top award, the Golden Lion.

Park was last in Venice in 2005, with "Lady Vengeance", which won two awards, the final instalment in his "Vengeance Trilogy" which delved into the dark recesses of the human experience.

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