When his leading man asked Park Chan-wook to describe his role in the director’s latest film, the noir romance Decision to Leave, Park told him the character was the sort of deferential police officer who “doesn’t carry a gun, but he carries wet wipes”.
Park recalls this over Zoom with a sly smile; his interpreter laughs. The director, known for Oldboy and The Handmaiden, is at the Toronto film festival promoting Decision to Leave, which tells the story of a mild-mannered detective (played by Park Hae-il) who grows
