No Other Choice

About No Other Choice

After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in a desperate bid to reclaim his dignity.

Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice is a 2025 comedy crime film. At 139 minutes long, it arrived in September 2025.

Its themes are working class, unemployment, south korea, and social commentary. It is adapted from a novel.

Lee Byung-hun stars as Man-su, Son Ye-jin as Mi-ri, Park Hee-soon as Choi Seon-chul, and Lee Sung-min as Gu Bum-mo. The screenplay is by Don McKellar and Lee Ja-hye. It was produced by CJ ENM Studios, KG Productions, and Moho Film. It streams on Hulu in the United States.

Parasite, Fun with Dick and Jane, and The Heartbreak Kid make useful companions to No Other Choice, all filed under dark comedy. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 1,370 votes and it carries a R rating.