---
title: 'No Other Choice (2025)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Park Chan-wook'
released: '2025-08-29'
runtime_minutes: 139
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'South Korea'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/no-other-choice-2025'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1527793/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# No Other Choice (2025)

2025 · R · 139 min · Drama, Thriller, Comedy · South Korea

Original title: 어쩔수가없다

## Synopsis

No Other Choice is a 2025 South Korean black comedy thriller film co-written, produced, and directed by Park Chan-wook. Based on The Ax by Donald Westlake, the film stars Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min, Yeom Hye-ran, and Cha Seung-won. It is the second film adaptation of the novel, after the 2005 French-language feature The Axe directed by Costa-Gavras, to whom No Other Choice is dedicated in the closing credits. The film follows a desperate paper industry expert who decides to kill off his competition to be assured of the job he seeks to maintain his way of life.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Park Chan-wook](https://cinepixo.com/people/park-chan-wook)
- **Screenplay:** [Park Chan-wook](https://cinepixo.com/people/park-chan-wook), [Don McKellar](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-mckellar), [Lee Kyoung-mi](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-kyoung-mi)
- **Producer:** [Park Chan-wook](https://cinepixo.com/people/park-chan-wook)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jo Yeong-wook](https://cinepixo.com/people/jo-yeong-wook)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kim Woo-hyung](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-woo-hyung)
- **Editor:** [Kim Sang-bum](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-sang-bum)

## Cast

- [Lee Sung-min](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-sung-min) as 구범모
- [Lee Byung-hun](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-byung-hun) as 유만수
- [Yoo Yeon-seok](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoo-yeon-seok)
- [Son Ye-jin](https://cinepixo.com/people/son-ye-jin) as 이미리
- [Park Hee-soon](https://cinepixo.com/people/park-hee-soon) as 최선출
- [Yeom Hye-ran](https://cinepixo.com/people/yeom-hye-ran) as 이아라
- [Cha Seung-won](https://cinepixo.com/people/cha-seung-won) as 고시조

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/no-other-choice-2025
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