original_language_of_work the park 
The Park is a 2003 Hong Kong horror film originally released in 3 - D . The film was directed and produced by Andrew Lau . The film was shown at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival as part of the midnight screenings . Martin Charles Scorsese ( born November 17 , 1942 ) is an American director , producer , screenwriter , actor , and film historian , whose career spans more than 53 years . Scorsese ' s body of work addresses such themes as ___MASK2___ - American identity , Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption , faith , machismo , modern crime , and gang conflict . Many of his films are also known for their depiction of violence and liberal use of profanity . Andrew Lau Wai - Keung ( born 4 April 1960 ) is a Hong Kong film director , producer , and cinematographer . Lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s , serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as Ringo Lam , Wong Jing and Wong Kar - wai . In the 1990s , Lau decided to have more creative freedom as a cinematographer by becoming a film director and producer . Apart from making films in his native Hong Kong , Lau has also made films in China , Korea and the United States . A highly prolific filmmaker , Lau has made films in a variety of genres , and is most notable in the West for his action and crime films which include the " Young and Dangerous " film series , the " Infernal Affairs " trilogy ( the latter co - directed together with Alan Mak ), and " Revenge of the Green Dragons " ( executive produced by Martin Scorsese ). Infernal Affairs is a 2002 Hong Kong crime - thriller film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak . It tells the story of a police officer who infiltrates a triad , and a police officer secretly working for the same gang . The ___MASK27___ title means "" The Unceasing Path "", a reference to Avici , the lowest level of Hell in Buddhism , where one endures suffering incessantly . The English title is a word play , combining the law enforcement term " internal affairs "  typically the division of any law enforcement agency that would be responsible for ( among other things ) finding a mole  with the adjective " infernal ", meant in this case as a reference not to fires or infernos in general , but specifically to the inferno of Hell (" Inferno " being the Italian word for " Hell "). Thus , the English title is both a phonetic pun and  like the ___MASK27___ title  an allusion to a place or condition of eternal suffering . " Infernal Affairs " is the first in the Infernal Affairs series and was followed by " Infernal Affairs II " and " Infernal Affairs III ". Ringo Lam Ling - Tung ( ___MASK54___ : Lam Ling - tung ), is a Hong Kong film director , producer , and screenwriter . Born in Hong Kong in 1955 , Lam initially went to an acting school . After finding he preferred making films to acting , he went to Canada to study film . In 1983 , he returned and began filming comedy films . After the commercial success of his film " Aces Go Places IV ", he was allowed to develop his own film . Lam directed " City on Fire " in 1987 , which led him to winning his first Hong Kong Film Award , and has been extensively referenced as the fundamental inspiration for Quentin Tarantino ' s first film , " Reservoir Dogs ".