Tag Archives: South Korea

A chase film in which cops try to catch a master of disguise. Read More »

The first installment in Byun Young-joo’s trilogy documenting the past and present lives of Korean women Read More »

In a mining village layered in gray dust, a man posing as Kim Ki-Young finds refuge from winter and the law. Read More »

An unremarkable man in his forties and a female acquaintance. They talk, eat, and though both are married elsewhere, have sex. Read More »

With just a knife in his hand, Tae-ju has been a gangster for 15 years. Read More »

Mira is a shy, single woman who runs a small restaurant and tends her plants with love and care. Read More »

Poongsan has the unenviable – and death-defying – job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. Read More »

A recently widowed TV producer is drawn to an isolated cabin in a mysterious woods. Read More »

A mysterious and highly skilled hitwoman in Hong Kong is paid to assassinate top-level crime bosses. Read More »

A struggling musician takes a job teaching music to middle school children in a rural mining town. Read More »

Detective Go Geon-soo is having a hard day Read More »

Hyeon-seong, a film director struggling with writing a new screenplay, visits a remote southern island Read More »

The disconnections of urban life. Yun-ju is diffident, almost without affect; his wife is pregnant Read More »

While the Kingdom of Korea is under occupation by the Japanese Read More »

An isolated orphanage, called the ‘House of Angels’. The director of this orphanage religiously brainwashes the children into believing that eating is a shameful thing. Read More »