In the spring of 1992, Kim Dong-won, the film’s director, met two long-term political prisoners Read More »
Tag Archives: South Korea
People of the Slum (1982) Chang-ho Bae, Bo-yeon Kim, Sung-Ki Ahn, Hee-ra Kim
Mosaic portrait of people living in an impoverished neighborhood in Seoul. Read More »
A Fine, Windy Day (1980) Jang-ho Lee, Sung-kee Ahn, Seong-chan Kim, Yeong-ho Lee
The lives of three young working-class male friends are followed in the film. Read More »
Time (2006) Ki-duk Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Ji-Yeon Park, Jun-yeong Jang
Seh-hee and Ji-woo have dated for two years; jealousy consumes her. Read More »
March of Fools (1975) Kil-jong Ha, Nam-hyeon Choi, Jae-yeong Ha, Myeong-jung Ha
The story is set in the 1970s during the period of military dictatorship. Read More »
Piagol (1955) Kang-cheon Lee, Kyeong-hie No, Ye-chun Lee, Jin Kyu Kim
A group of communist guerillas encounter jealousy and rivalry among themselves because of the presence Read More »
The Classic (2003) Jae-young Kwak, Ye-jin Son, In-seong Jo, Seung-woo Cho
Shy Ji-hae’s friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves Read More »
Time Renegades (2016) Jae-Yong Kwak, Su-jeong Lim, Jung-suk Jo, Jin-wook Lee
In 1983, high school teacher Ji-hwan is attacked by a pickpocket. Read More »
I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK (2006) Chan-wook Park, Su-jeong Lim, Rain, Hie-jin Choi
In a mental institution, Young-goon believes she is a cyborg and refuses to eat, ‘charging’ herself with a transistor radio. Read More »
The Shower (1979) Young Nam Ko, Yeong-su Lee, Yun-suk Jo, Shin-jae Kim
A sonagi is a brief but a heavy rain shower that starts suddenly, usually on a hot afternoon. Read More »
Chunhyang (2000) Kwon-taek Im, Hyo-jeong Lee, Seung-woo Cho, Sung-nyu Kim
Mongryong marries the beautiful Chunhyang without telling his father, the Governor of Namwon. Read More »
Sopyonje (1993) Kwon-taek Im, Myung-gon Kim, Jung-hae Oh, Kyu-chul Kim
The specifically Korean tradition that is reclaimed in Sopyonje is the type of folk-song known as pansori Read More »
The Coast Guard (2002) Ki-duk Kim, Dong-gun Jang, Jeong-hak Kim, Ji-a Park
At South Korea’s border with the North, troops guard the coast. Each bullies those ranking beneath him; tensions are high. Read More »
My Sassy Girl (2001) Jae-young Kwak, Tae-hyun Cha, Ji-hyun Jun, In-mun Kim
Based on a series of true stories posted by Ho-sik Kim on the Internet describing his relationship with his girlfriend. Read More »
Samaritan Girl (2004) Ki-duk Kim, Yeo-reum Han, Ji-min Kwak, Eol Lee
Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin “manages” her, fixing dates Read More »