“Black Hair” Yeon-sil (Moon Jeong-suk) is the lover of crime boss Dong-il (Jang Dong-he). Read More »
Tag Archives: South Korea
Oasis (2002) Chang-dong Lee, Kyung-gu Sol, So-Ri Moon, Nae-sang Ahn
Jong-du, a young man just out of prison for manslaughter, is a social misfit: fidgety, snuffling, laughing inappropriately, without a super ego. Read More »
Green Fish (1997) Chang-dong Lee, Seong-kun Mun, Seong-kyu Han, Suk-kyu Han
Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters. Read More »
Wild Animals (1997) Ki-duk Kim, Jae-Hyun Cho, Dong-jik Jang, Ryun Jang
Two Korean ex-pats meet in Paris by chance encounter. One a petty thief and wannabe artist/painter (Chong-Hae), the other a tough guy (Hong San). Read More »
Suddenly in Dark Night (1981) Young Nam Ko, Il-bong Yun, Yeong-ae Kim, Ki-seon Lee
Kang Yu-jin, a wealthy biology professor doing a butterfly field study, takes in a new housemaid Read More »
The Moon Is… the Suns Dream (1992) Chan-wook Park, Eun-hee Bang, Seung-Chul Lee, Hyun-Hee Nah, Crime, Romance, Thriller
A gangster in Busan is caught having an affair with his boss’s mistress. The two decide to run off with the organizations money, leading to dire circumstances. Read More »
Camel(s) (2001) Ki-yong Park, Dae-yeon Lee, Myung-shin Park, Drama
An unremarkable man in his forties and a female acquaintance. They talk, eat, and though both are married elsewhere, have sex. Read More »
Opium War (2008) Siddiq Barmak, Peter Bussian, Joe Suba, Fawad Samani, Comedy, Drama, War
Opium War is a 2008 Afghan black comedy film directed by Golden Globe winner, Siddiq Barmak. Read More »
Kangwon-do ui him / The Power of Kangwon Province (1998) Sang-soo Hong, Jong-hak Baek, Jaehyun Chun, Sunyoung Im, Drama
Helmed by one of Korea’s leading directors, Hong Sang-soo, Jisook joins two of her girlfriends for a holiday in Korea’s Kangwon Province. Read More »
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989) Yong-Kyun Bae, Yi Pan-Yong, Sin Won-Sop, Hae-Jin Huang, Drama
Three people live in a remote Buddhist monastery near Mount Chonan: Hyegok, the old master; Yong Nan, a young man who has left his extended family in the city to seek enlightenment – Hyegok calls him Kibong! Read More »