Jong-du, a young man just out of prison for manslaughter, is a social misfit Read More »
Tag Archives: South Korea
Empty Dream AKA Chunmong (1965) Yu Hyun-mok, Shin Seong-il, Su-jeong Park, Am Park
A young man and a woman come to know each other while at the dentists’s office. Read More »
Taebaek Mountains AKA Taebek sanmaek (1994) Kwon-taek Im, Dong-joon Choi, Seon-kyeong Jeong, Gyeong-ho Kim
The story tries to describe and reveal a few generations-lasting conflicts between the haves (proprietors) and have-nots (peasants) Read More »
Nowhere to Hide AKA Injeong sajeong bol geot eobtda (1999) Myung-se Lee, Joong-Hoon Park, Sung-Ki Ahn, Dong-Gun Jang
A chase film in which cops try to catch a master of disguise. Read More »
Clytaemnestra (2021) Ougie Pak, Haru Kim, Jongman Kim, Taehee Kim
A Korean theater troupe travels to Greece to rehearse a new production of Aeschylus’ Agamemnon. Read More »
Gagman (1989) Myung-se Lee, Ahn Sung-ki, Sin-hye Hwang, Chang-ho Bae
Lee Jong-se is a third-rate comedian who believes himself to be a creative genius. Read More »
The Depths (2010) Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Min-Joon Kim, Hôshi Ishida, Soji Arai
Be-hwan is a famous Korean fashion photographer visiting Japan at the request Read More »
Prisoner 407 2 AKA Yeosu 407ho 2 (1976) Sang-ok Shin, Jin Heo, Pik-yu Ho, Bong-jin Jin
Kang-Hee attempts to escape from the jail with Chun-Ja, but fails and is transferred to the jail. Read More »
The Apartment with Two Women AKA Gat-eun sog-os-eul ibneun du yeoja (2021) Kim Se-in, Ji-ho Lym, Yang Mal-bok
Yi-jung is in her late twenties and still lives with her mother. Read More »
The Last Witness AKA Choihui jeungin (1980) Lee Doo-yong, Ha Myeong-jung, Yun Jeong-hie, Bool-am Choi
Ji-hye, the daughter of an army captain, receives a treasure map Read More »