Baek Ho-bin jumps into an arranged marriage with Jane for a green card and a chance to succeed in America. Read More »
Tag Archives: South Korea
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 »
The Murmuring AKA Najeun moksori (1995) Young-Joo Byun, Sun-deok Kim, Ok-nyeon Park, Yeong-suk Lee
The first installment in Byun Young-joo’s trilogy documenting the past and present lives of Korean women Read More »
The Black Republic AKA Keduldo urichurum (1990) Kwang-su Park, Jin-hui Kim, Min-oe Kim, Il-woo Lee
In a mining village layered in gray dust, a man posing as Kim Ki-Young finds refuge from winter and the law. Read More »
Camel(s) AKA Nakta(dul) (2001) Ki-yong Park, Dae-yeon Lee, Myung-shin Park
An unremarkable man in his forties and a female acquaintance. They talk, eat, and though both are married elsewhere, have sex. Read More »
No. 3 AKA Songneunghan (1997) Neung-han Song, Eun-hee Bang, Min-sik Choi, Suk-kyu Han
With just a knife in his hand, Tae-ju has been a gangster for 15 years. Read More »
Family Ties AKA Gajokeui tansaeng (2006) Tae-yong Kim, Tae-gyu Bong, Tae-woong Eom, Gyu-pil Go
Mira is a shy, single woman who runs a small restaurant and tends her plants with love and care. Read More »
Poongsan AKA Poong-san-gae (2011) Jai-hong Juhn, Kye Sang Yoon, Jong-soo Kim, Han Gi-Joong
Poongsan has the unenviable – and death-defying – job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. Read More »
Spider Forest AKA Geomi sup (2004) Il-gon Song, Woo-seong Kam, Jung Suh, Kyung-hun Kang
A recently widowed TV producer is drawn to an isolated cabin in a mysterious woods. Read More »
Beyond Hypothermia AKA Sip si 32 dou (1996) Jeong-il Choi, Ki-bong Du, Jae-Suk Han, Chien-Lien Wu, Ching Wan Lau
A mysterious and highly skilled hitwoman in Hong Kong is paid to assassinate top-level crime bosses. Read More »
Springtime AKA Ggotpineun bomi omyeon (2004) Jang-ha Ryu, Min-sik Choi, Ho-jung Kim, Shin-yeong Jang
A struggling musician takes a job teaching music to middle school children in a rural mining town. Read More »
A Hard Day AKA Kkeut-kka-ji-gan-da (2014) Seong-hun Kim, Sun-kyun Lee, Jin-woong Cho, Man-sik Jeong
Detective Go Geon-soo is having a hard day Read More »
Feathers in the Wind AKA Git (2004) Il-gon Song, Hyeong-seong Jang, Yong-cheol Kim, So-yeon Lee
Hyeon-seong, a film director struggling with writing a new screenplay, visits a remote southern island Read More »
Barking Dogs Never Bite AKA Flandersui gae (2000) Bong Joon Ho, Doona Bae, Sung-Jae Lee, Ho-jung Kim
The disconnections of urban life. Yun-ju is diffident, almost without affect; his wife is pregnant Read More »
The Tiger: An Old Hunter’s Tale AKA Daeho (2015) Hoon-jung Park, Min-sik Choi, Man-sik Jeong, Hong-pa Kim
While the Kingdom of Korea is under occupation by the Japanese Read More »