
Poongsan has the unenviable – and death-defying – job of delivering messages across the North and South Korean border to separated families. Read More »
Tag Archives: Korean
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 »
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 »
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 »
The Woman of Fire ’82 (1982) Ki-young Kim

This is a remake of the classic “The Housemaid” (aka Hayo). This time it takes place on a chicken farm run by the wife. Read More »
Man in Love (2014) Dong-wook Han, Jeong-min Hwang, Hye-jin Han, Il-woo Nam

Tae-Il (Hwang Jung-Min) lives a fast life as low level thug. He then learns that he has a terminal illness and not much time left to live. Read More »
Mon-seu-teo / Monster (2014) In-ho Hwang, Min-ki Lee, Go-eun Kim, Seo-Hyeon Ahn

Bok-Soon (KIM Go-Eun) runs a street stall while taking care of her younger sister. Read More »
Yellow Hair 2 (2001) Yu-min Kim, Ri-su Ha, Lee Shin

The events that precede and follow, for each of those present in turn Read More »