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The Foul King (2000) Jee-woon Kim, Sang-Myeon Park, Kang-ho Song, Ho-kyung Go

Dae-Ho is an unproductive bank clerk who is late to work every morning and the object of his manager’s frustrations. Read More »
The Way Home (2002) Jeong-hyang Lee, Seung-ho Yoo, Eul-boon Kim, Hyo-hee Dong

The story begins on a fine summers morning, when San-woo and his mother board a bus to the country. Read More »
No Regret (2006) Hee-il Leesong, Nam-gil Kim, Young-hoon Lee, Hyeon-cheol Jo

Sumin is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at an art college and an evening job. Read More »
A Devilish Homicide (1965) Yong-min Lee, Ye-chun Lee, Geum-bong Do, Ae-ran Jeong

A jealous mother kills her daughter-in-law with the maid’s help. Read More »
Parade of Wives (1974) Kwon-taek Im, Hee-ra Kim, Mi-ra Yu, Yang-ha Yun

A newlywed wife, Ji-sun moves to her husband’s village in a rural area called Sambatgol Read More »
Jealousy Is My Middle Name (2002) Chan-ok Park, Hae-il Park, Chong-ok Bae, Seong-kun Mun

This award winning debut film from director Park chan-ok tells the story of a young graduate student Read More »
Repatriation (2003) Dong-won Kim

In the spring of 1992, Kim Dong-won, the film’s director, met two long-term political prisoners Read More »
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) Balambuleo joheun nal

The lives of three young working-class male friends are followed in the film. Read More »