In the port city of Icheon, five female friends struggle to stay close while forging a life for themselves after high school. Read More »
Tag Archives: Korean
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) Jang-ho Lee, Sung-kee Ahn, Seong-chan Kim, Yeong-ho Lee
The lives of three young working-class male friends are followed in the film. Read More »
Time (2006) Ki-duk Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Ji-Yeon Park, Jun-yeong Jang
Seh-hee and Ji-woo have dated for two years; jealousy consumes her. Read More »
March of Fools (1975) Kil-jong Ha, Nam-hyeon Choi, Jae-yeong Ha, Myeong-jung Ha
The story is set in the 1970s during the period of military dictatorship. Read More »
The Classic (2003) Jae-young Kwak, Ye-jin Son, In-seong Jo, Seung-woo Cho
Shy Ji-hae’s friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves Read More »
Time Renegades (2016) Jae-Yong Kwak, Su-jeong Lim, Jung-suk Jo, Jin-wook Lee
In 1983, high school teacher Ji-hwan is attacked by a pickpocket. Read More »
I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK (2006) Chan-wook Park, Su-jeong Lim, Rain, Hie-jin Choi
In a mental institution, Young-goon believes she is a cyborg and refuses to eat, ‘charging’ herself with a transistor radio. Read More »
The Shower (1979) Young Nam Ko, Yeong-su Lee, Yun-suk Jo, Shin-jae Kim
A sonagi is a brief but a heavy rain shower that starts suddenly, usually on a hot afternoon. Read More »