A movie director entices his young friend to come to the beach on the pretext of writing a script. Read More »
Tag Archives: South Korea
Private Eye (2009) Dae-min Park, Jung-min Hwang, Deok-Hwan Ryu, Ji-won Uhm
The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century Read More »
Handphone (2009) Han-min Kim, Yong-woo Park, Tae-woong Eom, Sol-mi Park
Talent manager Seung-min sees Yoon Jin Ah, a rising actress, as his one last hope to turn his life around. Read More »
Poetry (2010) Chang-dong Lee, Jeong-hie Yun, Da-wit Lee, Hee-ra Kim
A sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime and in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease Read More »
Fly High Run Far (1991) Kwon-taek Im, Duk-wha Lee, Hye-yeong Lee, Seok-gu Lee
In mid-19th Century Korea, the people of Joseon Dynasty embrace the new religion Donghak. Read More »
Legend of the Mountain (1979) King Hu, Chun Shih, Feng Hsu, Sylvia Chang
A scholar, tasked to copy a sutra, meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains. Read More »
Hypnotized (2004) In-shik Kim, Hye-su Kim, Tae-woo Kim, Chang Yun
A psychiatrist fails to help a mental patient during her stay in hospital. Read More »
Burying Old Alive (1963) Ki-young Kim, Jin Kyu Kim, Jeung-nyeo Ju, Ye-chun Lee
Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one’s parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. Read More »
If You Were Me (2003) Jae-eun Jeong, Chan-wook Park, Jong-hak Baek, Jeong-su Byeon, Ha-eun Jeon
Several of Korea’s most acclaimed filmmakers, including Park Chan-wook (OLDBOY), explore the nature of discrimination in this provocative anthology. Read More »
Io Island (1977) Ki-young Kim, Hwa-shi Lee, Jeong-cheol Kim, Yun-seok Choi
An investor planning on developing a tourist resort begins an investigation into the legends of the mysterious Io Island in the hope of exploiting its unspoiled beauty. Read More »
Fire Woman (1971) Ki-young Kim, Kung-won Nam, Gye-hyeon Jeon, Yuh Jung Youn
The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household. Read More »
Black Hair (1964) Man-hui Lee, Jeong-suk Moon, Dae-yeob Lee, Ko-seong Dok
“Black Hair” Yeon-sil (Moon Jeong-suk) is the lover of crime boss Dong-il (Jang Dong-he). Read More »
Oasis (2002) Chang-dong Lee, Kyung-gu Sol, So-Ri Moon, Nae-sang Ahn
Jong-du, a young man just out of prison for manslaughter, is a social misfit: fidgety, snuffling, laughing inappropriately, without a super ego. Read More »
Green Fish (1997) Chang-dong Lee, Seong-kun Mun, Seong-kyu Han, Suk-kyu Han
Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters. Read More »
Suddenly in Dark Night (1981) Young Nam Ko, Il-bong Yun, Yeong-ae Kim, Ki-seon Lee
Kang Yu-jin, a wealthy biology professor doing a butterfly field study, takes in a new housemaid Read More »