Habitual Sadness (1997) was initiated at the request of the women, who asked that BYEON film the last days of a group member Read More »
Tag Archives: South Korea
The Deep Blue Night / Gipgo puleun bam (1985) Chang-ho Bae, Sung-Ki Ahn, Mi-hee Chang, Yu-yeong Jin
Baek Ho-bin jumps into an arranged marriage with Jane for a green card and a chance to succeed in America. Read More »
The Murmuring / 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 »
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 »