Tag Archives: South Korea

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

Seh-hee and Ji-woo have dated for two years; jealousy consumes her. Read More »

The story is set in the 1970s during the period of military dictatorship. Read More »

Shy Ji-hae’s friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves Read More »

In 1983, high school teacher Ji-hwan is attacked by a pickpocket. Read More »

In a mental institution, Young-goon believes she is a cyborg and refuses to eat, ‘charging’ herself with a transistor radio. Read More »

A sonagi is a brief but a heavy rain shower that starts suddenly, usually on a hot afternoon. Read More »

Mongryong marries the beautiful Chunhyang without telling his father, the Governor of Namwon. Read More »

The specifically Korean tradition that is reclaimed in Sopyonje is the type of folk-song known as pansori Read More »

At South Korea’s border with the North, troops guard the coast. Each bullies those ranking beneath him; tensions are high. Read More »