Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin “manages” her, fixing dates Read More »
Tag Archives: South Korea
Woman on the Beach (2006) Sang-soo Hong, Seung-woo Kim, Hyun-Jung Go, Seon-mi Song
A movie director entices his young friend to come to the beach on the pretext of writing a script. Read More »
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 »