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Tag Archives: South Korea
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 »
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 »
The Moon Is… the Suns Dream (1992) Chan-wook Park, Eun-hee Bang, Seung-Chul Lee, Hyun-Hee Nah, Crime, Romance, Thriller

A gangster in Busan is caught having an affair with his boss’s mistress. The two decide to run off with the organizations money, leading to dire circumstances. Read More »
Opium War (2008) Siddiq Barmak, Peter Bussian, Joe Suba, Fawad Samani, Comedy, Drama, War

Opium War is a 2008 Afghan black comedy film directed by Golden Globe winner, Siddiq Barmak. Read More »
Kangwon-do ui him / The Power of Kangwon Province (1998) Sang-soo Hong, Jong-hak Baek, Jaehyun Chun, Sunyoung Im, Drama

Helmed by one of Korea’s leading directors, Hong Sang-soo, Jisook joins two of her girlfriends for a holiday in Korea’s Kangwon Province. Read More »
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989) Yong-Kyun Bae, Yi Pan-Yong, Sin Won-Sop, Hae-Jin Huang, Drama

Three people live in a remote Buddhist monastery near Mount Chonan: Hyegok, the old master; Yong Nan, a young man who has left his extended family in the city to seek enlightenment – Hyegok calls him Kibong! Read More »
Bluebeard (2017) Soo-youn Lee, Jin-woong Jo, Goo Shin, Dae-Myung Kim, Thriller

Dr. Seung-hoon sedates his landlord before medical check-up, when the old man begins telling him a convincing murder confession. Read More »