Young Jinhee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return Read More »
Tag Archives: South Korea
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996) Sang-soo Hong
About desires and lives of four characters in diverse circumstances. Read More »
Ardor / Milae (2002) Young-Joo Byun, Yunjin Kim
In revenge for her husband’s infidelity, a young beautiful housewife, Mi-heun Read More »
The Devil and the Beauty / Akmawa minyeo (1969) Yong-min Lee
A doctor secretly finds a way of reviving his dead wife by injecting her with large quantities of blood. Read More »
Siworae / Il Mare (2000) Hyun-seung Lee, Lee Jung-jae
In 1999, Eun-joo leaves her seaside home, “Il Mare,” placing a Christmas card in the mailbox for the next resident Read More »
White Badge / Hayan chonjaeng (1992) Jeong Ji-yeong, Ahn Sung-ki, Lee Kyoung-young, Shim Hye-jin
South Korea, 1979. Han Kiju is an alcoholic novelist who has never recovered from his year long tour Read More »
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (2003)
In the midst of the Korean wilderness, a Buddhist master patiently raises a boy Read More »
Bin-jip / 3-Iron (2004)
The lonely and silent rider Tae-suk breaks in empty houses and lives a normal life while the owners are traveling. Read More »
Mission Barabba (2001) Kôichi Saitô
A warring Yakuza awakens to Christianity and becomes an evangelist. Read More »
Joint Security Area (2000) Park Chan-wook
In the DMZ separating North and South Korea, two North Korean soldiers have been killed Read More »