South Korea

  • Sun-Woo Jang & Wan Sunwoo – Seoul Hwangje aka Seoul Jesus (1986)

    1981-1990AsianDramaSouth KoreaSun-Woo JangWan Sunwoo

    Quote:
    Escaping from the sanatorium for the insane, a man who calls himself Jesus goes to Seoul. He is indulged in the illusion that he should save Seoul from the judgement of fire by finding a woman. He looks for an angel but nobody cares about him, and only a child selling the chewing gum follows him whose wish is to have mother. Finally, he finds a beautiful woman and gains her love through incessant persuasion. Seoul becomes a blessed land and, though Jesus is dragged to the hospital again, the woman becomes the child’s mother, and thus, Jesus promise for the child comes true.Read More »

  • Yôichi Sai – Soo (2007)

    2001-2010ActionDramaSouth KoreaYôichi Sai

    Synopsis:
    A legendary assassin and a renowned problem solver, Soo has been searching for the twin brother he has not seen since their days in an orphanage. But his brother is murdered when he turns against a vicious gang to become a police officer. In order to get revenge, Soo has no choice but to take on his brother’s identity and use it to lure the gang into a trap.Read More »

  • Yoon-ki Lee – Yeoja, Jeong-hye AKA This Charming Girl (2004)

    2001-2010DramaSouth KoreaYoon-ki Lee

    Quote:
    In her mid-twenties, Jeong-hae is a postal worker who lives a monotonous daily routine. She is kind, detached, and delicate, and accepts being cut off from the outside world as natural. When she takes in a stray cat she happens to remember things about her mother, and when an aspiring writer who comes to the post office expresses interest in her, her unexplained peacefulness is shaken, and hidden trauma begins to make its way to the surface of her emotions.Read More »

  • Hirokazu Koreeda – Broker (2022)

    2021-2030DramaHirokazu KoreedaSouth Korea

    Quote:
    A man and his friend occasionally steal babies from the church’s baby box and sell them on the adoption black market. However, when a young mother comes back after having abandoned her baby, she discovers them and decides to go with them on a road-trip to interview the baby’s potential parentsRead More »

  • Il-gon Song – Git AKA Feathers in the Wind (2004)

    2001-2010DramaIl-gon SongRomanceSouth Korea

    Synopsis:
    Hyeon-seong, a film director struggling with writing a new screenplay, visits a remote southern island he stayed 10 years ago to fulfill a promise he made with his girlfriend at the time. As he waits on the secluded island to see if the promise will also be kept by now his ex-girlfriend, he gets to know an oddly charming young motel operator So-yeon.Read More »

  • Yong-Kyun Bae – Geomeuna dange huina baekseong AKA The People in White (1995)

    1991-2000DramaSouth KoreaYong-Kyun Bae

    Quote:
    Bae Yonggyun is one of the most mysterious figures in the history of Korean cinema. He made two films on his own outside the film industry and then retreated to live largely in seclusion. This highly meditative film, deeply rooted in history and memory, is one of the highlights of New Korean Cinema. It follows a man who returns to his hometown after living overseas for many years. He roams like a sleepwalker through the bleak town, getting into conversations with people who could be dead or alive. An extraordinary ‘ghost story’ unprecedented in Korean cinema. (Un-seong Yoo, Sight and Sound December 2022 issue)Read More »

  • Soon-rye Yim – Sechinku AKA Three Friends (1996)

    1991-2000DramaSoon-rye YimSouth Korea

    Three young men prepare to take their university entrance exams while each dealing with real world problems that can effect every day people in Seoul.Read More »

  • Chung-Hyun Lee – Bargain (2015)

    2011-2020Chung-Hyun LeeShort FilmSouth Korea

    A man and a virgin school girl get together to have a sexual relationship. He continually bargains a ransom for her.Read More »

  • Sang-soo Hong – Tab AKA Walk Up (2022)

    2021-2030DramaSang-soo HongSouth Korea

    Byungsoo, a film director who goes with his daughter Jeongsu an aspiring interior designer, to a building owned by an old friend already established in the design field. She gives them a tour of the property, which includes a restaurant and cooking studio on the first two floors, her office in the basement, a residence on the third floor, and an artist’s studio at the top. The three of them chat and drink amicably until a business call pulls Byungsoo away. When he returns, it’s the same place, but a different time, and the building owner invites him up to the second floor.Read More »

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