A documentary on five young wannabe stuntmen working in the South Korean film industry.
a great diary style biographical doc on the korean stuntmen industry directed by and starring the guy who went on to direct The Villainess. (he started out as a filmbuff wanting to become a stuntman)Read More »
Two petty thieves wind up as errand boys for a prostitute they were hired to kidnap. However, having them around proves to be bad for business and she is kicked out of the brothel by her den mother. They take to the streets and must get by the best they can…Read More »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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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 »
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 »