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 »
South Korea
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Soon-rye Yim – Sechinku AKA Three Friends (1996)
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Chung-Hyun Lee – Bargain (2015)
2011-2020Chung-Hyun LeeShort FilmSouth KoreaA man and a virgin school girl get together to have a sexual relationship. He continually bargains a ransom for her.Read More »
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Sang-soo Hong – Tab AKA Walk Up (2022)
2021-2030DramaSang-soo HongSouth KoreaByungsoo, 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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Kook-Hee Choi – Insaeng-eun Areumdaweo AKA Life Is Beautiful (2022)
2021-2030DramaKook-Hee ChoiRomanceSouth KoreaA musical drama about a wife who asks her husband to help her find her childhood sweetheart as a birthday present. Though reluctant, her husband’s only choice is to set out on this journey with her.Read More »
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Sang-woo Lee – Ba-bi AKA Barbie (2011)
2011-2020ArthouseDramaSang-woo LeeSouth KoreaSoon-Young (Kim Sae-Ron) is a young girl who is the head of her family. She lives with her mentally handicapped father (Jo Yong-Suk), unscrupulous uncle (Lee Chun-Hee) and younger sister Soon-Ja (Kim Ah-Ron) who is always ill. Younger sister Soon-Ja plays with her Barbie doll everyday and dreams of one day living in the United States. Meanwhile, Mang-Taek comes into contact with an American man interested in adopting a healthy Korean girl. Mang-Taek arranges a deal for the American man to adopt Soon-Young. When her younger sister Soon-Ja hears of the adoption, she becomes jealous and asks to take the place of her older sister. When the American man and his young daughter arrive to take Soon-Young, the uncle, Soong-Young and Soon-Ja must decide who is to go. The American father has an ulterior motive for the adoption.Read More »
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Hae-sung Song – Failan AKA Pairan (2001)
2001-2010AsianDramaHae-sung SongSouth KoreaSynopsis:
After losing both her parents, Failan (Cecilia Cheung) emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency. Kang Jae (Choi Min Shik) is an old and outdated gangster who has no respect from his peers. Short on money, Kang Jae decides to take on the arranged marriage. Having nothing more than a picture of Kang Jae, Failan spends her days dreaming and wishing that Kang Jae would come to visit her. Failan often writes to Kang Jae in sorrow about how much she misses and thinks about him, but never has the nerve to give the letters to Kang Jae. Things take a turn when Kang Jae is asked by his boss to take the fall for a murder in exchange for some money. The only hope in his worthless life is the wife he never met.
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Park Chan-wook – Heojil kyolshim AKA Decision to Leave (2022)
2021-2030Film NoirPark Chan-wookRomanceSouth KoreaPLOT:
A detective investigating a man’s death in the mountains meets the dead man’s mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.Read More » -
Byoung-gon Moon – Safe (2013)
2011-2020Byoung-gon MoonShort FilmSouth KoreaThrillerPalme d’Or Short Films winners
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A woman working as a cashier at an illegal gambling parlor pushes her luck by stealing money from gamblers as a way to pay off her own debts. When one gambler realizes he’s been cheated, he returns with murderous intent and the already dismal situation spirals out of control.Read More » -
Jayil Pak – Georgia (2020)
2011-2020DramaJayil PakShort FilmSouth KoreaWhen the police refuse to investigate their daughter’s alleged suicide, two computer-illiterate parents decide to design a protest banner. Based on the infamous Miryang case in South Korea which shocked the nation in 2004 and continues to fuel public outrage even today.Read More »