Description from International Film Festival Rotterdam premiere:
Tony Rayns has followed up the Jang Sun-Woo retrospective he curated for the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 1997 by making an intimate portrait of Korea’s most iconoclastic director as he prepares two new films: the live-action cyber-action thriller The Resurrection of the Little Match Girl and the animated buddhist/shamanist feature Princess Bari. Divided into chapters, the documentary examines Jang’s career and films from many different angles and includes the voices not only of those who have worked with Jang but also of numerous ordinary Koreans who have been touched/shocked/excited/offended by his work.Read More »
South Korea
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Tony Rayns – Jang Seonu byeonjugok AKA The Jang Sun-Woo Variations (2001)
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Min-suk Kim – Cho-neung-ryeok-ja AKA Haunters (2010)
2001-2010ActionMin-suk KimSci-FiSouth KoreaCho-In can control other people’s minds when they are within his field of sight.Except one man.Read More »
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Won-Chan Hong – Daman akeseo goohasoseo AKA Deliver Us from Evil (2020)
2011-2020CrimeSouth KoreaThrillerWon-Chan HongAn assassin goes to Thailand in order to solve a kidnapping case linked to him, and finds himself chased by a man whose sibling he killed.
From the writer of The Yellow Sea and Confession of Murder
2 wins & 3 nominationsRead More »
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Sang-hoon Ahn – Beul-la-in-deu aka Blind (2011)
2011-2020Sang-hoon AhnSouth KoreaThrillerA female university student goes missing one day and later is discovered as a victim of a hit-and-run. Assuming the kidnapper and the driver are the same person, police begin investigating the case and find two witnesses who were at the scene: Soo-ah, a visually impaired woman who was once a very promising student at a national police university, and Gi-seob, a young man who happened to see the hit-and run. The case becomes even more complicated as the two witnesses tell different stories about the accident.Read More »
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Sang-soo Im – Hanyo AKA The Housemaid (2010)
Drama2001-2010Sang-soo ImSouth KoreaThrillerQuote:
Award-winning actress Jeon Do Yeon stars as poor divorcee Eun Yi, who gladly signs on to work as a nanny and housemaid for a wealthy, upper-crust family. In her naive eyes, the rich and handsome Hoon (Lee Jung Jae, Typhoon), his pregnant wife Hae Ra (Seo Woo, Paju), and adorable daughter (Ahn Seo Hyun) make the picture-perfect family. But that myth is soon shattered when the domineering Hoon finds his way to her bed. Their torrid affair upsets the balance of the household, unleashing a cruel power struggle as Hae Ra, her mother (Park Ji Young), and the head housekeeper (Yoon Yeo Jung) all answer with their own calculated measures.Read More » -
Joon-ho Bong – Salinui chueok AKA Memories of Murder (2003)
Joon-ho Bong2001-2010DramaSouth KoreaThrillerSouth Korea in 1986 under the military dictatorship: Two rural cops and a special detective from the capital investigate a series of brutal rape murders. Their rude measures become more desperate with each new corpse found. Based on a true case.Read More »
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Sang-soo Hong – Uriui Haru AKA In Our Day (2023)
Sang-soo Hong2021-2030DramaSouth KoreaIn Seoul, two alternating conversations: an actress is solicited by an amateur; an old poet hosts a fan. The two stars dodge the existential questions of their guests with food, alcohol, guitar playing and naps, games with a cat and rock, paper, scissors. The actress is thinking of giving up her career; the poet is struggling with alcohol and tobacco withdrawal. With the compact eloquence of a haiku, In Our Day invites us to look at what is most important and what makes each day of our lives matter.Read More »
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Jae-eun Lee & Jisun Lim – Kim Min-young of the Report Card (2021)
Jae-eun Lee2021-2030DramaJisun LimSouth Korea20-year-old Jeonghee doesn’t go to college and works part-time. She goes to meet Minyoung, her old high school roommate, for the first time in a while and wants to play with her as before. However, Minyoung, a college student, is busy sending correction emails for her credits and feels uncomfortable by Jeonghee’s visit.Read More »
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Jason Yu – Jam AKA Sleep (2023)
2021-2030ComedyHorrorJason YuSouth KoreaA pregnant wife who becomes worried about her husband’s sleeping habits. What starts out as some light sleep-talking soon escalates to unexpectedly grotesque behaviour. They consult a sleep clinic without success and as his nightmarish behaviour escalates, they desperately seek help from a shaman.Read More »