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A collection of three short films directed by Moon So-ri. During recent years, Moon tried writing and directing. She previously wrote and directed three short films “The Actress” (2014), “The Running Actress” (2015), and “The Best Director” (2015), and these three short films are assembled here together in her first feature film “The Running Actress”.
Based on the Legend of Chunhyang.
The widow of a nobleman bears a son after having an affair with her servant. The servant and the baby are driven from the home by the woman's irate in-laws when the truth is discovered. Even after the child is grown, no contact is allowed between he and his mother who now denies the events of her past.
A lonely masseuse Sunny is reluctant to have an intimate relationship because of her painful memories of the past. Ji-seok comes to LA with a vague wish to meet his ex-girlfriend and becomes a roommate with Sunny. Young-shin, also known as Helen Jung, is the host of a late night local radio advice show called "Love Talk". Through various incidents, these three characters slowly open up their hearts and wish for another chance of love and new life.
After the death of his father who had left the house and his family, his debt was inherited by Sang-woo who is unable to cope with the debt. So he finds another heir, a half-brother and his mother, to fend off the debt of his father.
A Korean woman leaves her two young daughters with her sister-in-law to search for their estranged father.
Story contains the confessions of couples who are not able to express their feelings due to their closeness.
Youngwu and Jiyoung have been married for ten years and have long since grown apart. He, a publisher, is having an affair with a writer and she, a housewife, feels drawn to a gentle young Muslim she meets named Kerim. When he is obliged to leave the country she decides to follow him to Varanasi. Leaving her husband a note saying that she is away visiting relatives, she spends her time wandering along the banks of the Ganges and down the busy streets of this Hindu city in search of Kerim. When he turns on the television her husband is astonished to see his wife covered in ashes, emerging from a restaurant that has been bombed by terrorists. Youngwo decides to head for India to find his wife and obtain an explanation for her behaviour.
Two ex-lovers navigate their lives post-breakup — struggling to redefine their relationship, from partners to strangers and everything in between.
One day in the 1980s, photographer Yoon Tae accidentally discovers a man while taking pictures. He was dressed in shabby clothes, carrying a bag, holding the Taegeukgi in his hand, and was wandering around Seoul , saying unintelligible things. Yun-tae, feeling curious, follows him around. He was a man with the strange nickname 'Mr. Kant'. Mr. Kant visited cathedrals and other places and came into contact with the riot police who stood guard there. Sometimes they say strange things in front of a photographer holding a camera . The photographer who followed him but did not understand him well accidentally learns that he is a missing person from the May 18 Democratization Movement.
Two inmates break out of a prison only to discover afterwards that they are up for parole. Desperate to get their lives back on track, they realize their best move is to break back into the prison without being noticed.
A college freshman majoring in drama finds herself falling in love with a chain-smoking guest lecturer at her school despite their substantial age difference.
This atypical romance stars two 70-plus actors playing elderly lovers who meet after they're widowed. Sparking controversy in Korea for its explicit sexuality, the film brings an unblinking eye to the portrayal of society's forgotten seniors.
Tae-joo manages to rise in rank in a gang for saving the boss's life. However, prosecutor Dong-pal appears in front of him as his sworn enemy. Meanwhile, Jo-pil wants to get rid of Tae-joo's gang, training for revenge. The three men's goals intertwine.
A woman stands trial for her life with a lawyer who is determined to save her despite her refusal to be saved.
A historical drama based in the Joseon times about a person who falls in love with his stepsister.
A grandpa finds out he is not going to live for much longer so he decides to prepare for his grandson's future with something special.
Ko Ha-na and Jeong Se-hee run a small restaurant in Okinawa, Japan, and through that experience, help heal each other.
Yu-jin suddenly appears at a surf shop run by Dong-min after three years of separation. Yu-jin boldly asks 15 million won from Dong-min. She wants to get paid for the branding "Killer Swell". Dong-min is confused by Yu-jin's sudden visit after thinking he already forgot all about her. Yu-jin who visited Dong-min is also confused. She left him first because she was unhappy with their relationship, but now, she doesn't know what she wants. After their parting, can their romance begin again?
Kang-hie recalls from her cell how she was used by Japanese detectives to track down and destroy the Korean Independence fighters. She manages to escape from prison during a break and proceeds to hunt down her former lover who was a Japanese agent.
In the late 19th century Catholicism was gaining a foothold on Jeju island, much to the horror of the Confucian community, who were seeing their influence diminishing as well as getting increased taxes from Catholic-friendly government officers. The conflict became a religious war that resulted in a rebel Confucian army massacring hundreds of Christians in little more than a matter of days. The Uprising details the events leading up to the assault, focusing on the story of Yi Jae-su, the young man destined to become the leader of the rebel army.
Grae, who failed to be a professional Baduk player, Young-i, who always has been lonely because of changing schools frequently, Oh Deputy department head who has been spending his life in a hurry, Dong-shik, who always has been coy about the love affairs, Baek-ki, who was so tired job applicant and Suk-yul, who engrossed father and uncles’love. Let’s see the past of characters of Incomplete Life.
Bo-hee, a 14 year old boy, was raised by a single mother and has always thought his father had passed away. Bo-hee hears that his father may be alive, and he sets out in search for him with his best friend Nok-yang. He finds his half sister on the way and forms a friendship with her boyfriend.
A man married to a Christian, but from a shamanistic upbringing, attempts to come to terms with the spirit of his mother who visits him in dreams.
A girl named Jung-min writes to a young man named Hyun-jun, who is serving in the army. She lies about her age and claims to be a teacher. As Jung-min turns twenty, a 30-year-old man, who has eyes filled with sadness moves into her village. Every night, he sends letters through a pigeon to a deceased woman he loved dearly. He sends them high up in the sky, knowing that he will never get a reply. Then one day, like magic, he receives a letter. The letters sent through pigeons reveal someone's loneliness and sadness. And the two people meet each other by sheer chance..
A boy travels back in time to meet his "mom" in order to ensure that she meets his dad and falls in love.
A series of interactions take place between an established film director, his estranged daughter interested in interior design, an interior designer, and others inside a multi-story commercial and residential building.
Yeong-Ae, who is grown up poorly, marries the elite salary earner in his thirties, Wu-Hyeon, happily. In-Tae, who loved Young-Ae before her marriage, appears to her and persuades her to come back to him. In-Tae is traced by the police on charge of murder. He threatens Wu-Hyeon, and Young-Ae miscarries of her baby from the shock. When Wu-Hyeon finds out the truth, he expels her, spends days drinking. The sick Young-Ae goes to find Wu-Hyeon in the snowstorm.
A disillusioned student meets a eccentric beggar and a mute prostitute he falls in love with. Together, without money, they cross South Korea to help the girl go home.
Byeon Gang-soe, who served prison time for adultery with a local woman, is released and immediately welcomed by a flock of village women. Meanwhile, Ong-nyeo laments her ill fate, as every man she sleeps with ends up dead. Hearing rumors of this, Byeon Gang-soe sets out to find her, believing they might be the perfect match to balance each other out. Ong-nyeo, having teamed up with a tavern keeper to earn money serving guests, causes the instant death of all the local men, effectively turning the village into a settlement of widows. Byeon Gang-soe arrives in this village of widows; after leaving the women—who had lined up to be with him—completely bedridden, he finally encounters Ong-nyeo at the foot of a mountain. Their ultimate union creates such a seismic commotion that it shakes the very foundations of the Japanese archipelago.
She's coming back to where she used to be after 3 years of journey to Japan. There she wanted to stay and get over feelings from break up.
Have you ever had human blood?
Sang-yeol, a 30-something loser stuck in a dead-end job as a home-shopping model, is able to marry the girl of his dreams - his modeling colleague So-yeon - when he discovers she's pregnant with his child. But after marriage an even bigger discovery awaits: the child isn't his - in fact he's still a virgin, and he might even be gay...
Waikiki Brothers is a band going nowhere. After another depressing gig, the saxophonist quits, leaving the three remaining members to continue on the road. The band ends up at the lead singer's hometown, which was a popular hot spring resort in the '80s, but the return home is filled with reservations of previous and past disappointments, a lost love, unemployment and tragedy.
At dawn, as darkness falls, the organization boss Lee Donghwi and his subordinate, Karina begin a deal. They face each other on the top floor in a breathtaking atmosphere. Will Karina be able to suppress her boss and get to the position she wants?
Have you had a bitter experience because of a stranger you let in your house? Don’t be a good Samaritan inviting a stranger into your house recklessly. Chang-soo invites a stranger man to his house, whom he met through his photography hobby club. The two drinks together and fall asleep. When Chang-soo wakes up, he finds himself tied up and there stands his wife looking scared.
In a hospital parking lot, Officer Song Yeon-hwa is briefed about Park Pung-shik, an alleged gigolo who preys on rich housewives. One of his latest victims is the police chief's wife, who refuses to testify against him, despite giving him $30,000. Song is told to go undercover as a hospital patient in order to secure evidence leading to his arrest. In the hospital, she finds the mild-mannered Park and talks to him over coffee, where he mentions that he ballroom dances for a living. Song asks him why he came to become a dancer and he starts his story.
A story about the conflict between mother Youngmi and her son, who discovers his secret through a threatening text message.
A Korean executive ventures into the Himalayas in order to deliver the remains of a Nepalese migrant worker to his family.
A middle-aged woman in Busan searches for the son she lost in Gilsodom during the Korean War.
A comedy about a woman who tries to overcome tone-deafness and a man who tries to help her but joins the romance.
While the government watches everything and everyone, Myonggil and Pyongsok organize a movie club called The Magnificent Seven. Later in life, after Myonggil is released from military service, he goes to visit his childhood friend and finds out that their lives have taken very different paths.
The film is counterbalanced between two interrelated parts. The first part takes place in Los Angeles, and is centered around a Korean female student, Gah-in, who is studying in the US. She is having a sexual affair with a married man named, Jun. The second part is about Jun's wife, Do-hee, which takes place in Seoul, Korea.
Jong-hwa is a famous writer who don't respond to interviews. Not long ago, his early novel, "Last Love" was made into a drama and aired. Even the original novel is No. 1 in sales. One year has passed since he married his wife, Soo-jeong. Without the permission of Jong-hwa, Soo-jeong accepted an interview, and so he is forced to give an interview for the first time in his life. Mi-soo is the brother the reporter had been waiting for so long. First love. My wife... Fifteen years ago, she suddenly disappeared from Jong-hwa's side. Seeing him, Jong-hwa wanted to ask more than the reporter, Mi-soo. Mi-soo came to Korea for an interview as an editor of a magazine that is unrivaled among Korean wave media in China. As an editor-in-chief he never went to Korea, but did after 15 years just for this interview. The meeting of the two reminds them of their good and bad times, and recalls the past...
In the near future of 2019, all artistic activities that are not aimed at creating money for the state are legally prohibited. Fate of pure art expression is inevitably pursued by the institution, and fatefully at the moment of drama.
Ju-won, a personal assistant for people with disabilities, steals the guide dog from her visually impaired employer, Kyung-min, to pay off her boyfriend's debt.
Nine-year-old Hani is a troublemaker who isn't afraid of anything. A precocious punk, his school friends are all his underlings, and even his family members are under his control. He especially considers his elder brother, HanByul, who often complains of being sick, his greatest target. Until one fateful day, HanByul collapses at home and is rushed to the emergency room and the worst nightmare for any parents becomes a reality - he is diagnosed with cancer. The film is based on a true story.
Life is tough for Chol-Min - his mother died during labor, forcing him to grow up alonge with his stoic police officer father. However, Chol-Min lives a high-spirited life and roams around town with his own mutt, a half-bred police dog, making friends and enemies along the way.
Young-sook is annoyed by the thought of her sister, whose surname is Song, being buried in a Kim family grave under her husband's surname.
An otherwise model citizen's petty crime quickly escalates into felony when he runs away from the police station, dragging a career criminal with him.
A woman is attacked by Internet users after posting provocative remarks online. Using her personal information, they go to her place but what they find is her body; she took her own life. Who made her kill herself? Or, was she killed by someone else?
A man casually sets up for a fishing trip at the water's edge. Evening comes and a tug on his line presents him with the body of a woman.
A woman acts as a letter writing proxy and a man sells 'boyfriend' services. Fate brings them together and learn they each have wounded hearts. As they see each other, they look back on themselves...
This drama centres on a building that is on the verge of collapse after a sinkhole incident. As the danger grows, four young people connected to the building in different ways begin to uncover corruption.
Gun-woo, drowning in a failing business, meets Yo-sup, a mysterious boy who lives in dreams, and glimpses a future that lets him win big on a sports bet. While searching for Yo-sup again, he crosses paths with Min-a, a guarded high school girl. Struggling to understand one another, the three are drawn into a strange journey shaped by dreams and fate.
Under the name of family, we complete our own modernity. 4 talented directors unfold 4 different portraits about family, the most heart-warming, yet the most heart-aching word in the Modern era.
A coming of age story of a rebellious Korean American teenager named Hayoung who discovers the complexities of her mother’s love.
On a business trip to the Cannes Film Festival, Manhee is accused of being dishonest, and fired. A teacher named Claire goes around taking photos with a Polaroid camera. She gets to know Manhee and sympathizes with her. Claire is like a person who can see Manhee's possible future or past selves, through the mysterious power of the beach tunnel. Through taking photos, Claire has acquired the ability to look slowly at things, and to transform objects. Now, Claire goes with Manhee to the café where she was fired. We look forward to seeing Claire's power at work.