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A young boy becomes mesmerized by his first experiences watching TV. Gradually, his thoughts are consumed by what he sees on the screen. He begins to believe himself a movie star and mimics violent acts from films—ultimately wandering outside in a coat and gun.
Hye-suk steals money to buy band instruments but is caught and seduced by the man she stole from.
The police begin an investigation into the death of a cafe owner who was working as a nude model for two artists, Jae-hoon and Woo-il.
Raised by her divorced father, Hye-suk is a little on the wild side. She steals money in order to buy instruments to form a band after dropping out of school. However, she soon needs more money to get her band booked in clubs, so she begins to pawn her father's antiques until a suspicious pawnbroker reports her to the police.
Girls in my Hometown, released in 1991, is a melodrama dealing with individualism and sacrifice. A young girl has a friend who has just come back from abroad, bringing with her foreign fashions and foreign ideas. When the solider to whom the friend was engaged becomes blinded in an accident, she decides to put herself first, neglecting her duties to her fiancé and the community she lives in.
Young-gu feels that he usually feels inflamed by the excessive protection of his parents and wants to live alone. One day, he goes on a trip with his parents. Young-gu, who accidentally lost his parents on a trip, finds his wallet and money in his father's luggage, wanders around by himself, living an uncontrolled life of his parents, but realizes that his parents' nagging was for him, and he goes to his parents' side.
Upon his release from prison, Hyuk turns away his girlfriend Mina who has come to greet him. He admonishes her to forget about him. He finds a job at a pool hall but it seems trouble follows Hyuk around. He gets in the middle of a gang fight and ends up saving gang leader Ju-cheol. As a token of gratitude, Ju-cheol gives a slice of his own territory to Hyuk. Kyung-suk, Ju-cheol's right hand man, becomes threatened by Hyuk and so challenges him to a fight. The loser has to leave the area for good. Kyung-suk ends up losing the fight and he takes off for Tae-baek, a mountainous city. There, he becomes a faithful member of Kang-ho's gang and kidnaps Hyuk's former martial arts master. Ju-cheol asks Hyuk to help the martial arts master who also happens to be his friend. Hyuk returns to his hometown of Tae-baek only to find that Kyung-suk has kidnapped his old flame Mina. Hyuk, vowing vengeance, goes underground to find and rescue the two most important people in his life.
Orphaned from a young age, Jeong Shik runs away from the orphanage in hopes of making money. He roams the streets but soon he is caught for stealing bread. He is saved by Seong Gyu who, taking pity on him, invites him to live with him and his friend Min Wook. The three friends are invited one day to Soo Mi's birthday party. Soo Mi is a friend of Hye Ryun who is Min Wook's girlfriend. But they are ridiculed and verbally abused by Soo Mi's elder brother and so they leave the party. Jeong Shik becomes convinced that money is the answer to all his troubles. Meanwhile, Min Wook vows to take revenge on Kang Cheol who stole Hye Ryun from him only to dump her immediately. But he is no match for Kang Cheol and becomes a casualty of his own rage.
Mimi and Dada and the great artist representing the 20th century, Mr. An adventure to recover the artwork from the conspiracy of an art lover called 'Doremi'.
In a strange town where there are no children, a newly arrived couple are regarded with suspicion and jealousy when it is revealed that the wife is pregnant.
A follow-up to 1996's documentary on the massacre at Cheju island, Red Hunt 2 exposes the real facts of the outrage upon personal rights and the brutal butchering occurred 50 years ago. Lives of nine survivors with their grieving testimony expose the horror of six yearlong massacres by Rhee Seung-man regime which still lingers today.
Korean movie
Unlike “trilogy on torn-down neighborhoods,” (The Sang-kye dong Olympics, Haengdang-dong People, and Another World We Are Making), Standing on the Edge of Death calmly describes how urban poverty was formed, how they live, and why more than 20 of them committed suicide at once in 1990. In this film, the director explains that people who moved from poor countryside formed urban slum, and because they did not have formal education or asset, they worked as day laborers. Residence was one particular problem they faced as they lost their main dwelling area due to redevelopment. They start their day at dawn and work till night. However, these hard-working people do not receive any recognition from the society.
"The advantage of a diary is meaninglessness. That is the only inclination and the rule of a diary." The being is to be perceived.
The sequel of "Heangdangdong People", a documentary about a struggle and dream for community of Heangdangdong people against the unfair removal of their housing. Heandangdong people in the removal region finally finished the struggle in the victory after the 3-year-struggle against the removal and they are now settled in the provisional residential building. They have gradually overcome poverty and have been establishing a local community through a production cooperative and a credit cooperative to materialize their dreams. Headangdong people's story with their successful community suggests a concrete way and hope about an alternative life.
444 years ago, a master defeats the demon king after a duel, and burys the demon king in a well. However, as time goes by, when the Demon King is resurrected, Shim Bi-Hong Yeong-Young confronts him.
This film is a Movies strip that consists of 365 frames. The actor is actually moving in one direction but appears to swing like a pendulum on the screen. Sporadic booms of the soundtrack reveal the relationship between the human pendulum movement, the rhythm of the soundtrack and its perforations, and the object split into individual frames.
The life story of Ch'oe Hong-hui. Also known as General Choi, he was a South Korean army general and martial artist who is a controversial figure in the history of the Korean martial art of Taekwondo. In 1972, Choi went into exile in Canada and lived in Toronto until his death in North Korea in 2002.
A couple of college students take pity on an ex-convict and try to help him locate his lover whom he hasn't seen or heard from in seven years.
Mother secretly smokes a cigarette in the restroom and feeling sorry for herself because she has spent all her life taking care of her children, but now she still need to take care of her grandson who doesn’t have his mother. To support his son, elder brother works in a subway station, selling subway passes and tickets…
Im Ih-ju, daughter of Chae Sung-ju, tells her life story, the story behind her adopted name Rosa, and her passion for dance. The film is about the lives of various people, including Iju, her friend So-won, and a friend of a friend.
A man finds love from a woman, and she dreams the extrication through him.
A bumbling but good-hearted hero, Hyung-rae, becomes entangled in a conspiracy involving foreign agents, corrupt officials, and rival martial artists during Korea’s historical era. After coming across an injured warrior who warns of Japanese spies, Hyung-rae finds himself caught between competing factions seeking power. As assassins, warriors, and schemers collide, Hyung-rae and his companions stumble through a series of comedic misadventures, ultimately becoming unlikely heroes in a chaotic battle of loyalty, deception, and martial arts spectacle.
An unexpected impregnated girl falls into a weird imagination. There the world comes absurd and fearful to her. Not having any hope nor anyone to lean on, the girl abandons her baby. Suffering from the guilty consciousness, the helpless girl commits suicide to escape from the world: the world of bad and gloomy memories that she can't stand anymore.
Unicorn, though a respectable corporation, is actually a shady organization that collaborates internationally in drug trafficking and assassinations. Its heir apparent, Ki-cheol, and his loyal ally, Cheol-ho, are among its leaders. Meanwhile, detective Min-gyu, the head of the detective unit, single-handedly works to uncover the organization's dark secrets, but is brutally murdered along with his wife by those who have even recruited the Interpol director.
After her husband abandons her, Madam Min enter into real estate in the hopes of getting rich quickly. She buys out many farms and re-sells them to businesses seeking to build factories and warehouses. Chang-min, in an effort to save his ancestral land from being developed, goes to Seoul to plead with Min not to destroy the land.
This documentary captures the Korean film industry's campaign to maintain the screen quota system, in opposition to the government and Hollywood's plot to overtake the film market. Images of them shaving heads and going on hunger strikes reveal oppressed state they are in and their willingness to fight. Currently, they are waging a campaign for international solidarity among filmmakers.
A law student receives a phone call from a mysterious woman asking that they meet. When he arrives at the appointed place, he finds the woman dead and he is the only suspect the police have. The student learns however, that events in his deceased father's past will provide the identity of the killer
The collective heroes of the film represent the Chinese Korea society: its past, present and future. The director examines the particular experience of the ethnic group without dramatization, as he paints their portrait with genuine respect for the tragedy of the subjects.
This documentary chronicles a yearlong layoff process at Hyundai Motors Co., a leading automotive group in Korea, as laborers were forced to give up their job in the midst of Korea's economic crisis. They are tangible human beings with hopes and despair, people that cannot be described just by their tactics and standpoints. Images of workers departing their beloved factory makes us aware of Hyundai's method of structural adjustment.
A new pathogen, previously unknown to the academic community, begins claiming lives in a city in Manila, Philippines. To uncover the cause, Dr. Jeong, Fuad, and Ji-suk, a team of researchers, venture into the undeveloped regions of the Philippines. However, they are captured by the indigenous people and subjected to various ordeals. Things take a dramatic turn when Ji-suk is forced into a marriage ceremony with the son of the tribal chief.
In 1990, due to the skyrocketing rental price, many tenants suffered and even took their own lives. Showing their memorial service as a starting point, we approach the problems of housing policy and the social structural problems of Korean society.
A young man tunes his guitar while holding a telephone, having learned from his teacher that the beep sound of the phone is the same note as the “la” tone of the music scale. Having been discharged from the army following an accident that left him unfit for duty, he now picks up the phone for reasons other than social connection.
A hapless goon in the mob becomes the new Godfather after all of his superiors are taken out by a rival crime group. In the incident he gains new powers to become THE HULK! Meanwhile 400 years ago in the Joeson period an evil sorcerer has arrived in search of the Dragon Pearl in the village of the naive Young-gu
Min-Wu determines to murder Ji-Ae as he decides something during making love. Then her diary which is found in her apartment displays Ji-Ae's life like a panorama. After she comes to Seoul, Ji-Ae attends in a college by working part time job with difficulties. Then she meets Min-Wu who returns to school after finishing military service one day. Although she gets to love him, Ji-Ae becomes skeptical about his pessimistic way of living. At that time a fashion designer Yun-Jin appears to her. Ji-Ae becomes shaky due to Yun-Jin's sophisticated manner and comfortable life, and finally she allows him to make love. Ji-Ae is gradually falling away from Min-Wu while she begins to fall in mammonism. Min-Wu, who desperately turns around Ji-Aa, makes another love promising to meet for the last but he believes the only way to save her is to kill her. In the end he kills Ji-Ae and also finished his life longing for her.
Park Chan Woo is the head of R&D at a high tech research institute. He returns to Korea to work for a new technology development project through his college friend Jung Hee's referral. When he sees Yoon Su Jin who meets him at the airport, Chan Woo is instantly attracted to her. Despite Jung Hee's repeated overtures, Chan Woo and Su Jin begin to live together. Their living arrangements are contractual with strict respect for each other's privacy and confidentiality. Su Jin boards a plane to Paris but through the underhanded scheme of Jung Hee and her friend Man Su, she ends up stranded on a remote island in Thailand. Chan Woo realizes his love for Su Jin and decides to risk his life to save her.
A mysterious computer disk found on the beach begins a young man's terrifying and sensual encounters with a vampire who is seeking revenge on those who wronged her in life.
Korean movie.
As the Korean War draws to a close and both sides conducting truce talks in 1952, the U.S. Intelligence Agency finds out that North Korea is preparing germ warfare through aerial reconnaissance. The U.S. army decides to train and send in the invincible members of the marine corps.
The story follows Taoist Mutul as he takes on 108 goblins and monsters, using his incredible martial arts skills and magical abilities to save the day.
A young man turns to crime and builds a large criminal empire, but after being arrested he finds that not all his followers were loyal to him.
Master Sergeant Collins disobeys his commander's order of retreat and is chased by the North Korean troops as he falls behind his troops. He hides inside a catholic church. Collins disguises himself as a father and turns away the North Korean soldiers when they attack. In order to save himself, the sister, and the children, Collins teaches the boys how to shoot and survive. Sister Anna is kidnapped while searching for food. The boy feels anger as North Korean soldiers kill his grandmother. North Korean soldiers shoot at the South Korean area. A boy takes a box of dynamite. While he is arguing with his friend, his younger brother, Hyuk, takes the dynamite and runs over the bridge. Soon, the North Korean bunker is in flames. At the church, the sister and the children make a desperate fight against the North Korean soldiers.
A boy alienated within his own family, is left with his grandfather who has Alzheimer's disease and who hates him fiercely. He has a very strange night which will make him grow up.