Discoveries from South Korea World Cinema

Soon-kyu, caught sight of a UFO. To find the UFO, they leave for a so-called "UFO mountain." 3 days later, they come back and insist they"ve contacted aliens the last night except Soon-kyu who #999999ed out due to overdrinking. After hearing that Ji-hyun"s missing, Soon-kyu leaves for the mountain again to answer his own question - the UFO, aliens and Ji-hyun.

Princess Jadu is captured by Fisherwoman Doldol and Sunghoon! She becomes a spectacle in the marketplace, but Prince Yunseok rescues her. Their love deepens more and more... Then, the meddlesome Princess Eunhee appears. What will become of Princess Jadu and Prince Yunseok's fate?

The life of Kim Jong-boon, who has been a peddler in Wangshimni for 50 years, is admirable. At the age of 83, she no longer has to earn a living at her street stall, but she keeps working because she still has customers.

Escaping from a hospital for the mentally disturbed, a man calling himself Jesus goes to Seoul. He feels he must save Seoul from judgement by fire by finding a woman who knows the meaning of true love.

As a man fails to repay his loans, his daughter is taken by another man hired by the loan shark. She is told he will take her to her aunt. But he plans to sell the daughter to a brothel. She knows this and seems to have accepted this as her fate. A good-natured man appears accompanies them suddenly without their consent. They take route 1 and ride on.

When a nuclear attack on Sarajevo leads to a new era of global genocide, an elite soldier must hunt down the elusive American mastermind pulling the strings from the shadows.

The end of the holidays also marks the end of Yeong-woon and Eun-soo dating. While wandering around alone, he gets to donate blood on a whim and meets Eun Su, a girl he used to like in elementary school.

An over-protective father seeks professional advice on how to deal with his two daughters who are young adults and have begun dating.

They speak the same language, share a similar culture and once belonged to a single nation. When the Korean War ended in 1953, ten million families were torn apart. By the early 90s, as the rest of the world celebrated the end of the Cold War, Koreans remain separated between North and South, fearing the threat of mutual destruction. Beginning with one man's journey to reunite with his sister in North Korea, filmmakers Takagi and Choy reveal the personal, social and political dimensions of one of the last divided nations on earth. The film was also the first US project to get permission to film in both South & North Korea.

Jisu, a virtual YouTuber with a dream of becoming a singer, hides her face and performs under an avatar. After passing the first round of an audition, she decides to lose weight quickly for the next stage and enters the strict Seonnyeo Fasting Center. On her way there, she meets a man who resembles her ideal type. However, the fasting center's rules are tough, and she constantly clashes with the grumpy manager, Yunho. Amidst hunger, the tempting smell of grilled pork wafts from a nearby restaurant owned by the man she met, leading Jisu into a moral struggle between temptation and her dream of becoming a singer.

Jihun is a 19-year-old trainee working at a small factory, where he is paired with Wooseok, his indifferent and careless supervisor. When a problem arises with a client, Jihun, who doesn’t have a driver’s license, happens to take the wheel.

Young-jun decides to buy the MacBook with all its assets. However, he is cheated while trying a used deal. After reporting to the police station but receiving no help from them, Young-jun heads to China try to catch the scammer.

Deok-sik has been organizing other people's belongings for 30 years at the "Heaven's Way", a collection company that delivers items containing memories of the deceased who died in loneliness to heaven. However, he is not able to organize his own belongings. Deok-sik decides to realize his bucket list before he dies.

Tae-Pyung, a hot university student, faced with the first crisis in his life, army duty. As soon as he enters the army, his girlfriend runs away, but he endures his duty for 2 years. After graduating from the university, he gets a job but he is only getting more and more exhausted with a repeated routine and the stress from work. To make matters worse, the news of his other girlfriend's pregnancy shook his whole life since the marriage would press him in another way. Tae-pyung, caught in the biggest dilemma in his life, tries to find a way to get back his prime time in his own peculiar way.

There is a serious problem with getting a job among young people in Korea. A young man in Korea named Doo-soo is lying to his parents while working at a market, because most Korean people don't want to a blue-collar job. But suddenly he has something important he has to do -- betting on Jang-gi (Korean chess). Would it be possible to change the world with a bet?

After Dr. Kim is gone missing trying to find dinosaurs traces, the young and pretty reporter Kang Ok-hi is sent by her chief editor to investigate on Dr. Kim's new theory. She disguises as a maid and searches Dr. Kim’s house to steal his thesis. During the day, Dr. Kim investigates about some archeological work nearby the coast and manages to discover dinosaurs footprints. Suddenly, a mysterious giant bird (who looks like a prehistoric bird with a chicken head) appears and some disastrous incidents occur one after another. Dr. Kim believes that the only way to prevent those is by destroying the bird’s eggs. He then starts to search for the eggs as new monsters appear and rampage the nearby cities.

Three men who have been taken to the compulsory labour under the Japanese colonialism turn back to their hometown, a fishing village. They break the injustice and corrupt customs and rebuild the devastated village with the help of the village girls.

A woman wakes up from a 16 year coma from high school and goes to look for her old boyfriend.

According to the information written in the credit roll of "Seoul 7000," the film was filmed in Seoul in November 1976 with an 'Elmo 108' 8mm camera using Kodachrome 40 film. It was also stated that "it was filmed frame by frame, and the shooting speed was adjusted differently for each shot," and "the number 7000 in the title of this film represents the total number of frames in all parts except for the title."

A pirate ship arrives at the Porong Porong Forest. Realizing that they weren't on Treasure Island, and they kidnap everyone except for Pororo and Eddy to recoup their losses. Will they be able to rescue their friends safely?

Actresses Minji and Hannah are close friends and like Junho at the same time. The car with three people on its way to the beach smells like farts. One of the two is is doing her best in acting.

Choyeop is an uptight girl in her 20s. She meets up with her old friend Kangii with the intention of finding out whether she has feelings for him. However, when their mutual friend Doa joins them, Doa’s direct and wild personality starts bothering Choyeop. Choyeop suspects that Kangii and Doa like each other, but as the afternoon unfolds, Choyeop is left rather surprised by what she discovers.

Hyeonchang and Yoonji have sex for the first time to celebrate the 1st anniversary of their relationship. Because both of them are clumsy, sex only hurts. They remain scars to each other. Hyeonchang is suffering. With the introduction of a local senior, he enrolls in Cheongbul academy, which teaches the skills of sex. Hyeonchang learns several skills and graduates. Meet Yunji again and enjoy the sex he learned at Cheongbul Academy.

Jin-wook and Su-min are a long-term couple. They decide to live in a rural pension near the ocean for a month. Then one day, a young woman named Hye-na moves into the same pension. A month later, it's time to leave. Is Jin-wook and Su-min's relationship closer? Or will it break-just like the sound when the waves hit a rock? The ending credits of film go up. And...

A film adaptation of a classic novel in which a filial daughter, Shim Cheong-i, donated 300 rice cakes to open the eyes of her blind father.

A day of Hyo-jeong, a first-year student in high school, who repeats a routine endlessly.

Lin, a migrant female worker from Cambodia, and Yeon-hee, a Korean, are friends who work together at a factory at night. One day, the two will go to the sea together for the weekend. However, the factory manager only forces Lin to work overtime on the weekend, while Lin finds out that Yeon-hee is leaving Korea for Australia soon.

Spring 2015. The warm spring sunlight and lush flowers resemble a youth full of vitality. The documentary director captured the youth's 'Mr. Doyoung (22)' on camera. On the highway bus returning to school from hometown, Doyoung accidentally meets his first love, Yonghwa, whom he does not want to see in 10 years. One by one, the memories she doesn't want to recall come back to life. She struggles not to let him know who she is, but it's not as easy as her heart. Will Doyoung be able to overcome this difficult situation well?

In the remote countryside of Korea, Jun Kyung struggles to choose between sisterly love and the temptation of a man's affections.

The movie is a compilation of the movie "Wilderness" in which a member of the airborne unit who killed a girl during the Gwangju Democratization Movement burned himself to death with remorse and "Mr. Kant's Presentation", the story of a man who wanders around as a result of torture after participating as a civilian army.

A love-action comedy about Hyun-chul, a man who expresses his love in earnest to enter a full-fledged relationship, and Hee-bon, a woman who believed that love was all lies.

"Saturday Night Live Korea" writer-turned-comedian Yoo Byung-jae lays bare his childhood memories and philosophy on sex in his first stand-up venture.

A young woman, suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, develops an obsession with two men.

Mi-jeong, Ji-hye and Ji-hye's boyfriend, Geon-soo, live in the same house. They enjoy having sex without being disturbed by each other. While Ji-hye and Geon-soo are out, Mi-jeong finds Geon-soo's camera and finds out that he is the one who has been stalking her. Mi-jeong wants to ask him about it, but she's already fallen for him. In the end, they turn into a secret relationship. One day, Mi-jeong suggests they stalk Ji-hye...

Jangson, a devoted student to Teacher Park, overcomes hardship to support his ailing grandmother. Teacher Park's life takes a tragic turn due to rumors of an affair and an accidental death. In a powerful twist, Jangson quits his prosecutor job to become her defense lawyer, ultimately clearing her of the murder charge. The film conveys a message of mutual support and the power of warmth in challenging times.

1. 'Driver' Told by an attractive female customer that he'll receive a lot of money if he kills her, chauffeur In-sik decides to take her up on the offer... 2. '11:55 PM' Translator Young-ran, working overtime alone at his publication office, is about to call it a night-but at 11:55 PM, somebody buzzes.... 3. 'atmosFEAR' High-end audio equipment in hand, sound designer Kwanghyun heads to the park at night to record the ambiance. Through his headphones, however, he hears something entirely different. 4. 'The Secret Night' Young female employee Youngmin, given incentive to steal sensitive company information, sneaks into the office at night. Everything goes according to plan-but on her way out, she runs into fellow coworker Hayoon, who won't seem to let her leave. Slowly, their long-suppressed inner feelings start to come out...

Celebrating the 10th year anniversary of the musical “Montecristo”, a film adaptation of the best season of its 10-year run.

Caught up in the heat of the moment, three women plan a bank robbery that spirals out of control. Left with no way forward and no way back, they plot one final heist of a lifetime.

A documentary film covering the life of President Syngman Rhee and the contributions he made to the Republic of Korea, spanning his childhood, focusing on his independence movement, the founding of the nation, the process of leading to victory in the Korean War, and the process of laying the foundation for Korea's industrialization.

A fresco mixing the satirical, the surreal and the fantastical to portray the social and political evils of today’s Korea. A gas mask-wearing serial killer is spreading terror. Four people are on his tail on election day: Miju – a wolf-girl who leads a sect of youths who are planning their mass suicide, Bosik – a traffic cop who’s convinced he is a super hero, Patrick – a US Marine on the brink of madness following the serial killer’s murder of his Korean girlfriend, and Ju Sanggeun, the favourite of the candidates for the mayoral seat of Seoul, who has received a disturbing death threat. The man behind the mask remains a mystery. The killer is everywhere or perhaps he is simply inside each of us. –Venice Film Festival

A couple who have lived under the same roof for years without speaking a word, as if practicing a silent meditation. Marina, who came to Sawai Island in search of a legendary love story, and another foreigner, a young man with the same name as the legendary protagonist. The landscape of foreigners living difficult lives in Guro-dong, Garibong-dong, Sillim-dong, and Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Director Kobayashi Masahiro, beloved by Cannes, Edwin, the future of Indonesian cinema, and cineaste Jang Ryul unfold a story of "people who feel alone even when together."

A melodrama about a man whose girlfriend leaves him for another man after his face is disfigured. The man gets plastic surgery, then tracks down his old girlfriend to make her regret her past actions.

Hee and Jin is a couple in love, but Hee has discontent about her husband that she cannot figure out the reason. Hee, who rarely goes out of the house, doesn't know what is wrong with her marriage, until one day she meets a gentleman named Gung-won, and develops romantic feeling for him.

A madam works at a brothel in Busan and raises three daughters. She sacrifices herself in hopes of her daughter’s futures, but tragic events occur.

Hun happens to know a basketball player Ji-Hye and incessantly tries to get close to her. On the day when she has a game, Hun goes to cheer her up with friends and comes to feel love for her. But, suddenly Hun stops meeting her. In fact, he hears from a doctor about his disease that is incurrable one. At the match, Ji-Hye's team wins the game thanks to her great activity. Ji-Hye finds Hun had fallen down under the stand and cries seeing his last humor on the stand.

Seg. "Surrounded" directed by Ko Bong-soo : There is a man whose body is stuck between iron bars. He tries to get out, but can't. He meets three passing men. Seg. "Holy Terror" directed by Lim Hye-in : A neighborhood thug starts fights with people from Yanbian and stalks them. Seg. "Jwipo" [Dried fish] directed by Ko Bong-soo : A man who's getting ready for a job lives another day. Then he decides to kill himself and goes out to buy charcoal, but runs into thugs. Seg. "Death Wish" directed by Ko Bong-soo : The story of wishing to be in the 1%.

Kot-ji is born by an affair between a hostess and president Kim of a trading company. Living with her mother, she is unusually smart but envies friends with both parents as she plays alone with dolls or watching TV. One day, on her way home, Kot-ji runs into a woman who offers to take her to her father and follows her. All has been planned by Jin-ah conspiring to make money out of her situation. Dong-jin who is secretly in love with Kot-ji's mother threatens Kim about Kot-ji and get money from him but things do not work out the way he thought. Dong-jin stabs Kim unintentionally and in panic takes Kot-ji into woods. While he quarrels with Jin-ah, Kot-ji makes her way to escape feeling danger. Kot-ji's pure heart moves Dong-jin and he returns her to her mother.