Discoveries from South Korea World Cinema

When the investigation of 'Koreagate' takes place, Park Yong-gak, a former KCIA director who knows everything about the government's operations, heads to the United States in exile.

Sent from Seoul to serve in a remote coastal village, a policewoman gets involved in the life of a mysterious teenage girl who is abused by both her father and her grandmother.

A teenage girl who appears on a TV show as an idol singer's fan calls herself a ‘seongdeok’ (successful fan), because her idol appeared on the same program. Years later, the same idol singer is arrested on charges of gang rape and illegally filming and distributing sex tapes. The seongdeok, who has suddenly become a criminal’s fan, decides to meet with other fans of the criminal singer in a confused state of anger and sadness.

Ma-nim (Kim Jeong-ah-II) becomes a widow after her husband dies from sickness and she arrives at Bukgando to get remarried. Her new husband is a handsome and wealthy man but he is killed by a Japanese even before she spends a night with him. Ma-nim is alone in the big house once again. Everyone by her husband's side leaves and only the grandfather and slave named Bau are left behind. One day, Ma-nim notices that Bau has a way of staring at her and she is overcome by a strange feeling. She'd to oppress her desires as a woman because of her two short marriages and strict identity. Bau had never made love with a woman before but she didn't mind his gaze on her. The two of them start a forbidden love behind grandfather's back...

So-ra, a woman who lives day by day meeting conditions. Hyeon-soo, a man obsessed with women's scent. Upon Hyeon-soo's suggestion to sponsor her, So-ra maintains a lover-like relationship with him. Sora and Hyeon-soo as couples seduce men for fun, enslave them, and then destroys families. Once, while seeing a happy couple in a chicken restaurant, So-ra felt jealous and wanted to break that happiness. So-ra and Hyeon-soo decide to seduce the husband and brings him to their guest house after several delivery exposures. In the end, the couples swap together with Seok and Hyeon-jin at a chicken restaurant. Can Sora's plan succeed to destroy ordinary couples?

When an illicit arms deal goes bad, North Korean spy Pyo Jong-seong finds himself targeted not just by the South Koreans but also his own bosses.

Sang-hwan became a cop in order to help the downtrodden, but he doesn't get much respect. All that changes when he meets the Seven Masters.

A working class family wins a free vacation to Hawaii. But when their plane takes flight, it gets hijacked by terrorists. To save her family and the other passengers, the wife must reveal her secret past and fight back.

Eun-ji is a idol trainee who gets abandoned by Jin-tae her sponsor, so she heads back down to her sister Sun-yeong's home. Her first love Joon-hwan is now her brother-in-law so he welcomes her but Sun-yeong treats her like a child and worries that Eun-ji might go down the same path she did when she gave up becoming an idol. Eun-ji and Sun-yeong quarrel often and Joon-hwan comforts Eun-ji every time. Eun-ji starts to depend on him and he also secretly tells her why he quit his job. One day, Sun-yeong goes on a business trip for a week but before she leaves she tells Eun-ji how sorry she is. They share a momemtum with two wooden dolls. All alone by the two of them at home, Eun-ji tries to embrace Joon-hwan's heart by showing him a scrap note she made of his articles. He is grateful for Eun-ji and starts to open up to her. The two of them cross a line that shoud never be crossed and as time goes, they fall deeper and deeper into each other.

An unknown author of Chunhyangjeon and called “Yagokbisa”. Writer Chun Sa-Wol, who has become a hot topic in Jang-an by writing a love story. Falls in love with Baekga, a mysterious man who insists on free dating. One day, the female exorcist Dalgi and the Amhaengeo teacher Inan. They come to the spring and summer months for the purpose of not knowing the reason, Noh Daegam devises a scheme to control the body and mind of Chun-Sa-Wol.

Along with his young son, Ji-ho, Woo-jin misses his wife Soo-a, who died after promising to return a year later with the rainy season. Miraculously, they reunite with Soo-a when the rainy season comes around, but she has no memory of her husband and son whom she dearly loved.

Through the course of their lives, a man and his first love are repeatedly separated from each other because of circumstances out of their control.

A noble, high-class scholar starts to write erotic novels in 18th century of Chosun dynasty and falls in love with a king's woman.

In the ultimate test of marriage, an agent-turned-househusband gets tangled in a perilous mission with his detective wife, who's clueless about his past.

Brothers Jae-pil and Sang-gu move into their dream rustic-style house in the woods. When unwanted visitors arrive and awaken a sealed evil spirit in the basement, a dark aura begins to envelop the house.

When two men find their lives derailed, they meet challenges that force them to face a fierce battle to protect their loved ones.

Min-Soo is an elite fencer, ranked among the world's best. He is popular among women due to his good looks. His girlfriend is Ji-Ye. They have been friends since they were in kindergarten. Now, Ji-Ye gets tired of Min-Soo, who wants to have sex all the time. Min-Soo, though, has no problems finding a new partner, but Ji-Ye has troubles finding a partner due to her inexperience. One day, Ji-Ye meets Dong-Joon and feels something different for him. Meanwhile, Min-Soo realizes that he really loves Ji-Ye and decides to get her back.

Yeon-su had a hard time getting into music school, but she has to continue her college life alone and work part-time, so she can't continue her studies properly. A performance in a short skirt, determined to give up to the professor in charge. But a professor in charge is not blinking an eye. Having lost hope, Yeon-ju tries to give up her life, but dreams of an elegant life due to the sudden luck.

Lee Gong-jin, a young tailor, helps the Queen with her dress and both fall in love with each other. However, his success catches the ire of Jo Dol-seok, the royal tailor, who vows retribution.

Hyeri and Ji-yeon are friends in the same neighborhood. They have a son to go to the army after some time. One day, Min-gu, who was playing at Jun-suk's house, sees Jun-suk's mother Hyeri in the shower and gets excited and hits her. Hyeri, who initially resisted, gave up resistance to Mingu's power, and after that day, the two develop into sex every time they have time. After a few days, Ji-yeon, who accidentally witnessed her son Min-gu and Hye-ri having sex, begins to seduce Hye-ri's son Jun-seok.

In Beirut 1986, during the Lebanese civil war a Korean diplomat is taken hostage without a trace. Two years pass and long forgotten, a young diplomat Min-jun receives a phone call proving that the hostage is still alive. With the given mission, Min-jun is sent to Beirut to save the hostage with a bag of ransom money.

Jeong-min, a scenario writer, was recently dumped by his girlfriend who left for another man. No matter how much he begs she never seems to return to him. To forget everything and concentrate on his scenario, Jeong-min stays in a small inn in a remote country town. There he meets an attractive teenage girl, Yoo-mi who lives with the mysterious landlord.

Hell-bent on avenging the murder of his family, a former detective infiltrates a remote island that serves as a prison for vicious death row criminals.

Desperate to raise money for her younger sister's surgery, Hae-ran teams up with Tae-soo to kidnap her half-sister So-jin. So-jin wakes up confined in an unfamiliar place. Hae-ran and Tae-soo demand a hefty ransom, expecting her wealthy father to cough up the money. Upon discovering that one of her captors is her half-sister, So-jin enters a precarious alliance that blurs the lines between victim and perpetrator as she plots a counterattack against the ruthless Tae-soo.

Seon-kyeon lives and works in a secluded and isolated guesthouse, where he rarely sees any guests except for visits from his girlfriend Yoo-min, who comes to play. One day, something suspicious and strange starts happening in this lonely pension. A pair of male and female virgin ghosts, a twin who lived in the house and both of whom died without ever experiencing sex, declare war on the couple by possessing their bodies. They have one wish: to be satisfied with an excess of sex to resolve the bitterness of their deaths, so they can finally leave the house without any regrets. To fulfill this, Seon-kyeon endures extreme, intense sex with the female ghost, burning with passion day and night. On the other hand, Yoo-min starts losing her mind after a physical encounter with the male ghost and tells her boyfriend that they should leave, but he is already ensnared by the female ghost's lustful possession.

After having a torrid affair with the son of a high-school friend who is twenty years younger than her, Seo-yeong worries over her relationship with her friend, and with her suspicious husband. He delves into his suspicions,. What will happen to their relationship?

A homicide detective tries to flush out a mob enforcer by befriending the suspect's beautiful girlfriend, but soon develops romantic feelings for her.

Kim Ji-young, an ordinary woman in her 30s, suddenly shows signs of being inhabited by other women from her life, past and present.

A fishing-boat crew takes on a dangerous commission to smuggle a group of illegal immigrants from China to Korea.

A love movie about a man's desire to share affection with his friend's girlfriend.

An erotic film about the sexual conduct of a business trip massage and sisters.

Dae-sung and Jung-won have been married for two years. They are car pooling with the married couple next door. Woo-sung and Tae-hee don't interfere with each others' lives. However, these two couple don't just share cars, they share each others' wives too...

Troublemakers Mok-won, Ryu and Hak-moon are far from passing the state examinations. Three female students enter the school during a new spring term and the atmosphere changes. Then one day, Mok-won and Ryu are taken to around the back of the school and molested by an unknown woman. The three of them start an investigation.

Min-ji who just turned 20, lives on the street day by day, doing a part-time job she stumbled upon after running away because of a conflict with her stepfather. Then one day, Min-ji gets to know a newlywed couple, Mary and Soo-hyeok. The couple clothed Min-ji in warmth like no one else in the world, and as they took care of her in their different ways, Min-ji makes a statement of harsh determination.

Yoon-jung accidentally calls a stranger, instead of her boyfriend, and has phone sex with the unknown man. When Yoon-jung's relationship with her boyfriend turns sour, Yoon-jung meets Hyun-seung, the stranger she had phone sex with.

A beautiful Chinese woman visits a quiet rural village. She will get married to Gil-soo, a divorced man she met at the church. Her outstanding appearance and impeccable charms make Gil-soo rather uneasy, and suspicions that her Chinese wife will have something that is going to snowball. It leads to an uncontrollable obsession. The only thing allowed to Ran-ran, who was deprived of her passport, who started saying he couldn't communicate, was the freedom to cook after receiving ingredients from Eon-tae, her brother-in-law who farms the field. Her brother-in-law, who had suffered from his brother's domineering for a long time, falls into the exotic charms of Ran-ran and rapidly approaches.

There is a special VIP service in their hair salon that not only helps with hair care but also grooming! Will Seo-hyeon and Hee-soo be able to open up a difficult store again amidst COVID-19?

A reporter who's working on a special report visits a group of college girls who have bizarre jobs. The first girl has a job ‘reviewing sex toys'. Park Seon-mi uses sex toys herself and writes reviews about the pros and cons, as well as points for improvement. The second girl is a hair model for "hair-down-there". Ah-reum sometimes provides sex to the ‘hair designer', too. The third girl's job is giving sexual services to the handicapped. Seol-yeong finds value in the work she does as a White Hand, as they call it in Japan. The fourth girl, Eun-bit, is a private tutor's assistant, where she lets the lecturer touch her body in front of the students to show how a woman's body responds to different touches. The last and fifth girl is assistant to a urologist. She helps ejaculate semen, and she's very fond of her job. The reporter anticipates future college girls' jobs.

MZ-generation sisters Hee-jeong and Eun-jeong use an app to find a personal PT teacher to help them lose weight. Both sisters fall in love with their teacher, Ji-hoon, at first sight. The two sisters compete with each other to seduce Ji-hoon to take over.

The office adjusted working hours due to COVID-19. Representative Jeong-yeon instructs her subordinate, Ho-soo, to install CCTVs to monitor other employees. Na-eun and Yeong-tae work the night shift. He's acting deviant, not knowing there's a CCTV in place...!

A young poker player at the top of his game joins a team led by the legendary poker player One-Eyed Jack. While successfully working on a plan to win a huge jackpot, a single mistake puts the entire team in a life-or-death situation.

After losing both her parents, Failan 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.

Jung-yoon was approached by a random stranger named Jun-woo, who told her she'd be dead in six hours. As she follows him for answers, she begins to question whether he's her savior or the one trying to put her in danger.

A group of people meet for the first time in a long time and play a game that reveals each other's secrets.

A woman suddenly disappears. Her fiance then sets out to find her and, in the process, uncovers layers of dark hidden secrets.

Handsome and hot-bodied guys came out as chicken restaurant owners! The chicken restaurant is crowded with women who come to see the two young male bosses. Han-gyeol found true love with a woman he met at a chicken restaurant. Kang-min needs to protect his investment! Will the two men be able to protect the chicken restaurant and find love?

A triangular relationship between Eo Woo-dong, her husband Lee Dong, and fantasy character Moo-gong, highlights on the first half of the Joseon Dynasty and portrays the contradicted life of the high class people, criticizing the modern day Korean society.

My wife's mother, is better than my wife! Woo-suk married his wife Yoo-na because he loved her, but in the end, they go through a period of ennui and he's not happy with their sex life either. One day his wife goes to work without even making him breakfast and her mother comes home. She's a young-looking woman good enough to be in her 20s with a tiny waist and big breasts.

A success-hungry lawyer finds himself unable to turn his back on a suspicious case involving a child who claims she murdered her brother.

A brilliant math teacher formulates the perfect cover-up after his neighbor murders her abusive ex-husband.

One day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.

Four lifelong friends—Tae-jeong, Do-jin, Yeon-min, and Geum-bok—dreamed of an epic trip abroad, but life got in the way. Years later, older but not necessarily wiser, they finally embark on their long-overdue journey. Planned as a carefree getaway, however, the trip derails into a whirlwind of unexpected chaos, hilariously absurd detours, and buried emotions resurfacing. As they stumble through misadventures, their first ride together turns into a spectacular journey—one for the ages.

Choi Kyeong-ri, a job seeker, succeeds in finding a job after a six-month internship, as introduced by her senior Chan-seong. She has no dreams of having such a job as receiving a corporate card of 3 million won per month for decoration expenses. After confessing to Chan-seong, Kyeong-ri and him started dating and lived together. Deputy manager Song, who was usually praised for her appearance, slowly reveals her true colors and receives massage, lesbian acts, and entertains investors, and is caught by Manager Oh. Deputy manager Song who is subject to sexual punishment by Manager Oh in front of Kyeong-ri. Can the bookkeeper, who is actually hired as a waitress, achieve a turnaround in this hell?

Amid a coup, a North Korean agent escapes south with the country's injured leader in an attempt to keep him alive and prevent a Korean war.

After a long time, newlywed couple Ju Hee and Han Gi will travel to a remote place, where they will reunite with Ga Young, a woman of the past who Han Gi had completely forgotten about. It's a vague memory of the past, unlike Han Gi that lets it go and enjoys a vacation with his wife, Ga Young's temptation grows day by day. As this maddening obsession continues, on the empty campground or better said a human farm, Han Gi couple is suffocating for clothing, food and shelter and Han Gi was tamed by Ga Young and turned into a physical slave.

Minsu at home alone after four hot nights of work. Hye-rim's wife comes to her house with her sister, Su-bin. Until late at night, the three people drink together, and Su-bin sleeps in the house. The next day, Su-bin loves Min-su, and when Hye-rim goes to work, she seduces Min-su and shares the affair. That evening, Minsu came home after work and Su-bin's boyfriend Hyun-soo came. At the drinking party, Su-bin's couple continues to talk sexually, and Min-su is just uncomfortable. However, his wife, Hye-rim, falls in love with a dirty story. In the end, their conversation develops even to swapping...

Bomi is a friendly broadcasting writer. She has a boyfriend named Jeong-nam who just graduated from law school, but they're not on very good terms right now. Their sex isn't fun either. Then one day, Bomi's friend suggests she joins the adult version of "Pairs" and starts having affairs with different people. Man 1,2 and 3 and woman 1,2 and 3 check each other out but jealousy gets the best of them and they step over the line.

Ma-nim (Kim Jeong-ah-II) becomes a widow after her husband dies from sickness and she arrives at Bukgando to get remarried. Her new husband is a handsome and wealthy man but he is killed by a Japanese even before she spends a night with him. Ma-nim is alone in the big house once again. Everyone by her husband's side leaves and only the grandfather and slave named Bau are left behind. One day, Ma-nim notices that Bau has a way of staring at her and she is overcome by a strange feeling. She'd to oppress her desires as a woman because of her two short marriages and strict identity. Bau had never made love with a woman before but she didn't mind his gaze on her. The two of them start a forbidden love behind grandfather's back...

Jung-sik and Dae-soo are twenty-year-old students. They haven't yet had their first time and all they talk about is sex. Since they are unable to seal the deal, they watch porn instead. One day, Min-jung, Jung-sik's mother's friend, moves in with them to stay until her divorce settles. She will make dreams come true.

A 15-year-old circus ringmaster Wei-wei is left all alone with gorilla Ling-ling after grandfather passes away. Thanks to her grandfather's love for baseball, Ling-ling was trained to play baseball and has developed remarkable hitting skills.