Discoveries from South Korea World Cinema

Sung-min tries to break up with his boyfriend, but it's hard for him to bring it up. Instead, he runs away from him. But what Sung-min really wants is a "changed boyfriend."

Hoang asked his two closest friends, Thy and Long, to help him fulfill his final wish: to become a man before he dies. Through the efforts of his friends and family, Hoang comes to realize that his greatest happiness doesn’t lie in “becoming a man,” but in living alongside the incredible people who love and support him unconditionally.

A personal documentary film that follows how the director and a female Japanese documentarian met at a film festival and developed an intense relationship. It expresses honestly and candidly the big theme of 'communication' between man and woman, and between Korea and Japan, through a very personal love affair. A pleasant film that makes us look at the way we communicate, and what understanding another person is about.

The elderly at the nursing home have their heads shaved. The protagonist who works there sees them but can't read their expressions. However, from one instance, he finds himself looking closely at their faces.

In bed, late on a sleepless night in the depth of winter, Eujin finds a small dust kid. She decides to do the cleaning she has been putting off for so long. Cleaning every corner of her room, she keeps finding other dust kids here and there, and starts clearing them up one by one. Just when she thinks she has cleaned her room and the dust kids are all gone now, she comes face to face with another one… When I am at home alone, I sit silently and mull over many things. As I think, my brain fills with pointless worries and anxiety. That’s when I start to clean my room. As I clean busily, wash the dishes and do the laundry I’ve been putting off, my anxiety disappears naturally.

While studying wild ginseng, a botanist Choi Kwang-Ho goes to the mountain, believing that people in the southern part grow wild ginseng, living almost primitive lives a like half man and half beast and leading wolves like dogs. From that time, nothing has been heard. Thirty years later, Choi Ji-Wung finds out his father Choi Kwang-Ho, but thirty years isolated period makes Kwang-Ho leave forever the mundane world contaminated with pollution. With wolves and southern people, the father goes back to the mountain, and the son climbs down the mountain looking at his father's back.

A Chinese General seeks refuge with a mother and daughter and falls in love with the daughter while being pursued by Mongol invaders.

Gwangju is known as a key city of democracy in Korea. Kim Hwan-gyung, a young media artist, begins to live in a typical slum, Gwangcheon-dong. The residents share stories about the lives of the early urban poor, the first Gwangju democracy movement, and concerns about rapid redevelopment. Gwangcheon-dong is scheduled to be demolished and disappear entirely by 2024.

Jang-hwa and Hong-ryeon die an unfortunate death from their stepmother's abuse. Jang-hwa's soul is unable to rest at peace and she appears in front of the district magistrate pleading for justice in her case.

Announcer Min Kim is threatened by BJ for a minor mistake. BJ's behavior that invades his privacy goes beyond the limits, but BJ knows a lot more about Kim Min than he thinks. As a result of the upheaval, Kim Min finds an even bigger weakness. A work that is reminiscent of the indiscriminate attack on celebrities, which has become a hot topic recently. The nasty behavior of those who attack with anonymity as a weapon unfolds in tension.

Taichi and Yurina have a car accident while on a trip. The two are admitted to a hospital where Taichi's mother friend Chiyoko works as a nurse. Meanwhile, Chiyoko was dissatisfied with the cold attitude of the hospital leader, who was a lover. While masturbating in the hospital, she gets caught up in Taichi. Then she starts releasing her desires to him on the pretext of stealing...

A man and a woman are at the beginning stage of relationship. One day, the man is embarrassed by a sudden question on a phone call from her. In his head, a conference meeting starts in hope to find an answer.

Yeong-ho completely dominates Gi-tae and his gangmates. After hearing what happened, an 11th-grader offers him the spot, but Yeong-ho refuses. Meanwhile, Dae-chun who was suspended for school bullying is back and he’s been keeping a low profile.

Hye-soo came to neutralize the cat with her boyfriend. She is also thinking of ending up with annoying boyfriend.

Dusang, who suffers from prosopagnosia, comes up to Seoul to look for his first love Saem. Three different women come across his path soon after he arrives. To him, they all appear to be Saem.

Young-eun, an ornithologist living in reclaimed land along the waterfront, receives a phone call from Cheol-seung, the representative of the apartment one day. Cheol-seung asks Young-eun to perform an autopsy on the bird's body, and Young-eun finds out that the bird brought by Cheol-seung is a black-faced spoonbill, which is an endangered species.

For the first time in her lie, Sun-woo begins to dream of ever-lasting love with her junior staff, Dae-yoon. Upon their unexpected break-up, however, she faces the uncomfortable truth that Dae-yoon was already in a long term relationship with some other girl. What did I mean to him? I want to find out his true feelings.

After Jiwoo, who lives with his grandmother, suddenly disappears, police investigation begins, and statements follow from children who claim they were harmed by Jiwoo's problematic behavior. Then Gaeul, Jiwoo's only friend, makes a statement that Jiwoo is actually an alien who, unable to adapt to Earth, is returning to his own planet. Is Jiwoo really an alien from outer space who wants to return to his planet?

A bandit group is fighting to help the poor.

Jun-woo lives with his brother and his wife. After fighting with his girlfriend, he has a drink with his sister-in-law, local, and consults. Due to his brother's frequent business trips, the lonely brother-in-law seduces Jun-woo to have sex with him.

In the year 2006, Yumi develops a crush on a video store clerk, Ji-hwan, who can’t speak. As they get closer to each other, one day, Yumi has to move to a different city. She confesses her true feelings for him but receives no answer from Ji-hwan. Five years later, we meet Yumi, and she´s slowly losing her sight. She decides to embark on the journey to see him before it´s too late.

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.

Hyeran is from an orphan, but attends college with the care of the orphanage director. One day she has her body stolen by her manager, who has a black heart, and Hye-ran steals her manager's bankbook and she leaves the orphanage.

Seo-joon follows his dream of becoming a chef by cooking for Mi-young, who is unwell. As he takes care of her, Mi-young’s weight drops, which begins to weigh on Seo-joon more and more.

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The story of Jae-seung, who lost his father, a photographer, during the May 18 incident, follows in his father's footsteps and becomes a photographer. The story of the art of photography, conflicts with people, and love.

Falsely accused of murder, Na Ok-min is arrested. In the next cell, Suh Pil-sun sits, his eyes focused on the ceiling. He has an old booklet and a necklace with a strange pattern. He gazes at Ok-min. Ok-min's mother is murdered. Pil-sun dies in prison. Pil-sun's old booklet and necklace have been placed at the head of Ok-min's bed. Afterwards, Ok-min is found not guilty and released from jail. Those involved in the murder of Ok-min's mother are killed off one by one. Suspecting that Ok-min is the serial killer, the investigators look into every detail. They realize that the murders occur when Ok-min is asleep. It is revealed that Ok-min's spirit had been killing those responsible for her mother's death.

Ostracized for her facial scars, singer-songwriter Lee Jin creates an AI K-pop idol named "Gina" to fund her grandmother's surgery. However, as Gina's fame grows, the digital persona begins to seize control of Jin's real life.

A woman spirals into a seductive nightmare beyond her control as she navigates a troubled marriage and disorientating cultural terrain in the Korean countryside.

First, an older sister who defected from North Korea earns money and makes her younger sister escape through a broker. However, a younger sister who wants to return to the north again on the threshold of going south. With one hope of reunification, each of us takes a heavy step from the south to the north.

A horror film about a young woman suffering from a bizarre experience in a low-rent rooftop house and eventually learning the terrible things that happened in the house.

Jang-go and Sorimsa go to Seoul in hopes of enrolling in the police academy. However, they are conned by Du-keobi who gets the pigs and dogs they hoped to sell to pay for their tuition. So they end up working at a restaurant run by the sisters Ae-ri and Mal-suk. But, due to the unexpected con by the head of Du-keobi's gang, they find out that Kang Dal-seong and Do-wang are also part of the gang. Dal-seong and Do-wang had killed Jang-go's parents and run off to Japan with their fortune. They are all involved in drug trafficking now. Along with the investigators, Jang-go and Sorimsa use their wits and resources to make a clean sweep of the gang.

South Korea's super Idol girl group, Twice, 10th anniversary fan-meeting held at Korea University Hwajeong Tiger Dome, streamed live on Beyond Live on Oct 18, 2025.

A film constructed like a music piece. A girl and a boy walk in the streets of their city. They both look lonely. The streets are almost devoid of people. What are the two looking for? They continue walking and it looks like they must somehow or somewhere cross each other’s paths.

In a crime city, grandmother tries to drink euthanasia pills.

Choong-gil, who has a crush on Su-jin, confesses his feelings with his friends around him and asks his friends to carry out a thoroughly planned confession operation. Choong-gil's confession operation, whimsical but ingenious, meticulous and cute, seems to go smoothly as planned, but faces an unexpected ambush. Will Choong-gil's confession succeed?

Lee, Seon-ok is murdered while her husband is performing in a play. Detectives investigating the case, learn that their are several reasons why someone might want him dead.

Drunk Min-woo and Jae-hyeon attack Na-yeon's house. There, Jae-hyeon confirms that he likes Na-yeon. Min-woo secretly enjoys sex with Na-yeon, knowing that Jae-hyeon likes her. When she learns that he likes her, Na-yeon tries to use her heart... she is happy without knowing anything.

Junseok is the head of human resources at a car parts plant. His boss tells him to cut down the number of people on the production line, and he must meet with each department head to make difficult choices. At home, his wife is suffering from postpartum depression and he tells her to have a day out, asking her to take care of the rent. She parks the car, with her baby inside, at the curb while making the payment, and loses the car. Meanwhile, Hyeontae, the head of the production line at the same plant where Junseok works, is distressed over having to ask fellow workers to resign.

In-chul in his fifth year gets lost due to a ship wreck on his way back from a remote island and drifts to the border between the South and North Korea. In-chul meets North Korean boy Dong-man who collects used metals for living. Although difference of their background limits their conversation, Dong-man is moved by In-chul's innocence and cross the border with him. Unfortunately, they get shot by the army of North Korea and die.

While her husband is the face of the evening news on television, Sun-hee is at home alone. While her husband pursues an affair with a young violinist, Sun-hee struggles to find fulfilment in her work as an illustrator. Surrounded by relationships gone cold, everything seems primed for change.

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.

Story about a dream of Ye-eun, a blind girl who was once called the prodigy pianist but is now afraid of the piano and the world, and her family's faithful support to the dream.

Eddie and Jason, two Korean-American brothers get in over their heads when they are called to Korea to make a short film on prostitution and sex-trafficking. Things get complicated when they meet Crystal and Esther, two prostitutes who reveal just how deep the problem goes and set off on a dangerous mission to capture the truth. With the use of hidden cameras and access to pimps, johns, and sex-workers, the filmmakers explore and unravel the complexity of the sex trade in Seoul. They learn that this problem is rooted in issues far deeper than exploited girls and lustful men. Instead, it's a consequence of a culture and government that condones and turns a blind eye to the biggest human injustice of our time.

A visually impaired Ga-yeong and her lover Eun-jeong prepare to run a marathon using their own method but find themselves in constant conflict.

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