Discoveries from South Korea World Cinema

A comedy romance movie about the last generation of youths and their passionate romance based in Hongseong, Chungcheong Namdo in the 1980s.

A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.

Hwa-jeong and Geon-woo are getting married soon. Geon-woo introduces his friends, Jae-kyeong and Yi-soo, to Hwa-jeong. After a few drinks, everyone goes to Yi-soo's house for a second round. The party ends late at night and Jae-kyeong, who is a lightweight, staggers to the bathroom. He then mixes up the rooms and falls asleep in the room Hwa-jeong is sleeping in. By accident, Jae-kyeong ends up sleeping with his friend's bride.

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.

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

Young-joon and So-yeo are a young couple with their marriage relatively stable. On a day their mutual friend opens a wine bar, they come across Min-jae and Yu-na, a couple quite the opposite of themselves.

Gyeong-tae, the husband who is tired of sleeping with his wife, posts that he is selling his wife on a second-hand website. After reading the article, Young-sik accepts the transaction and sleeps with Gyeong-tae's wife. Gyeong-tae, who is secretly watching, gets excited when he sees his wife having sex with another man.

Ji-seok's libido wanes whenever he stands in front of a woman. One day, while sleeping alone in his friend's house, drunk Hye-eun mistook Ji-seok for Dong-cheol and then ran off. Ji-seok spent the hot night first, and Dong-cheol directed and watched it. Hye-eun later became angry after learning that she was with Ji-seok, but she happened to know his problem. In the end, she continues the relationship to help Ji-seok.

In 1782, King Jeong-jo of Joseon asks detective K to investigate a series of murders related to a case of corruption within the government.

Jae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin "manages" her, fixing dates, taking care of the money, and making sure the coast is clear. When Jae-Young falls in love with one of those men, she suppresses her feelings towards him in respect of her friend who's jealous.

Yeon-gyu is a teenage boy who wants to escape his hometown where violence is commonly enacted among neighbors. He only hopes to have a peaceful life with his mother. However, the world never allows him to have a dream nor hope for life. When Yeon-gyu needs a hand from grown-ups, Chi-geon, a thug of the town, offers a favor. The simple favor leads Yeon-gyu to explore the world of Chi-geon. It ironically results Yeon-gyu gradually falling into Chi-geon's life. Grasping hope to run away from where he is, he struggles between the border. Can he escape from the town at the end?

Korea, 1645 - Joseon Dynasty: a partially blind and gifted acupuncturist, Gyeong-su, is invited to work alongside the royal physician in the palace of King Injo, just before the crown prince Sohyeon returns after having been held captive by the Qing Dynasty. Prince Sohyeon and his father begin to differ in opinion on the future direction of their dynasty, leading King Injo to suffer from severe anxiety and paranoia. One night, Gyeong-su witnesses prince Sohyeon's death. Disbelieved as a witness on account of his blindness, Gyeong-su must struggle to reveal the truth while not falling prey to the power-hungry conspirators of the palace.

A true historical drama about King Sejong, the greatest ruler in Joseon history who sought to enhance national prosperity and military power through astronomy, and Jang Yeong-sil, the most remarkable scientist.

In mid '90s, 3 female high school-grad office workers take up English classes together to get promotions and they team up to uncover corruption within their company.

Sojin and Hyeyoung are about to take the scholarship exam this semester. So-jin and Hye-young, who hate to lose, check each other.

After Yoon, a professor of philosophy, fell from a heart attack, his wife brings in Sookhee, a care attendant. She treats her patient like her child as well as giving him sexual excitement.

Caught in forbidden love, Yong Joon defects from North Korea, leaving Jae Sung behind. Years later, a reunion forces him to choose between past and present.

An old man is found dead, and his housekeeper is charged with the murder. Her defense attorney is surprised to learn the only witness to the crime is a teenage girl with autism.

Seong-won used to be an entertainer back in the day, but now he's a novelist, and he moves to a countryside house with his wife for peace and quiet. Whilst cleaning out the workroom, he finds some strange items and becomes curious. Yeon-seo goes to work and Seong-won returns to the attic to find a disconnected videocassette recorder, which he reconnects. Just then, the bell rings and the woman next door, Do-hee, brings him some homemade bread. He's not interested in this woman who recognizes him, but he can't help but be bothered by her strange actions. When she leaves, Seong-won watches the video and is surprised to see Do-hee on there, being whipped. Do-hee keeps coming back to the house to seduce Seong-won even when Yeon-seo is around...

After summer vacation, So-ri transfers to a new school and finds an anonymous letter in her desk drawer with an introduction to the school and a clue to finding the next letter. "If you want to keep reading, find my second letter!" While following the clues in the letters and searching all over the school like on a treasure hunt, So-ri keeps running into a same-aged student named Dong-soon. So-ri and Dong-soon quickly become friends as they search for the letters together. As she finds one letter after another, the special connection continues, and So-ri's curiosity grows for the mysterious sender. "I want to find the last letter and thank you in person."

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?

An erotic film about four men and women who are members of a group that is worried about their sexual lives. Their own sex-agonized romance! A secret temptation between four men and women! Two couples who found their perfect partners!

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.

Yang Fan lives in Yanjiao, which is separated from Beijing by the White River, during the quarantine. Her routine is pretty simple, cooking, cleaning and trying to abide by the rules. Her husband on the other hand, seems to be entangled in a voyeuristic/masturbatory web, where a classic painting of a woman hanging on the wall of her bedroom plays a crucial role. The two of them have sex, but things become more complicated when Yang Fan also starts sleeping with the enigmatic waiter of a restaurant she frequents, who has the tendency to pee under a tree every night after he closes shop. Instead of fighting, the three embark on a threesome trip that soon starts involving other people.

Dae-ho is a timid, unproductive, constantly harassed bank clerk. He starts secretly wrestling and adopts the persona of the cheating villain wrestler "The Foul King". He starts to stand up for himself but things soon start to get out of hand.

Even Dong-ho, who got his dream home, went to the next generation and decided to eat every day with ramen. Dong-ho, who insisted on his own home, has one romance It's a college day, every day, I enjoy changing this woman I wanted to try my friend Sung Joon's section stripe. But I realized lately that I didn’t even have a woman The door to the next door opened when I was in the dark, and I picked up the collection bag. After discovering an attractive woman (So-hee), she becomes fascinated. Dong-ho decided to go out with her in a month, He's usually a timid personality, but he's a little dashing, but he doesn't give a glance and treats him coldly... Dong-ho, whose self-esteem is deprived, calls a business trip massage that Sung Joon gave I'm having a fascinating night with Mina, the sexy massage girl who came home... Then I heard the voice of the girl next door knocking on Dong-ho's door. Can Dong-ho get a girl next door?

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 corrupt prosecutor plans for revenge against Hyun-jung's crime organization by using her loyal partner, Sang-hoon.

Deals with the vivid everyday life horrors that can be easily encountered in familiar places around subjects like noise between floors, secondhand furniture, mannequins, and social media.

Kim is expelled from his eighth school and finds himself at Volcano High where students fight to possess a treasured ancient document. Kim, who must resist from using his Chi, is caught in the middle.

A delivery man has to flee for his life when he is framed for the assassination of a political candidate and the evidence against him begins to accumulate.

After a few months of social adjustment training, the North Korean refugee Jina moves to a small studio in Seoul and starts her new life. To bring her father to South Korea, she needs money but no matter how hard she works, the discrimination doesn’t let her save enough money.

Two best friends, So-yool and Yeon-hee, dream of becoming the top artists in Seoul together. But their friendship doesn't last long as Yoon-woo, So-yool's first love and songwriter, falls in love with Yeon-hee and her voice. So-yool's feeling of jealousy and inferiority towards Yeon-hee grows by the day, and she eventually makes a drastic decision to bring the two lovers down.

Repeat student Hyung-joon heads to a boarding school where he is immediately enamored of his beautiful math teacher.

A promising pianist in a slump has a chance meeting with a young woman playing mysterious music, and the encounter forces him to make a once-in-a-lifetime choice.

A serial killer reappears 15 years after his murder spree with a book detailing his crimes. The resentful cop who failed to catch him before is assigned to protect him. The families of the victims plan revenge. And as the media circus spirals out of control, a masked man called "J" appears claiming to be the real killer.

20 year-old Hyun-yi falls in love with his 40ish female boss, Sook-hee who is his father's long time mistress. But who is she indeed?

About a man and a woman who miss each other but cannot meet. Young-ho, a young man who took several tries to get into college, doesn't have any special goals in life, and starts exchanging letters with someone.

Hyun-woo, an engineering student, and Ji-yoon, an aspiring writer, have been close friends since childhood. They begin to grow closer as adults and have a sudden realization that their relationship has changed.

A young couple travels to a guest house run by another couple. The allure of this place is that it can arouse the sexual fantasy of new couples through swapping partners between the guest couple and the couple who runs it.

A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation.

Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. and is assigned to a crisis team.

Sang-woo's daily life changes 180 degrees ever since his sister's friend Jeong-hee comes to live in their house. Everytime he sees her walking around the house with wet hair and wearing just a big T-shirt, he gets erotic thoughts. He dreams of having sex with her just once until one day, he does. However, since then, Jeong-hee can't forget the night with Sang-woo and how much better he was than her fiance and starts coming back to his room...

Sexy and bright friend's sister's special service! Whose service should I get tonight? My parents returned to farm and told Minwoo, who lives with her sisters Youngju and Sangmi. One day, my friend Jeongsu from college comes to play. I think it was good to come to see Sang-mi and Yeong-ju, who greet Jeong-su. Yeong-ju, who guided the city on holidays. When I came home and guided me, I tempted Jeongsu to repay him. Sang-mi saw that. Although she is still a virgin, she was interested in men. I like Jeongsu and decide to have sex with a man this opportunity. On the night when Jeongsu was sleeping, Sangmi secretly went into the room and lies next to him. After waking up, Sue seduces her to have sex. Sangmi didn't have good sex with men as much as she thought. Jeongsu is leaving after a few days later to be sent off by her friends' sisters...​

Jeong-mi, a pickpocket ex-convict, ends up pickpocketing again to repay Dae-sik off of her father's debt. One day, Hae-joo, who is secretly meeting a detective, has been kidnapped and turned into Dae-sik's prey. The detective then went on a search to find Hae-joo's whereabouts.

In a foreign city, an actress wanders through a seaside town, reflecting on her relationship with a married man. How important is love in one’s life? Younghee wants to find out.

In-ho, a successful businessman at a young age, seems to be good to his wife, Mi-yeong, but in reality, he is having an affair by sponsoring 20-year-old Soo-ji. One day, when Mi-yeong visits her parents' house, In-ho takes advantage of it and calls Soo-ji to invite her to his house. However, Mi-yeong suddenly returns home and is deeply hurt when she sees the two sleeping in the same bed. By the time she decides to divorce her husband despite his affair, she accidentally gets close to Min-woo, Soo-ji's boyfriend.

In revenge for her husband's infidelity, a young beautiful housewife, Mi-heun, starts an affair with an attractive young doctor, In-gyu. Despite her husband's efforts to regain her love and the disapproval by the conservative little town, Mi-huen gradually finds happiness and satisfaction in the affair and decides to turn her back on her quiet life.

Mi-jeong works in a company and she's an elegant and formal elite career woman. Hyeon-seok, her husband, is proud of her and loves her, but he's submissive to her at night, so some times he flinches when she even steps close to him. Hyeon-seok is close to his little brother, Hyeon-soo, and they start a useless talk about the housekeeper that moves in with them. Then one day the housekeeper, Se-hee, tells him to 'keep the secret or make up a secret...' and he falls into confusion and indecisiveness. Hyeon-seok and Hyeon-soo don't dream for a second that his wife has plans up her sleeve and they end up in a very strange situation...

Yoo-jeong, who has been married for the first year, was enjoying a happy and sweet honeymoon with her husband. However, the dream of a sweet honeymoon is shattered by the obsession of the manager, who is the boss of the company. The manager takes revenge, not revenge, against Yoo-jeong because of her memories of being abandoned by Yoo-jeong in the past. Eventually, Yoo-jeong, who couldn't stop her husband's future, leaves her husband and gives permission to another man.

A girl from church meets a wanderer who she begins to pity. She wishes to do everything for him and he expresses his anger for through world with her. The man's childhood friend soon discovers his secrets and wishes to steal them.

People binge eat and suffer from extreme thirst, which leads them to go crazy for water. They cannot control themselves because they are brainwashed by a parasite.

This story unfolds 8 years after 'Battle of Hwangsanbeol', which destroyed Baekjae, when Silla-Tang Dynasty union attacks Goguryeo.

A writer kills his landlady and stages the body to look like the work of an active serial killer. Anxious that the police might figure out the truth, he decides to insert himself into the investigation using his detective friend.

In 1933, when Korea was under Japanese occupation, five people in Gyeongseong are suspected to be "Phantom" spies of the anti-Japanese organization.

Yul-i, who has an excellent beauty enough to become a girlfriend after being selected by a famous celebrity, goes on a suicide trip with Seul-i, who has the same troubles as her, and cannot hide her depression when an unwanted video begins to float.

Eun-young, who is lonely with no lover, is Hyojin, a studio junior. When you hear that you have a lover, ask for an introduction. Hyojin introduces her lover Kyuhyun to Eunyoung on the way to work. Kyuhyun is a lover who broke up three years ago. Kyuhyun secretly begs Eunyoung to come back to Hyojin, but Eun-young is married. We meet again with Kyuhyun's endless courtship. Hyojin gets caught. Eun-young, who sees the scene of her husband's cheating, goes to Kyu-hyun.

During the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Japanese Empire seeks to eradicate the Korean language and identity. In retaliation, a small group of Korean patriots try to protect their language by compiling the first Korean language dictionary.