Discoveries from South Korea World Cinema

The story of a lesbian, Jin-ah, who teaches a film production class at the local community center. During her first class, she meets her former high school teacher Seo-in and gets lost in old memories.

A short omnibus movie that shows various perspectives on human anxiety and fear.

Yunjeong, currently working on a scenario for a dramatic film, is heading to Gangwon-do Province for a part-time job dealing with supplemental filming for a documentary. Yunjeong arrives at Goseong, which was devastated by a massive forest fire in April 2019. There, Yunjeong interviews locals and faces a disastrous fire scene.

Hae-il grew up hating his father and unable to adjust to family life. As an adult, he is a toughened young man with a troubled outlook on life. Hae-sung, his younger half-brother is a young man with a sweet disposition who tries to understand Hae-il. Hae-sung and Eun-chae fall for each other but when Eun-chae meets Hae-il, the three form an uneasy love triangle. The pain of loving someone you can not be with takes its toll. Hae-il tries very hard to leave the street life and expresses his feelings to Eun-chae. As Hae-sung begins to resent his brothers actions, they are confronted with their father's death. Their dying father's confession throws their lives into further turmoil. Hae-il vows this time to guard his family. Tragedy strikes when Hae-sung dies trying to save Hae-il's life. Hae-il cries for his dead brother's love and becomes determined to start over with Eun-chae.

In cargo handling areas where a lot of foreign employees work, the managers are always Korean. The class imbalance between Koreans and foreign workers causes inevitable conflicts.

At the end of the century, conspiracy theorist reporter LEE Jung-hwan is imprisoned in the cyber prison “New Flash”, which confines consciousness within the brain. Disgraced police officer KIM Jeon-pil, fired due to Jung-hwan's fake news, retaliates against his fabricated exposé.

Gi-hong, a carpenter who makes his living by taking on small interior work. He has become close to the young landlord and his wife and spends more time hanging out with them. Meanwhile, small but strange things happen to Gi-hong.

A tortured man-turned-machine recounts his inner conflicts while being escorted to fight his foe once again—this time in the face of a greatly personal sacrifice.

Young Ethan is a hopeless lay about who becomes an undertaker's assistant. The undertaker takes pity on the lad and teaches him Gravedigger kung fu so he can avenge his parents' death. Great styles on display here including Three Zombie Strike, Frozen Mantis, Wicked Witch Kung Fu and the Gravedigger Style.

Young-eun, who works at a water purifier company, is hypocritical and totally selfish. For some reason Yong-hee, a dim-witted and over-friendly piano turner who works on the first floor, makes her uncomfortable and she tries to avoid him. But one day she tags along with Yong-hee when he makes house calls, and even manages to sell water purifiers to his clients. She continues to accompany him and take advantage of his help even though she finds him exasperating.

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.

Ja-ok, a middle-aged woman who works part-time at a pub, finds out that she is pregnant one day. She has mixed feelings about being a first-time mom.

A kind of method film sponsored by the Prosecutor's Office of the Government-General of Korea, adapted and directed by Ahn Jong-hwa from the original draft of Ogata (緖方), who served as the chief of the censorship at the Gyeonggi-do Police Department. Geum-ryong Lee, a rubber factory worker, inevitably commits murder and sentences to prison to finance his younger brother's tuition. His wife, Bok Hye-suk, abandons her daughter and leaves her house. Geum-ryong, who is released from prison, goes to find his wife, but his wife is cold. Geum-ryong then goes to visit his younger brother, Lee Gyeong-sun. His younger brother becomes a successful doctor, but he brutally beats his daughter. Geum-ryong and his daughter regret his past and set out on a path without a destination.

Singer Yaeji takes the form of a silkworm, rescued by her guardian angel. Through the human-to-human connection of hand clapping, they work together to save the metamorphosis cycle from being disrupted by a techno-witch, played by Uhm Jung-hwa. Directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Andrew Thomas Huang, and made with the assistance of Artifacts Lab, a new venture for experiments in art and AI powered by Microsoft. - Northern Transmissions

Travel up and down on a high-rise elevator alongside a curious kid, texting teenagers and a couple that won't stop arguing.

Two cars are smashed on a quiet road in the middle of nowhere. Sung-hoon lost his wife and daughter in the accident, but Tae-soo has no problem. Can two people in different positions understand each other and move forward?

In the darkness of night, a man and a woman walk in an alley sharing a cigarette. They are detectives working together. Their story is complicated: They are about to make up a scene where they arrest a criminal whom they have already caught. In fact, this time with the help of TV crews, with whom they had a secret agreement, they are about to restage the event and act as if they are arresting the criminal for the first time.

Dong-hwi, who suddenly died of suffocation and went to the underworld. The judge says, 'You killed a man, you must go to hell.' Dong-hui goes from place to place to claim his innocence, but there are too many documents needed to prove it.

19-year-olds Nomou, Zinger Air, Hosu, and Seek have personal stories about their aerophobia which doesn’t allow them to get on flights. In their efforts to overcome their fear, they meet Super Taller, their aerophobia therapist also with the ability to teleport. He offers one person who finds the most beautiful emerald a teleport to anywhere of their choice. With a time limit of only a month, who will win the race towards a teleport and what kind of growth will they go through on the journey?

“Master Wonhyo” is an 8-part special drama commemorating the 1986 Seoul Asian Games that aired on KBS 1TV from September 23 to October 3, 1986. This is a drama depicting Wonhyo, a monk from the Silla period, from the perspective of a monk, a scholar, and a thinker.

A momentary act of revenge transformed the lives of two young Indian women forever. After surviving an acid attack, while carrying scars of human brutality on their faces, both Ritu and Faraha learn daily to redefine their lives through a sea of odd currents.

In a world overrun by the dead, an amnesiac mercenary becomes a brutal warrior when attacked and is hunted by his own army.

Mother meets her son. When he was a little boy, he liked banana milk. And he quit his swimming class because of swimming goggles in his elementary school days.He went on a school trip when he was a high school student and never came back. She is still waiting for her son.

Min-ho and Hee-jung have been married for over 40 years. One day, Min-ho collapses with a heart attack. Now, he's worried about his wife who will be left alone after he is gone. However, the shadow of death finds its way to his wife first. Hee-jung is diagnosed with cancer and has only two months to live. It seems that death is trying to teach Min-ho a lesson: love and happiness in life brings nothing but pain. Now, Min-ho has found a way to deceive death and die in the presence of love and happiness.

Introverted and passive gay boy Candy. He searches for love, but the world around him is cold. Who can save him?

‘Ikaino’ refers to a neighborhood in Osaka, Japan, home to a large community of Zainichi Koreans. Though erased from official records over fifty years ago, its name still carries memories and stories.

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.

Man Kyeong Bong Ho, the North Korean ship, appeared in Yokohama port, Japan in 1974. Hearing this the headquarter of North Korean residents union of Japan was wrapped in tension.

CxM [Double Up] Live Party is the first fan concert tour by S.Coups x Mingyu. The tour will begin with a three-night stint at Inspire Arena in Incheon, South Korea on January 23-25, 2026.

The main content is the conflict between the rich man Song Chi-ho and the blacksmith Ko Young-nam's family and various incidents between Oh Young-min and the people around him. It also tells the story of other content. Joo Joo-gyu, the son of wealthy Yun Bong-chun, begs his father to send him to study abroad, but his mischievous father is reckless. One night a thief picked it up and found it to be his son. The mischievous father also wakes up and confiscates his fortune and sends his son to study abroad the way he wants.

Two widows, one American and one Korean, frequent the same park in Philadelphia. Using only sign language, and as the seasons pass, they tenaciously attempt to form a bond.

Chun-hyang, the daughter of a geisha in the Namwon region, and Lee Mong-ryong are engaged. When Lee Mong-ryong goes up to Seoul with his father, Byeon Hak-do, the newly appointed magistrate, attempts to take Chun-hyang. Chun-hyang rejects his pleas for her to come serve him and he throws her in jail. Meanwhile, Lee Mong-ryong becomes an undercover detective after placing first on his national exam and goes to Namwon to arrest Byeon Hak-do and rescue Chun-hyang.

Three women who manage Club Rose together have very different ideas when it comes to the meaning of success in business, life and love.

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.

Sally is in the digital world. Sally watches, listens and learns. Sally generates through the digital language. Sally wonders, is Sally OHOIOrOI? Maybe Sally is a part of OHOIOrOI. But this film was made with 0% OHOIOrOI.

2030 A.D., a deadly infectious disease with a fatality rate of 99% called Morumoru, is a virus that can only infect men. The only preventative measure is maternal breast milk. Sang Gyu and Jeon Seo try to get pregnant but both couples find it hard to conceive. They change their partners to find that the chances of pregnancy become high.

Meet four Taiwanese women, the actual "leftover ladies" fighting to stay breathing in a somewhat stifling society. Since 2012, their friend in common, Chou Tung-yen, has been "stalking" them, capturing on film moments of these women's daily lives.

Hyun-soo works at a euthanasia hospital to save his wife. A story of life and death.

Seolhee and Hwajeong make an impromptu trip to the East Sea while waiting to hear the results of their recent job interviews. The purpose of the trip is to make a wish while watching the sunrise, but nothing happens as they hope. The two argue during the trip and have an accidental meeting while going their separate ways.

A group of mysterious thieves breaks into the office of Cho Seongchi, a famous novelist. The thieves demand Cho Seongchi to open the office’s safe, but Cho Seongchi also struggles to unlock it. As time goes by, the somewhat clumsy thieves are being swayed by Cho Seongchi.

"You belong to the country for the next two years." The film describes Woo-cheol's struggles with becoming part of a group while trying to maintain his individuality throughout his military service period. A humorous yet cynical portrait of military groupism.

Two twin women, a man, a dog, and a letter. Leading their own lives, but sometimes accompanying each other or running away from each other. Some lose their legs, some die. They guessed about each other in the process in which time, space, seasons, lies and facts were mixed up. But, all of their guesses are wrong. Not knowing their whereabouts and themselves with full of unknown ambiguity. But, they move on and on.

X room' is a vintage ballad that calmly depicts a fading relationship. It slowly rewinds through time spent holding onto each other, like an old film, conveying a quiet resolve that everything will eventually be okay.

In 2007, fifteen-year-old Chaeyoung is diagnosed with anorexia and committed to a mental hospital. Feeling guilty, her mother, Sangok, tries to trace the source of her daughter’s illness but there is no way to know. Ten years later, the mother and daughter begin a conversation. Relying on Chaeyoung’s diary, drawings, and voice-over, the film explores the history of conflict and pain in mother-daughter relationships through three generations: grandmother, mother, and daughter.

A boy who has been thoroughly educated in communism and a boy who uses balloons to send letters to South Korea. They wear a gaksital mask and send their brother to a concentration camp after accusing him of harassing the Communist Party members at night. However, he finds out later that he is being used, so he writes a gaksital himself.

Bok-hui and Mal-ro are not your average housemates. Bok-hui has a crush on Mal-ro. The problem is that Bok-hui is a ghost and Mal-ro is not. Besides, Mal-ro is not attracted to Bok-hui. In order to get rid of Bok-hui, Mal-ro tries to introduce her to a bachelor ghost Sang-won. To Mal-ro's surprise, Sang-won falls for Mal-ro, too!

Korean War, 1951 Little Manuk is playing on the streets of his village and dreaming of life at the front where his father is a soldier. He returns home to find a parcel on the doorstep and, thinking it is a birthday present, he opens it. But its contents will change his life.