Discoveries from South Korea World Cinema

The ghost of a lesbian high-school girl takes revenge on the people who used to bully her. And another young girl finds her old diary detailing her love and rejection when she was alive.

On a sunny day, a boy named Jo-kang meets Ari, a girl in a yellow raincoat, and they become friends. Jo-kang falls helplessly in love with the quirky but attractive Ari, but one day, she suddenly disappears.

Department of Dance student Da-hee (Oh In-hye) is a born solo who has never had a boyfriend before. However, she has nightmares every night. She dreams about violent sex every night. What she would never ever imagine even in her dreams is bothering her in reality and she cannot share this with anyone. In addition, the new performance projector is her long-time crush, professor and Woo-kyeong’s husband Gong-woo (Chris Jo) and it’s making her suffer. In the end, Da-hee goes through therapy and finds out she’s suffering from a trauma she’s had when she was a kid. Then she stumbles upon Myeong-joong, a Tantra yoga instructor online...

A doll who moved to a newly built rural house in a quiet suburb thanks to her husband (Chansung), who runs the rental business of a rural housing complex. Chansung attaches a person (title) to decorate the new house as the doll's will, but the doll is rough and he doesn't like it. The doll asks Chansung to change people, but Chansung ignores the style of the interior people, and goes on a local business trip for a few days.After Chansung's departure, Jeho confines a doll that keeps ignoring himself and reveals its true color... In fact, Jeho is the husband of Minji, a colleague of Chansung and my wife, who deliberately approached Chansung for revenge. After being confined and raised by Jeho, the doll opens his heart to Jeho little by little with a feeling of betrayal for favor and sorry for Jeho... An intimate revenge of a modest housewife who became another wife for 10 days without a husband begins.

Ancient Korea, 1728. Swordsman Kim Ho, guard of King Yeong-jo of Joseon, is demoted and sent to work in Uigeumbu prison. When night falls, the prison is assaulted by the master warrior Do Man-cheol and his powerful henchmen for the purpose of freeing Lee In-jwa, who has been condemned to death for rising up in revolt against the king.

An overworked woman tries to improve her standing with men using a self-help video.

An unemployed man who lives off his wife's earnings soon falls head over heels for his rude and haughty sister-in-law. He coincidentally witnesses her having sex, but soon gets caught and gets himself in trouble... His plan to bring her into submission begins!

A beautiful socialite enters the lives of three bickering musicians and inspires them to write a series of hit love-songs.

927 AD. The Killer-Blade Army has toppled the ruling dynasty, plunging the kingdom into chaos. The only remaining heir, Prince Jung-Hyun is living in exile, unaware of his family's dark fate. Still loyal to the dynasty, the beautiful and deadly warrior Soha sets out to find Jung-Hyun and guide him to become the great leader he was born to be. But with the Army's greatest assassins and the criminal underworld hunting them, Soha and Jung-Hyun are swept into an explosive, non-stop battle of swords, wits and bloodshed as they fight to reclaim the fallen throne.

Over three episodes, three respectable middle-aged men find themselves behaving badly. A teacher hides his pornographic magazine from a female student. A jogger steals milk and blames it on a newspaper delivery boy. A drunk man desperately searches for a public toilet late at night.

These intertwining stories about romance and separation follow a firefighter who can't find the right time to propose, a shy theme park worker who falls for an artist, an estranged mother and son, and a man seeking to regain his lost love.

Shortly after the man and his wife were newly married, the distant cousin came to live at home temporarily. With this cousin's involvement, the couple's sexual life had problems. The Neuroticism cousin often broke into the room when the man and his wife were having sex, which made them lose their interest. The coquettish cousin, in addition to satisfying herself with a masturbator, often seduced the man to have sex with him. The man could not stand this life, so he found his single friends, My friend was incredibly robust, which satisfied my cousin very much. They also established a sexual relationship. Who knows, a few days later, my friend was exhausted, while my cousin was still lively and seemed to have drained the male lead's friend The coquettish cousin squeezed the man dry

However, his father died in an accident while working in Geoje Island. Even her mother lives in Seoul and dies of a disease 2 years ago. Remaining alone, without family and relatives, is now living in Gangbuk, working at a restaurant. But even this is not easy. It is difficult to get a job because you came from the village. Besides, the men have a tough beauty. It can be sexual harassment wherever you go. However, Sumi, who suffers from her high school of life, has no choice but to help with the cost of living. Sexual harassment is also common in restaurants that are currently working. I can't stand it, and eventually I am cut off at the restaurant I am working for now. Even the rent is pushed out, and eventually, they are also kicked out of their homes. Taeho, a neighborhood friend who works in a restaurant, is Sumi's only friend. Taeho is working with Sumi and keeps Sumi in mind. It is recommended that you live with Sumi, who is not there when you go, in your home for the time being.

A cold-blooded debt collector who never fails to get what he wants meets the beautiful yet mysterious ex-impostor whose every word is nothing but a lie. She has the key to save his life but he discovers that she only puts him into a deeper trouble. Time is running out and he needs to get it done while his heart still beats.

Activist and law school graduate Kim is being persecuted by the mid-’70s Park regime for trying to write a book about Jeon Tae-il, a union activist who immolated himself at age 22 to protest government hypocrisy.

Six high school students, who have finished their college entrance examinations, accidentally discover a haunted house with eerie rumors to it. Inside there, the students start to hear the whispers of death and vanish one by one, as unstoppable, extreme terror engulfs them.

A woman was happily married when her child dies in a car accident, which throws her into depression. She divorces and lives alone, avoiding people. She moves to the suburbs and with her ability to control drones, she works as a forest fire lookout. She is forced to work with a part-timer in his 40s who is weak and unable to work a drone. She can't stand him and ignores him as much as possible. But they argue on hikes due to clashing personalities and their age gap. However, both enjoy the forest despite their differences.

While her husband is on a business trip, Gamhee meets three of her friends. She visits the first two at their homes, and the third she encounters by chance at a theater. While they make friendly conversation, as always, several currents flow independently above and below the surface of the sea.

Starring 32 artists from SM Town. The movie reflect the past, present and future of each artist with behind-the-scenes footage that follows the stars as they undergo rehearsals, revealing their day-to-day lives and also features interview, video diaries and never-seen-before archive files.

From their college club days, a cohabitation began with Yeon-jeong, a female senior who had a crush on him, and Yeong-soo, the president of the club. Her circumstances were difficult, and she was taken to Han-soo for a while. What confuses Han-soo is Ha-yeon, the daughter of Yeon-jeong, who came home late. A face that looks exactly like Yeon-jeong in college. But unlike Yeon-jeong those days, she seems somehow depressed. Han-soo fell in love with Ha-yeon, who is asleep with earphones in the living room, and walks closer and watched her. Ha-yeon suddenly opens her eyesand said he can touch it if he wants to. Han-soo's mind turned white with Ha-yeon's bold appearance, consistent with her blunt appearance.

Unable to remember anything about his life, a man begins regaining consciousness in a new body every 12 hours. Now, he must piece together his identity, all while evading attacks from pursuing agents and dangerous criminals alike.

A security guard tries to kidnap woman in a building they both work in.

A monk rapes a beautiful young woman who visits his monastery. He quits the monastery, marries the woman, and they have kids. But she despises him all the while and devotes herself to tormenting him.

After losing her family to fox hunters, five-tailed Yobi lives in the forest with some shipwrecked aliens, far away from the humans. When one of her alien friends gets captured by a villager, Yobi has no choice but to adventure into the human world to rescue him. At the village, Yobi meets many humans, including Geum Yee who studies at a school for maladjusted children. Interested in Geum Yee, Yobi joins the students and revels in the fun of human life, but both a fox hunter and a mysterious shadow man are on her trail.

A homicide detective joins forces with a prosecutor to avenged the murder of his half-brother. The aggressive detective and the by-the-book prosecutor must put aside their differences in order to find the killer.

The man’s friend is about to inherit a large legacy from the family, but he has encountered a problem, that is, he can’t let his wife get pregnant. If the wife can’t conceive and conceive, the friend will lose the inheritance right. The distressed friend will try every means and use up all the The postures are all in vain, and in desperation, the friends can only go to beg the man and help him to let his wife get pregnant....

A father goes all out to clear his daughter from any wrong doing in the murder of his fiancée. When all evidence points to her, he takes matters into to his own hands to save his daughter and outwit the judiciary system.

Tae-joon (Lee Sang-hoon) and Seo-yeon (Park Min-kyeong) wrap up their city life and start over in a quiet countryside. Tae-joon is still learning how to farm and he hasn't had a decent harvest of fruits for several years. He gets stressed and blames the soil. Seo-hyeon suggests they start a 'sharing house' to relieve his pressure. They invite a new family into their house to 'share' and that it Hwai (Lee Ja-eun). She is a novelist who writes about her experience with another man. She had an affair with Tae-joon in the past. She resented him but still loved him and couldn't get over him which is why she went all the way down there. She takes over the house which once used to be Tae-joon and Seo-hyeon's space. Hwai puts pressure on Tae-joon and provokes him by seducing Seo-hyeon's carpentry teacher Jae-rim (Kim Seon-hyeok). Hwai shakes up Seo-hyeon and tries to make Tae-joon hers while Seo-hyeon struggles to protect her family home.

A film director who no longer makes films arrives in Seoul to meet a close friend. When the friend doesn't show up, he wanders the city aimlessly for three days, grabbing drinks and meeting women, with each day playing out like a version of the last.

In a prep-class for year-end exams, a sadistic killer puts the students through mind-games in order to save each other.

Revenge comes in a new form in this movie about a very unique room.

An old bachelor Seok-joong, who has no experience in dating, falls in love at first sight with a prostitute named Eun-ha. At first Eun-ha shows no interest in Seok-joong, but gradually she begins to be flattered by his devotion and eventually falls in love with him. They marry. However, one day, Eun-ha finds out that she is infected with HIV and decides to leave Seok-joong.

The television movie is set in the city of Dimmsdale and centers on the series' main protagonist Timmy Turner with his fairy godparents Cosmo and Wanda and his fairy godbrother Poof. In the movie, Timmy is now 23 years old but is still in fifth grade with his fairy-obsessed fifth grade teacher Mr. Crocker. Despite being grown up, Timmy finds a loophole in the fairy rulebook Da Rules: if he continues to act like a kid, he will still get to keep his fairies. However, the dilemma rises when Tootie, who was once a dorky girl when she was 10 years old, returns to Dimmsdale as an attractive woman. Timmy falls in love with her, a sign that he is growing up to an adult, which means he is closer to losing his fairies. Meanwhile, an oil business tycoon named Hugh J. Magnate, Jr., who teams up with Mr. Crocker, plans to use Timmy's fairies' magic in order to promote his oil business.

She is a short-term amnesiac patient who lives a high school life. Ha-young is shocked by the appearance of Lim Sung-sik, a psychiatrist who accidentally interviewed while dubbing in a recording studio. The hallucinations and nightmares, which had been suspended for a while, begin again. Ha-young decides to seek counsel from Sung-shik. However, this was a calculated act. Seongsik had been in a high school student's house and had a first love like Hayoung. However, there was a tragic event, and with the shock, Ha-young had forgotten everything related. Ha-young's unforgettable sexual expression approach her again. The chocolate she remembers intensely, the music she loves and the advice of her program. But Hayoung's psychotic symptoms become serious and her forgotten memories gradually survive. At the end of the conflict, Sung-sik gives up Ha-young and tries to leave her side, but decides to kill So-hee, a homosexual lover. Hayoung's tragic memories of the day are completely revived.

For eight years three grandmothers saved their money for a VIP tour packages to Hawaii. The grandmothers have all had difficult experiences and used their dream vacation as a beacon of hope in their lives. The grandmothers then go to the bank to wire their money, but at that moment the bank is held up by robbers. The grandmothers lose their savings and the bank can't offer any assistance. It is at this moment that the grandmothers set off track the robbers down themselves...

Due to that accident, Yi-young loses her memory and Soo-jin goes missing. Under that situation, Yi-young regains her diving skills, but her strong desire to keep her position as a diva and Soo-jin's disappearance push her into madness.

Na-nan has known best pals Dong-mi and Jung-joon since childhood, and now the trio shares the ups and downs of their turbulent single lives together. But everything gets turned on end when Dong-mi and Jung-joon end up in bed!

A man and woman have great success in all of their dating pursuits. The woman uses her dating rules and fakes a car accident to capture the guy's attention, but she can't get him to succumb to her charm.

The bear man who was once a bear become human by eating garlic and mugwort for 100 days. One day, after retirement as a policeman, a terrorist brings the deadly virus and he looks exactly the same as the bear man! With help of a detective and Youtuber, he tries to save the world now.

The life of Ipse, a 19-year-old girl who cannot get out of her own bed due to psychological trauma, is as motionless as a plant. Having no family and no clue of her family's mysterious history, she lives completely dependent on her neighbors, but starts to feel suffocated under the abuse and the looks she gets as if she was something to be eaten up. One day, in the midst of her hellish everyday life, a stranger comes to her house.

With each day feeling hopeless and bleak, Kang-jin's life takes a dramatic turn when he stumbles upon a lost envelope of money belonging to Rang. Using this newfound wealth, he takes a stand against Nam-young's girlfriend Da-young. But when Nam-young discovers Kang-jin's actions, he strikes back by stealing his money and issuing dangerous threats. With nowhere to turn, Kang-jin confides in Rang, who reveals a secret knowledge of the debt-collecting world. Together, they embark on a thrilling journey of power and control, as Kang-jin takes his first steps into the world of loan sharks.

Jeong-yoon and Jong-bae own a car body repair shop together that gets in financial trouble. To help cover the losses and take care of her family, Jeong-yoon decides to smuggle thirty kilograms of cocaine.

Yoo-jeong and So-hyeon are not real siblings but have lived together since childhood. So-hyeon is caught by Yoo-jeong spending time at home with her boyfriend. Min-soo saw Yoo-jeong naked in the bathroom. Yoo-jeong is interested in such Min-soo and seduces Min-soo. Min-soo knows that Yoo-jeong and So-hyun are not real sisters and approaches Yoo-jeong right away. So-hyeon finds out and So-hyeon breaks up with Min-soo. Min-soo played with two sisters...

Princess Romi of the Emotions Kingdom goes on a magical journey to save the Teenieping creature that she believes is her soulmate.

So-hee is a young wife who relieves her husband, who is crippled from the waist down, every night with her own hands. However, she feels lonely every night. One day, after she satisfied her husband's needs, her husband caught her masturbating without him knowing. Seeing that his wife is unable to satisfy her lust because of his disability, he makes an unexpected proposal.

A mobster must complete college and spend some time as an ethics teacher in order to receive a promotion to a coveted territory.

Every day, Jung-woo goes to a friend's house. In fact, he fell in love with Hyunsoo's mother, Hyunsook. Jin-soo and his lover Nam-joo have to go to a love hotel to have sex in order to live in their parents' homes, and the two people, who are starting to pay the hotel bill, ask Jung-woo to borrow a room for a while. Jung-woo is in Jin-su's room while the two enjoy sex in her room. Hyun-sook and Jung-woo, who are both under one roof, imagine this and that, and Hyun-sook, who notices their situation, tells Jung-woo that he will go to clean the room. Hyunsuk came to Jungwoo's room a few days later. I can see the gesture of temptation as she cleans.

Ki-bong is a man who suffered brain damage as a child and who has the emotional maturity of an 8-year. The village people call him 'Barefoot Ki-Bong' because he runs barefoot with food he has begged and serves his mother before it gets cold. Running is Ki-Bong' greatest skill. It is his mother that Ki-bong loves the most. Ki-bong decides to take part in the National Amateur Half Marathon' in order to buy artificial teeth for his mother with the prize money, and works hard looking forward to the day of the race. Mr. BAEK, the head of the village, volunteers to be Ki-bong's trainer. The village people realize what family and love between family members mean to them when they see Ki-bong, who is considered a non-entity, working hard for the competition. The village gets changed by the efforts of Ki-bong and Mr. BAEK.

On the night of April 8, 1997, an innocent college student was brutally murdered in a burger shop washroom for no apparent reason. 2 Korean-American teenagers are brought for questioning and are charged with murder and possession of lethal weapon and withholding evidence. Neither is remorseful for their heinous crimes and blames each other for the killing.

Two detectives in need; Myung-deuk looks after gang and takes bribes for his sick daughter; Dong-hyeok helps Myung-deuk to settle his gambling debts. One day they hear an information that Chinese gang is shipping a big amount of cash abroad and decide to steal it for themselves. But things go wrong and they're now chased both by police and Chinese gang.

A snobbish producer makes a documentary about the extraordinary behavior of her neighbor who believes himself to be Superman.

On September 4, 1984, democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae is arrested and taken to an infamous interrogation facility in Namyeong-dong. For the next 22 days, he would be cruelly and continuously tortured in all manners by interrogators intent on forcing him to confess to communist collaboration.

A man's daughter is the victim of a brutal hit-and-run car accident. The only witness is the man's dementia-ridden old mother who barely remember any details. The two must work together to find the culprit.

Hyun-jin is always frustrated with his wife who always refuse her, saying she's tired. One day, Hyun-jin drinks with his friends, Min-seok and Jin-gi, and got a massage together per Jin-gi's suggestion. But then, he falls in love with the special service, and after that, Hyun-jin goes back to the massage parlor whenever he has time...

A housewife who has presenile Alzheimer's feels romance with a young man. She has hot intercourse with him and not her husband who embraces her rachet sex life and holds her with dear love. She feels physical pleasure and delight during intercourse that she's never felt with her husband before! Her affair with the young man starts like that.

The detective Hyun-soo tries to track down a girl who disappeared off of a cliff during a stormy night.

An accountant visits her daughter who is secretly living with her boyfriend who is a fraud. She is surprised by what she sees and hears. Soon, a dangerous cohabitation begins with her daughter's lover.

Two very different restless youths join a swimming competition for love and friendship which is, in fact, a rite of passage to growing up.

The day that Pil-gi waited for so many years has finally come: hes getting his own house, the last wish of his deceased father. And what a perfect house it is! Big, beautiful, isolated, next to the ocean and at that price, Pil-gi couldn't have found a better place.