Discoveries from South Korea World Cinema

Ice suddenly becomes a more valuable commodity during the Joseon Dynasty and a gang of eleven professionals are assigned to protect the market situation from irresponsible people.

Two misfits form an unlikely relationship after a woman breaks into a man's house only to discover him in the midst of a suicide attempt.

A Korean company analyst rear-ends an American man's car then discovers he's her new boss. Unlucky at love, she begins to take romance lessons from him in order to seduce him.

A student and her teacher go to a secluded area in the middle of nowhere to practice open-air singing. There they run into a gang of local thugs who initially seem friendly but slowly reveal their sinister side.

Ip-sae (Kim Se-in) is a caregiver with a body so full and voluptuous her clothes might burst off of her any time. All the men in her hospital ward wish dearly to be touched and cared by her. But all she has eyes for is her husband Cheon-dong (Jo Min-joon). However, her husband becomes sexually handicapped due to an accident even before they get to spend their first night together. Ip-sae tells her husband, "My love for you is eternal although we may not have physical bonding" but Cheon-dong doesn't believe in love that can't be proven physically and decides to kill her... "I won't let you go on your own. Life without you is meaningless to me." Se-ip decides to die with Cheon-dong and they leave on a suicide trip together. As if they were destined, Ip-sae meets Ha-kyoon (Ahn Sang-hoi) and becomes curious about the body of a man. She spends a night with Ha-kyoon and realizes there is another meaning to love. She breaks up with Cheon-dong and he feels betrayed.

Chan-ho (Lee Jong-joon) is a playboy who is obsessed with Jae-hee (Seo Yeon-joo), although she won't allow him physical affection unlike other girls. He tries everything but she doesn't give in. Then one day, Jae-hee opens up and they have sex, but there's nothing but physical pain and agony for her. She then hears that Chan-ho has been cheating on her with someone else and she decides to take revenge.

Children who refuse to live with their families or give up on the streets work at a bar or steal money. When you don't have money, you'd rather starve than give up playing. Several people have to bowl as much as they want, jump out of the window with their lives, and dance with real dancers at a rock cafe.

In coma for a decade, the twin So Yeon wakes finally up. But she can't recall many things. Her other twin sister, Hyo Jin, died in the accident that led to So Yeon's coma. Now that So Yeon has gained her consciousness back, strange things start to happen.

A tough cop goes vigilante to rid the streets of a vicious gang boss after his friend is murdered. But along the way he discovers that his brother may also be mixed up in the hooliganry.

Onew, who is visually impaired, and Eun-soo, who is hearing impaired, both enjoy the pleasure of communicating with loved ones regardless of disability through barrier-free films.

Four unlikely assassins question their assignments because they genuinely care about their customers and victims. However, they attract police attention and a prosecutor is on their trail.

When his wife is murdered, Dong-ho loses the light in his life, breaks down and falls into depression. But he knows that as long as the killer is still around, he can not get out of his loss. Then, one day, he receives a call and can not believe who he is listening to.

Yeonmo Island is a small and serene island. Eun-ji enters the island for some peace, with a guitar and some scuba gear. The men in the fishing village start stirring, as a beautiful woman appears. Especially Yong-tae, the president of the island, and his subordinates, Yoon-gil and Byeong-sam, look creepily at her. One day, Eun-ji finds out that the men in the village have blocked the boat that is supposed to get her off the island. The residents, the police and everyone else gathers around her...

Seon-yeong's husband suddenly loses his job, so a friend introduces her to a sexy substitute driving gig. She hesitates, but decides to do it when she hears it makes more money than an average sub-driver. Then one day, Seon-yeong meets Dong-hoon, the guy next door, while on the job and they have an affair.

Kim Seong-nam travels to Paris to escape an arrest, leaving his wife behind in Korea. After he arrives, he meets an ex-girlfriend and is introduced to a small community of Korean artists.

A popular surgeon with a bright future and women falling at his feet, Ji Hoon is at the top of the world. Although married, he fantasizes of a woman with a butterfly tattooed on her pelvis - a vision from his reccurring dreams. During a business trip, he meets an attractive woman named Hae Young, who coldly refuses his advances. Not accustomed to such rejection, Ji Hoon smiles as he heads back home. A few days later, he receives an unexpected call from Hae Young, and begins a risky affair. But soon afterwards, his wife receives a mysterious package containing incriminating photos of her husband…

Min, a Korean boy, moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he meets Nanae, a beautiful Japanese girl with stunning eyes who is aspiring to be a painter. Min falls in love at first sight and finds out that Nanae attends the school to which he has just transferred. Their friendship develops fast despite their cultural and language difference. When Min's grandmother falls ill, Min returns to Korea and Nanae is nowhere to be found. Had his true feelings for Nanae not been apparent to her? Why has Nanae disappeared without a word?

Jeong-hye gives a birth to a baby boy in the prison. Her and other inmates create a women's choir to compete in the national choir contest, to meet and greet their families and loving ones.

A struggling director makes a desperate bid to dig into the urban legend about a film shot by a ghost, at the risk of her own life.

Girlfriend Hye-mi and his mom live alone. Jung-woo couple goes on a summer vacation to a country house. Hye-mi's young and sexy mother A-ran, A-ran, who became alone early on, He suffers from loneliness every night and starts to show Jung-woo as a man rather than a daughter's lover. On the other hand, Hye-mi, who says she is going to meet a friend, goes out I had a hot reunion with my young lover, Hoseok. A-ran seduces Jung-woo, who is left alone at home...

Curious little penguin Pororo and his friends accidentally cause an airplane to make an emergency landing in their home of Pororo Village. On the airplane are some turtles being shipped to Northpia to deliver ice sleds, or racing ice cars. Nevertheless, Pororo and his friends believe that the turtles are racers, and the turtles end up giving the gang at Pororo Village some lessons and passing on the championship spirit. In the end, Pororo and his friends follow the turtles to Northpia to participate in the race. Upon arriving at icily beautiful Northpia's race, Pororo and his friends wind up unlikely front-runners, ahead of the polar bears, and make it to the finals. However, a more complicated course awaits Pororo and his friends- as does their strongest adversary yet.

Hong Gil-dong is an infallible private detective with an exceptional memory and quirky personality. While chasing the only target he failed to find, he gets entangled in a much bigger conspiracy than he bargained for.

Raka, a court security officer, and his pregnant wife, Nina, celebrate her success in passing the bar exam. But their joyous celebration is shattered when Nina is found brutally murdered. As the trial spirals towards an unjust outcome, Raka resolves to overturn the corrupt verdict and seek justice for his late wife.

Even in the harshest environments, firefighters must focus on extinguishing fires and rescuing everyone there. At 3:47 AM on March 4, 2001, the 119 emergency call center receives a phone call about a fire that has broken out in the Hongje-dong neighborhood. Firefighters, including newcomer Cheol-woong, rush to the scene.

Ae-ra who has been living as a a chauffeur for women is often deprived of her own money by her husband who takes them away. To earn 30,000 won, Ae-ra, did whatever the boarders wanted, and then one day, she received a strange offer from her husband. Her husband who used to swear a lot started to have her for rent through SNS to raise money for gambling, while she feels like she's going to die every day. Then one day, a certain fate comes to her...

The story of two brothers, growing up in 1970s Korea, who each take two completely different paths. One goes to school to become a doctor, the other becomes a gangster. Their story is told through flashbacks after one of them is murdered.

Ji-su moves in as a lodger at the home of sisters Mi-ae and So-jeong. On her very first night there, So-jeong stumbles home drunk with her boyfriend, Seong-ha, completely forgetting Ji-su is staying with them. She carelessly opens her bedroom door and the two begin getting intimate. As Ji-su watches their passionate encounter, her gaze locks onto Seong-ha’s body, unable to look away…

A new concept horror IP cross project that turns six selected works out of 19 serial webtoons of the same name (Tastes of Horror) into movies. "DingDong Challenge: The reason why you shouldn't do dance challenge carelessly", "Four Legged Beast: Story of meeting a doppelganger with broken neck", "Jackpot: what happened when I took a taxi nearby", "The Residents-Only Gym: A woman who appears after 10 PM", "Rehabilitation: Cruel clinical trials currenly underway in the lab", and "Gluttony: The strange things that happened during a live broadcast."

An advocate of the concept ‘thoughts create reality’, Chan-woo endeavors to realize his dream of running a high-end nightclub when he finds himself caught in the center of a power game in the criminal underworld.

This movie talks about the genius high school student Jang-ho who dreams of becoming the next Pavarotti although he is part of a gang and Sang-jin, currently a countryside art school music teacher but once a highlighted vocal singer.

Jeong Mi-rae has had an outstanding ability in writing since she was young. She's realistic and she gets a lot of job offers. However, this is only when she was young and now that she's been at it for 10 years, she doesn't get as much work as she used to. Now, she gets offers for adult comics or erotic movie scenarios. She starts working on them so that she can make a living but as realistic as she is, she needs to experience eroticism herself to write anything about it. She tries out different positions on her own and even on younger men who are easy to seduce. However, the production company doesn't like what she wrote and Mi-rae's ego is hurt. So, she plans doing something that will surprise them.

While desperately searching for his missing daughter, Hae-kwan comes across an AI satellite robot that remembers sounds from all over the world. Rejuvenated by the robot's abilities, Hae-kwan begins to track down his daughter's voice. As they continue their journey, they form an unforgettable bond.

Mi-na enjoys rough sex and she's currently sex partners with Woo-yeong, who she met on a one-night-stand. Mi-na's best friend, Jeong-hee, coincidentally witnesses Mi-na having sex and opens up to a new world. One day, Jeong-hee is invited by Mi-na to watch her having sex with Woo-yeong...

Two detectives investigate a string of horrific murders in Seoul and zero in on a sadistic gang leader who carries an actual ball and chain.

Eun-ji and Seung-ho, Seong-sik and Joo-ran move into a neighborhood at similar times. Eun-ji is lonely because of her husband's frequent late-nights and Seong-sik takes care of the house while his wife works. One day, Seong-sik goes over to Eun-ji's house to return a package but end up drinking wine with her. Seong-sik drunkenly kisses Eun-ji and the two spend a night in each others' arms. They continue to meet secretly like that and one day lie to their husband and wife and leave on a trip together. However, Seong-sik returns home because his pipes have burst and Eun-ji witnesses her husband and the woman next door, Joo-ran in bed together. A few months later, Seong-sik, Eun-ji, Seung-ho and Joo-ran run into each other but with different partners... Are you living with the one you love?

Jeon and Seok-jin, who are married, rarely have children even though several years have passed since the marriage. One day, his planned friend Joo-hee divorces and stays at his planned house. After contemplating, Seonjeong asks Joo-hee for a surrogate mother, but Seok-jin opposes. After hearing the situation of a friend who wants to have a child, Joo-hee finally, You seduce Seokjin to have a relationship.

Sung-Bum is a hot-tempered detective who relies on his intuition to crack cases. He rarely comes across a case that he cannot solve. The body of a police officer is then discovered in a burned out car near an abandoned building. Drugs are also found near the dead officer. To catch the killer the police department sets up a special investigation unit for the case. Sung-Bum takes part in the investigation. Ho-Ryong is a young, confident man who works as a criminal profiler. He trained with the F.B.I. in the United States. Ho-Ryong is also assigned to the special investigation unit. Ho-Ryong relies on evidence rather than instinct. Detective Sung-Bum takes an immediate dislike for Ho-Ryong.

Three sisters, Yeon-sook, Yeon-hwa and Yeon-jeong live together in Seoul. One day, eldest Yeon-sook brings her pre-wedding gown to the house and the two younger sisters' expressions were strange. They should pretend not to know anything! A man who lives in a house with the three sisters! Their secret live in setup begins.

Anna learns in prison that her mother has passed away in Seattle. Prison officials grants Anna a three day furlough to attend her mother's funeral. Anna embarks on a long trip to Seattle. Hoon is a Korean immigrant who works as a gigolo. Hoon is now on the run from a wealthy client's furious husband. These two seemingly lost souls are about to share three memorable days together.

A teacher and her student compete for the affection of a handsome man.

Mi-young shows her boyfriend, Soo-hyun, to her two sisters. However, the sisters feel weird after the meeting, since both sisters immediately fall in love with Soo-hyun.

Ga-yeon comes to Min-jae's house where he lives alone, and decides to live there. Min-jae is curious about Ga-yeon who he haven't seen in a long time. One day, Geon-soo goes to Min-jae's house to pick up some stuff and meets Ga-yeon. Ga-yeon seduces him. Min-jae finds out about it when he phoned Geon-soo. Da-hae meets Min-jae to become sex partners and frequently contacts each other. Min-jae gets angry at the sight of Geon-soo wearing only underwear at his house. Gayeon comes out to meet her friend Da-hae after a long time. Ga-yeon and Da-hae who were drinking, join after seeing Min-jae and Geon-soo. That night, Min-jae gets drunk and had sex with Ga-yeon and finds out that Da-hae is not in a relationship with Min-jae. The next day, Ga-yeon knows the relationship between Da-hae and Gun-soo, and she brings the four people together...

Il-ho, a satellite girl, wants to learn about human emotions, and crash lands on Earth. She transforms into a human girl and tries to help Kyung-chun after he is transformed into a milk cow.

A film about a female detective investigates the murder case of voyeur club member.

A female producer loses her fiancée in a hit and run accident and stands in the line of conflict.

Kyung-name lives with an old flame, but is crushing on the model next door. One day he wakes up cuffed and the only way out is by sleeping with the other people trapped with him.

Min-wook has a crush on his roommate, Young-su's sister, Soo-jin. However, she plans to marry a man who meets the conditions for Su-jin soon. She hides her heart and wishes her sister happiness, but when she sees her divorced a few months later, her old feelings come back to life. Her divorced Su-jin stays with her brother's house for the time being, and Min-wook and Su-jin, who have been living in her house for the time being, are now trying to confirm their love for each other...?

Gong-woo argues with her younger boyfriend, Gyoo-won, and goes to her sister Yeon-woo's honeymoon home. Yeon-woo's husband, Jeong-hoon, prepares some drinks for the sisters. Gong-woo and Jeong-hoon end up seeing each other in their underwear and after getting drunk, they cross the line...

An earnest request from a friend who can't handle the girlfriend's sexual desire! Would you like to play with my girlfriend? Jinyoung, who lives in Tokyo in a rural area and sits in the house of his university friend, Unlike Jinyoung, who is a soloist, he has a relationship with two women. Two women from each other come to the house and have sex with each other. Jinyoung, who has endured because it is a mutual home, But I can’t stand the groaning that I hear every day. Carefully complains, but unexpectedly Rather, he asked Jinyoung for help. Actually, I came across two women, Miju and Soyoung, Both of them complain that their sexual desire is so strong that they are physically and mentally difficult now. The trade name asks Jinyoung to get one of them because he likes either. Indeed, who will Jinyoung choose between his friend's two girlfriends?

Tae-soo is a middle-aged man who drives taxi during the day and works part-time at a convenience store at night. The business is ruined, the whole family is gone, and he wants to protect his daughter, Ah-ra, like a jewel. As the days go by, Ah-ra becomes as crooked as an adolescent girl, ignoring and embarrassing her father. Meanwhile, Tae-soo, who lives alone in a studio, often wanders in front of a convenience store, saying that Hye-ran, a beautiful young woman, has nowhere to sleep. Tae-soo, who thought of his daughter, gives Hye-ran a room for one night and she willingly takes his offer.

Jeong-ho fights with Ye-rin. He happened to meet Eun-jeong, the wife of a senior who passed away. He tried to win Eun-jeong's heart, who was once his first love, but she has no intentions to date another man because of her husband. Instead, Ji-hye who lives with Eun-jeong falls in love with Jeong-ho. Ji-hye is trying to match loner Eun-jeong with the junior of his husband, Joon-hyeok, but is uncomfortable. Will Jeong-ho be able to love Eun-jeong?

Unlike Gi-hoon, who is happy running a noodle shop with his mother in their hometown, Ji-eun distances herself from her family due to her ambition to succeed as an idol singer. The siblings, who have been hurting each other more than showing love, find their conflict deepening with the news of their mother's Alzheimer's, whom they thought would stay young forever.

Haunted by past wounds from her parents, Seo-young suffers from tinnitus and vertigo which started when she had moved to her new office in the sky a few months ago. Seo-young and Jin-su, the manager of the development team, are secretly dating, but becomes vulnerable to an unexpected provocation. Saddened by the death of his only sister, Gwan-woo navigates around a 70-story high-rise on ropes. While cleaning windows on ropes at Landmark Tower one day, Gwan-woo becomes intrigued in Seo-young who watches him in awe from the other side.

A woman gets killed in a department store. No one imagines this could lead to serial murders, but two days after the first murder, another homicide occurs. A woman is suffocated to death and the only evidence left at the crime scene is a sticker of the cartoon character “Princess Aurora”.

One day, Min-sang who is not that handsome becomes a huge success because of a webtoon. Then he gets a sexy wife, Yu-ra, for himself. Min-sang is having a dream-like marriage with Yura. It has been a perfect day except for his sister-in-law Yu-mi, who hates her ugly self. Accidentally, he learned of his wife's dark past through his sister-in-law's diary, and this leads to a reversal of the relationship with her sister-in-law. Min-sang began to demand excessive demands from his sister-in-law, and Yu-mi began to accept them. Where will the end of the relationship between Min-sang, Yu-ra, and Yu-mi lead?

Three horror stories, with each set in the past, present and future.

In-ah (Son Eun-seo), Yoo-ri (Oh Da-eun) and Nana (Shin So-yul) are 3 women who are attractive enough to be called the 3 Angels. They decide to bring out the passion inside them as much as they want and go on a trip to Okinawa. On the first day, Yoo-ri easily falls in love with a gentle and attractive young man Min-seok and calm-looking In-ah feels dangerously attracted to a fund manager who is about to get married to Sarah. Sarah looks at her in a queer way. Nana who wants to make a memory she can't forget, is asked to for a threesome by Yoo-ri's boyfriend Min-seok...

One day, just before I was about to leave the orphanage, my lifesaver came to me, claiming to be terminally ill. She demanded my entire fortune—$4000 in settlement support—in exchange for my life. "Are you really my lifesaver, or are you a fraud?" An adventure drama that follows the unraveling of a twisted chain of fate.

Jae-wook visits the boxing club run by Seung-tae. He takes Seung-tae to a 'fun' place called the Ticket Coffee Shop. Jae-wook calls in a girl named Ji-soo to meet Seung-tae. Ji-soo feels attracted to Seung-tae who's never been to a place like this. Seung-tae goes back the next day, because he can't stop thinking about Ji-soo...

After being rejected for a film role, a stage actor leaves Seoul to visit a friend and, in his travels, winds up getting involved with two women.