Discoveries from South Korea World Cinema

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While waiting to hear on a teaching position, Jong-hwan falls in love with Su-kyeong who, in turn, loves his poetry. They marry but, because Jong-hwan is caught up in his work and taking care of his mother and siblings, he fails to notice his wife's hardships or the fact that her health is getting progressively worse

Sun-hwa is a location manager in Busan who scouts locations for film shoots. She's always loved her work and her city. One day, she joins a new project out of the blue. But as soon as she walks through the door, she recognizes the director immediately. It's Do-young, her ex-boyfriend who left her and went to Seoul to fulfill his dream. They were lovers in the past but now Sun-hwa has to face him as a business partner. To make things worse, all he says is "NO!"

Natasha, an officer at the Soviet Embassy in North Korea, is in love with Seok-bong. But Seok-bong has already planned his wedding with Bok-hui. Natasha grows jealous and threatens Bok-hui to leave somewhere else. Meanwhile Bok-hui's brother, Tae-yeong, is executed after participating in an anti-communist march. Seok-bong is accused of taking a part in the march. Seok-bong starts to feel pessimistic about his communist belief. He tries an escape to the South, but he is captured by the authority and executed.

A grieving father who lost his daughter in the Sewol ferry incident looks back on his long journey to piece together his lost memory and pick up the pieces of his life in this commemorative film marking the 10th anniversary of the tragedy.

A population who has a crush on the university queen kain camp. She sees an opportunity to confess to Jinyoung, but she lacks courage. One day, in the hallway of the school, In-gu sees Jinyoung being confessed to by a tall, kinky man. In-gu, who has some confidence in her refusal of his confession, decides to confess and prepares a letter containing her feelings. However, on the day she was about to confess, her only best friend, Young-sik, loses the player, and she loses even the courage that she barely gained by seeing Young-sik's face. The frustrated population rushes to apply for military service. It was the day two days before enlistment and the last day of college. Coincidentally, she finds out that Jinyoung is going to take a language course the day she enlists. That night, she has a farewell party for Jinyoung with her friends, who wakes up late at night when everyone is drunk. Wearing a short skirt, she meets Jinyoung sleeping in front of her eyes...

It’s the year 2075. Jung-won, a pathologist, has a recurring nightmare about her sister’s death. In order to cease the nightmares, she visits the sea of tranquility, called Moon. There she undergoes a strange experience that causes the death of her sister.

Despite the close bonds among fellow defectors, Cheol-jun—a young North Korean defector—felt isolated while hiding his gay identity. Finally, he takes his first step into South Korea's vibrant gay community and forms close ties after meeting Yeong-jun at a casual gathering. Yet, a trivial misunderstanding shatters these fragile bonds.

Hye-yeong had no idea that her lover, Shin-ho, was a married man until Shin-ho's wife and children arrive in town. She leaves him but reappears 8 years later asking him to take responsibilty for their child.

A group of old college friends reunite for a wedding. But after the banquet, a 15 year old girl shows up claiming that one of them is her father.

Tae-Woo (Jung Kyoung-Ho) works as zookeeper. He is going through difficult days, because his girlfriend, Hee-Yeon (Jung Yoon-Sun), is hospitalized and doesn't have much time left to live. Grieving for the day when Hee-Yeon is no longer there, Tae-Woo finds a woman (Mina Fujii) in the restroom at the zoo. Her clothes are all torn. Tae-Woo asks her for her name, but she doesn't answer. Tae-Woo takes her to his home. The next day, after work, he comes home and finds her waiting for him in front of his home. They begin to live together.

Joon-il, who was once a national team-level prospect, now just a coach at a local soccer class. He is on the verge of being fired for his old-fashioned mind and lazy coaching, and is about to get divorced. Joon-il is given a mission he can't refuse in exchange for a full-time job. It was the final round of the amateur futsal tournament of the "Cheolsoo Soccer Team." In a very short period of time, Joon-il had to transform President Kim, Mr. Choi, and Mr. Park who had no previous knowledge of the sport... Oh my futsal! With the dreams and livelihoods of grown-ups on the stake, "Sunday League" begins!

The hostess Oh Hak-ja has not experienced true love yet. Though outwardly, Hak-ja seems to distrust men, she earnestly thirsts for love. Hak-ja tries to find true love with a young man named Ji Suk-wu but he betrays her. Promising to meet again, Suk-wu goes abroad but Hak-ja falls into despair when he doesn't return.

Brutal and bloody violence of the yakuza and the Koryo mafia. Women who feed the wolves. Detectives and gangs chasing serial killers stained with wolves blood.

This atmospheric drama follows photographer Min-woo, who enters into a torrid affair with a now-married ex-girlfriend, although he is distracted by a building obsession with the tormented ghost of the young woman who used to live in his apartment.

Li-hwa graduates college and becomes a reporter. On a rainy day, she remembers an old boyfriend, Suk-gi. She goes to Eroika to look for him. Instead, Li-hwa meets Suk-gi's friend, Su-hwan, and she falls in love with him. On the other hand, while on a story, Li-hwa meets Kwang-jun who is a night teacher. She is drawn to his sincere humanity. As time passes, Kwang-jun comes to know Li-hwa's feelings. Together, they help children and offer guidance to prostitutes. Kwang-jun and Li-hwa have true love for each other but they part when Kwang-jun's non-permitted building is demolished. Hyun-wu ended up as a mental patient from the shock he received from his mother's scandalous behavior. He meets Li-hwa and receives her devoted care. Finally, Hyun-wu recovers completely and the two confirm their love. And the next day, Hyun-wu returns to society as a healthy man.

Beom-goo, an honest man in his 40s working as an engineer is fired from his work. His wife, Mi-yeong, a salesperson for a credit card company works even harder to make a living for the entire family. Their daughter, Ha-na, a college entrance exam preparer for the second time feels extremely nervous as she is waiting for the announcement of additionally accepted students.

Tele-counsellor Hannah, who cannot say anything that is not in her mind and must always speak it, is visiting a school counselling office due to a counselling call of a female high school students and meeting Min Woo, who is a nosy teacher. Although cyclical Hannah has no passion for counselling, Min Woo tries to make Hannah start counselling by stubbornly interfering Hannah. Troubles are made between two people and...

An up and coming businessman is forced to resign after accidentally kissing the boss' daughter. This leads to a challenge where he must manage to slap the boss in the face on seven different occasions.

Min-guk came to Japan to study Japanese and went to a language school. There, he meets the instructor Mao and falls in love with her ... Hyo Beom, who is attending the same lecture, and the head of the language school, who is smirking, are both busy chasing Mao. Min-guk, who truly loves her Mao, doesn't like the men around Mao, and eventually confesses her sincerity to her Mao. Mao also opens her heart to her Min-guk and the two become close enough to give her private tutoring... Her director offers Mao her vice-president position and covets her... Can Mao and her love bear fruit?

Sun-joo is busy preparing for her upcoming wedding. But her fiancée Ji-hoon plans to go on a business trip with the beautiful writer So-ra who turns out to be Sun-joo’s best friend from before. With all the doubts and jealousy, she lies to So-ra and accompanies her in place of Ji-hoon. But on their way she realizes that the memory about their dearly friend Yeo-eun, who died in a tragic accident, are quite different. What really happened to them? Can they reveal the untold truth?

Ureologist Ha-yeong decides to show the men around her that she does not need a husband by choosing to be artificially inseminated.

The ancient Chinese game of Go has long been considered a grand challenge for artificial intelligence. Yet in 2016, Google's DeepMind team announced that they would be taking on Lee Sedol, the world's most elite Go champion. AlphaGo chronicles the team as it prepares to test the limits of its rapidly-evolving AI technology. The film pits man against machine, and reveals as much about the workings of the human mind as it does the future of AI.

Dae-su, an army private, goes on night watch duty the night before his first leave. A trespasser appears and puts the fate of his leave in peril.

Five girls are patients at a psychiatric hospital, experiencing and sharing their delusions to each other and their struggles with their identities

He already has 101 fraudulent methods but now he plans to break into the building of a high-ranking civil servant...

In the early dawn, a man fishing by the riverside pursues a mysterious tracking sound to a charging station. Rigging fishing rods, he patiently awaits his target. As night falls, the hanging batteries sway, signaling the commencement of a covert operation. With a net in hand, the man stealthily moves into action, unfolding a tale of intrigue and suspense.

Joon-Ho is a 17-year-old high school student. Because of his father's gambling addition, Joon-Ho soon finds that he doesn't have a place to live. Joon-Ho then gets a new guardian, who is his uncle. He moves into his uncle's home, but his home is different. At his uncle's house, there are transsexuals who live there. His uncle also tells Joon-Ho to call him Audrey. Joon-Ho does not like living with them.

Kim Hyun-pil, an orphan, gets caught for picking pockets. At the police station, he causes trouble for the police. Detective Koh, takes sympathy on Hyun-pil's situation and takes him home to raise him as his own. Hyun-pil grows into a fine young man under the Koh's care, and despite resentment and scorn of Koh's son Mook, Hyun-pil is nurtured by love from Yeon-ji, Mook's sister. But even as adults, the discord between Mook and himself forces Hyun-pil to leave their home...

The tale of ordinary adults living their everyday lives who put everything into their baseball club and baseball.

Yeon Woo lives in a grey world as a Mono—until meeting Yoo Han triggers his first Color Rush. Afraid of obsession, Yeon Woo resists, but Yoo Han won’t let go.

A fairy tale writer Yonghee lives a soulless living after losing his wife. He has been unable to enter the room for a long time where his wife used to paint, as he has hyperventilation symptoms whenever he enters the room. One day, strange sounds are heard from the room. As he courageously opens the door, water is leaking from the ceiling. In the room, a kitten that Jane secretly has hidden has lived there. Moreover, Roan, a carpenter who comes to repair the ceiling, suggests to make this abandoned room into a cat room. What will Yonghee choose?

Arnold is a popular online erotic fiction writer famous for his ‘Sex with senior student’s girlfriend’ and ‘Friend’s older sister series’. However, he is writer Dong-myeong (Choi Jae-hwan) in reality, who dreams of winning the New Spring Literary Contest and works as tutor at a preparatory school to make a living. One day, his first love So-yeon (Wang Bit-na) appears in front of him. She claims the copyright of his novel, ‘Sex with senior student’s girlfriend’ and asks him to share the profit he has made from the novel so far.

A look at the Korean War through the eyes of a mute boy who was kept as a mascot by a regiment of soldiers near the front lines.

Since South and North Korea's liberation in 1945, North Korea, a communist dictatorship that suppresses freedom and oppresses human rights, and South Korea, which has entered the path of economic prosperity and advanced countries based on freedom and democracy, have taken different paths. How did the two countries with the same language, history, and race, become divided into two extreme countries? A work that highlights the sacrifices and struggles of President Syngman Rhee and the first generation of founding members who worked to create and protect today's Republic of Korea over the past 70 years of history.

A boy steps on a landmine during a border crossing with his mother. When his mother disappears to find help, the boy follows a group of mysterious soldiers only to find himself in a terrifying situation.

Returning to farming as a left-wing idol that deals with the process of conflict and harmony between the main character, Sang-sik, who is trying to farm ginseng, and the villagers.

Ha-Jin (Yoon Jin-Seo), Yoo-Jin (Shin So-Yul), Tae-Suk (Kim Da-Hyun) and Kyoung-Chul (Lee Si-Yeon) all attended the same high school. Due to an unsavory incident, Yoo-Jin disappeared. 10 years later, these four people are now at the same place. The next day, Yoo-Jin, who is a budding novelist using the pen name of "Jin-Jin," is found dead. The other three are now suspects. Veteran detective Dae-Sik (Kim Min-Sang) tries to solve the case.

Korean horror hit of 2009. Everything is picture-perfect for a family of three recently moved to Seoul from the countryside. But a religious ritual goes terribly wrong with frightening consequences.

Due to her father's debts, Yun Go-na marries Song Kye-nam but she is unhappy because of Kye-nam's self-indulgent lifestyle. Go-na takes her daughter, Min-hi, and goes to Seoul where she gets a job as a hostess. One day, Mun Byung-kil proposes to Go-na. Troubled by her situation, Go-na turns him down. But Go-na is touched by his sincerity and marries him. The three live happily as a family but then Kye-nam shows up and demands his daughter Min-hi. However, Ky0e-nam goes away when he realizes which is real happiness of his daughter.

Taxi driver Tae-gyun receives a call from his younger brother Tae-min. He asks Tae-gyun for help, saying that his car "Thunderbird" was pawned and in it, there is a lot of money that he won from gambling. Now Tae-gyun, who urgently needs money, Tae-min, a gambling addict sitting in a pile of debt, and Mi-young, Tae-min's girlfriend who is a former casino dealer, all go out to get the car back. But nothing goes according to their plan. Towards the end of the night, Tae-gyun decides to ditch them and get the money all alone.

A giant crocodile is terrorizing Thai villagers. A group of adventurers set out by boat to track it down and kill it. The Korean cut is lost, however, every other export release/recut survives.

Ye-ri is exotic and glamorous. The sight of her relieving her loneliness through masturbation makes men's sexual desires soar. Men who have tasted her end up pouring everything out without leaving a single drop.

Yeong-chun becomes a gigolo after the woman he thought he loved left him. The reason she left was because Yeong-chun lacked money. He jumps at a chance to make quite a bit of money off a middle-aged woman, but what must he do in return?

Sul-ji, exiled from North Korea 2 years ago, is cheerful lady who is working at flower shop. Using her experience that drew propaganda paintings in North Korea, she draws wall-painting for part-timer. Desperate Broadcast producer Shin-woong, discovers her and trying to make hit documentary about her, but she hesitates minding her families still in North. Eventually she decides to go in under the condition that she hides her identity.

Min-ha is full of vitality. Ki-cheol lives in the greenhouse built by her. They've lived together for almost three years. One day Ji-hye bumps in between them.

Unsatisfied with her relationship with her boyfriend, Ji-hee receives a business trip massage through the introduction of her older sister, Mi-yeon. After that, Ji-hee falls in love and becomes obsessed with giving massage services to her on business trips.

A naive country girl accepts a position in Seoul unaware of how ill-prepared she is in the ways of the world and the free-thinking ways of the city.

Kang-pal is filled with grief and anger when his father dies a tragic death after being falsely accused, but the very people who sacrificed his father now seek to kill Kang-pal as well.

Queen Min makes regent Prince Daewon withdraw from ruling with the help of the Min Seung-ho Party.

A couple on the brink of breaking up decide to spend one last day together to resuscitate their relationship until sunrise at an inn on the East coast. With just 15 minutes left until sunrise, they wait—perhaps for a breakup or the end of the world.

In a blighted area of Seoul, four brothers live in a building set to be demolished due to an urban development plan. The eldest brother than tries to benefit from all the confrontations ...