Discoveries from South Korea World Cinema

North Korean agents are sent to Seoul to disrupt the visit of important international dignitaries.

His mother having died while giving birth to his younger brother, and his father mentally incapacitated due to a serious car accident, 13-year old Yeong-cheol must look after his yoyng siblings. His neighbors, however, feel that it would be a kindness to have the children sent to an orphanage.

A suspense film with a hint of the classic Hitchcock film Rear Window, with its theme about the isolation of alienated people living in the city.

There are 200 miserably impoverished people working in the Dongseong Metalworks Factory. Ju Wan-ik is introduced to the forging team as a new member of the team and they all go drinking together to welcome him.

A Korean woman leaves her two young daughters with her sister-in-law to search for their estranged father.

Soo-yeon is a nameless artist who has passion and talent. It's her only dream and reason of life to hang her pictures in a gallery. However, unlike her expectations, the world doesn't recognize her talent and only forces unreasonable compromise. She continues everyday with resentment and pain from the world. Chang-min (Park Jae-jeong) has a special talent which allows him to feel a person's feelings; he feels her pain and pities her. He was born with a gift he didn't ask for and has experienced abandonment from his loved ones. He feels love for Soo-yeon and so does she. Meanwhile, Soo-hyeon is given a dangerous offer to compromise with authority if she wanted to see light as an artist.

Gordon Liu takes on the mantle of a ruthless kung fu emperor who has mastered the Buddhist style of kung fu and diagram pole fighting technique. Hoping to usurp the wicked Emperor is Korean kicker and style master Mike Wong. In charge of the action is Lam Hark Ming, a student of both Liu Chia Liang and Sammo Hung.

A single man begins taking care of his 7-year old daughter after the death of her grandmother, with whom she used to live. At first he grapples with the everyday challenges of raising a daughter, but more serious challenges lie ahead

Ji-min wants to explore new risky venues of pleasure with her boyfriend. Voyeurism becomes a new fantasy that may turn into reality.

Il-do was a promising Seoul police detective, but is now forced to work as a traffic cop in his hometown. There he meets his old love rival and ex-best friend Ho-cheol. He is now a taxi driver, adding renewed fire to their conflict.

Here are seven people who woke up from an old closed ward. They are tied to the bed and a small box falls for an autopsy bed when the number of clocks reaches 00:00. Why are they trapped here and what will happen to them?

Three friends from the northern half of Seoul move to the more affluent southern half, but experience many troubles there.

An eastern and Feminine reinterpretation of the 7days of creation through tattoo, a primeval art itself.

Reincarnation Love is a time-loop romance drama depicting the first meeting of Jeon Sang-tae, who went on a blind date as a substitute of a friend and his 'fated woman' Kim Hwa-ni.

For three years, Nam-cheol and his girlfriend, Joo-hee, have lived together. A rent hike pushes them to search for a new place—only to find worse options. Joo-hee is advised to apply for the newlywed housing program with Nam-cheol. Meanwhile, Nam-cheol's mother—trapped with a conservative husband—urges Nam-cheol to apply for the youth rental housing lottery so she can move into the unit herself, effectively "graduating from her marriage." Nam-cheol must choose just one of the two programs: "graduating from marriage" or marriage. Will they find happiness in the end?

Yeon-shil is the lover of crime boss Dong-il. She pays off one of the boss's henchmen, Man-ho, with whom she once had an affair; Man-ho is an opium addict, and he has been blackmailing Yeon-shil by threatening to disclose their past relations.

Myeon-hwa is sold by her family to a wealthy man as his concubine, but she runs away with his servant. The servant does not treat her any less cruelly than his master had and Myeon-hwa is forced to weigh her options.

Park Mei Ji receives a phone call from a woman who says she and Mei Ji's husband, Inn Min, are living together in Taipei and raising a son. Mei Ji immediately leaves Seoul and flies to Taipei with a friend at the woman's request, discovering that the situation is much more complex and tragic than she initially thought.

Han Gil-ho wants to become a public servant, but so far has failed the civil service exam. His real interest is writing a kung-fu comic book which he has titled I'm a Public Official, featuring a crime-fighting bureaucrat and his two nerdy friends (based on himself and his slacker friends Min-gu and Park). Gil-ho then meets Kim Jung-sook, when he tags along to a meeting where she berates Min-gu into taking responsibility for her pregnant best friend Seung-hee. Gil-ho and Jung-sook realize that they knew each other years ago in college, when she was geeky and similarly hot-tempered and Gil-ho couldn't stand her. After unexpectedly sleeping together after a party, the two begin dating and eventually move in together, with Jung-sook having a regular job as a manager at a water-purifying company. Gil-ho gets an offer from a comic book publisher, but his lack of ambition and inability to commit to anything start to take their toll on their relationship.

Kang Doo-Sub (Lee Won-Jong) is a gangster and people are afraid of him. One day, he finds a female high school student ghost looking at him. He freaks out and tries to get rid of the ghost, but, no matter what, the ghost is still there. Kang Doo-Sub turns to a private detective.

John, a factory worker, believes himself to be the reincarnation of John Lennon.

Within the past ten years, Korean film industry has taken a huge leap in both quality and volume. There were hugely successful blockbusters as well as other features with vast range of subjects. Fun Movie can be considered a culmination of Korea's hugely successful film industry in so far that it solely offers parodies of Korean big screen hits. The film revolves around the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. Japan's ultra right-wing group, the Million Men Patriots, are setting up a plot to disrupt an up-coming historic soccer match. After going through severely harsh training, the Patriots finally select Murakami and a cold-hearted sharp-shooter named Hanako as leaders of the World Cup sabotage team. The clandestine group is dispatched to Seoul to launch their evil operation, but of course, things do not at all work out as planned and soon the luckless criminals even run out of sabotage money...

Returning to the island where their mother lives alone, four siblings discover that the elderly woman suffers from dementia.

Il Woo thinks that 'owning his own house' and 'living a stable and happy life' are equivalent and therefore becomes a 'fake nature-lover' in an isolated countryside village called Bongtaeri in order to save a pharmaceutical company and earn 200% of his yearly income. Bong-sook is forced to play a trick in order to achieve her dream of becoming a police officer due to her parents' announcement to stop financially supporting her and transforms into a 'fake farmer' in Bongtaeri, the mountain village where her maternal grandfather lives. The two get involved when a mysterious shoe theft incident occurs in Bongtaeri.

The first theatrical screening of the live performance of the 25th-anniversary concert held at jamsil olympic main stadium in 2017! Relive the unforget legendary performance, 'Seo Taiji 25th anniversary concert,' In the theater! Taking place at the largest concert venue in south korea, jamsil olympic main stadium, this 25th-anniversary concert was a culmination of Seo Taiji's experimental music and high-quality performances presented over the past 25 years. 21st-century pop icons BTS participated as special guests, adding even more significance to the concert. From 'Nan arayo,' which introduced Seo Taiji's birth, to 'fantasia' and 'come back home'! A time to experience all of Seo Taiji's hit songs and classics with their original sound! Not only the live performance but also behind-the-scenes moments, a commemorative festival created as a warm and cherished memory for us all!

People who feel how love feels in different situtations. "Will love last forever?" 'Even if I miss them, I couldn't meet them... Even if I can't forget, I can live without seeing them.'

Myeong-jin and Jeong-woo, attending the same conservatory, are studying cello. Myeong-jin is in awe of Jeong-woo's genius. Ji-eun, a piano student is working on her own composition: Magic. Jeong-woo offers to play it for her but on the day of the performance, he collapses on stage, leaving Myeong-jin to complete the concert. While nursing Jeongwoo back to health, Myeong-jin asks Ji-eun if he can step in for Jeongwoo but she refuses his offer. After Jeong-woo dies, Ji-eun goes to see Myeong-jin. She plays Magic one final time and quietly enters the music room to end her own life.

'Plum' is dissatisfied with 'Jeon Bok', a Jeju girl who met her mother on a family trip to Jeju Island. Besides, what are those heart-shaped eyes looking at 'Yoonseok'! When Jeon Bok, his best friend, Yun Seok-i, is taken over by Jeon Bok-i, an angry Ja-doo accidentally knocks over the Dolhareubang, and 'Bori', who was sealed with her curse from a long time ago, awakens. The people hit by Bori's Dolhareubang beam turn to stone and harden, and Jadoo and her friends search for a way to restore everyone to their original state... Let's go to Jeju Island! Let's go two! Fantastic adventure of the cheerful hero Jadu! What is the super secret that the fate of Jeju Island is at stake?

A young boy struggles with the loss of his beloved dog.

Woo Jin is 35 years old and his life is filled with failures. After studying for bar and civil service exams for 10 years, he ends up working at a medium-sized company. He gets rejected by Ga Yun, a fellow colleague and the only person interested in him is Sa Rang from the accounting department. He suddenly gets a stomachache and he ends up going to the hospital. Then he gets diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. He decides to put things to an end by taking out all his savings and living extravagantly.

A pro-Japanese film showing the bravery of soldiers defending the country and promoting the power of the Japanese Air Force among Korean youth, which teaches students to acquire model aircraft skills to enhance their aviation spirit.

The story of Lee Tae-shik, a former anti-terrorist unit who worked as a secret agent for the National Intelligence Service, struggling to find his wife Ri Seon-hee, a North Korean defector who went missing on their first anniversary of marriage.

Choi Eun-hee’s directorial debut The Girl Raised as a Future Daughter-In-Law is the story of ups and downs of a future daughter-in-law who, due to poverty, married an infant rich groom. A ruined widow’s daughter Jum-soon has no time to rest, as her mother-in-law treats her like a maid, leaving her with all the kitchen chores, house cleaning, grinding grain, and sewing, while the mother-in-law smokes a pipe and nitpicks on her. What allows Jum-soon to endure is her ‘duty as a woman’ taught to her since young and her child husband’s lovable yammering.

Jee-eun, a true romantic, is convinced that her love is real. One day, she notices a small mole on her boyfriend's face. As the mole mysteriously grows, it begins to bother her. Then, a new man appears, shaking up Jee-eun's entire world.

A sexual movie about the intertwined relationships of families living in the same house.

A red-eyed curse has befallen the land once more. It is up to Hari and her friends to track down its source and save the world.

A farmer in a community near Jirisan falls in love with and marries an itinerant performer. She plans to betray him by robbing him and leaving with her old boyfriend, another itinerant performer, when he comes to the village. Eventually she realizes she loves the farmer and stays with him.

Yi-wan and Hwa-ran, a young couple with nothing but dreams and love, decide to leave their tiny dorm room to live together. However, they fall victim to a rental scam and struggle to find a home, moving from place to place. Eventually, they end up in a moldy basement apartment. Can they hold onto their dreams and escape?

Tae-soo, a kung fu fan who lives on a remote island with his grandfather Kim Yeong-gam, will come to Seoul along with his uncle Ik-seong who suddenly came. Tae-soo, who had a happy life in school, making friends for the first time in his life had to deal with the school bully Min-hyeok through kung fu.

Everyone must have seen the The Man From Nowhere, this is the porn parody made according to this movie, the plot is a man who captured the women and used sex moves, there is so much show of flesh, slowly enjoy it!

Jin-Yeong gets Kimchi by courier from her mother. Her older sister Jin-sook who lives with her mother gives Jin-Yeong a complexion with kimchi. Jin-Yeong is not comfortable with this relationship. Then one day, Jin-yeong goes to visit her mother's house in the country with her husband after hearing about her mother's car accident. Jin-Sook secretly scratches Jin-Yeong and eventually explodes.

Dong-keun, Jun, You-mi, members of Korea’s only gospel choir Heritage, along with eight other people travel to Harlem to learn about gospel music and to perform with the Harlem gospel singers. As they go through series of lessons, they begin to realize that Black Gospel is not about brilliant techniques, nor beautiful voices; it is something that begins from the soul.

Dong-seok Cha, a documentary producer, made a documentary about 'Geochang massacre in 1951' for its 60th anniversary, but it is not selected as a broadcasting program for its lack of impact. So, PD Cha is disappointed until he meets Ji-yoon and her grandfather Lee, who was a soldier at the time of 'Geochang massacre in 1951', and has lost his memories by disease. Ji-yoon and Lee come down to Geochang to find a girl in a picture, which Lee has kept for his life. PD Cha thinks that it is a great chance to take impact on the documentary by filming him.

Park Cheol-ho, a Korean who stole Japanese military funds, is captured by Pang, a Chinese who captures independence fighters. Pang hands Park over to Japanese officer Akasaka, who tortures him to find out the location of the stolen military funds. When Park refuses to open up, Akasaka devises a plan to capture his younger sister, Yeong-ran.

A movie about a family in conflict over ideological differences.

Sewoon shopping complex, the first to distribute porno tapes in Cheonghye-cheon! The people's erotic stories started there.

Byeon Gang-soe, who served prison time for adultery with a local woman, is released and immediately welcomed by a flock of village women. Meanwhile, Ong-nyeo laments her ill fate, as every man she sleeps with ends up dead. Hearing rumors of this, Byeon Gang-soe sets out to find her, believing they might be the perfect match to balance each other out. Ong-nyeo, having teamed up with a tavern keeper to earn money serving guests, causes the instant death of all the local men, effectively turning the village into a settlement of widows. Byeon Gang-soe arrives in this village of widows; after leaving the women—who had lined up to be with him—completely bedridden, he finally encounters Ong-nyeo at the foot of a mountain. Their ultimate union creates such a seismic commotion that it shakes the very foundations of the Japanese archipelago.

A story about a middle-aged man finding his first love from high school.

A satire comedy movie set in the background of a prison cell where people gather together to talk about their lives and the world. Prison is noisy because of religious disputes on the day the pastor and the monk were fictional. One day, one new prisoner enters and claims to be a "God."

Scammers Jin-gyoo and Yoo-ri are planning to meet Jeong-mi and Ho-yeong, who run a pension in the suburbs. He takes the target and approaches the couple with a film director and actress concept. Jeong-mi becomes interested in the movie director, and Jin-gyoo encourages her to make tens of times more profit by investing in her film. When Jeong-mi and Ho-yeong hesitated, Yoo-ri, pretending to be an actress, seduced Ho-yeong and Jin-gyoo seduced Jeong-mi and eventually received investment.