Archive for the ‘South Korea’ Category
West 32nd
"West 32nd" takes the cameras inside New York's gritty Korean underworld. After hustling his way onto a homicide case, attorney John Kim (Cho) finds himself thrust into a sordid world of hard realities and moral compromises after he is taken under the...
Arahan
When a thief driving a motorcycle steals a purse of a pedestrian, the clumsy, naive and honest rookie policeman Sang-hwan runs after him, but the skilled specialist in martial arts Wi-jin captures the criminal and Sang-hwan is severely injured. She brings...
Leonera
Julia, a 25 year-old university student, two weeks pregnant, with no criminal record, is sent to prison. Julia murdered two men; one, the father of her child. This story addresses maternity, jail and Justice; confinement, guilt and solitude; but above...
Righteous Ties
A gangster who is a legend for his fighting abilities goes to jail after committing assault, but while he is behind bars, his former comrades betray him.
Audition
A lonely Japanese widower whose son is planning to move out of the house soon expresses his sadness to a friend and fellow film producer, who becomes inspired to hold an audition for a non-existent film so that the widower can select a new potential bride...
Oldboy
An average man is kidnapped and imprisoned in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. He then is released, equipped with money, a cellphone and expensive clothes. As he strives to explain his imprisonment and get his revenge, he soon finds out...
Seven Swords
In the early 1600's, the Manchurians have taken over sovereignty of China and established the Ching Dynasty. While many nationalist revolts still brew within the martial artists' community, the newly set-up government immediately imposes a Martial Arts...
Red Shoes, The
A mysterious pair of pink shoes found on a subway platform seems to bring a curse on the owner. Those that see them must have them and a grisly end awaits those that forcibly take them. A mother, who has just left her cheating husband, finds them and...
Love in Magic
The story is of a playboy who has, through an unavoidable circumstance, run into a woman from his past. Woo Ji Hoon (Yeon Jung Hoon) makes a living as a magician and nothing is easier for him than attracting beautiful women. He has an irresistible charm...
Sympathy for Mr. Venge...
This is the story of Ryu, a deaf man, and his sister, who requires a kidney transplant. Ryu's boss, Park, has just laid him off, and in order to afford the transplant, Ryu and his girlfriend develop a plan to kidnap Park's daughter. Things go horribly...
Bow, the
On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a baby. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday, and she is 16 now. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day fishermen and practicing...
Antarctic Journal
A South Korean expedition is trekking across the Antarctic when they discover a journal left by a British team that was lost 80 years earlier. As they press onward, they begin to notice strange similarities between the ill-fated British journey and their...
Crying Fist
Gang Tae-sik (Min-sik Choi) is a former Asian Games Boxing Silver medallist who becomes a "human punching-bag" on the streets to try and pay off his debts and win back the respect of his family. Yoo Sang-hwan (Seung-beom Ryu) is a young delinquent who...
Innocent Steps
My Little Bride's Moon Geun Young slips on her dancing shoes for Innocent Steps, a heartwarming motion picture about innocent love and the power of dance! In this second film from director Park Young Hun (Addicted), teen star Moon plays Jang Chae-Ryn,...
Clementine
Kim is a Taekwondo champion who decides to give up his fighting career for good in order to take care of his daughter Sa Rang. But when an evil gambling kingpin kidnaps Sa Rang, Kim must agree to fight in a rigged boxing match in exchange for Sa Rang's...
Spring, Summer, Autumn...
A young boy lives in a small floating temple on a beautiful lake, together with an elderly master who teaches him the ways of the Buddha. Years later the boy, now a young man, experiences his sexual awakening with a girl who has come to the temple to...
Legend of Evil Lake, T...
A thousand years ago, an evil spirit was kept imprisoned in a lake by the first emperor of the Chilla empire. Now unleashed, it possesses the body of Ja Woon-bi, the wife of general Biharang, with the aim to bring down the very dynasty that destroyed...
Gingko Bed
Su-Hyun, a 30-year-old art lecturer and his girlfriend, Sun-Young have lived a peaceful life until he comes across an antique wooden bed made from gingko tree and gets pursued by the ghost of General Hwang. Resurrected General Hwang roves modern Seoul...
