All Korean movies from 1999
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- DirectorLee Chang-dongStarsSol Kyung-guKim Yeo-jinMoon So-riFollowing a man's suicide, time traverses back to reveal six chapters of his life on why he committed suicide.
- DirectorKang Je-kyuStarsHan Suk-kyuChoi Min-sikYunjin KimSouth Korean agents Ryu and Lee are tracking a female assassin from North Korea who has mysteriously disappeared. With new killings and the theft of a deadly bomb, time is running out to catch her.
- DirectorYun-hyeon JangStarsHan Suk-kyuShim Eun-haJang Hang-seonLieutenant Cho, a cop on the edge, is mourning his mother's recent death while under investigation for graft; on top of that he is suddenly put in charge of a seemingly-impenetrable mystery.
- DirectorYoung-jae LeeStarsLee Byung-hunLee Dae-yeonJeon Do-yeonHong-yun is a high school girl in a little mountain village who falls head-over-heels for a handsome new school teacher, Mr Kang. What with taking care of her youngest baby brother for her widowed mother and the impossible age difference, it is a roller-coaster ride for her as she tries to become someone special for Mr. Kang while he seems interested in the other new teacher at the school, Miss Yang.
- DirectorSang-Jin KimStarsLee Sung-jaeYu Oh-seongKang Seong-jinFour disaffected youths rob a gas station but find their plans complicated and sidetracked before the night is through.
- DirectorLee Myung-seStarsPark Joong-hoonAhn Sung-kiJang Dong-gunDetective Woo is on the trail of the mysterious gangster Sungmin, a master of disguise who always manages to elude his pursuers. Eventually, the cop tracks down and confronts the master-criminal in the suburbs of a coal-mining town.
- DirectorByung-chun MinStarsChoi Min-sooJung Woo-sungSol Kyung-guKorea's first nuclear submarine and a crew with no record of existence embark on a do-or-die mission into the deep waters of the Pacific.
- DirectorDong-bin KimStarsShin Eun-kyungSeung-Hyun LeeJung Jin-youngAfter the mysterious death of her niece and other three teenagers on the same hour and with the symptoms of heart attack, the journalist Sun-ju decides to investigate their last moments. She discloses that the four friends had just watched a videotape exactly one week before their death in a resort. She travels to the place and finds the deadly video and after watching the weird footage, her telephone rings. When she takes a picture of herself, she sees her image blurred the same way that happened with the teenagers. She makes a copy of the cursed tape to her acquaintance, the skeptical coroner Choi Yeol. Together they seek for a hint, and find that it was taped thorough telekinesis by Eun-suh, a psychic girl that had disappeared years ago. When Sun-ju's little daughter watches the movie, Sun-ju has a stronger reason to unravel the mystery to save her daughter and her own lives.
- DirectorHyung-rae ShimStarsRichard LivingstonHarrison YoungD.J. RobbinsIt's been asleep for two hundred million years. Now it been awakened by aliens from another galaxy. The aliens are using Yonggary to destroy mankind.
- DirectorKyu-dong MinKim Tae-yongStarsKim Gyu-riPark YejinLee Yeong-jinIn this second installment of the Whispering Corridors series, a young girl finds a strange diary, capable of arousing hallucinations, kept by two of her senior fellow-students who seem to have an unusually close bond.
- DirectorYu-min KimStarsLee Jae-unKi-yeon KimHyeong-chul KimThe lives of 3 runaways become entangled in the darkside of the nightclub scene in Seoul.
- DirectorYun-ho YangStarsShin-yang ParkJun Ji-hyunJeon Moo-songA teen girl, Jeong-min, stays with her grandpa and helps in his bookstore. A young bird store owning man with a broken heart sends off a pigeon with a letter that arrives at the now adult Jeong-min.
- DirectorAndy Kim
- DirectorHee-sun JangRed peppers spread out on a mat under the open sky - it is a typical scene around Korea each autumn. The preparation of this important spice in Korean cuisine is a traditional one; it is also a task reserved for women.
- DirectorIn-ho YunStarsJin-shil ChoiKim Hye-jaSeong-gyeom KimA 30-something housewife considers her childish mom a nuisance in her life. But even the most unlike mothers and daughters have inevitable semblances.
- DirectorKim Sung-suStarsJung Woo-sungLee Jung-jaeHan Go-eunThis is about two young men who want to find the meaning of their lives. Do Chul is a boxer who never wins a game. While trying to make some money, he gets involved with Hong-Gi, a small-time crook. They somehow make friends and hang around together, but their views toward life and the world are almost opposite. Do Chul despises Hong-Gi's blind materialism. Hong-Gi mocks Do Chul's obsession with good-for-nothing boxing career.
- DirectorKyung-taek KwakStarsKim Ha-neulKim Hye-suCha In-pyoMysterious intern neurosurgeon Dr. Kang saves three young patients, even though the surgeries should not have saved the patients. Chief physician Dr. Lee becomes skeptical of the results so he sends video tapes of the surgery to America for analysis. Dr. Lee's niece, who is an anesthesiologist, Dr. Pyo Ji-Soo has strong feelings for Ji-Min, but keeps it to herself. One day, Oh Sae-Yun suffers from a brain tumor and is admitted to the hospital. Sae-Yun becomes involved in a hostage situation in the hospital, in which Dr. Ji-Min saves her. Since that time, Sae-Yun becomes interested in Dr. Kang. Sae-Yun follows Dr. Kang, who leaves the hospital late at night, and discovers Dr. Kang's secret. Sae-Yun, on the condition of keeping Dr. Kang's secret quiet, starts to date Dr. Kang. With the outcome of the tape analysis from America, Dr. Pyo discovers that Dr. Kang treats patients with his energy. The spirit of Dr. Kang's mother then asks Dr. Pyo to take care of her son.
- DirectorSoo-il JeonStarsSol Kyung-guSo-hie Kim
- DirectorSang-in LeeStarsLee Min-wooSang-a NamSeung-Hyeon KimBa-ram, Seung-hyun, Sun-woo and Sang-jin are a group of young Koreans that spend all their time chasing their dreams. Ba-ram is the leader of a rock band and for her there isn't nothing but her music. Seung-hyun doesn't believe in love and all he want is spend each night with a different girl. Seon-woo only dreams about being a powerful person and the only goal of Sang-jin is to find the true love and take care of her little sister, Sang-hui. Although all of them work in the same building, there is no relation between them...or at least that's what they think.
- DirectorDo-won SeokStarsDo-hun AhnPark Kwang-suJin-yeong Woo
- DirectorJin JangStarsYu Oh-seongPark In-hwanShin Ha-kyun
- DirectorSam-yuk YoonStarsJang Dong-jikLee Jin-wooSu-jin KimPrison inmate, Kang Yoo Jin, kills a guard on patrol and escapes from prison. The police declare a state-of-emergency and set off on a desperate pursuit of Kang who steals into the city to find middleman, Ma Do Hyup. Wounded in the course of escaping, Kang eventually breaks into Ma's apartment, only to find new owners enjoying their happy marriage. The seemingly sweet home is torn apart as soon as the intruder invades their private world. In the encapsulated interior space, the three sense a change in their relationships. Raped by Kang, the wife is gradually attracted to him while the husband is becoming more isolated. As time passes, the husband begins to suspect her of infidelity with Kang and writes a scenario for a perfect crime to kill the two lovers, which is plagiarized by his wife.
- DirectorNeung-han SongStarsKim Kap-suLee Jae-unCha Seung-wonAn intricately put together story that brings to the screen Korea's most sensitive issues. Through the lives of various Seoulites, the film features an unfettered look into Korea's modern society by presenting them into four chapters - Moratorium, Amorality, Moral Hazard, and Y2K.
- DirectorJong-won ParkStarsKang Soo-younIn-sung HwangSol Kyung-guA group of city dwellers make a trip of three days and two nights into the isolated countryside to visit a friend in the hills. Their true nature begins to reveal itself: love hidden but never forgotten, primitive desires suppressed in the city, nasty pride that triumphs only over the weak and a strong will for survival that sacrifices even love and friendship.
- DirectorJang Soo LeeStarsJung Woo-sungKo So-youngJean CarolA would be marathon runner falls in love with a orphan girl from Korea.
- DirectorPark Kwang-suStarsShim Eun-haLee Jung-jaeMyeong Gye-namIn the late 19th century Catholicism was gaining a foothold on Jeju island, much to the horror of the Confucian community, who were seeing their influence diminishing as well as getting increased taxes from Catholic-friendly government officers.
- DirectorJung Ji-wooStarsChoi Min-sikJeon Do-yeonJu Jin-moWhen a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.
- DirectorHae-sung SongStarsSong Seung-heonKim Hee-seonChoi Cheol-hoSeon-woo receives calla every morning and wants to find out who the secret admirer is. One day, he goes to a nearby florist's where he meets Ji-hee. He falls in love with her at first sight, thinking she is the one who is sending him flowers. Seon-woo asks Ji-hee to go on a date and she agrees. He arrives at the rendenvous only to find that Ji-hee is held hostage and, to his horror, killed before his eyes.
- DirectorDae-yeong ParkStarsJang Dong-gunKo So-youngNa-na HanA businessman from Seoul comes to Jeju Island and meets a lonely tour guide.
- DirectorUi-Seok KimStarsSeok-hun KimSe-bin MyeongShin GooHan-kook starts to work as an apprentice chef at a Chinese restauraunt belonging to his father's friend, but rather than follow the painstaking process of preparing the food by hand, Han-kook begins to use pre-processed ingredients.
- DirectorMoon-jin ChoStarsDae-kun LeeYong-won JoIn-mun KimThree elderly men are contacted by the South Korean Bureau of Investigation. A North Korean soldier had deserted to the South and one of these three may be his father, however he has no memory of his father's given name or what he looked like.
- DirectorKuk-hyeong KimStarsAhn Sung-kiMin KimSeo Hyeon-jinA surgeon, "I" finds himself lying in a strange place with amnesia. A voice recording of a former patient and lover reveals disturbing accounts of his conduct. His recollection brings back the past, only to reveal the truth as nothing but a dead man's dream. Attempts to fill in the gaps in his memory only result in his sinking further into a dark, inescapable hole.
- DirectorShin Seung-sooStarsCho Jae-hyunHa-ryong LimJin-a JeonA poor girl marries into a wealthy family, but after the birth of her first child, she discovers that she is unhappy in her marriage and is forced to make a series of difficult decisions.
- DirectorSeong-wook MoonStarsIn-yeong HwangYang Dong-geunJu Jin-moA young med student is irresistably drawn into the world of a dance troupe after witnessing the beautiful grace of one of its female members. After his initiation, he must cope with the ephemeral, ever- shifting rivalries and quirks of the group, and hopes to get closer to the woman whose dancing enraptured him that first day they met.
- DirectorJeong-gyun ShinStarsChoi Cheol-hoKyeong-mi NaPark Kyeong-hwanThe shy owner of a butcher's shop falls in love with Shin Hye, the owner of a jewelry shop and the object of desire of every man in the marketplace. He works up the nerve to propose to her and, after taking time to think about it, she accepts. On her way to tell him of her decision, Shin Hye is chased by a strange man. Rushing into the butcher's shop, she grabs a knife and stabs her attacker. When the police arrive, everyone who witnessed what happened feigns ignorance or tries to cover for Shin Hye
- DirectorIm-seo GuStarsKim Gyu-riKang Seong-jinMyeong Gye-nam
- DirectorKil-chae JeongStarsHwang Soo-JungKim Myung-gonHye-soo ShinA man struggles with his responsibities to his father and his desire for true love.
- DirectorSeong-deok ChoiStarsDong-gyu KimSeong-su KimJae-hie HamOne thousand years ago, Venus was attacked and the civilization there was destroyed by the Empire for its natural resources. Princess Ledia escaped to Earth carrying the means to create and train the Vectormen to defend Earth from Medusa, leader of the Empire forces.