Korean Grand Bell and Blue Dragon Award Best Film Nominees
Korean Grand Bell and Blue Dragon Award Best Film Nominees
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- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsYeong-gyun ShinShin Seong-ilDong-won Kim
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsChoi Eun-hieYeong-gyun ShinDong-won KimThe widow of a nobleman bears a son after having an affair with her servant. The servant and the baby are driven from the home by the woman's irate in-laws when the truth is discovered. Even after the child is grown, no contact is allowed between he and his mother who now denies the events of her past.
- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsSeung-ho KimJeong-sun HwangJi-mee KimThe story takes place on a mountain slope where defectors from North Korea live. These families have a serious gap between the parents and their children.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsKim Jin-kyuChoi Eun-hiePark No-shikDeaf Samryong works as a farmhand. He loves the landlord's daughter-in-law. This film describes his true love and humanity to resist old customs.
- DirectorYu Hyun-mokStarsKim Jin-kyuYeong-gyun ShinKum-Bong DoIn a hospital waiting room, a group of men arrive and meet one another. Choe, is the upbeat fellow who always thinks of the nation and its people. Cheon was wounded in the war and has fallen into despair. Then there's the dentist, run ragged by his hectic life. They commiserate over each man's lot in life and exchange stories about their love affairs.
- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsYeong-gyun ShinEun-a KoJeong-sun HwangAt an ocean side village, many fishing boats never return from the high sea, and many of the women in the village assume they are widows when their husbands never return. One of them, Seongku, begins an affair with a coal worker.
- DirectorLee Man-heeStarsYeong-gyun ShinJeong-suk MoonSeung-ho Kim
- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsYeong-gyun ShinKum-Bong DoJeung-nyeo JuIn the early 1950s when Korea is still at war, Kyu Bok who escaped from the North Korean People's Army secretly sneaks into a small village in the mountainside. This village has turned into a widowed village due to the war and widows Jum Rye and Sa Wol live across from one another. Jum Rye had to take care of her mother-in-law who was also a widow, a dote grandfather-in-law, and a sister-in-law. Sawol lives with her mother. Sawol's husband was a soldier from the South and Jum Rye's was a soldier from the North, making the two women hostile towards one another.Blu-ray [KOR Blue Kino: ENG subs]
- DirectorLee Man-heeStarsKim Jin-kyuJeong-suk MoonGye-hyeon JeonA writer who was disabled during the Korean War (1950-1953) is now contributing a serial to a newspaper. His wife, who once adored him, is tempted by a young man she happens to know. But he overlooks her affair thanking her for her utmost care up until that time. Then the young man asks her to leave with him for a faraway place.
- DirectorYu Hyun-mokStarsKim Jin-kyuPark No-shikHie MunFilm depicting North Koreans extorting the land and property of civilians in the name of revolution after the liberation from Japan in 1945.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsYeong-gyun ShinJi-mee KimNam-hyeon ChoiWhen King Cheol-jang dies, the throne passes to his son King Ko-jang but, because he is considered to be too inexperienced, his ambitious uncle rules as regent. The rightful king's wife, the politically brilliant Queen Min, refuses to accept this situation and brings about the uncle's exile in order to secure the throne.
- DirectorHa Won ChoiStarsHae HwangYun Jeong-hieWon NamkungA lonely old potter saves the life of a young woman. She is grateful to him, but does not return the love he feels for her. However she feels obligated to marry him. In time, her former boyfriend finds her and takes a job working with the potter until he can convince her to run away with him.
- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsJi-mee KimYun Jeong-hie
- DirectorDong-jin JuStarsKim Jin-kyuJeong-suk Moon
- DirectorJung Jin-wooStarsIl-bong YunYun Jeong-hieThe villagers of a remote fishing village on the west coast of Korea have a belief that if someone drowns in the sea, his spirit cannot depart until the next person dies. The drowning of one fisherman sets in motion a series of tragic events.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsYeong-gyun ShinShin Seong-ilYun Jeong-hieIn 1884, conflicts arose between two factions in the king's court. One group wanted to maintain the trade treaties with China while the other wanted Korea to ally with Japan. As the confusion becomes more severe, Kim Ok-hyeon takes adavantage of the chaos to declare himself king.
- DirectorLee Doo-yongStarsHae HwangEun-a KoKum-Bong DoGeneral Kwak, despite having retired from military service, organizes a small army to resist the onslaught of an invasion from Japan in the early Chosun Dynasty
- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsJi-mee KimLee Soon-jaeHie So
- DirectorYu Hyun-mokStarsHa Myeong-jungKim Jin-kyuEun-a KoYoung man hiding from the Korean War learns about his father's death while fighting the Japanese. By telling him the family history, his mother inspires him to fight the North Korean communists.Missing: Mother [Omoni] (1976): Im Won-shik
- DirectorIl-Ho JangStarsKim Jin-kyuDong-hwi JangHae HwangAdmiral Lee Sun-shin designs and builds the 'Turtle Ships' in preparation of the Japanese invasion during the Injin War. He is promoted after his victories, but due to his expanding influence and increased popularity in military circles, the king comes to fear him and has him imprisoned. A year later, the Japanese navy attempts another invasion and the king is required to enter the prison and beg the admiral's assistance.
- DirectorLee Doo-yongStarsDong-hwi JangSo-ryong HanJi-in YuChoi, Mun-oh decides to become a police officer over the objections of his girlfriend. He hopes to serve his country and is determined to fight the prejudices and stereotypes the public holds of the police through nobility and honesty
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsHa Myeong-jungKim Yeong-aeKo Du-shimA reporter finds himself torn between differing political beliefs after the Korean liberation from Japan.
- DirectorYu Hyun-mokStarsHa Myeong-jungTae-Ki KangBool-am ChoiThe body of Min Yo-sup is found in a church. Hwang the evangelist gives detective Nam Kyoung-ho a clue. In a note, Yo-sup named Jo Dong-pal as her stalker. The detective discovers from Dong-pal's father and a prostitute, that he had been seeking traditional gods and denying Christ. Did Yo-sup turning to Christ get her killed? Will the detective deliver justice to Dong-pal or will he turn out to be a coward?
- DirectorHa Won ChoiStarsYeong-ha LeeMi-kyeong WonAm ParkWith the introduction of Catholicism to Korea in 1784 came social upheaval. People who practiced the new religion were tortured into renouncing it or executed. However, these conditions do not deter Seung-hun and her brother from attempting to spread the religion.
- DirectorLee Jang-hoStarsYeong-ha LeeShin Seong-ilYeong-hie Na
- DirectorLee Doo-yongStarsMi-kyeong WonYeong-Ryong ShinJeong-suk MoonKi-rye, from a respectable but poor family, is married off to the deceased son of a powerful government official. Her father-in-law takes pity on her miserable and lonely condition and helps her to run away. She becomes a servant in Minister Choi's house. She marries again to a low-level noble, but finds herself in dire straits when it appears that she is unable to produce a male child to carry on the bloodline
- DirectorCheol-su ParkStarsYoun Yuh-jungHye-seong JeonShin Seong-ilMrs Hong did her best to protect her daughter, Na-mi, from hardships and the pain of life. However, one day, Na-mi is kidnapped and forced to serve in a brothel. Mrs Hong rescues the raped and battered Na-mi but the girl kills herself to escape the memory of the humiliation and terror she experienced. Mrs Hong sets out to seek violent revenge on the men responsible
- DirectorJung Jin-wooStarsMi-kyeong WonYong-sun KimJeong-ja ParkThe matriarch of a highly respected family orders one of her daughter-in-laws to kill herself unless she can produce a child within a year.
- DirectorCheol-su ParkStarsChoi Myeong-gilYeong-ha LeeJeong-ja ParkA woman marries the man of her dreams and bears his child but, as the years pass, they grow more distant from each other. While her husband's career flurishes, he forces her to quit her job which only adds to their marital stress.
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsIn-chon YuKim Jin-ahJae-hie KwonA historical drama about the life of Yeonsangun of Joseon.
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsKang Soo-younYeong-mi JinIn-chon YuSun Nyog struggles after joining a Buddhist temple as a nun for lack of discipline. She saves an alcoholic from suicide but he later rapes her and she is forced out of the temple. Still, she grows fond of him. Another nun, Jin Song, is a grim ascetic who does well at the temple. She goes to the mountains to do a long retreat in a cave, but a brutal old monk who is there rapes her. Meanwhile, Sun Nyog returns to the nunnery to attend to the dying abbess and shows her spiritual superiority.
- DirectorJeong Ji-yeongStarsAhn Sung-kiLee Hye-yeongJin-shil ChoiSouth Korean production exploring a North Korean perspective of the long, grueling account of the Korean War based on memoirs of Lee Tae, former news agency correspondent who fought for North Korean partisans.Blu-ray [KOR Blue Kino: ENG subs]
- DirectorPark Kwang-suStarsShim Hye-jinPark Joong-hoonJin-hui KimIn the winter of 1980s coal mining town, Ki-young runs away from the police due to his student protest and hides into the town. Then, Ki-young meets an unhappy waitress Young-sook who falls for him, and two people decide to leave together.Blu-ray [KOR Blue Kino: Upcoming, ENG subs]
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsPark Sang-minShin Hyeon-junIl-jae LeeThe first chapter of the the General's Son trilogy follows Kim Du-Han's childhood, from the loss of his mother at age 8, to his rise as a gang leader who protects local vendors from expanding Yakuza forces in Japanese occupied Korea.Blu-ray [KOR: ENG subs]
- DirectorKil-soo ChangStarsChang-min SonKang Soo-younA law student meets a woman with a checkered past and falls in love with her. They move in together until his father shows up. He forces her to move out and she makes her way to the US. Eventually, the student becomes a lawyer and he is transferred to LA where he begins a search for his lost love
- DirectorShin Seung-sooStarsIn-mun KimYu-ra ChoiKim Hee-ra
- DirectorJang Sun-wooStarsKim Bo-yeonJong-mi ImIl-jong KwonR returns from studying in France and reunites with J, whom he used to live with in Paris. For some reason, however, J refuses to have sex with R. Angered by her refusal, R travels to his hometown of Daegu.
- DirectorJi-kyoon KwakStarsJeong Bo-seokLee Hye-sukBae Jong-okFailing to enter the university of his choice, a young man is forced to enter a local college, but a series of disappointments causes him to give up his studies and begin a life of aimless travel
- DirectorPark Kwang-suStarsAhn Sung-kiKang Soo-younMoon Sung-KeunA reporter investigates a case in which a Korean woman, who has been living in Europe since she was 3 years old, is accused of murdering her adopted father. This is complicated by the fact that she is suffering from traumatic memory loss.
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsDuk-wha LeeLee Hye-yeongSeok-Gu LeeThe story of Choe Si-hyeong, a leader of the Donghak Peasant Revolution during the late 19th-century Korea.
- DirectorKil-soo ChangStarsLee Hye-sukKim Bo-yeonJeon Moo-songAfter landing operations, U.N. soldiers enter a village and violate Jeon-Rae. The villagers ostracize her but Jeon-Rae and her son Man-sik, struggle on in poverty. A U.S. military base is set up across the river and the prostitutes who service the soldiers set up a whore town nearby. At her wits end, Jeon-Rae seeks the advice of Yong Nyo and Soon-duk; two of the prostitutes. The Western cultural influence causes disorder to break out. The tension between the villagers and the whores reaches it's peak following the deaths of several village children. Will either side win the war between them? What will be left of the town? And will Jeon-Rae and Man-sik ever forgive being ostracized?
- DirectorHo-sun KimStarsChang Mi-heeSeong-min LimLee Kyoung-youngThe life and death of famous Korean singer, Yun Sim-deok in the 1920s.
- DirectorJeong Ji-yeongStarsAhn Sung-kiLee Kyoung-youngShim Hye-jinSouth Korea, 1979. Han Kiju is an alcoholic novelist who has never recovered from his year long tour as a volunteer soldier in Vietnam. When he's asked to write a book about the Korean soldiers who fought in Vietnam he's battered by flashbacks that remind him of the brutality and lies that destroyed his innocence. The serialized novel brings him back in contact with a former soldier who served under him, PFC Pyon Chinsu, the one-time company clown driven mad by the violence of the war and who now looks to Han for some sort of emotional rescue.Blu-ray [KOR Blue Kino: ENG subs]
- DirectorJong-won ParkStarsChoi Min-sikHong Kyoung-inShin GooA fifth-grade classroom takes on a political structure which reflects Korea's history of coups and dictatorial regimes.
- DirectorUi-Seok KimStarsLee Hie-doHie-ryeong KimSeong-su KimTae-gyu and Ji-hye get married. Two young lovers dreamed of the ideal married life which each had respect for each other. But honeymoon is soon over as each comes to realize that the other isn't quite what they thought. The liberal woman would like to talk of sex with frankness and ease. The conservative man can't get rid of his traditional sense of superiority. They end up hurting each other and decide to get a (limited) divorce. Once apart, they each begin to feel empty without the other, and realized they need to make an effort to understand each other.
- DirectorHyun-seung LeeStarsAhn Sung-kiKang Soo-younYu-ra ChoiTwo department store window display decorators find themselves to be perfectly matched professionally but, as they gradually fall in love, it becomes increasingly more difficult for them to work well together.
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsKim Myung-gonJung-hae OhKim Kyu-chulDespite its falling popularity, a father teaches his two children the Korean musical tradition of Pansori (one singer accompanied by one drummer).Blu-ray [KOR Blue Kino: ENG subs]
- DirectorKang Woo-sukStarsPark Joong-hoonBo-sung KimKang Seong-jinAn easy-going corrupt detective is partnered up with a younger, more by-the-books detective. The two tries to influence each other in becoming like themselves but must cooperate when faced with a strange case.
- DirectorJang Sun-wooStarsMi-kyeong WonOh Tae-kyungKim Hye-seonSeon-jae, a teenage boy mourns the death of his father, and begins a quest to find his mother who abandoned him as a baby. He encounters many people on the way who quote Buddhist precepts: an eccentric monk, a girl who grows up into a young woman, a prison inmate, a foul-mouthed doctor and the young son of a hard drinking astronomer. Each of them tell the boy to seek someone to help him find the truth and his mother.
- DirectorLee Myung-seStarsKim Hye-suSong Young-changJo Min-kiA college freshman majoring in drama finds herself falling in love with a chain-smoking guest lecturer at her school despite their substantial age difference
- DirectorKil-soo ChangStarsKang Soo-younJeong Bo-seokJohnny YuneThe lives of Korean-American families in LA come crashing down in the events leading up to the LA riots.
- DirectorSam-yuk YoonStarsLee Deok-hwaLee Mi-yeonJang Hang-seonIt's the 1800s, Mansuk lives in a village on the outskirts of Seoul as a butcher; but his main job is beheading those sentenced to death. Whenever political strife erupts, he's kept busy. The servant of a rich man pays Mansuk to behead his master efficiently. Mansuk violently rapes the beautiful daughter of the rich man who's to be executed. He hates the upper-class but keeps his promise to kill gently. After her father's death, Sookyoung and her mother are sold off as slaves. Mansuk hears of this and tries finding her for a long time. Eventually they live happily together but then another revolution happens. How far will Mansuk become entangled in the turmoil and what will become of Sookyoung and their son?
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsDong-joon ChoiPang Eun-jinLee Ho-jaeBased on the great river story, (Taebaegsanmaek) The Taebaek Mountains chronicles the lasting generational conflict between proprietors and peasants in South Korea.Blu-ray [KOR: ENG subs]
- DirectorJang Sun-wooStarsMoon Sung-KeunJeong Seon-kyeongKyun-dong YeoA failed writer given to plagiarism gets a buzz at the door from a bright young working girl with a highly original approach to life and sex and his life and work is totally thrown off balance.
- DirectorJeong Ji-yeongStarsYoung Jae Dok-GoKim Hye-suHuh Joon-hoThe story of film director Yun Myoggil and his best friend Lim Byoungsuk whom has obsessive with watching American film. Lim gave his playscript to Yun to make a film. Yun begins to realise that the most of script was replicated.
- DirectorHyeon-su JangStarsPark Joong-hoonLee Kyoung-youngOh Yeon-suA car wash attendant Yong-dae decides move to Seoul with his girlfriend Tae-suk for join the most dangerous gang Yu Kwangcheon. On the way to Seoul they lost entire of savings to a swindler Man-su whom the most wanted by Yu Kwangcheon.
- DirectorSung-Hong KimStarsShim Hye-jinLee Kyoung-youngJin Hee-kyungAn old friendship turns to rivalry, hatred and murder as one artist tries to imitate and then usurp the work of another and eventually trying to steal her husband, home, and life.
- DirectorJong-seon EomStarsDong-hwi JangYun Jeong-hieHyeong-il KimBased on Oh Yu-kwon's novel, A Mountain Hut In No-Man's Land, in which a woman helps two men who seek refuge in her humble mountain home at the start of the Korean War. However, her generosity and kindness leads to her losing her family, house and land.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsKim Hee-raGeorge TakeiRi-na KangFormer Minister of National Security, Park Jin-wook, is kidnapped from the US by South Korean agents because he was about to reveal secrets concerning the rise of the military dictatorship of the 1980's.
- DirectorJeong-Kuk LeeStarsYoon Yoo-sunJung Dong-hwanKim Hee-raIn the years just after the Korean War, Hoon is a farmer who is happily married to Young-Soon. Since they are childless after six years of marriage, his mother forces him to marry a second wife, Kyung-Ja, a widow with a young brother to support. Kyung-Ja soon bears a son, Min. However this unusual arrangement causes all kinds of trials and tribulations for the two wives and their extended family over the next twenty years.Missing: Hwimori (1994)
- DirectorPark Kwang-suPark Kwang SooStarsKim Bo-KyeongKim Bo-kyungYoo Byeong-SeokThe film intercuts two stories, one in black and white, one in color. From 1965 to 1970.
- DirectorMin-Yong LeeStarsLee Beom-suBo-Suk ChungSun-Kyoung ChungIn a suburban apartment on the hottest day of the century, the women are fanning and chatting in one spot and the men are drinking and scratching in another. Soon violence erupts as a husband chases his abused wife into the open. Everyone has seen this before and the men ignore the battering, but today in the heat the women rise up in anger against the wife-beater, who dies on the way to the hospital. As the police arrive, 10 women flee to the roof. All of Korea watches on TV as they hold their position for four days and nights, until the situation is resolved in the most unlikely way.
- DirectorYoung-bin KimStarsChoi Min-sooLee Kyoung-youngYum Jung-ahTwo orphan brothers grow up dreaming of becoming police officers. However, twisted fate separates the two and leads them to opposite sides of the law.
- DirectorKwang-hoon LeeStarsHan Suk-kyuKim Hye-suJeong Choi
- DirectorJong-won ParkStarsAhn Sung-kiCho Jae-hyunKim Myung-gonThis film depicts the struggles of the Royal Party and the Old Party to obtain political power in 1800.Missing: Go Alone Like a Rhino's Horn (1995)
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsPark Choong-seonKim Eui-sungJo Eun SookAbout desires and lives of four characters in diverse circumstances. A poor novelist, a cheating wife, a mysophobic husband and a ticket girl.Blu-ray [KOR: ENG subs]
- DirectorJang Sun-wooStarsLee Jung-hyunMoon Sung-KeunYeong-ran LeeA young girl is caught up in the 1980 Gwangju massacre, where Korean soldiers killed hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters who opposed the country's takeover by the military the year before. Flashbacks show the girl seeing her mother shot to death in the massacre. The film spurred the Korean public to demand the truth behind the incident, and their government eventually opened previously classified files on the massacre.
- DirectorKang Je-kyuStarsHan Suk-kyuShim Hye-jinJin Hee-kyungSu-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 ripping the hearts out of people to maintain human form. Su-Hyun does not know why General Hwang seeks to kill him but soon finds out that in their previous lives they were enemies. More than a thousand years ago, court musician Su-Hyun fell in love with princess Midan, who was General Hwang's fiancé. Princess and the court musician's elopement ends in tragedy when Hwang abducts Midan and kills Su-Hyun. On this mournful scene arise a pair of gingko trees housing the souls of Midan and Su-Hyun. General Hwang destroys one of the trees and the other tree embodying Midan's soul gets crafted into a bed. Confined in the bed for a thousand years, Midan longs to meet her beloved court musician, reincarnated as Su-Hyun. Discovering the heartbreaking love story in his past life leads Su-Hyun to confront with General Hwang, who still desires Midan. Su-Hyun and Midan's short reunion was impeded by General Hwang's bursting on the scene. Now, Midan chooses to be locked up in the bed, to run away from Hwang despite it being in flame. Midan and Su-Hyun may have to wait another thousand years to meet again but they're convinced that their love for each other will never die.
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsByeong-kyeong AhnLee EolKim Gyung-aeA number of old family conflicts emerge when a writer returns to his hometown to attend his mother's funeral.
- DirectorHyeon-su JangStarsJung Woo-sungShim Eun-haJo Kyeong-hwanKil is a professional hitman, who leads a very lonely life composed of a pack of Marlboro, instant noodle, cash in the freezer, a knife, a motorcycle and Chichi, a pet monkey. But when he bumped into a beautiful call girl Suha, his life could never be the same...
- DirectorLee Myung-seStarsKang Soo-younKim Kap-suKim Hak-cheolPoet and professor of literature, Yeong-min, falls in love with a journalist. Yeong-min lies to his wife, telling her that he is going to a mountain temple for a 2-month retreat from the world to gain inspiration when actually he has moved in with the reporter by the sea
- DirectorCheol-su ParkStarsSeong ChoiPang Eun-jinJoo Jin-moWhen old Mr. Park dies, his first son Chan-Wu, a film director, and his troublesome daughter Mi-Seon hurriedly come back to their rural hometown, and third son Chan-Se comes back to Korea from America. As the quiet country village gets busy preparing funeral, the house in mourning becomes a meeting place where villagers gather to ask how they are getting along and meet old friends. The children mourn their father's death and above all Mi-Seon, who caused her parents a lot of grief, can't stop crying. Chan-Wu, the chief mourner, has a revelation about his career, and Chan-Se prepares to sing hymns for the Confucian funeral service. Old Man Park's sister sells insurance products and gradually the funeral service becomes for the living rather then the dead.
- DirectorJi-Seung HanStarsJin-shil ChoiKim Seung-wooPark Sang-ahStory of a happy couple, Ji Seok and In Ju, who lived with their son Da Bin until a tragic accident left Da Bin alive but In Ju dead a year later. Ji Seok tries to commit suicide, but only he can see In Ju as a ghost, which comforts him.
- DirectorKim Sung-suStarsJung Woo-sungKo So-youngChang Jung LimThis movie follows the story of three friends in Korea, all three of whom drop out of school. The main character is Min, a tough guy whose widowed mother is a drunk. The story traces his journey from high school to the underworld as one of his friends introduces him to life in the mob. Complicating Min's life further is his romance with Romi, a girl from an upper-class family with dreams of going to a prestigious college.Blu-ray [KOR: ENG subs]
- DirectorYun-hyeon JangStarsHan Suk-kyuJeon Do-yeonChoo Sang-miThe male radio presenter Donghyun and the female TV home shopping phone operator Soohyun are both lonely. While Donghyun is focused on getting back to his ex-girl-friend Younghae who has sent him a special LP, Soohyun is crazy for her friend's boy-friend. Via Internet and music Soohyun and Donghyun get together in a special way.Blu-ray [KOR: ENG subs]
- DirectorLee Chang-dongStarsHan Suk-kyuShim Hye-jinMoon Sung-KeunReturning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsShin Eun-kyungJeong-hyeon HanDong-joon ChoiA young woman is tricked into prostitution, thinking she is going to sell beverages at a village store. She soon learns about the dark world of Korea's red-light districts, where their pimps and society exploit her.
- DirectorKil-soo ChangStarsPark Geun-hyeongChang Mi-heeChoi Jeong-yunAn indifferent father in his 50s, discovers he has cancer and five months to live. He decides to keep it a secret and focus on organizing his life. The family have always felt he was distant and absorbed in his work, but this only grows worse now that he is even more focused; and resentments build. It turns out that preparing for death alone, makes him more bitter and drink to excess. Forgetting his wife's birthday, he arrives late and drunk; when his daughter angrily unloads on him. He just wants to rest peacefully, but now his home life is ruined. He decides there's no other option than to continue preparing for a painful end, and make sure his family are taken care of. Eventually, the family finds out about his illness, reconcile, and help him prepare for death.
- DirectorHo-sun KimStarsChang Mi-heeRoger CudneyKim Gyu-riAnniquin are Korean immigrants who work sugarcane fields in Mexico. In 1905, a group of Korean laborers dreaming of a paradise, are yanked off a ship to face deadly heat and slave labor. Chun-dong is the son of a butcher and Guk-hee is the daughter of a ruined aristocrat. Some try to escape the abuses of the slave drivers but most are caught and put to death. Some of the women get special treatment for favors. Chun-dong saves Guk-hee from such a situation and they fall in love, despite the social disparity. Chun-dong is sent home to warn of the terrible circumstances, but promises to return.
- DirectorHur Jin-hoStarsHan Suk-kyuShim Eun-haShin GooHahn Suk-Kyu suffers from a fatal disease. He meets Shim Eun-Ha and falls in love with her. Will their love story have a tragic ending?Blu-ray [KOR: ENG subs]
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsJong-hak BaekOh Yun-hongKim Yu-seokHelmed by one of Korea's leading directors, Hong Sang-soo, Jisook joins two of her girlfriends for a holiday in Korea's Kangwon Province. But in an eerie twist of fate, her former lover, Sangkwon, plans a getaway for the same destination, where tragedy brings them together once again.Blu-ray [ENG subs]
Blu-ray [KOR: ENG subs] - DirectorJe-yong LeeStarsLee Jung-jaeLee Mi-sookMin KimA lonely housewife begins falling in love with her sister's fiancé.Blu-ray [JPN: No ENG]
- DirectorJeong-hyang LeeStarsShim Eun-haLee Sung-jaeAhn Sung-kiTwo strangers with very little in common, find themselves forced to live together.
- DirectorKwang-Mo LeeStarsLee InAhn Sung-kiYoo-Jung BaeA story of two 13-year-old boys in a small country village during the last days of the Korean War. Sungmin's father gets a job at US army camp through his daughter's American boyfriend, and the family gets richer. But Changhee's father has been long-lost and his mother can't even afford one meal a day for her children. One day, the boys peep into a deserted mill-house which is unofficially used for prostitution, and find out Changhee's mother with a GI soldier. Changhee sets fire to the place and runs away. Months later, Sungmin hears a rumor that his best friend has been killed by a group of angry American soldiers and makes an empty grave with other boys. A year later, Sungmin's father gets fired for stealing things from the camp. Sangmin goes to Changhee's grave to bid farewell and the family leaves the village.
- DirectorYoo-jin KimStarsJeon Do-yeonPark Hae-jinJung Jin-youngWhen she met him at the first time, he was a wounded person. However, she saw him through his clear eyes hidden in the bandage. She, Chae Hi-Ju, is a doctor and he, Kong Sang-Du, is a boss of a bandit.
- DirectorKang Woo-sukStarsAhn Sung-kiMoon Sung-KeunHwang Sin-hye
- 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.Blu-ray [KOR: ENG subs]
- 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.Blu-ray [KOR: ENG subs]
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsLee Yeong-aeLee Byung-hunSong Kang-hoAfter a shooting incident at the North-South Korean border DMZ leaves two North Korean soldiers dead, a neutral Swiss and Swedish team investigates what actually happened.4K UHD [FR The Jokers: No ENG]
Blu-ray [UK Arrow: ENG subs] - DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsJung SuhKim Yu-seokCho Jae-hyunWorking at a fishing resort in an idyllic location, but surrounded by various facets of human unpleasantness, a young mute woman falls in love with a man on the run from the law for committing murder.Blu-ray [KOR: ENG subs]
- DirectorJee-woon KimStarsPark Sang-MyeonSong Kang-hoJin-young JangA wimpy, incompetent bank clerk decides to become a pro wrestler.Blu-ray [KOR: ENG subs]
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsEun-ju LeeMoon Sung-KeunJeong Bo-seokRelationship filled with pitfalls between a pleasant female video producer and a gallery owner as they become embroiled in their self-spun web of illusions. Bitter-sweet serenade to modern courtship.Blu-ray [ENG subs]
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