The son and daughter of a poor family from the slums (led by Kang Song-ho as the father) inveigle their way into an affluent household as tutors to the owners children. As the newcomers scheme to turf out the chauffeur and a long serving housemaid (Jang Hye-jin) so their father and mother can replace them all seems to be going … Read the rest
Category: South Korea
Fabricated City (Park Kwang-Hyun, South Korea, 2017)
Unemployed gamer Kwon (Ji Chang-wook) is a shining star in the online gaming world. Nicknamed ‘Captain Kwon’ he leads his squad of fellow players to victory against seemingly insurmountable odds. But in the real world young Kwon finds himself framed for the rape and murder of an underage girl. Escaping from prison Kwon finds himself rescued by his old gaming … Read the rest
My Scary Girl (Son Jae-gon, South Korea, 2006)
When English teacher Hwang (Park Yong-Woo) who’s 30 years old and never had a girlfriend dates pretty neighbour Mina (Choi Gang-Hee) he’s instantly smitten. Why? Because Mina’s everything Hwang wants – cultured, well read and a talented artist planning to study abroad in Italy – or is she? Before long Mina’s violently abusive ex turns up, there’s a dead body … Read the rest
The Spy Gone North (Yoon Jong-bin, South Korea, 2018)
In 1993 South Korea discovers to its horror that the North has a functioning nuclear program so Director Choi (Cho Jin-woong) of the National Intelligence Service orders Major Park (Hwang Jung-min) to enter the hermit state posing as a businessman in order to find out more. To do this Park must win the trust of the North’s Economic Council – … Read the rest
North and South (Kim Kee-duk, South Korea, 1965)
During the Korean war Northern army officer Jang Il-gu (Shin Yeong-gyun) defects to the South to find the woman he was forced to leave behind when he was conscripted into the Japanese army six years earlier. Under questioning from Captain Lee (Choi Mu-ryong) and his superior, Colonel Kwon (Nam Kung-won), Jang agrees to trade information about enemy positions if the … Read the rest
Feathers in the Wind (Song Il-Gon, South Korea, 2004)
Struggling to write his new screenplay, movie director Jang (Jang Hyun-sang) arrives on a remote island and books into a deserted motel run by the young and unfailingly cheerful Lee (Lee So-yeon). But what’s really prompted Jang’s arrival is that 10 years earlier he and his musician girlfriend stayed on the same island together and agreed to reunite there a … Read the rest
Cold Eyes (Jo Ui-seok, Kim Byung-seo, South Korea, 2015)
Gifted with exceptional powers of memory and observation, new recruit Ha (Han Hyo-joo) joins a hi-tech surveillance unit known as The Zoo whose agents are all named after animals. Codenamed Piglet and plunged into the hunt for a gang of bank robbers Ha immediately runs afoul of her tough boss Chief Hwang (Sol Kyung-gu) after taking direct action in contravention … Read the rest
Youngja On The Loose (Kim Ho-sun, South Korea, 1975)
After three years military service Changsoo (Song Jae-ho) returns home and is shocked to discover that Youngja (Yeom Bok-soon) – the woman he wooed before he left – has gone from hard working maid to brassy prostitute. Not only that but somewhere along the way she’s lost one of her arms! Determined to get Youngja out of the squalor she’s … Read the rest
Planet of Snail (Yi Seung-jun, South Korea, 2011)
A warm and engaging love story in the shape of a fly on the wall documentary about two souls who complement each other so perfectly it’s as if they need no one else. The man, Young-chan, is blind and deaf and his wife who suffers from spinal damage, Soon-ho, is barely three feet tall. But despite his severe disabilities Young-chan … Read the rest
Sea Fog (Shim Sung-bo, South Korea, 2014)
Desperate for money Captain Kang (Kim Yoon-seok) agrees to smuggle Chinese immigrants into South Korea in his dilapidated fishing boat the Junjiho. But following a dangerous rendezvous at sea a burst pipe suffocates the travellers as they hide in the ship’s hold. So when the Captain discovers that a young female immigrant named Hong-mae (Han Ye-rin) has survived because the … Read the rest
