Gi Ju-bong
Birthday: Born in 1955-09-03 in South Korea
Deathday: Alive
Ki Joo-bong, born in 1955, is a South Korean actor. he majored in film and theatre from Sorabol Art University (now part of Chung-Ang University). He debuted in 1977 when he established the theater company 76 along with his brother KI Guk-seo, also an actor and stage director. They were not earning a lot, but KI didn’t mind. However, along with his marriage came the moral obligation of feeding his family and so he tried other jobs, without much success. He went back to the stage, and since the late 1990s began to appear in movies.
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초인시대
Character: 소장
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리셋
Character: Department head Choi
Prosecutor Cha Woo Jin lost his first love, Kim Seung Hee 15 years ago. He then meets a high school girl, Jo Eun Bi, who looks like his first love. Their meeting unleashed secrets and chain of events between Cha Woo Jin, Seung Hee, Jo Eun Bi, and the criminal....
올인
Character: Bae Sang-doo
All In is a 2003 South Korean television drama series that aired on SBS from January 15 to April 3, 2003 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes. Inspired by the life of professional poker player Jimmy Cha, it starred Lee Byung-hun and Song Hye-kyo in a story about one's man's rise through the fiercely competitive world of casino gambling as he clashes with his rivals over money, success, and love. The drama was a ratings success in South Korea, with its final episode reaching a pe...
연애시대
Character: Lee Dae-hoon
Alone in Love is a 2006 South Korea television series, starring Gam Wu-seong, Son Ye-jin, Gong Hyung-jin and Lee Ha-na. It aired on SBS from April 3 to May 23, 2006 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes. The ratings it received were not very high, but the series won acclaim for its subtle and realistic portrayal of love, marriage and divorce. The story follows Eun-ho and Dong-jin, two ordinary people - not particularly attractive or successful - as they come to terms with their relat...
로비스트
Character: Park Joon-gil
Lobbyist is a 2007 South Korean television series produced by Korea Pictures International, Inc. that aired on SBS. Budgeted at ₩12 million, overseas filming locations included the United States and Kyrgyzstan. It starred Song Il-gook, Han Jae-suk and Jang Jin-young....
골든 크로스
Character: Jung Gyu-jik
If you have a chance to enter top 1% super class at a cost of others’ happiness, what would you do? Employee’s net incomes are getting lower and lower but their employer’s salaries increases every year. In the age of rough economy, we are forced to believe prospective economy in the future. Then one day, someone lures you for dirty money. Just by juggling with some figures, you can get a glamorous life from a great deal of money and promotion as well as fancy sports car and luxurious pent house...
나도, 꽃
Character: Dispatch chief
A tough female police officer who suffers from depression falls in love with a young multimillionaire whom she initially believed was a parking attendant. Instead of counting her lucky stars, she is taken aback by how rich he is. Officer Cha Bong-sun is a peculiar woman who defies the rigid social hierarchy and rails against it. And Seo Jae-hee, the millionaire boyfriend, is a peculiar man who falls in love with this quirky police officer. They fall passionately in love with each other. A crazy ...
누구세요?
Character: Cha Chul-soo
Cha Seung Hyo is an abandoned child who gets adopted in the United States and grows up to be a cold hearted person. Son Il Gun is a father who died, but he left things unfinished with his daughter. In order to make sure that his daughter is provided for he controls Seung Hyo's body for three hours a day for 49 days. He buys his daughter the things he couldn't do when he was alive with Seung Hyo's money. Il Gun's daughter, Young In, is a quick-tempered girl who meets Seung Hyo during her part-tim...
불멸의 이순신
Character: Yoon Hwan-shi
Admiral Yi Sun-shin, who led the Joseon Navy to a myth of invincibility during the Hideyoshi invasion, was a true soldier and leader who struggled to protect people. Drama Yi Sun-shin is not a biography of Admiral Yi Sun-shin, nor does it inetnd to reconstruct a part of the Joseon Dynasty that existed in the 16th century. This drama will merely look into many human beings, incliuding Yi Sun-shin, who underwent an extreme situation. It is not just a historical drama series. It’s rather about huma...
프로듀사
Character: Park Choon-bong
A rookie producer joins the Korean Broadcasting System to be near his secret crush and enters the madcap world of network TV, where ratings rule....
부활
Character: Jung Sang-gook
Yu Gang Hyuk was only 7 years old when his father was murdered in a car "accident" and separated from his identical twin, Yu Shin Hyuk. He forgot his name and family and given the name Suh Ha Eun by his adopted father Suh Jae Soo. He falls in love with his adopted sister, Eun Ha and tried to be very honorable about it. He was led to become a cop because of his father's badge. While investigating an alleged case of suicide, he eventually learns of his twin brother. Against the warnings of his pee...
운빨로맨스
Character: Je Mul-po
Relying on the words of a shaman, a superstitious woman tries to sleep with a man born in the Year of the Tiger in order to save her sister's life....
밤이면 밤마다
Character: Noh Jung-pil
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메리대구 공방전
Character: Hwang Do-chul
Ji Hyun Woo basically comes out as 'Kang Dae Gu' a chivalry novelist who writes stories about martial arts, but he's in fact jobless. And before he became like this, he was a law student. But while he was preparing for his bar exam, he witnessed his lawyer friend commit suicide. After that incident, he threw away his hopes and dreams and became a writer....
파트너
Character: Ji Nam-Cheol
"Partner" centers around two law firms as they struggle to defend the accused and those around them. Kang Eun-ho, a widowed single mother & attorney, tangles with the charismatic and ruthless attorney Lee Tae-jo. In the first two episodes the attorneys work on cases involving a step-brother chraged with murdering of his step-sister and a lawsuit between a wealthy mother-in-law and her divorced daughter-in-law. Each successive episode will cover provocative cases like these, while also bringing...
LTNS
Character: Samuel’s father
A sexless married couple starts blackmailing adulterous couples for money....
오월의 멜로
Character:
Han Oh-Wol (Jo An) meets Dong-Hoon (Ki Tae-Young) for the second time on a rail line scheduled to shut down soon. They fall in love. They agree to meet at a temple 2 years later, but Dong-Hoon disappears after leaving a chair he made for Han Oh-Wol. On the day of the last train, O-Wol leaves a voice message to Dong-Hoon....
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The Romance
Character: Squad leader Hwang
Yoon-hee is so harassed by her husband's obsession and frantic love, that even breathing is painful to her. One day, her sudden suicide attempt is foiled when someone takes her in his arms and saves her. Hyeong-joon is a rough-looking detective. He asks nothing, but maybe he knows that for some people, just being alive is hard enough. Yoon-hee goes looking for Hyeong-joon, and from the moment she sees him, feels that he already loves her deeply. Because she knows it is totally impossible to be ...
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
Character:
Ji-won, a news anchor woman, witnesses Jung Yong-wook, an emerging leader of the ruling party, being terrorized. She sees the incident from car parked on a deserted road as she was enjoying a secret redez-vous with Park In-gyu, the presidential candidate of the opposition party. She barely escapes being killed herself. The country is thrown in turmoil with the news of Jung Yong-wook's alleged suicide, and Park In-gyu urges Ji-won to keep quiet....
Joint Security Area
Character: General Pyo
Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The sergeant is the shooter, but the lead investigator, a Swiss-Korean woman, receives differing accounts from the two sides....
Nowhere to Hide
Character: Chief of Criminal Unit
Detective 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....
Public Enemy
Character: Song Haeng-ki
A notorious dirty cop makes an honest attempt to catch a serial killer who even murdered his own parents....
Into the Mirror
Character: Jeong Il-seong
Woo Yeong-min retired from the police force after trying to save his partner and causing his death. After a series of mysterious deaths in the shopping mall in which his uncle has allowed him to work as a security guard prior to its reopening, he must face both his own fear of mirrors and the mystery surrounding the fire that closed down the mall....
Sword In The Moon
Character: Officer Jang
Kingdom of Joseon, ancient Korea. A usurper has conquered the throne. His ministers are being systematically eliminated by a mysterious assassin. An arrogant master swordsman is in charge of putting an end to the carnage....
Mr. Handy
Character: Chairman Yoon
When a handsome small-town know-it-all meets a high-strung, big-city dentist, they're bound to grind each other’s gears, until sparks start to fly....
Coin Locker Girl
Character: Man in Suite
A child abandoned in a subway coin locker is sold to a ruthless and calculating loan shark and gangster boss dubbed Mother, who runs an organ-harvesting ring in Incheon’s Chinatown. Named Il-Young, the baby girl grows into Mother’s loyal right-hand enforcer and is groomed to be her eventual successor. But when Il-Young’s loyalty to Mother wavers, the clash between the two unleashes a merciless tidal wave of blood-soaked retribution and strife....
Kill Boksoon
Character: Ki
At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That's easy. It's parenting that's the hard part....
On the Line
Character: President
Seo-joon, loses everything to voice phishing and infiltrates a organization in China to meet Kwak Pro, the designer behind this phishing system....
Judgement
Character: Funeral Director
At the identification of a dead body, a couple and a morgue employee both claim to be related to the deceased, and therefore the rightful recipient of an indemnity of at least 520,000....
R-Point
Character: Captain Park
On 07 January 1972, the South Korean base in Nah-Trang, Vietnam, receives a radio transmission from a missing platoon presumed dead....
In Our Day
Character: Ui-ju
Recently returned to South Korea, an actress in her forties is staying with her friend and her cat. Meanwhile, an aging poet in declining health lives alone after the death of his own cat. One day, each receives a visit from a different young aspiring artist, who come equipped with questions about their careers and life itself....
Clementine
Character: Hwang Jong-chul
Kim, a Taekwondo champion 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 freedom....
Say Yes
Character: Manager
Young married couple Yoon-hee and Jung-hyun go on a road trip, and along the way they pick up a lone drifter, M. M turns out to be a violent and sadistic psychopath who terrorises the couple at every turn. After capturing Jung-hyun, Em gives him a choice: submit to torture or allow Em to kill Yoon-hee....
My Boss, My Hero
Character: Sang Chun-man
When a young gang leader seems to be just a bit too stupid to effectively carry out his daily tasks, his superiors order him to go back to school for his high school diploma. Posing as a 19-year-old, he soon learns that the school is even more corrupt and vicious. Wrath is unleashed....
Friend
Character: Mustache
Despite their different family backgrounds, four friends grew up together in the wearisome years of the 70s. But as time goes by, each of them takes a different life path....
The Novelist's Film
Character: Man-soo
A novelist visits a bookstore run by a young colleague who's been out of touch, then takes a walk with a film director and his wife. She meets an actress and tries to convince her to make a film together....
The Crescent Moon
Character: Uncle
Directed by Jang Kil-soo, the film revolves around a boy and his younger sister, who live in poverty yet in a pure and innocent way. A boy named Nan-na lives with his grandmother in a remote village near the ocean. But when he turns four, his life gets tougher as he has a baby sister Ok-yi and all the affection he received starts going toward the baby. The free spirited boy, who behaved as he liked, now has to take care of his sister, and he has no choice but to start hating her and teasing her....
2035
Character:
In 2025, South and North Korea unified. It was triggered by a sudden explosion in Midnight near the North of DMZ by a forest fire in December, 2024. The South Korean army unwittingly ended up helping to put out the fire. Such cooperation caused their unification. And 10 years later, A koreanAmerican Documentary Director Steven, working for USA tv-station NXN visits to korea. He is searching for information about the mysterical Green-light appeared in that forest fire in 2024. After some dangerou...
DAEMUGA
Character:
Fake shaman Sin-nam is a 20-something graduate of a shaman school. Chung-dam is a real deal, who is possessed by a child god. And swindling shaman Sung-joon is a middle-aged, whose prime, along with the ghost inside him have all but left. The3 men battle their skills to seize redevelopment district and compete to be the best shaman....
The Angel's Time
Character:
Chun Hee is in 11th grade. He was in a movie club at school when his illness recurred and he was hospitalized. There, he meets Joo Hee who is waiting for a cornea donation. Joo Hee's dream is to be a national archer, but she won't be able to see unless she gets a donation. She doesn't lose hope. Chun Hee pretends to be a year older, his mom blows his cover. However, Joo Hee just calls him 'oppa' anyways. The two become closer every day... "The Angel's Time" is about the dreams and passion of th...
My Dear Enemy
Character: Man at Cousin's House
Hee-soo is desperate for money and finds her ex-boyfriend who owes her money. He goes around to various ex-girlfriends to get cash and she trails along to make sure he does not cheat her....
At That Time Jessy Was 20
Character: Chairman Min
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The Blood of Desire
Character:
Tortoise, a street thug with a hard life, happens to land a big mission, which he considers a ‘game changing’ chance; an opportunity to go from rags to riches. He volunteers to set up Hare to bring the liver of Hare for his big boss the Dragon King, who needs a transplant. As the fate would have it, however, he finds out that Hare is actually his childhood friend from the orphanage and Tortoise's sister owes Hare a lot from a long time ago. Torn between friendship and ‘a better life’, Tortoise i...
Sorum
Character: Writer Lee
A young man moves into a run-down apartment building and soon gets into a relationship with a neighbor. Both the characters and the building have traumatic histories, and over time the ghosts of their past come to light....
Peafowl
Character: Deok-gil
A transgender woman has cut ties with her family and hometown. She is compelled to go back, however, to perform a traditional memorial drum dance for her father to fulfill the conditions of his will and get her inheritance....
Right Now, Wrong Then
Character: Kim Won-ho
Chun-su arrives in Suwon one day earlier than scheduled. He has a special lecture to give the next day. Chun-su decides to visit a palace and meets Hee-jung there. Hee-jung is a painter and she lets Chun-su see her workroom with her paintings. In the evening, they go out eat and drink together. There, Chun-su reveals something unexpected to Hee-jung....
Bronze Medalist
Character: Director Baek (cameo)
Lee Ji-Bong is a former Olympics bronze medalist for weight-lifting, but a career-ending injury from the games forces him into early retirement. Unable to find another vocation, he becomes destitute. Down and out, he ends up working at a shady nightclub passing out flyers until he is visited by his former coach who insists he begin a career as a coach at a high school. There, he forms a weight-lifting team comprised of a rag-tag group of outcasts....
Children Of Darkness Part 1, Young-ae the Songstress
Character:
Young-ae is a prostitute who obsesses over money after losing her daughter to illness. Her co-workers are jealous of her. When a prostitute named Mrs. Kangwon dies after giving a birth, Young-ae takes the baby under her care and leaves the brothel district. Although she struggles to make ends meet and provide a home for the child, the child is taken away by the authorities because she is single. She decides that her old life is the only ground for living she has and returns to it....
Night and Day
Character: Mr. Jang
Kim Seong-nam travels to Paris to escape an arrest, leaving his wife behind in Korea. After he arrives, he meets an ex-girlfriend and is introduced to a small community of Korean artists....
Dear Dolphin
Character: Therapist
One summer night, Cha-kyung dies in a car accident, leaving her boyfriend Hyuk-geun behind in the greatest sorrow. One year since she died, Hyuk-geun is still waiting for Cha-kyung to come back. Denying the reality, Hyuk-geun builds a fantasy in his mind where he and Cha-kyung secretly share everyday life. To wake up Hyuk-geun from Cha-kyung’s illusion, Cha-kyung’s best friend, Gi-ok who was secretly in love with him, puts herself in the same accident with Cha-kyung....
Tube
Character: Police Chief
Burnt-out transit cop Jay forms an unlikely alliance with pickpocket Kay to stop a terrorist hijacker from blowing up a subway car during rush hour....
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Character: Engineer Peng
A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for his sister. Things go horribly wrong, and the situation spirals rapidly into a cycle of violence and revenge....
Bungee Jumping of Their Own
Character: Director of Student Affairs
A likeable, married high school teacher spirals out of control when a student in his class begins unintentionally reminding him of his doomed first love, which ended 17 years earlier....
The Deal
Character: Chief Choi
A cop catches a serial killer who murdered his sister but never finds her body. The lack of closure torments him and drives his brother-in-law insane, who makes a deal with the mafia for revenge....
The Secret Scandal
Character: Hyun Sung-bong
A reporter and a prosecutor investigate the death of an actress, and in the process come into conflict with a group of very powerful people. Based on the true story of actress Jang Ja-yeon's suicide....
Heartbreak Library
Character: Hong-soo
Eun-soo, a librarian watches for book vandalism that currently happens in the library. One day, she catches Jun-oh tearing off certain page of books. Eun-soo accuses him of vandalism but soon discovers the complex story behind his actions. Jun-oh’s girlfriend suddenly leaves him with only a mysterious note. “Look up page 198”. Jun-oh’s girlfriend was a bibliophile and she checked out books regularly at the library. Jun-oh goes to the library and tears out page 198 from every book he comes in tou...
The Ghost
Character: Detective 1 (uncredited)
Min Ji-Won suffers from amnesia caused by an accident almost a year ago. After the accident, Min Ji-Won is a shy person. Prior to the accident, Min Ji-Won was the leader of a gang of four girl bullies. Through pictures, Min Ji-Won learns about the three other members and she wants to learn what happened to them. While Min Ji-Won attempts to unravel the mystery, her former friends are killed one by one....
Out Live
Character: Kwak-jung
A sweeping, epic tale of a martial arts warrior who attempts to defy a kingdom to be with his love....
The Treacherous
Character: Butcher Mr. Kim
The story of Joseon's tyrant king Yeonsan who exploits the populace for his own carnal pleasures, his seemingly loyal retainer who controls him and all court dealings, and a woman who seeks vengeance....
Montage
Character: Ear Doctor Han
A woman's child is kidnapped and killed after paying the ransom. 15 years later, a mysterious figure is seen visiting the site of killing and another kidnapping occurs using the same methods. The woman teams up with a detective to catch the killer once and for all....
Pruning the Grapevine
Character: Father Moon
Catholic seminary student Soo-hyeon is having a hard time deciding whether to stay on the road to priesthood or give in to his earthly love for a girl named Sue, whom he has just abandoned even though he still loves her. He takes advantage of a visit to his sick mother to look for Sue, but she refuses him. The persuasive rector reverses Soo-hyeon’s decision to leave the seminary with a proposal that he undergo a catharsis in the monastery. The doubting youngster’s new-found peace is lost however...
Sex Is Zero
Character: OB / Gyn Doctor (uncredited)
Eun-sik tries to pass the state exam while studying in college after his military service. One day, he meets a beautiful woman Eun-hyo, and his life changes....
Liar
Character: Lieutenant detective
Man-chul leads two lives, he is married to Myeong-sun and he is also living with Jeong-ae, a wealthy and sexy woman. One day he accidentilly catches an escaped convict, which then attracts un-needed attention to his life. In order to keep his secret from his two lovers, he and his best friend must lie to reporters, cops and neighbors and the situation just gets crazier and crazier with every lie....
Saving My Hubby
Character: Han Joo-tae's father (uncredited)
Geum-sun, a former volleyball star, is married to a clumsy husband and has a baby daughter. She struggles to adjust to her boring life until kidnappers call claiming they have her husband and demand money....
Asako in Ruby Shoes
Character: Woo-in's Brother-in-Law
Asako in Ruby Shoes succeeds in providing yet another challenge to views of a homogeneous South Korea by presenting to us the Asian side of modern globalization. The film jumps back and forth from Korea and Japan, with each main character feeling out of place in their respective homes....
Hill of Freedom
Character: Byeong-joo
Kwon, a language school instructor, stops by her old workplace and receives a thick envelope addressed to her. A Japanese instructor named Mori had proposed to her two years ago. She turned him down. Mori had immediately gone back to Japan, but now was back in Korea looking for her. The envelope enclosed letters he had written to her during his search through Seoul. After Kwon finishes the first letter in the lobby, she grows faint coming down the staircase and drops the letters. She gathers the...
Viva! Love
Character: Mr. Ha
An unhappy woman in her 50s is knocked up by her daughter's boyfriend after a one night stand. With the neighborhood in shock and her family up in arms, the woman begins to realize that she's actually found the love she's been pining for in the arms of the young man....
Nobody's Daughter Haewon
Character: Hoo-won
Hae-won, a college student, wants to end her secret affair with her professor, Seong-jun. Feeling depressed after bidding farewell to her mother who is set to immigrate to Canada the next day, Hae-won seeks out Seong-jun again after a long time. That day, they run into her classmates at a restaurant and their relationship gets revealed. Hae-won gets more agitated and Seong-jun makes an extreme suggestion to run away together....
Crying Fist
Character: Yu Sang-hwan's Father
Jobless, besieged by creditors, and abandoned by his wife, the once silver medalist Tae-shik has sunk to street hustling, becoming a human punching bag. Meanwhile, young Sang-hwan's delinquent ways land him behind bars. Both men look to boxing to turn around lives gone astray, aiming for the amateur title, ultimately pitting them against each other, but more importantly, against themselves....
Office
Character: Detective Squad Chief
To nab a sales manager who's at large after murdering his family, a detective investigates the man's colleagues, who seem to be hiding something....
Save the Green Planet!
Character: Squad Leader Lee
A young man believes that his country's leaders are actually toxic reptilian aliens sent down to launch a takeover of his beloved Earth. So he decides to abduct them and force the truth out on camera in his basement that doubles as a film studio and torture chamber....
The Suspect
Character: Coroner
Betrayed and on the run, a former North Korean agent tries to seek revenge on the man who killed his wife, find his missing daughter, and uncover the secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man....
Foolish Game
Character: Director Kim
Hyun-tae is a competent architect who prefers one-night stands to serious relationships. Heejae doesn’t want to believe in love anymore because she was hurt from breaking with her past love. Hyun-tae and Hee-jae get to know each other and become, to some extent, friends. One day, Hyun-tae goes on a trip with his other friends. Goo-bon, a friend among them gets killed in a car accident on the way home. Goo-bon’s unexpected death affects the rest of his friends. This also affects the relationship ...
Empire of Lust
Character: Jo Jun (uncredited)
In the turbulent Joseon dynasty, army commander Min-jae watches ambitious Prince Yi Bang-won while becoming entwined with Ga-hee, a vengeful gisaeng. Fate collides as power shifts....
Friend: The Great Legacy
Character: Hyung-doo
Joon-seok is sent to prison for his involvement in Dong-soo's death. He meets Dong-soo's son in prison, keeps his identity a secret, and agrees to join forces when he is released. All of their plans fall apart when Sung-hoon finds out the truth....
The Day He Arrives
Character: Producer
A film director who no longer makes films arrives in Seoul to meet a close friend. When the friend doesn't show up, he wanders the city aimlessly for three days, grabbing drinks and meeting women, with each day playing out like a version of the last....
Hiya
Character:
Jin-Sang is a troublemaker in his family. He is suspected of fraud and murder, while Detective Choi is chasing after him. Jin-Sang has a younger brother Jin-Ho. He always tries to get close to his younger brother, but Jin-Ho hates him. Jin-Ho is a high school student and dreams of becoming a singer, but he keeps failing his auditions....
Maldives Express
Character:
A young couple in search of their missing child receives a disturbing text message....
Merry Christmas Mr. Mo
Character: Mo Geum-san
Mo Geum-san is a barber living in the rural area, who once aspired to be an actor. He starts to have doubts about his humdrum life after the village health center advises him to be examined at a larger hospital. He comes up with a plan to give a gift to his beloved ones in the coming Christmas. The plan is to invite everyone to the local culture center and to screen his self-made comedy movie based on his own tragic life....
Misbehavior
Character: Jae-ha's father
Hyo-joo, a temporary teacher at a boys' high school, witnesses Hae-yeong's passionate embrace with a boy, causing her immense humiliation towards her....
The First Lap
Character: Ji-young's Father
Between reproaches over past problems that were never resolved and the uncertainty of a future that is relentlessly coming closer, a young couple takes a trip that will leave them at the beginning of a new life....
Kong's Family
Character:
Jang Baek-Ho is released from prison after 4 years of incarceration. He wants to open up a noodle restaurant, but he discovers that 5,000 dollars is missing from his bank account. Jang Baek-Ho then tries to find his wife and 3 children. Their secret is revealed....
Ha Ha Ha
Character: Curator of Tongyeong's Local History Museum
Over drinks, two friends agree to swap fond memories of their recent trips to the same seaside town. As the stories unfold in flashback, it becomes evident their accounts take place at the same time and with the same people....
Wild Card
Character: Sergeant Kim
Two detectives investigate a string of horrific murders in Seoul and zero in on a sadistic gang leader who carries an actual ball and chain....
Grass
Character: Chang-soo
Areum sits in a small café, typing on her laptop. Around her, customers enact various dramas from their lives. Is she writing what she hears or is she hearing what's been written?...
Vegetarian
Character: Ji-hye's Father
An ordinary housewife, Yeong-hye, who has nightmares every night, finally becomes a vegetarian, throwing away all the meats in her refrigerator. Her husband Kil-soo starts to complain about her actions. Her family also worries about her health. During a family lunch, Yeong-hye tries to kill herself due to her father's abrupt violence. Observing all the happenings, Yeong-hye's brother-in-law, Min-ho, a videoartist, hears from his wife that Yeong-hye has a Mongolian spot on her hips. Min-ho gets i...
Land of Happiness
Character:
When Min-soo's birthday comes, he visits Hui-ja’s house with a feeling of uneasiness. Gladly welcomed by her family, he stares fixedly at the prepared memorial table in the living room. The table was for her son, Jin-woo, who died 8 years ago saving Min-soo's life when he tried to kill himself. Hui-ja greets Min-soo with warmth thinking about her dead son, but he regards everything as a discomfort and a pain. Is it possible to keep each Min-soo and Hui-ja's happiness?...
The Soup
Character: CEO
An ex-con enters a house without being invited to live with a married couple with intellectual disabilities and their seven-year-old daughter....
Hotel by the River
Character: Young-hwan
An aging poet summons his estranged sons to the hotel he is staying at because he feels his death is near; meanwhile, he encounters two women staying at the hotel....
The Spy Gone North
Character: President Kim Jong-il
South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about their nuclear program....
A Great Chinese Restaurant
Character:
Han-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....
Chow Yun-Fat Boy Meets Brownie Girl
Character:
A big fan of Chow Yun-Fat who works in an illegal arms sales shop finds one day a huge jar allowing him to transform snails into humans......
Hide and Seek
Character: Seong-soo's Stepfather
Sung-soo has everything a man could want: a beautiful wife and children, a comfortable home and luxury car, and plenty of money in the bank. When he learns that his estranged brother, Sung-chul, has gone missing, haunting memories of their troubled past urge him to visit his brother’s apartment in search of answers....
The Day After
Character: Taxi Driver
On her first day at work, Areum replaces a woman who broke up with the boss. The wife of the boss finds a love note, bursts into the office, and mistakes Areum for the other woman....
An Old Lady
Character: Dong-in
Hyo-jeong, a 69-year-old woman, is raped—but few people, including the police, are willing to believe what she says....
The Quiet Family
Character: Lonely Man
A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation....
Die Bad
Character: Auto Repair Boss
Die Bad is an inventive feature made up of four distinct episodes, each with their own style. With their criss-crossing characters and themes, they add up to a fairly comprehensive account of the causes and effects of male aggression, both tribal and individual....
Today, Together 2
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Sisyphus's Vacation
Character: Mr. Seo
Early in the morning, Kubo goes out to meet his senior KI-young who is editor-in-chief of the publishing company to see if he can publish his manuscript that he sent two months ago....
Fruits
Character: Jong-hwan
The unemployed father kills his time in the library to escape the heat. His son is in the same library, studying for the civil service exam that he's been preparing for the past few years. These two "losers" go to the same library but pretend not to notice one another. The father secretly picks apricots from the tree in the backyard of the library. The son is displeased with his father....
The First Amendment of Korea
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Eun-bi, an orphaned girl who works as a prostitute, is moved to action when her prostitute friend is brutally gang raped and the police do nothing because her friend was a prostitute. Deciding to run for Korea's parliament, she runs into mob coercion and deception along with way. This movie is a funny but insightful satire of the corruption of Korean elections....
Introduction
Character: Old Actor
Young-ho goes to see his father who is tending to a famous patient. He surprises his girlfriend, Ju-won, in Berlin where she is studying fashion design. He goes to a seaside hotel to meet his mother and brings his friend Jeong-soo with him. In each instance, he anticipates an important conversation. But sometimes a shared look, or a shared smoke, can mean as much as anything we could say to those close to us....
A Distant Place
Character: Joong-man
A sheep farmer whose remote and quiet life is disturbed by the arrival of both his lover and his twin sister....
A Hard Day
Character: Mr. Kim
After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event....
A Blooming Railroad
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The movie starts at Nampyung Station, a small train station, on a day in May. The train from Gwangju was supposed to arrive, but it didn't. Two staffs attempt to reach out, but nobody picks up the phone. The chief tries to calm himself down, saying his family in Gwangju would be safe now. The film, without direct depiction, masterfully illustrates people's sadness and anxiety around the time of the Gwangju uprising....
Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River
Character: Yeogak owner
In the late Joseon Dynasty, Bongyi Kim Seon-dal is the best conman who sells water from the Taedong River....
Iron Bag Mr. Woo Soo
Character: Mr. Wang
Woo Soo grew up as an orphan. His life was full of anger, exacerbated by being poor. One day, Woo Soo meets some kids. The children makes Woo Soo realize that even though he is poor, he can still share with others. This changes his life. Woo Soo works as a delivery man for a Chinese restaurant. He makes $700 dollars a month. He shares his earnings with the kids. Woo Soo hears someone say "thank you" for the first time to him. He cannot possibly be any happier. Things abruptly come to a halt when...
Galloper
Character: police chief
“Galloper” is the name of an SUV that Hyundai launched in 1991. At the time, it was the favorite of many Korean men, and the last one was produced in 2003. In a quiet rural town where he has worked all his life, a police chief is due to retire in half a day. On his way to scrap his old Galloper, a car that has served him well, he comes across the car of a serial thief who has caused a lot of trouble in the town....
This Is a Film
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