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Running Time: 109 mins Release Year: 2004 Director: Cheon Se-hwan
Cast:
Yeon Jeong-hoon
Park Jin-hee
Jo Mi-ryeong
Choi Seong-gook
Choi Yeo-jin
Synopsis:
A magician with a habit for womanizing gets a shock when he discovers that one of his nighttime trysts is now screening on the internet.
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 that draws all females to his side like a magnet - all but one, the charming teacher Koo Hee Won (Park Jin Hee).
Ji Hoon tried to make her his latest love possession but was bluntly turned down. As luck would have it both Hee Won and Ji Hoon can’t resist the temptation of arranging a blind date on the internet setting in motion a firework of hilarious consequences…
Running Time: 109 mins Release Year: 2000 Director: Lee Hyeon-seung
Cast:
Lee Jeong-jae
Jeon Ji-hyeon
Choi Yoon-yeong
Synopsis:
Il Mare: (From casing) “Il Mare” is the name of a seafront house where two lovers reside in at two different times. Sung-hyun in 1997 receives a strange letter one day, reminding him to be careful of the snowstorm in 1998. But it is posted in the year 1999. Time travels backward again when Eun-joo sends him a letter of request, asking him to look for her lost cassette recorder at the train station where Sung-hyun finally gets a glimpse of her.
Running Time: 104 mins Release Year: 2005 Director: Choi Ik-hwan
Cast:
Kim Ok-bin
Seo Ji-hye
Cha Ye-ryeon
Kim Seo-hyeong
Im Hyeon-kyeong
Synopsis:
The series that began with Whispering Corridors in 1998 continues in 2005 with Whispers, this fourth installment in this popular horror franchise. Stepping into the director’s chair for the sequel is filmmaker Choi Ik Kwan, who served as assistant director on the original film and brings his own unique vision to the well-established horror series. Like Whispering Corridors, Memento Mori (1999), and Wishing Stairs (2003) before it, this fourth movie centers on a chain of ghostly occurrences at an all-girl high school.
Also known by such alternative titles as Voice and Voice Letter, this new film follows the story of Young Eon (Kim Ok Bin), a timid high school student who dies mysteriously while singing in the school’s music room. But even in death, Young Eon’s voice continues to be heard by her best friend, Sun Min (Seo Ji Hye). Although startled by this supernatural development, Sun Min adapts rather quickly to the situation and tries to uncover the reasons for her friend’s untimely demise. But Sun Min’s absolute faith in her dearly departed friend is soon shaken when a plague of mysterious deaths start to occur on campus! Are these murders Young Eun’s doing? Or could the culprit be someone far more sinister? Featuring appearances by actresses Kim Seo Hyeong and Cha Ye Ryeon, filmmaker Choi Ik Kwan’s Whispers is the rare sequel that differs just enough from previous installments to stand on its own, yet still retains the basic elements of the original to lure faithful viewers back for more! Absolute horror lurks around every corner in this fourth addition to the Whispering Corridors saga!
Running Time: 113 mins Release Year: 2004 Director: Lee Hwan-gyeong
Cast:
Song Seung-heon
Jeong Da-bin
Lee Ki-woo
Park No-sik
Lee Min-hyeok
Jeong Joon-ha
Synopsis:
Having replied to a wicked post on her school website, Ye-won keeps getting a threatening call from a boy named Ji Eun-sung. Having heard about him from her friend, she keeps running away from him. But they kissed accidentally when Ye-won was trying to escape from him. Having his lips stolen by Ye-won, Eun-sung threatens her to marry him, adding that no other girl has ever kissed him before. The only thing Ye-won can do is to obey for whatever Eun-sung said. At first, Ye-won just hate him the most for his self-righteousness and unreasonableness. But she gradually finds herself is starting to fall for him.
Running Time: 106 mins Release Year: 2004 Director: Kwon Jong-gwan
Cast:
Kim Seon-ah
Lee Hyeon-woo
Kim Soo-ro
Gong Yoo
Nah Moon-hee
Kim Kwang-il
Synopsis:
On a dreary day Jini (Kim Sun-a) gets laid off by her boyfriend with the final note that he was only interested in making love to her but not in a lasting relationship. This triggers the girl’s curiosity about whether her past three lovers were also only after her favors. As a result Jini checks back on her previous boyfriends including Ku-hyeon (Lee hyun-woo), an advocate of strong religious beliefs, macho college lover Jeong-seok (Kim Su-ro) and inexperienced Yoo-in (Gong Yoo) who makes a living as wandering artist. Will Jini’s emotional journey be rewarded with sincere answers from her old admirers ? Find out as S-Diaryunveils its top secret material.
Running Time: 104 mins Release Year: 2002 Director: Ahn Byeong-ki
Cast:
Ha Ji-won
Kim Yoo-mi
Choi Woo-je
Jeong Seong-hwan
Choi Jeong-yoon
Synopsis:
A young journalist starts receiving troubling messages on her cellular phone. When a young girl answers the phone by accident, she seems to become possessed by a malicious spirit. One of the top box-office hits of summer 2002, from the director and actress of the film A Nightmare.
In the Korean thriller “Phone” a girl is threatened and finally killed by events involved with telephone messages from a stranger of unknown source. After the girl’s sudden death, Ji-won (Ha Ji-won) a good friend of hers working as a magazine reporter investigates the case by using her mobile as a clue. He manages to find out the number of the person who sent out the calls, but to his surprise it is no longer in use. Chaos breaks out after the deceased girl’s room mate (Ho-jeong) is continuously intimidated by frequent mysterious calls as nobody seems to be able to stop the lunatic stranger.
Running Time: 90 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Jeong Jong-hoon
Cast: Park Eun-hye
Synopsis:
Ji-yeon, a tollgate ticket girl, is frightened by a mysterious black car, which pays a bloodstained ticket fee at midnight. Her fear deepens after her colleague, Jong-sook, tells her that 12 years earlier a prisoner transport vehicle caused a traffic accident wherein all the prisoners involved died – and some of the corpses disappeared. Afterwards, a murder occurred near the tollgate on February 29th every four years. Soon, odd events become increasingly frequent, usually involving a doppelganger of Ji-yeon. When Jong-sook is killed on the fateful February 29th, Ji-yeon – with the help of two detectives – starts looking into matters herself.
Running Time: 115 mins Release Year: 2004 Director: Bae Hyeong-joon
Cast: Kim Ha Neul Kang Dong Won
Synopsis:
Ju Young-Ju, a beautiful ex-con artist who has been recently released on parole, is planning to attend her sister's weeding. On her way she crosses paths with Choi Hee-Chul, a shy and unsure young man who is on his way to see his girlfriend in Seoul. By a small series of unexpected events, the precious ring that Hee-Chul planned to give to his girlfriend ends up in Young-Ju's possession, and her bag ends up in his possession. With only the scant information she had a chance to gather on Choi Hee-Chul, she decides to find him, give him back the ring, and take back her bag. However, at the moment of giving back the ring, her old lying habit kicks back in and obviously, hilarity and adventure ensues.
Running Time: 105 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Kwon Seong-gook
Cast: Lee Min Woo Kim San Joong Im Ha Ryoong Ha Dong Hoon
Synopsis:
Lee Min Woo is the latest Shinhwa member to join the ranks of the acting world. In his debut film, Holy Daddy, Lee Min Woo develops an unlikely father-son relationship with singer/actor/comedian Ha Dong Hoon, better known as Haha. Kwon Sung Guk, who previously assisted on some interesting comedies like Jakarta and The Romantic President, directs this oddball comedy about family, friendship, and redemption. The film also stars Kim Sang Joong (Anarchists) and Im Ha Ryong (Welcome To Dongmakgol and Barefoot Ki Bong). When gangster Seok Jo (Kim Sang Joong) dies in prison, so too does his hope to be a good father. Or does it? Touched by an angel, Seok Jo is given a second chance to reconcile his past misdeeds - by reincarnating into the body of his son's friend Dong Hoon (Ha Dong Hoon)! Life isn't easy for a 40-year-old man in an 18-year-old body, but through this strange out-of-body experience, Seok Jo learns more about his son Won Tak (Lee Min Woo) than he ever could when alive.
Running Time: 95 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Yeo In-kwang
Cast: Park Ji-bin Sin Ae-ra Jang Joon-yeong Jin Goo
Synopsis:
1969, Korea... Ten-year old Young-rae lives alone with his mother in the countryside. Life is difficult for them and his mother is forced to sell illegally imported cosmetics on the street. But Young-rae is plucky and can stand up to anything including defending his mother — anything except when other kids call him names for being "fatherless." So when he hears that the father he had only dreamed of is alive and living in Seoul, he makes it his life goal to get to city and find him. The only way to get there, however, is a long and expensive train ride. To raise money, Young-rae starts to sell ice cream bars. As his goal nears, will his dream come true?
Running Time: 98 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Kim Ki-duk
Cast: Seong Yeon-ah Ha Jeong-woo Park Ji-yeon
Synopsis:
Se Hee and Ji Woo have been together for years, but their relationship is slowly dying down, their love changing into a mere mildly pleasing familiarity. To solve her problems, Se Hee makes a drastic decision: change her facial appearances completely through plastic surgery and start a new life. Weeks later, Ji Woo meets a strange waitress at a cafe. She calls herself Sae Hee and, even though he’s never seen her before, something feels strangely familiar…
Running Time: 127 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Hong Sang-soo
Cast: Kim Seung-woo Ko Hyeon-jeong
Synopsis:
Film director, Joong-rae, is preparing for his next movie but is unable to finish his script. So he pleads his friend, Chang-wook, a production designer, to go with him on a trip even though Chang-wook had already made plans with his girlfriend, Moon-sook, a composer. Eventually Chang-wook brings his girlfriend along and they all go on a trip to the west coast to visit Shinduri Beach Resort, which is covered with cherry blossoms and a flowing mist. There, Joong-rae makes advances on Chang-wook's girlfriend, Moon-sook. Already a fan of his films, Moon-sook doesn't hide her interest. So later, while avoiding Chang-wook's eyes, the two spend a heated night together. But the next day Joong-rae's face is filled with anxiety as he proposes to go back to Seoul. He and Moon-sook then part awkwardly. Two days later, Joong-rae is back again in Shinduri. He tries to let Moon-sook know that he is back in Shinduri but he is unable to reach her and leaves the message. Then, he runs into a young woman named Sun-hee. Telling her that she resembles a woman that he's thinking of as a character in the film, Joong-rae approaches Sun-hee for an interview. They, too, end up spending a night together. Moon-sook arrives at the scene with the intent to be with Joong-rae. But seeing him being with Sun-hee, Moon-sook goes to drink on her own out of anger...
2006 Toronto Film Festival, Special Presentations 2006 New York Film Festival
Running Time: 116 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Lee Hae-joon Lee Hae-yeong
Cast: Ryoo Deok-hwan Baek Yoon-sik Lee Sang-ah Kim Yoon-seok
Synopsis:
OH Dong-gu believes himself to be female. Although overweight and on the short side, he dreams of becoming the perfect some day, and he devotes himself to mimicking Madonna¡¯s singing and dancing after school. To cover the costs of transsexual surgery, he decides to enter a wrestling competition.
Running Time: 108 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Kim Dae-seung
Cast: Yoo Ji-tae Kim Ji-soo Eom Ji-won
Synopsis:
A touring program producer Min-joo, takes notes in her journal whenever and wherever she travels, so one day she can show all those amazing places to her longtime lover Hyun-woo. Finally Hyun-woo passes the bar exam and proposes to Min-joo. However, not long after, Min-joo dies when the department store where she was waiting for Hyun-woo collapses. Hyun-woo becomes a prosecutor, but when he digs too deeply in a sensitive political case, he ends up in detention. While in detention (five years after Min-joo's death), Min-joo's parents send him Min-joo's journal, which gives him a road to trace all the memories of his lost lover.
Running Time: 97 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Oh Dal-gyoon
Cast: Dali Yoo Seung-ho Kim Heung-ki
Synopsis:
11-year-old Chan-yi is looking after his lovely younger sister So-yi, by himself ever since their mother left them to find her own future. Despite their desperate situation of being abandoned by family and neighbors, these kids try their best to carry on life. One day, a little puppy joins this small family as Chan-yi steals it from an old couple’s kennel as a gift his sister’s birthday. Especially clever, this dog, whose name is “Ma-eum”, returns the love received from his new family with great loyalty and it seems as though their happiness would continue forever…only until a sudden accident brings them into collapse.
Running Time: 102 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Lee Hyeong-gon
Cast: Ha Jung-woo Ju Hyeon Kim Hee-ra Ko Ju-yeon Park Cheol-min Park Jun Gyu Park Si-hyeon Seonwoo Yongnyeo Woo Hyeon Yun Hyeon-suk
Synopsis:
The nine-tailed fox is a mythical shape-shifting creature which can become a human being in its 1000th year if it eats the liver of a human being. A family of such foxes open up a circus and transform themselves in the hope of capturing human beings. One day, there occurs a strange case of torso murder which becomes the biggest issue of their day, and the fox family is caught up in the middle of it. Will the family be able to make their thousand-year dream come true?
Running Time: 107 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Kim Sang-wo
Cast: Uhm Jung-hwa Daniel Henney Bang Moon-soo
Synopsis:
Min-joon, an absolute believer in true love, dedicates herself to the men she dates, but each time it results in a painful breakup. Today, she’s going through the most disastrous heartbreak ever – being dumped on her birthday! The confident professional Min-joon can be so clueless when it comes to love. Distracted from this unpleasant surprise, she bumps into an exotic foreign car. A very handsome young man steps out of the car angrily. To escape from the scene, Min-joon pretends not to understand English, but when Min-joon arrives at work, she finds out that the foreigner, Robin, is none other than her newly appointed boss…
Running Time: 120 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Kim Yong-hwa
Cast: Kim Ah-joong Joo Jin-mo
Synopsis:
Hanna is a lip sync vocalist for Ami, the famous Korean pop singer. Even though she is always ignored because of her appearance, she has been a bright and lighthearted girl until Amy humiliates her in front of Sang-jun, her secret love. At last she makes a decision of a lifetime to have plastic surgery all over her body. Her unrequited love gets any return?
Running Time: 105 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Park Chan-wook
Cast: Im Soo-jeong Rain
Synopsis:
Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another patient, who catches the eye of Young-goon and soon becomes a close friend. Il-soon is now confronted with the biggest task – to cure Young-goon’s mental problem and have her eat real food.
Running Time: 106 mins Release Year: 2005 Director: Won Sin-yeon
Cast:
Chae Min-seo
Yoo Seon
Sa Hyeon-jin
Synopsis:
Having lost her voice in an accident, Ji-hyun devotedly nurses her younger sister, Su-hyun, whose remaining time on earth is finite. Then one day, the lives of these two loving sisters change dramatically. As a present to fill the emptiness left behind by chemotherapy, Ji-hyun buys Su-hyun a wig. From that day on, Su-hyun gradually regains her vivacious spirit. However, it is no ordinary wig: the traces of a tragic death and the deceased one’s memories remain with this wig. It starts to change Su-hyun into an entirely different person and Ji-hyun watches over her with worry.
Running Time: 103 mins Release Year: 2005 Director: Kim Yong-gyoon
Cast:
Kim Hye-soo
Kim Sung-soo
Go Soo-hee
Lee Eol
Jeon Hanssen
Synopsis:
Sun-joe, on eye-doctor-turned-housewife finds her cold, inattentive husband cheating on her. Abandoning her affluent suburban life, she moves into a decrepit studio apartment with her six-year-old daughter Tae-so. Preparing to resume her medical career. Sun-jae is befriended by on interior designer, in-cheol.
Her life, however, plunges into an abyss of paranoia and nightmare offer she picks up a pair of pink shoes lying about inside a subway car. not only have this pair of shoes apparently performed wholly unnecessary amputation surgeries on the select individuals foolish enough to wear them. they also become objects of unhealthy obsession for the ballet-dancing tyke Tae-soo and Sun-jae’s dearest friend. Soon mother and daughter behave weirdly about the possession of the high-heeled monstrosity and her friend tragically dies of the shoe-theft. After a series of strange events have taken place, Sun-jae starts to doubt about the curse of the shoes. In order to protect her daughter and herself, she decides to find out the truth behind the RED SHOES.
Running Time: 103 mins Release Year: 2004 Director: Oh Deok-hwan
Cast:
Lim Eun-kyeong
Eun Ji-won
Kim Jin-ah
Park No-sik
Lee Kan-hee
Synopsis:
The story begins with the tale of a classic Korean story of romance about a princess named Pyun-gang whose husband, On-dal dies. Then we flash forward to a mother who has brought her haunted daughter (also named Pyun-gang) to a psychic, who informs her that her daughter is haunted by the ghost of the princess . He then goes on to say that the girl must marry her On-dal by her 16 birthday and produce a child within a year otherwise she will die. The family treats it skeptically until years later, Pyun-gang has several near-death experiences and is immediately spooked, convinced she is going to die. As luck would have it, soon thereafter, a new transfer student joins Pyun-gang’ class. His name is On-dal, and he’s intelligent, handsome and rich which really doesn’t make the prospect of high school marriage such a tough deal for Pyun-gang, what with her impending death and all.
Running Time: 104 mins Release Year: 2004 Director: Jang Gyoo-seong
Cast:
Yeom Jeong-ah
Lee Ji-hoon
Byeon Hee-bong
Nah Moon-hee
Im Won-hee
Lee Won-jong
Kim Eung-soo
Synopsis: YEO Mi-oak is a hot-blooded aging single woman who works as a teacher at a primary school nestled in a small city by the sea. She's so sly even the principal can't control her. Behind her elegant appearance, she lives by the day hiding her immature, rash, and shameless personality. She lets her own mistakes slide but she will never forgive any of her students' wrongdoings.
On the first day of school, a bold transfer student named GOH Mi-nam is late to school, but surprisingly even later than Mi-oak. Using Mi-nam as an excuse, Mi-oak takes control of the class by punishing everyone. But Mi-nam, who's reached puberty much faster than her peers, combined with a sharp tongue that any teacher is afraid of, isn't easily manageable. Mi-oak sees that she's up for a big challenge.
Things turn for the worse in the new semester at this countryside school as all the girls instantly go crazy when a new handsome single teacher, KWON Sang-choon, arrives. Mi-oak, who've always waited for the chance to escape from the country life and work for a big school in Seoul, is also no exception. Mi-oak has fallen for Sang-choon and to win his heart she uses every trick in the bag. But she has an unexpected rival to compete against. She's the very girl who doesn't let anyone get in her away, especially teachers. It's Mi-nam.
Now, a fierce rival between teacher and student unfolds and pushes the limit!
Running Time: 100 mins Release Year: 2005 Director: Oh Ki-hwan
Cast:
Son Ye-jin
Song Il-gook
Park Joon-gyoo
Noh Joo-hyeon
Park Yong-woo
Hyeon Yeong
Ahn Seon-yeong
Yoon Yeong-joon
Ahn Sang-tae
Kim Ae-kyeong
Geum Bo-ra
Synopsis:
Min-Jun (SONG Il-Kook) and Ji-Won (SON Ye-Jin) are so-called the first-rate “players” who are dating gurus with 100% success rates in any dating pursuits. Following her usual systematic dating rules, Ji-Won fakes a schematic car accident to capture Min-Jun’s attention and successfully approaches him.
However, her smooth-sailing dating life finally encounters turbulence. Why in the world is this guy not succumbing to her alluring charm? Ironically enough, Min-Jun is also overwhelmed by the understanding that he has met his match. However, like the veteran players that they are, these two shouldn’t show any signs of weakness in their dating tactics. Who will emerge victorious and become the last player standing?
Running Time: 108 mins Release Year: 2005 Director: Kwon Jong-gwan
Cast:
Jeong Woo-seong
Im Soo-jeong
Cha Tae-hyeon
Yeom Jeong-ah
Sin Min-ah
Son Tae-yeong
Lee Ki-woo
Synopsis:
SAD MOVIE chronicles the lives of four very different couples as they deal with love, loss and life in romantic, loosely interconnected stories — A 30-year-old firefighter looking for just the right ring for his fiance. A long-term relationship between a guy who cannot find a job and a wonderful and long suffering woman who is beginning to tire of their relationship. An 8-year-old boy who desperately misses his career-minded mother. A deaf girl with a terrible burn on her face falls in love with a painter, dreaming of a perfect love. All of these situations are filled with heartache and sometimes despair, but like love, it comes in many forms. In many ways, love must end for it to begin again.
Running Time: 118 mins Release Year: 2003 Director: Kim Seong-su
Cast:
Jang Hyeok
Lee Na-young
Nah Moon-hee
Kim In-moon
Kim Yong-geon
Jeong Sang-hoon
Jeong Doo-hong
Jeon Jae-hyeong
Synopsis:
NAH Young-ju is a clerk at the district office, who spends most of her days reading horoscopes from tabloids. Despite of her usual appearance and her unusual personality, Young-ju firmly believes in her own extraordinary charms, which are yet to be discovered by the world. In other words, her life is nothing but ordinary.
Then one day, when a blue eyed foreigner walks into the district office with a civil petition, her monotonous life takes a dramatic turn. Young-ju, who has never won a single bet in her life, is chosen to be the lucky one to attend English class for free!
For the first time in her life, Young-ju goes to English academy. And the best part of the whole situation is that her tuition is paid by the government. After a placement test, she is placed in the basic introductory level class. However, before she even memorizes the alphabet, she falls madly in love a 3rd class playboy Moon-su. The enchanting love moment is when Moon-su finds Young-ju’s shoe, which she loses while getting on the elevator, and kindly put it back on her foot! Little did she know, his friendly action is only a form of his occupational disease [Note: Moon-su is a shoe salesman]. To Young-ju, he is the prince charming she’s been waiting for all her life! And to win him over, who outwardly swears that he’ll propose in English when he meets the love of his life, she completely submerges herself in learning English.
From swallowing the pages of English dictionary to family involvement method of daily conversational English, Young-ju tries every known method of learning English. However, even after her determined effort and study, will she be able to win over his heart in just 90 days?
Running Time: 105 mins Release Year: 2002 Director: Lee Han
Cast:
Cha Tae-hyeon (차태현)
Son Ye-jin (손예진)
Lee Eun-joo (이은주)
Moon Geun-yeong (문근영)
Park Yong-woo (박용우)
Lee Moon-sik (이문식)
Synopsis:
One day, Ji-hwan begins to receive letters from an unidentified person. The letters, containing black-and-white photos of happy children playing, remind Ji-hwan of his old two friends. Five years earlier, while Ji-hwan is taking pictures with his camera, two girls, Soo-in and Gyung-hee, walk into the frame. Ji-hwan falls in love with Soo-in at first sight. He then musters up enough courage to confess his love to her, but she refuses him very politely. Even so, Ji-hwan doesn't give up and tells them that he wants to be friends the next time they meet. Ever since then, the three of them start a wonderful friendship. They spend time each other always, and consider it the most precious moments of their lives. But they become confused between love and friendship and, finally, Gyung-hee and Soo-in leave him without a trace. The random letters inspire Ji-hwan to depart anxiously on a long journey to find his old friends, but while looking for Soo-in and Gyung-hee, he confronts a beautiful yet sad secret.
Running Time: 115 mins Release Year: 2004 Director: Byeon Hyeok
Cast:
Han Seok-Kyu (한석규)
Lee Eun-joo (이은주)
Seong Hyeon-ah (성현아)
Eom Ji-won (엄지원)
Kim Joong-ki (김중기)
Synopsis:
A detective, his 3 girls & a murder case! Complex emotional relationships and human nature’s darker sides are explored in this captivating suspense drama about a cop whose lust for love threatens to get in the way of his professional life.
Ki-hoon (Han Suk-yu) is guy that doesn’t mind an erotic adventure. Even though he is married to charming and beautiful Soo-hyun, he engages in a passionate affair with his wife’s friend night club singer Ka-hee (Lee Eun-joo). As if things weren’t complicated enough, he suddenly starts being attracted to murder suspect Kyung-hee whom he earlier believed to be involved in the killing of her husband. Can Ki-hoon finally overcome all the irresistible temptations he encounters in his life ? These and other questions will be revealed in The Scarlet Letter.
The “Seven Cutter” is a legend around high schools across the country. His name is Han Su and he remains unbeaten throughout the school system. Whoever tries to fight him not only faces the indignity of losing but is left with Han-Su’s trademark 7cm scar to remind them of their loss.
When innocent new kid Han Su (An Jae Mo - Haan, Birdcage Inn) starts at Seong Ji High School, he is instantly mistaken for the “Seven Cutter”. He is blissfully unaware of why the other students are giving him such an icy reception, and so when the toughest boy at Seong Ji challenges Han Su to a fight, he has no choice but defend himself. And when he accidentally wins, things start getting really confusing for Han Su. Also starring comedian Jung June Ha and former Baby VOX member Yoon Eun Hye (Goong) in her big screen debut.
Running Time: 98 mins Release Year: 2004 Director: Kim Yoo-jin
Cast:
Kim Ha-neul
Ryoo Jin
Nam Sang-mi
Shin-ee
Jeon Hye-bin
Kim Hae-sook
Ki Joo-bong
Synopsis:
Dead Friend is also known as Ghost.
A sophomore College girl who lost her memory came back to school. She meets a number of people who say they are her friends. They’re trying to say something but she cannot understand what they’re telling her. Every night she is disturbed by weird dreams but she never knows where those dreams come from and what they mean. Then, one by one, they got drawned to death on the ground. She tries to find out the reason for their death and also the secret of her own memory. But there is something already very close to her.
Running Time: 122 mins Release Year: 2001 Director: Kwak Jae-yong
Cast:
Jeon Ji-hyeon (ì� „지현)
Cha Tae-hyeon (차태현)
Kim In-moon (ê¹€ì¸ë¬¸)
Han Jin-hee (한진í¬)
Lee Seung-woo (ì´ì� ¹ìš°)
Lee Moo-yeong (ì´ë¬´ì˜)
Synopsis:
Based on a series of true stories posted by Ho-sik Kim on the Internet describing his relationship with his girlfriend. These were later transformed into a best-selling book and the movie follows the book closely.
As the film opens we are introduced to Kyun-woo, a kind-hearted but at times naive college student who seems to keep getting into trouble. On his way home one night he encounters a beautiful but completely smashed young woman who causes a scene in the subway, calls him "honey", and then passes out. With the eyes of the other subway passengers upon him, he has little choice but to take responsibility for her. Thus begins his relationship with the at-times charming, at-times violent damsel who steals his heart. Much of the film is structured around the bizarre antics of Kyun-woo's newfound girlfriend. After she passes out yet again, Kyun-woo looks at her blissful face and promises to himself that he will save her, and right whatever it is that troubles her. This proves to be much more of a challenge than he expects.
Running Time: 117 mins Release Year: 2003 Director: Kim Ho-joon
Cast:
Moon Geun-yeong (문근ì˜)
Kim Rae-won (김래ì›)
Han Jin-hee (한진í¬)
Kim In-moon (ê¹€ì¸ë¬¸)
Ahn Seon-yeong (안ì„� ì˜)
Park Jin-woo (박진우)
Kim Han (김한)
Synopsis:
Sang Min (Kim Rae Won) returns from Canada to finish his final college semester in Seoul. An art major, Sang Min must complete his internship as an art teacher before he gets his degree, which means an extended stay in Korea. Jumping at the opportunity, his dad forces him to marry Bo Eun (Mun Geun Yeong) due to a promise by his grandfather and Bo Eun’s grandpa. The problem is that Bo Eun is only fifteen-going-on-sixteen years old!
Faking his own illness, Bo Eun’s grandpa says that his dying wish is to see the two get married before he “goes.†Sang Min, on the other hand, is repeatedly forced by his father who threatens to cut his college tuition, expenses, allowances, and even destroys his car. The two gets married to please their parents, but tries to keep the marriage from everyone else, including their friends and peers. Trouble brews when Sang Min is interned as the new art teacher at Bo Eun’s school and becomes her homeroom teacher!
Sang-eun, a beautiful 20-year-old girl, but is mentally challenged. One day, she happens to meet Jong-Bom and deludes herself to think him as a beast under the vicious spell. Her mother who has taken care of her with such dedication feels a bit concerned and neglected as her love begins. However, least expected hardship come up and Sang-eun has to face the world all by herself.
Running Time: 105 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Kim Seong-joong
Cast:
Choi Ji-woo
Jo Han-seon
Choi Seong-gook
Seo Yeong-hee
Jin Hee-kyeong
Son Hyeon-joo
Oh Hyeon-kyeong
Lee In-cheol
Kim Yoon-hee
Synopsis:
Min-su, a playboy who believes that there's no such thing as true love and it's all just a game, can't stand even a single relationship that continues on for long. However, fate leads him to a dazzling beauty, Hye-won, who had just escaped from an oppressive hospital. She makes a strong impression on him. Later, chased by a nurse, Hye-won sneaks into the men's room at the hospital and their second encounter takes place. Soon Min-su becomes totally captivated by this bold woman. At first Hye-won resists their love, fearing that losing her to her terminal illness will hurt Min-su too much.
Running Time: 107 mins Release Year: 2004 Director: Jeong Jae-eun
Cast:
Kim Kang-woo
Cheon Jeong-myeong
Lee Cheon-hee
Jo Yi-jin
On Joo-wan
Kim Sang-hyeok
Lee Joo-seok
Synopsis:
The Aggressives (Tae-pung tae-yang) is a 2005 South Korean film about a teen, Soyo, whose parents have kicked him out of their home to fend for himself. He becomes immersed in the local in-line skating subculture, and falls in love with the girlfriend of his skating tutor. The film was screened at the 2005 Pusan International Film Festival.
Running Time: 110 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Son Jae-gon
Cast:
Park Yong-woo (박용우)
Choi Kang-hee (최강희)
Jo Eun-ji (조은지)
Jeong Kyeong-ho (정경호)
Lee Hee-do (이희도)
Jo Yeong-gyoo (조영규)
Seon Woo-seon (선우선)
Synopsis:
A timid college lecturer, Dae-woo, who is smart but has never been in love, meets a mysterious but charming woman, Mi-na. With no skills to win a date, he asks her out awkwardly. To his surprise, she accepts. And as a first time lover, he behaves very unnaturally. However, as they fall in love, Dae-woo discovers some disquieting things about Mi-na. Although she claims to be an intellectual and an artist, she has never heard of Crime and Punishment, nor has she heard of Mondrian although one of his paintings hangs in her living room. But Mi-na has even more terrible secrets.
Running Time: 117 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Kang Ji-eun
Cast:
Kang Hye-jeong (강혜정)
Jo Seung-woo (조승우)
Kang Shin-il (강신일)
Lee Jae-yong(a) (이재용)
Park Sin-hye (박신혜)
Jeong Jin-yeong (정진영)
Synopsis:
On a sunny day, a boy named Jo-kang meets Ari, a girl in a yellow raincoat, and they become friends. Jo-kang falls helplessly in love with the quirky but attractive Ari, but one day, she suddenly disappears. Ten years pass and Jo-kang, now a high school student, gets a call from Ari and meets her again in a temple. Although they have not seen each other for ten years, they have such a great time together. Then, Ari disappears again. Jo-kang is devastated. Why has she disappeared again? What will become of them?
Running Time: 103 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Lee Seok-hoon
Cast:
Bong Tae-Gyu [봉태규]
Ha Seok-Jin [하석진]
Kim Tae-Hyeon [김태현]
Jeong Koo-Yeon [정구연]
Synopsis:
For Goong-dahl, nothing has gone right in his whole life. In an attempt to get rid of his 'loser streak,' he signs up for and fully immerses himself in a year-long psychological therapy program. Getting right out of the clinic and with high hopes for the future, Goong-dahl makes a fresh start in the high school battlefields. Goong-dahl manages to spot some losers who were bullying the school's most gorgeous student, Mina. But, alas! Due to a lack of information about the school's notorious thug Jae-koo, Goong-dahl mistakes Jae-koo as his prey. Naturally the tables are turned and Goong-dahl is challenged to a fight on the rooftop after school.
Running Time: 97 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Kim Dong-wook
Cast:
Park Geon-hyeong (박건형)
Kim Hyo-jin (김효진)
Moon Ji-yoon (문지윤)
Kang Eun-bi (강은비)
Lee Kyeon (이켠)
Jeong Wook (정욱)
Jo Hyeon-jae (조현재)
Kang So-jeong (강소정)
Jeong Woong-in (정웅인)
Synopsis:
“Mr. Wacky” is a comedy movie directed by Kim Dong-wook. It’s about a playboy Woo Juho’s only enjoyment in life is hanging around with girls at a club and wasting his money. His grandfather scolds him for living carelessly and orders him to work as a teacher. Having a grandfather as the head of a school, he becomes a high school math teacher without passing any official qualifications. He lacks every sense of duty as a teacher: he is always late or absent from classes and spends a day doing nothing but listening to the bells on campus. A picky teacher, Yoon So-ju (Kim Hyo-jin), decides to change his behavior.
Running Time: 110 mins Release Year: 2001 Director: Oh Ki-hwan
Cast:
Lee Jeong-jae (이정재)
Lee Young-ae (이영애)
Kwon Hae-hyo (권해효)
Kong Hyeong-jin (공형진)
Lee Moon-sik (이문식)
Lee In-cheol (이인철)
Kim Tae-hee (김태희)
Sa Hyeon-jin (사현진)
Kim Seong-gyeom (김성겸)
Kim Soo-ro (김수로)
Hong Seok-cheon (홍석천)
Kong Hyo-jin (공효진)
Synopsis:
The relationship of a third-rate comedian, Yong-ki, and his wife, Jung-yun is growing cold after the miscarriage of their baby. Yong-ki becomes increasingly suspicious of the wife’s coldness towards him. Little does he know that Jung-yun has a terminal disease and is preparing a last present to her beloved husband when her time is sadly running out.
Running Time: 123 mins Release Year: 2005 Director: Park Jin-pyo
Cast:
Do-yeon Jeon
Jeong-min Hwang
Mun-hee Na
Seung-su Ryu
Su-hee Go
Yu-seok Jeong
Bu-seon Kim
Ju-hie Seo
Synopsis:
The story is based on a real gossip some years ago in Korea, and focusing on the eternal, condition-less love between a naive peasant and a bereft ex-prostitute whose past is somewhere under the body of many male CLIENTs. Every love has its own silver line and every lover has his/her own attitude; But, the love between this couple is too candid to be understood but to be appreciated. As no scientific paradigm cannot define THE LOVE, this movie just illustrates what love gotta be even under extreme background.
Nevertheless, the emotion of love affair and the instinct of affection should be separated. This movie, regrettably, fails in the depiction of love itself but concentrates on the struggle for keeping his/her aficionado toward each other against all social rules and interference. Love will shine when it’s against all odds. However, these odds are too exaggerated in the movie to be overcome by love itself, otherwise making the love tattered with uncompromising and painful memories.
Director’s endeavor to gather every piece of elegiac elements is too evident, and the performances of two actor/actress are very easy going, enough to make audiences lost in the clearly “schematized” sadness.
Running Time: 93 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Im Dae-woong
Cast:
Oh Mi-Hee
Seo Young-Hee
Lee Ji-Hyeon(a)
Yeo Hyeon-Su
Lee Dong-Gyu
Park Hyo-Jun
Yu Seol-Ah
Jang Seong-Won
Synopsis:
Six twenty-something characters are invited for a party by their elementary school classmate Mi-ja, who has been caring for her former teacher Ms. Park, now infirm and wheelchair-bound. The guests turn out to be a motley crew of losers and basket cases, however. Worse, each of them bears a serious grudge against Ms. Park. Sun-hee, traumatized by the teacher’s public taunting of her baby fat, has become addicted to plastic surgery and suffers from bulimia. Park Hyo-jun ruined his leg while being punished by Ms. Park and had to fold his childhood dream of becoming an ace baseball player. Se-ho and Eun-young, now a couple, are still struggling against the memories of insults and put-downs regarding their poverty. Even Myung-ho, an obvious teacher’s pet, is trying to medicate away the nightmares involving Ms. Park’s creepy “affection.” And wouldn’t you know it, she used to keep her horribly deformed child in the basement, whose current whereabouts are unknown. Soon, someone wearing the kid’s paper-cut rabbit mask starts to make salami and head cheese slices out of the characters (credit to koreanfilm.org for sypnosis).
Running Time: 120 mins Release Year: 2006 Director: Song Hae-seong
Cast:
Kang Dong-won (강동원)
Lee Na-young (이나영)
Yoon Yeo-jeong (윤여정)
Kang Shin-il (강신일)
Jeong Yeong-sook (정영숙)
Kim Ji-yeong (김지영)
Jang Hyeon-seong (장현성)
Jeong In-gi (정인기)
Kim Jin-hyeok (김진혁)
Oh Jeong-se (오정세)
Lee Jae-goo (이재구)
Nah Gi-soo (나기수)
Sin Yeong-jin (신영진)
Oh Kwang-rok (오광록)
Kim Boo-seon (김부선)
Synopsis:
Yu-jeong, a suicidal young woman, is introduced to a man on death row named Yun-soo by her aunt, Sister Monica. Raised by an abusive father, Yun-soo has led a hard life. It got even harder when he was left in an orphanage with his younger brother after his father’s suicide and his mother’s abandonment. Growing up in the gutter, he became involved in a violent crime, for which he was convicted of three counts of murder. Yu-jeong, on the other hand, comes from a rich family. However, her childhood was marred by traumatic neglect, which has led to her self-destructive impulses. These two wounded souls slowly open their hearts and find the motivation to live on in each other’s compassion. Yu-jeong realizes how spoiled her life has been compared to Yun-soo’s, and embraces his guilt that would otherwise never be forgiven.
Running Time: 95 mins Release Year: 2004 Director: Lim Tae-hyeong
Cast:
Jin-bin Park
Dae-han Seo
Chong-ok Bae
Won-sang Park
Woo-hyeok Choi
Synopsis:
A beautiful movie that show the childrens perspective on a disease as cancer or tumors.
Han-yi (Park Ji-bin) and Han-byul (Seo Dae-han) are both brothers. Han-yi who is the youngest (9 years old) and also the most annoying brother does not treat his older brother (12 years old) properly and plays pranks on him. But one day, Han-byul is diagnosed with a brain tumor, undergoes brain surgery, and is hospitalized in the pediatric ward. While their mother (Bae Jong-ok) is busy taking care of Han-byul, and their father tells Han-byul to write down everything bad that Han-yi does in a red pocketbook, Han-yi is noticing he doesn’t get as much as attention as he wants from them. When Han-byul also meets another kid Wook-yi (Choi Woo-hyeok) in the ward who is also diagnosed with the same illness, Han-yi feels that he is not getting enough attention anymore as he used to, thus starts to worry…
A very emotional movie, from the perspective of a little kid that goes trough different emotions because his brother is in the hospital and he doesn’t get enough attention anymore from everyone.
The story and the cinematography are just brilliant. Even if there is a little fantasy in it, I still think it’s very nicely edited into the movie, and doesn’t bother at all.
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