kOrEaNfEvEr: 03/01/2007

Running Time: 112 mins
Release Year: 2007
Director: Kim Chang-rae

Cast: Ko So-young
Yoo Geon
Jo An
Lee Joong-moon

Synopsis:

At thirty and age coming on her, Jung-joo despises how her life has turned up. Degraded into doing simple chores for a designer, she believes that the turning point of her life was failing in becoming the girlfriend of then school poster-boy Ha-ni. What’s more, Ha-ni has now become a top star, and that irritates Jung-joo more than anything. When a chance to go back to the past for a week is given to her, she meets her younger self, and is determined to change the course of life that has eluded her for so long. But such a task seems much harder than it had first appeared to be, and she becomes more desperate than ever.

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The Old Garden

Running Time: 112 mins
Release Year: 2007
Director: Lim Sang-soo

Cast: Yeom Jeong-ha
Ji Jin-hee

Synopsis:

Hyun-woo steps out of prison after a 17-year sentence for his anti-government activities. During his long imprisonment, everything has changed even his fellow anti-government protesters have become mundane. His mother then tells him of the death of Yoon-hee, who harbored and loved him right before he was caught 17 years ago. To cherish memories with her, Hyun-woo goes back to the place where the two had spent a few months together like a couple of honeymooners. Reading through Yoon-hee’s diaries and letters, Hyun-woo discovers that she was the only one who remained loyal to him to the end. Because of her faith and love, the despair and loneliness that Hyun-woo felt after his imprisonment is slowly healed. He also discovers that Yoon-hee left him another gift behind – their daughter.

International Film Festivals

2006 Donostia San Sebastian Int'l Film Festival, Official Selection

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Mapado 2

Running Time: 129 mins
Release Year: 2007
Director: Lee Sang-hoon

Cast: Lee Moon-sik
Lee Kyoo-han
Kim Ji-young
Yeo Won-kye
Kim Eul-dong
Kim Hyeong-ja
Kim Hae-yeon

Synopsis:

A sequel from the first movie Mapado in 2004.

A Good Day To Have An Affair

Running Time: 103 mins
Release Year: 2007
Director: Jang Moon-il

Cast: Kim Hye-soo
Yoon Jin-seo
Lee Jong-hyuk
Lee Min-ki

Synopsis:

Two boredom-stricken housewives who use “Dew” and “Little Bird” as their on-line ID are longing for an escape. One day, when Dew and Little Bird are both in a motel, in separate rooms and with a different man, a policeman comes into Dew’s room and arrests them. Watching the scene, Little Bird is startled to find out that the policeman is her husband…

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Miracle On First Street

Running Time: 113 mins
Release Year: 2007
Director: Yoon Je-kyeon

Cast: Ha Ji-won
Im Chang-jeong

Synopsis:

Pil-je is given a mission to force the remaining residents out of the 1st street, a run-down area of the town. But he finds himself drawn to the life on the 1st street and its residents.

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Hotel M: Gangster's Last Draw

Running Time:
Release Year: 2006
Director: Choi Seong-chol

Cast: Kim Seok-hoon
Kim Seong-eun
Park Hee-jin
Jo Sang-gi
Baek Il-seob
Woo Hyeon
Kim Roi-ha
Lee Do-kyeong
Rah Kyeong-bin

Synopsis:

The Korean comedy "Hotel M: Gangster's Last Draw" is a look at how white-collar workers dealt with layoffs in the aftermath of the 1997 Asian financial crisis.
To survive in the winner-takes-all environment, rival mobs join forces to push for no-nonsense restructuring.
One of their victims is a gangster who is kicked out of a gang after a merge with another gang.
He sets off on a mission to get his job back.
"Hotel M" is a human comedy with mobsters battling tough corporate restructuring.

Pruning The Grapevine

Running Time: 117 mins
Release Year: 2006
Director: Min Byeong-hoon

Cast: Seo Jang-won
Ki Joo-bong
Lee Min-yeong

Synopsis:

Soo-hyeon, a student at Catholic Theological Seminary, decides to pull himself together and focus on his studies after breaking up from his girlfriend, Sua. One day he receives the news of his mother’s illness, and with the permission from school authorities, he spends a night at home. The next day, he departs for the train station but finds himself unable to take a school-bound train, heading instead to his ex-girlfriend, Sua. He is dispirited from Sua’s adamant unwillingness to see him. Back at school, Soo-hyeon makes the difficult decision to quit studying, but is persuaded by the rector to go to a monastery for spiritual purification.

KOFIC Support Programs

2006 Marketing Support for Diversity
2005 Art Film Production Support Program

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