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Jeon Tae-Il
The adventures of his biographer are tied in with those of the young left-wing activist Jeon Tae-Il, who committed suicide as a form of protest.Published on: -
Kyotip
Jang’s latest film is a metaphorical investigation – through events in the life of a nameless woman – of the traumatic Kwangju bloodbath in 1980.Published on: -
Hwa-om-kyung
Moving, imaginative film version of a novel by Ko Un is a fictional biography about a leader of a Buddhist sutra.Published on: -
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Sopyonje
Melodrama set in the fifties was greatest box-office hit back home in South Korea.Published on: -
Gesom e kako shipta
Fable about the division of Korea. A man wants to bury his father on an island, but the islanders refuse point blank.Published on: -
Motel Cactus
Episode film photographed by Chris ‘Chunking Express’ Doyle follows four separate events in room 407 of a love hotel in Seoul, with warm, sympatheticPublished on: -
Green Fish
After military service, the young Makdong is torn back and forth between his home village that has changed a lot and a dingy district in…Published on: -
At the End of Daybreak
TV news report about two murdered girls form the source of inspiration for this crime drama by Ho Yuhang, who has previously been to Rotterdam…Published on: -
Paju
Fate and conflicting emotions determine the lives of a young activist and the three women with whom he has a relationship. Subtle study of profound…Published on: