Jang Sun-woo retrospective
Overview of films
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Seoul Jesu
Jang and his example Sun-Woo made films about religion, politics and/in the city of Seoul. They emerged from the Korean underground and were banned
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The Road to the Racetrack
Masterful film about a contemporary relationship between a man and woman who were lovers in Paris and have now returned to Korea.
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Neoege narul bonenda
Salacious contemporary social satire exposes the dark side of the nineties in a masterful way.
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Songgong sidae
Jang’s début is a rough satire about the consumer society, in which super salesman Kim turns a failing company into market leader.
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Gilwe ui younghwa
Chronological documentary report of Jang’s quest for the identity of South Korean cinema.
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Woomuk-Baemi ui sarang
Warm tragi-comedy about a forbidden relationship in an outer suburb and the embarrassing social consequences.
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Kyotip
Jang’s latest film is a metaphorical investigation – through events in the life of a nameless woman – of the traumatic Kwangju bl
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Hwa-om-kyung
Moving, imaginative film version of a novel by Ko Un is a fictional biography about a leader of a Buddhist sutra.