Shin Ha-kyun

Joint Security Area is the "Apocalypse Now" of the Korean War -- a shimmering, hyper-real epic that charts the spiritual fallout of international politics. (Subway Cinema)

Save the Green Planet is a tilt-a whirl genre-blender from Korea that turns film history against itself to create one of the most savage, affecting and inspired anti-violence movies ever made. This is a movie that defies all marketing labels and is exactly what it wants to be: like nothing you've ever seen before. (Koch Lorber Films)

In Seoul, the deaf and dumb worker Ryu is very attached to his sister, who needs a transplantation of kidney. He tries to donate his own kidney to his sister, but his blood B type is not compatible with her. When Ryu is fired from Ilshin Electronics, he meets illegal dealers of organs and the criminals propose Ryu's kidney plus ten millions Won per a kidney suitable for his sister. Ryu accepts the trade, but he does not have money to pay for the surgery... (imdb)

During the war between South and North Korea, soldiers from both sides are stranded in a peaceful and isolated village. At first they are suspicious and hostile to each other, but gradually they accept each other. An American is also there, whose airplane has fallen by accident. Then a real threat approaches the villagers. The US army thinks that the US plane has fallen due to hostile action.

The story concerns a group of fiends and flat-mates who outwardly seem like a regular bunch of youthful Korean males. Unknown to those around them, they are in fact assassins at large. After a particular assignment, they stop for a little self reflection and life analysis. By 'little', I mean almost the whole movie. Things pick-up again when they are offered a hit that they (for their own male-ish reasons) can't refuse. (IMDB Comments)

A mute hit-man vows to kill only the rude, and save up enough money for tongue surgery. (imdb)

Struggling artist Min Hee-do is offered three billion won to bet his life if he loses a game against a rich old man, Kang No-sik, who is dying from a terminal illness. The game is for each man to dial a random phone number and guess if the person who answers will be male or female. Hee-do loses the bet, and after a month long brain operation wakes up to find that they have swapped bodies. (Wikipedia)

Beloved and devoted priest from a small town volunteers for a medical experiment which fails and turns him into a vampire.

Little Seung-jae stays up all night and writes letters to So-hee, pretending to be her father in Mars. Leaving Seung-jae's innocent heart behind, So-hee leaves for a big city. Both grown up to be adults, Seung-jae is a postman who writes letters to So-hee's grandma - the letters that never came from So-hee. So-hee's heart hardens after hardships in life and she comes back to her hometown and Seung-jae's heart swells up again at seeing her again... (hanbooks.com)

This little goldmine from writer/director Ji Woon Kim starts with a young woman who asks her brother to videotape her confession. The brother thinks this is all a joke and unnecessarily ridiculous. The woman nevertheless insists on proceeding on telling on tape what she's been hiding to her family (including her brother) all along. She is coming out... (imdb)

Despite a ceasefire being called the fighting continues around the Aerok Hills on the eastern front as this will help determine the future dividing line of the North and the South. Amongst the fighting a South company commander is found dead by a Southern bullet. Lieutenant Kang Eun-pyo is sent to investigate the murder and is surprised to see an old friend, Kim Soo-hyeok, not only alive but as a commander in the battle. But that is not the only surprise. (wikipedia)

A police investigation into a woman's brutal murder at a five-star hotel is broadcast live to the entire country.

Several intertwined stories about couples of different ages and their relation to sex. A middle-aged woman discovers S&M, a police man suddenly gets a penis complex, a high school girl can not get the guy she wants. (imdb)

A game planner turns the entire city into a board game, through technology, with the citizens as the pawns.

Jong-hyeon, a tough high school student who excels at fighting, has trouble getting along with his older brother Seong-hyeon, a studious type with a cleft palate. They were born within a year of each other, and attend the same classes at the same school, though Jong-hyeon largely ignores Seong-hyeon. Jong-hyeon also harbors some resentment towards his single mother, who seems to prefer the elder son. The conflict between them increase when both brothers fall for the same girl. (Wikipedia)

Set in 1398. Kim Min-Jae (Shin Ha-Kyun) is the supreme commander of the Joseon Dynasty. He falls in love for the first time and for that woman he takes risks. Yi Bang-Won (Jang Hyuk) is the King's son. He helped his father setup the Joseon Dynasty era, but he was not picked as the Crown Prince. He still holds ambitions of becoming the King one day. Jin (Kang Ha-Neul) is Kim Min-Jae's son and the King's son-in-law. (imdb)

Sook-hee is a trained assassin who was born to kill. She was just a little girl when the training started in Yanbian, China. After the death of her mentor, when the chance of starting a new life was given to her, she came to South Korea as a government agent. They promised her that she will be free after ten years of service. So she begins her new life as a theatre actress. But soon two men Joong-sang and Hyun-soo appear in her new life. And she started to find deep dark secrets about her past. (imdb)

Three amateur thieves and one unfortunate man team up for one last score that will bring joy to an orphanage. (imdb)

Tae-jung, the part-time worker of a DVD room, hides drugs in room #7 in exchange for wiping off his debt. When he goes back to the room to retrieve the drugs but realizes that the door is completely locked down by his employer, who also has secretly hidden a dead body inside. A dangerous battle of wits ensues between a man who must lock away the secret behind the door, and another, who must go inside. (imdb)

A philandering cab driver makes a profound impression on his brother-in-law. (imdb)

The story of two fearless men who are willing to go through extreme lengths in their pursuit of a returning serial killer. To uncover the murderer's identity, the two are forced to look deeper than what the evidence seems to suggest.

Se-Ra is a famous anchor on a broadcasting station. 5 minutes before her news broadcasts is to go live, she receives a phone call. The caller Mi-So tells Se-Ra "I am going to be killed by someone. Please cover the story of my death. (imdb)