Soo-yong Kim

Soo-yong Kim

Total Credits at Criticker: 19 (Director), 3 (Writer)

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    Yahaeng
    Lee Hyun-ju (played by Yoon Jung-hee) is secretly living with bank co-worker, Mr. Park (played by Shin Seong-il), who is not only incapable of satisfying her sexually, but also refuses to offer her the security of marriage. Caught between a state of discontent, the painful memories of her first love and a world of fantasy, her desires kick in. (wffis.or.kr)
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    Eonu yeobaweooui gobaek
    Kim Jin-kyu, an ex-film icon and a father, tries to make his abandoned daughter a 'silver screen star' to his death. (wffis.or.kr)
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    Gaetmaeul
    At an ocean side village, many fishing boats never return from the high sea, and many of the women in the village assume they are widows when their husbands never return. One of them, Seongku, begins an affair with a coal worker.
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    Mist
    Yun Gi-jun has become the executive director of a pharmaceutical company by marrying the widowed daughter of the company CEO. With the general shareholders' meeting coming up shortly, his wife suggests that he visit his hometown of Mujin and he takes her advice. (mubi.com)
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    Kinship
    The film depicts conflict between the generations in a village. The elders want their children to follow the old ways, but the children pursue a newer way of life and end up supporting their parents. (en.wikipedia.org)
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    Flame in the Valley
    A man in a village in Jirisan hides a communist soldier who has sneaked into the area. (en.wikipedia.org)
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    Farewell Adolescence
    Korean youth drama from 1962.
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    Opium Wars
    A Korean crime film from 1964 starring Sung-il Shin.
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    Fire in the Mountains
    A war breaks out and all the men in a village are taken away to fight. Gyu-bok has run from the battle, ending up at the village where Jum-rye helps him to hide. Romance develops between them and a rumor spreads of a man in the village. Sa-wol follows Jum-rye and threatens to expose Gyu-bok unless she can sleep with him. Will Gyu-bok agree to her conditions or surrender? And what will come of the forest fire started to oust the guerrilla fighters? (imdb)
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    Conditions of Love
    AKA The Terms Of Love AKA Love's Condition
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    A Splendid Outing
    An important figure in society, Gong Do-hi's schedule is so tight that she could lose herself in it. At the point of collapse and feeling confused, Do-hi hears of her past life from a fortuneteller one day. Afterwards, Do-hi drives like crazy speeding along the highway into a city where she is guided by a madwoman and so starts her splendid outing. Do-hi lives with her so-called husband, Yong Dal-ho and their seven-year-old daughter, Jin-young. (Korean Classic Film)
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    The Upstart
    A poor boarder inherits 30 million dollars from an American soldier whose life he saved during the Korean War. The stingy landlady instantly turns into a completely different person, women swarm around him, and charities ask him for donations. Gangsters come forward and try to kill him. But one day a letter arrives from the bank that says the 30 million dollars was a mistake. He faints. (imdb)
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    Late Autumn
    A female prisoner is given a special pass for good behavior that allows her to travel outside the prison for a short time. She goes to visit her mother's tomb. On the train, she meets a young man who tries to convince her to run away. She refuses, but they promise to meet in two years when her sentence is finished. However the man fails to appear at the appointed time. (imdb)
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    Starting Point
    Sang-hun, a painter, and Yeong-hun, a doctor, are brothers. Sang-hun's girlfriend left him for another man, and he draws her portrait everyday. Yeong-hun, the older of the two, makes a medical mistake, and his young patient dies. Because of the guilty conscience, he abandons the career as a doctor and devotes himself to writing a novel. However, the brothers have high self-esteem and finally overcome their weaknesses to make a fresh start. ( Korean Classic Film)
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    When a Woman Breaks Her Jewel Box
    Bo-yeong, young woman living with her father and aunt, believes that her mother was killed during the Korean War. She discovers that her mother is still not dead, but, after having been raped by an American soldier, has dedicated her life to taking care of orphans. (wikipedia.org)
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    Sorrow in the Heavens
    This family melodrama tells the story of Lee Yun-bok, a fourth-grader in a poor family. Unable to tolerate his father's gambling and cruelty, his mother leaves home. Yun-bok helps support the family by shining shoes, and keeps a journal. When his journal is made public in school, Yun-bok's father repents of his bad behavior, and his mother returns home. (wikipedia.org)
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    Girl Going to the City
    Lee Mun-hi works as a bus conductor. She is tormented by the fact that she is subject to body searches, but tries to treat her co-workers nicely and live an honest life. She is kind to people who are less fortunate than her and falls in love with Kwang-seok, a traveling salesman. She helps Kwang-seok become a crewman of the ship. When she is subjected to another body search, she protests against the humiliation and jumps from the building roof. She is critically injured and is embraced by Kwang-
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    The Classroom of Youth
    A group of students deal with family dynamics While the students, full of vigor in their twenties, make a stand against their parents who regard dating as a sin, they enjoy their springtime of life to the full showing affection in their own way. In the meantime, their parents get to understand them and their children receive their parents’ blessing.
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    A Returned Man
    Park Nam-ho works at a Japanese pharmaceutical company and lives happily with his wife, Gyeong-hui, in a house filled with beautiful white roses. Not long after hearing the wonderful news that his wife is pregnant, Park Nam-ho is drafted into the war in the Pacific. Posted in the Gwandong army, he survives the battle, though his face is burned. Back home, Gyeong-hui receives a telegram stating that her husband is dead. When she gives birth to their son, Cheol-soo, she goes to live in Seoul.
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