Sung-Ki Ahn

Im Kwon-taek's ninety-fifth film tells the story of renowned nineteenth-century painter Jang Seung-up (Choi Min-Sik), an artist whose revolutionary work - and persona - has forever changed the face of Korean art. (Kino International)

A team of police hunt down a villain.

When a thief driving a motorcycle steals a purse of a pedestrian, the clumsy, naive and honest rookie policeman Sang-hwan runs after him, but the skilled specialist in martial arts Wi-jin captures the criminal and Sang-hwan is severely injured. She brings Sang-hwan to her home, where the six Masters of Tao heal him and believe that he has a powerful Qi, the spiritual energy of the universe, and could be a powerful warrior... (imdb)

In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats... (imdb)

Two boys find a beautiful world of magic and wonder when they find a magic marble in an old lighthouse. There they meet Mari and can escape from the growing hardships of their home lives (imdb)

This movie is based on actual events. After North Korean commandos tried to assassinate South Korean President Park Chung Hee in 1972, the Southern Government set up a unit to kill North Korean President Kim Il Sung. The unit was made up of prisoners sentenced to death for various offenses. (IMDB.com)

In 370 B.C, China was separated as seven nations and several other small tribes, one of these being the city state of Liang. The nation of Zhao is led by the terrifying prime commander Xiang Yangzhong who orders his troops to launch an attack on Liang in a bid to conquer the small city. (imdb)

The story of events leading up to the 1980 Gwangju massacre in South Korea when thousands of students and protesters were killed by armed troops during an anti-government demonstration. (imdb)

A story of two 13-year-old boys in a small country village during the last days of the Korean War... (imdb)

Han Kiju, a writer for a news periodical, is asked by his editor to write a story on the Vietnam war. This forces him confront his own experience as a soldier and brings about the re-appearance of a fellow war veteran, which encourages the darker memories of war to resurface.

An historical, epic tale of Korea's creation of Singijeon, a variation of the Chinese fire arrow. (imdb)

A composer who works at a factory hires one of the young women there as his housemaid which causes tension and drama in his life.

Duelist takes place in Korea during the Chosun dynasty, where a large-scale counterfeiting scheme threatens to send the whole country into chaos. Two cops, Detective Ahn (Ahn Sung-kee, who played the killer in Nowhere to Hide) and his young protégé, Namsoon (Ha Ji-won of Phone), stumble upon the plot while they're working undercover at a street fair... (nytimes)

Through a misunderstanding, Chul-su (Lee) arrives on the doorstep of Chun-hie (Shim). Having nowhere else to go, he forces her to allow him to stay until they can contact their mutual friend to solve the problem. Their initial contempt for each other gradually softens, but they cannot bring themselves to have a full understanding of the other. (imdb)

Seok-ho, a self-styled playboy with a beautiful wife, is fooling around with Ji-yeon , a voluptuous photographer, but pines for Chae-young , a college student who appears to be the most virtuous girl in all of Korea. But it turns out that Chae-young, who frustrates her suitor at every turn, is not so chaste after all. The plot thickens as Seok-ho's best friend Young-su , outwardly awkward and shy, sets his sights on Ji-yeon, not realizing that she is already involved with his best buddy. (asiatorrents.com)

A Korean reunification plan is upset by a Japanese invasion plot, revealing a century-old secret between the countries. (imdb)

A poetic story about a man rendered comatose by an accident and a bar maid, where the months pass, the seasons come and go, and the man sleeps on... (movies.yahoo.com)

Lee Jong-se is a third-rate comedian who believes himself to be a creative genius. He desires nothing more than to be a movie director. When he befriends barber, Mun Do-seok who has hopes to become an actor, it seems like a match made in heaven and the two set off to make a film.

Young Joon, an internal affairs officer whose case investigating corruption and a drugs ring leads him to Pusan. Here, he finds himself forced to work with his police chief father Min Ho, who he hasn't seen for eight years, and who he has long harboured a grudge against for his taking bribes, blaming him for the death of his mother. Inevitably, the two are soon butting heads, clashing in their methods and in their personal lives. (beyondhollywood.com)

Something awaits 8,000 feet under the sea off the southern tip of Jeju Island. The Eclipse is the offshore drilling rig stationed at Sector 7... (imdb)

In late 2007, one math professor named Kim Kyung-ho is arrested for attempting to assault the judge who presided over a trial on his appeal case. Several years ago, he was fired by his university just because he could not be silent about one faulty problem in some important exam. He filed a lawsuit for this unfair discharge and an additional appeal, but he lost. He is so angry and frustrated that, one night, he ambushes the judge with his crossbow and threatens him to admit his mistrial. (Wikipedia)

A travelling monk, Pobun, meets a young man dressed as a monk, who had a mysterious air about him. Their paths cross a few days later, and Sissan, the young man, confides in Pobun that he had been banished from the monkhood because he was suspected of raping a girl who had subsequently committed suicide. Pobun decides to seek the truth. (MUBI)

A Christmas Eve party at a luxury residential building takes a horrific turn when a fire breaks out.

Lee Joonsup is a famous writer in his 40s. One day, he is informed that his mother who has been ill for more than 5 yea rs has died. Before he goes to his mother's house in the countryside to assist with the funeral, he is busy cancelling a ll his appointments and telling everyone about his mother's death. A journalist, Jang Haerim, comes to the funeral to write an article about Joonsup's literary world. (kmdb)

This film depicts the story of a village people who suffered form the turmoil of fighting between the left wing and the right wing about the time of the Korean Conflict (1948-1953) The village people may represent all the Korean people who suffered during the Korean Conflict However, the main theme of this film is not the fight of ideologies, but humanism itself, which Director Im considers one of the most important things in human beings. (kmdb)

In the poor district of town, there lived a woman known as the Black Glove. Taking her young son, she remarries a man named Tae-sub whom nobody knows anything about. Tae-sub has an enormous secret. He relies on the Black Glove to support him. One day, Ju-seok, her ex-husband shows up. He's been released from jail and is now a cabbie. The almost ruined Kil-ja yearns for the neighborhood minister, Gong. The Black Glove decides to give up her ex-husband and her son... (kmdb)

Three friends, Duk-bae, Chun-sik, and Kil-nam, work each at a suburban Chinese restaurant, a barbershop, and a motel. The three friends are clueless about their future. They just share the drinks and love stories. Kil-nam is in love with Jin-ok working at a hair salon and Chun-sik is after Yu who also works at the barbershop. Naive Duk-bae's mind is torn between Chun-sun who works at a factory and an uptown girl Myung-hi. Their daily lives are never quiet.. (kmdb)

Chilsu, makes his living painting theatrical posters. He quits his job to join Mansu painting billboards. Chilsu dreams of joining his sister in the USA. Mansu's father has been a political prisoner. Chilsu spends his free time with his student friend Jin-A. After Mansu's father is denied leave for his 60th birthday and they discover that Jin-A has entered an arranged marriage, the two climb onto a roof over a billboard they have painted and begin venting their frustrations at the crowd below.

A professional Go player swears violent revenge on the gangsters who killed his brother.

Hae-shik and Hae-chul may be twin brothers, but that is pretty much where the similarities begin and end. Operating on opposite sides of the law, Hae-shik has a high-ranking position as a senior police officer while Hae-Chul falls in with a pretty tough crowd. When one of the brothers chooses to end his own life with his sibling's gun, a tense investigation involving shifting identities and questionable motives finds him traveling a dangerous road on which death may be the only escape. (rottentomatoes)

Moon Chae-Ku and his friend Kim Chul try to bring the body of Moon's father back to his native Kwisong Island for burial. Their ferry is intercepted by resentful islanders who will not let the boat dock, because of the father's political activities in the 1950's, informing on Communist sympathizers. Kim Chul, through flashbacks, recalls people and events from his island childhood. (imdb)

A hunter is forced into a merciless fight for survival by some gold-seekers who won't allow witnesses for a cold-blooded murder. (imdb)

Young-min secretly admires Hye-rin whom he saw in a play and sends her flowers

Based upon the experiences of Lee Tae, a war correspondent during the Korean War. (Wikipedia)

Paek Hobin, played by Ahn Sung-ki, is an illegal immigrant in the U.S. He is determined to do anything for money, in order to bring his pregnant wife from Korea to the U.S. (korea.net)

The shy Byung-tae has a crush on Mi-ran, a college student. He fails to win her over. Disheartened, Byung-tae runs away from home to go whale hunting. (koreanfilm.or.kr)

A lyrical neorealism film that eschews the family melodrama for a powerful and affecting look at poverty. (lovehkfilm.com)

An easy-going corrupt detective is partnered up with a younger, more by-the-books detective. The two tries to influence each other in becoming like themselves but must cooperate when faced with a strange case. (imdb)

The Age of Success is a melodrama about lust for success and revenge at a company that makes sweeteners. (en.wikipedia.org)

Su-ok (Jeong Yun-hee) is sent down from Seoul to teach at an elementary school in a remote mountain village. She sees a shabbily-dressed man named Kae-chul (Ahn Sung-ki) at a bus stop near the entrance to the village, and gets a sinister feeling about him. (koreafilm.org)

Ja-young is experiencing difficulties navigating the two worlds of her traditional Korean customs and those of the West. Having been scarred by inappropriate contact by an adult as a young girl; she has a hard time distinguishing between right and wrong behavior with young men. Her overbearing mother has driven Ja-young to the point where she can no longer act on her own will and this leads to trouble for her. There is a theme of men fondling and caressing women's knees in the film... (imdb)

Son Hak-su (Kim Seung-ho) is a middle school teacher who barely gets by on his income because he's paying off a monthly mortgage for his welfare housing facility sold by the government. One day, Mr. Son and his wife make the acquaintance of a U.S. immigrant Charlie Hong (Heo Chang-kang). Charlie suggests to the couple that they invest money in a smuggling business he is engaged in. Enticed by Charlie's story of easy moneymaking, the wife persuades the husband ... (imdb)

Magistrate Hwang's daughter Jin-yi, is jilted before her wedding because a shoe maker was smitten with her and commits suicide. Jin-yi becomes a courtesan, and becomes famous for her wits and beauty. She falls for Byuk Kye-su, but he's chosen to be an envoy to a far off kingdom. When he leaves she feels so betrayed she takes to a life of wandering. She meets Lee Saeng, a destitute scholar, and stays with him until she discovers he's going to sell her to a group of itinerate clowns. (imdb)

Er Woo Dong translates to "entertainer," a rough approximation of the duties of 14th-century Korean courtesan Er Yoon Chang. After a lifetime "in service," Er Yoon Chang retires to a faraway village. Meanwhile, her powerful father, ashamed of his daughter's lifestyle, dispatches an assassin to do her in. Er Yoon Chang is protected by her faithful deaf-mute bodyguard, but only up to a point. (imdb)

A woman could not hear from her husband, who departed with her during the Korean War (1950-1953). As a beauty, she is tempted by many men. She just waits for the news from her husband under the protection of his friend who she gets married to in the end. A long time later her husband who went to the North by force in the name of serving in a volunteer troop comesto the South to meet her since he could not forget her. (mydramalist)

AKA Who Saw The Dragon's Toenails;

Dr. Nam, in his will, requests that his eldest daughter, Jeong-hui, marry a painter named Dong-su. Jeong-hui is at risk of losing her house due to her father's debt, and a young physician Sun-cheol who received his college education with the financial support of Dr. Nam, helps her by selling his own house. Despite his love for her, Sun-cheol cannot express his feelings because he knows of the request in her father's will. (Korean Classic Film)

This hard-to-find movie tells about pollution and raising awareness of it. (imdb)

A middle-aged man who has recently lost his wife to cancer indulges in fantasies about a young woman at his work. (imdb)

Flower on the Equator is a suspense film with a hint of the classic Hitchcock film Rear Window, with its theme about the isolation of alienated people living in the city. (imdb)

A young couple is on their honeymoon trip on an old battle cruiser. After a night of violence from the other passengers, the ship starts floating and everyones humanity is put to the test.

AKA Lee Jang-ho's Baseball Team; Lee Jang-ho-ui oeingudan; Hye-sung grew up poor but he has a gifted talent for baseball. Eom-ji has watched over him since they were young. Hye-sung falls in love with Eom-ji but when she transfers to another school, they don't see each other for years. Hye-sung and Eom-ji meet again at a baseball field but Um-ji is now the girlfriend of the exceptional hitter of high school, Ma Dong-tak. (Korean Classic Film)

Byung-tae suffers from Cerebral palsy and in trying to go sightseeing, ends up at the wrong destination. There he meets Min-wu and pregnant Chun-ja and decides to join them on their trip. Chun-ja is suicidal and makes a lot of trouble for Byung-tae. Chun-ja gives birth in a barn and the couple have and impromptu wedding. When they arrive in Chun-ja's hometown, Byung-tae heads to his original destination. (imdb)

Once upon a time back in the era of the Shilla Dynasty when Buddhism was the religion of peasants and kings, there lived a young monk named Jo-shin. Of all of the temples in all of the kingdom, Dal-lae had to walk… (imdb)

Jeong-ho is castrated by an ambitious minister for loving above his station. The minister also happens to be the father of Ja-ok, the girl Jeong-ho loved. He sends his daughter to the king as a concubine in a bid to gain favor, but the king sees through his motives and the instead forces Ja-ok into the position of a lowly kitchen maid. Jeong-ho sole hope in life is to save his former lover. (imdb)

Yong-hu, a world champion martial artist who believes in no God, only himself, suddenly develops stigmata on his palms. Visiting a church in hopes of healing the stigmata, he ends up saving Father Ahn, who falls into danger while performing an exorcism. In this way he learns of the power of the stigmata. As time passes Yong-hu accepts his new calling and begins saving people who are possessed by demons, but then he must prepare for a final confrontation with the evil Jisin, who ensnares people with the power of the devil.

Min-woo, a medical student from a wealthy family, runs into Da-hye) as he rides his bicycle on campus. At first Da-hye dislikes Min-woo, but thanks to help from his charismatic friend Hyeon-tae, he grows closer to Da-hye and the two fall deeply in love. But happiness would not last long. Min-woo's business goes belly-up, and then he learns his birth mother is a military base-town prostitute. Do disturbed by this all he ends up in jail.

Once a superstar with a music award on his belt, rocker CHOI Gon now sings in a run-down café. But an incident with one of the guests at the café has him end up locked behind bars. His manager for more than 20 years, Min-soo makes a deal with the radio station producer to help Gon bail out, and in exchange, to have Gon DJ at a remote radio station in the suburbs. (imdb)

When the police raid the compound of a religious cult, they discover that almost all of the members have committed suicide. The only survivor, laying on an altar in the middle of the room, is a very pregnant woman who goes into labor as the raid begins. The woman dies in the hospital, but her child survives. 20 years later, strange things are starting to happen around the child, now a grown woman. (imdb)

In 1592, Admiral Yi leads a fleet to Hansan Island to fight off Japanese invaders.

Soo-Jin tries to live a perfect life as a lawyer and mother after divorce. Soo-Jin hears the she has Alzheimer's. Her father, In-Woo begins to accompany Soo-Jin and her daughter so that they can live even if she forgets her memories. (imdb)