This is the story of Sook-ja (Moon Hee-kyung), a female diver in the beautiful Jeju Islands who has lived a tough life, and her childish son Yool (Yeon Joon). Young man Yool dreams of becoming a writer. One day he discovers his mother, Sook-ja, has terminal cancer, but she refuses to get treated and continues diving in the water. Yool gives up his dreams as a writer and goes to his brother-in-law to ask for a job just so he can change his mother's mind. One evening, Yool comes home drunk and upset. Sook-ja can't bear the sudden pain and wakes up her drunken son.
Three retired K-pop idols take a trip to Jeju Island. After failed careers and missed school trips, they finally have the time to go on a trip on their own. On their first day on the island, things start to go awry.
Old man, Moon-ho, spends his time masturbating because of Alzheimer. Yoon-jeong works as caretaker for Moon-ho. One day, Yoon-jeong finds Moon-ho completely recovered from dementia…
Trapped in routine, a Jeju poet finds himself drawn to a boy—and to emotions he’s never dared name.
Seong-pil, an actor, is traveling through Jeju Island when he sees an ad looking for actors. He follows the ad that leads him to Pong-ddol. The film captures their sincerity without losing the humor. What does film and life mean to you?
Grand Prix" covers the world of horse racing, centered around the romance between a male horse jockey and a female horse jockey. Seo Joo-Hee (Kim Tae-Hee) is an ambitious equestrian who loses her beloved horse in a racing accident and also injures her arm. Devastated she quits the sport and travels to Jeju Island. On Jeju Island, Seo Joo-Hee meets fellow equestrian Woo-Seok (Yang Dong-Kun), a former winner of the Japan Cup who is also experienced a similar slump as Seo Joo-Hee. With Woo-Seok's help, Seo Joo-Hee becomes inspired to compete for the Grand Prix Chamionship.
A Seoul businessman comes to Jeju Island and meets a lonely tour guide.
A pensive man visits an empty house. A neighbor tells him the house is haunted but he ignores it. Park Jinseong's second feature that takes place in Jeju Island gazes into the pain of life.
Min-hee, who faces many changes after losing her husband. After her husband's sudden death, Min-hee visits Jeju Island, where her husband had always yearned and experiences a whirlwind of emotions. Mok-ha, a single mom living in Jeju Island, becomes a neighbor to Min-hee who comes down from Seoul and causes various emotional changes.
A director, a cinematographer, and an actress spend the days leading up to a movie shoot together on-location, waiting for the director to come up with an idea for what the film will be about.
Yu-jeong who works golf practice is in her late twenties. One day, she receive the shocking news that Sang-ho who is only family and one young brother deserted from his regiment...
The story of a young mother shows her trapped in the massiveness of circumstance. Forced to desert her only child and live with the anxiety, she can only weep. On the island, life is getting much harder, and there is only wind, stone and women.
Hae-jin, 29, struggles to adapt to life in Seoul and returns to her hometown of Jeju. There, she reunites with her mother, Ok-ran, and her grandmother, Kang-ja, who has spent her life as a haenyeo. Hae-jin decides to become a haenyeo, but Ok-ran strongly opposes it. The conflict between them intensifies, while Kang-ja is diagnosed with dementia.
In 1948, as Jeju Island is swallowed by state violence, a 6-year-old girl wanders the forests beneath Hallasan, robbed of her voice. Her mother, A-jin, searches for her through a treacherous landscape where soldiers are ruthlessly crushing opposition to the country's partition.
A South Korean art house film director is first invited to serve on the panel of a film festival, then to guest lecture at a film school.
A former jockey who became blind after losing his wife in an accident gets a second chance with the help of his daughter and an injured horse.
After losing her beloved cousin and longtime manager, Indian star Alisha steps away from the spotlight and travels to Jeju Island to fulfill a promise they once made together. There, she unexpectedly crosses paths with Ha Sun-woo, a former K-pop idol and singer-songwriter who has retreated to Jeju after his own career and confidence were shaken by the past. What begins as a chaotic misunderstanding gradually turns into an unexpected connection. Over the course of a week, Alisha and Sun-woo explore Jeju's breathtaking landscapes, share music, laughter, and quiet moments, and slowly begin to open up about the wounds they have kept hidden from the world.
Yeong-joo, a former synchronized swimming athlete goes to Jeju Island to put together a synchronized swimming team for a performance. She slowly befriends the haenyeo, or female divers, and gradually begins to fit into their way of life.
A peculiar journey begins on Jeju Island. The artists transform into Sim Bong-sa and Ppaengdeok Eomeoni, slipping into a playful parody of The Tale of Simcheong, where reality and performance blur. A philosophical yet joyful road movie about failed artists restoring themselves.
Mother to daughter. Generation after generation. For over 2000 years, the women of Jeju Island dove deep into the ocean - the refuge that has given them life, shielded them from war and allowed them to educate their daughters. Now they want the tradition to stop. These are The Last Mermaids.