A courtesan's daughter's fidelity to her husband, the governor's son, is tested when he and his family leave for Seoul and the new governor attempts to possess her.
In this true story from 2002, South Korean patrol boats engaged in a deadly battle with North Korean patrol boats who crossed the maritime border known the Northern Limit Line and attacked.
A young girl is caught up in the 1980 Gwangju massacre, where Korean soldiers killed hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters who opposed the country's takeover by the military the year before.
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.
The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and claiming that they are communist sympathisers preparing a revolution against the current government. Seeing as the soldiers beat defenceless people, mainly students, to death, the citizens are in for retaliation and form a militia.
A disillusioned Seoul woman visits a remote island to reconnect with a childhood friend, only to find her trapped in an oppressive cycle of physical, mental, and sexual abuse. As tensions escalate, the situation spirals into a harrowing tale of survival and retribution.
The life of Lee Seung-man, a freedom fighter who struggled to liberate Korea from Japanese rule.
South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about their nuclear program.
Reporter for a North Korean news service joins the partisans when the Americans and UN forces invade South Korea.
Set against the backdrop of the Jeju Uprising in 1948, which was sparked by an armed revolt of islanders fearing the division of Korea into North and South, the film portrays the tragic consequences of an indiscriminate punitive expedition by the South Korean government. Under the guise of an anti-communist campaign, more than 25,000 civilians were slaughtered. Through the story of a mother fiercely protecting her young daughter, the film highlights the resilience and strength of Jeju women amidst the chaos.
Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.
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.
Hae-Soo moved to a small city where nobody knows her. There, she opens a cafe and starts a new life. One day, a customer and a high school student, Ye-Jin, gives her a hand during the cafe's busy hour. Hae-Soo then hires Ye-Jin to work as a part-timer at her cafe. They form a close bond while secrets and confused emotions linger in the background.
A boy's experience as a fresh military recruit stationed at the North-South border in the late 1970s.
Two brothers—Chul-ho, an accountant with a toothache and a pregnant wife, and Yong-ho, an unemployed ex-soldier wounded in battle—navigate life in post-war Korea.
A Seoul businessman comes to Jeju Island and meets a lonely tour guide.
A North Korean spy named Lee Chul-jin infiltrates the eastern coast of South Korea. His mission is to steal a Super Pig DNA sample which can be used to alleviate the famine in North Korea. On the way to meet his contact in Seoul, Chul-jin is robbed by gangsters posing as a taxi driver and passengers. Chul-jin finally meets fellow communists, Mr.OH and his family, and after many awkward situations and adventures.
Residents, who are evicted from their homes in a designated urban renewal, demonstrate against their removal. The police arrive and attempt to end the demonstration. Death happen that lead to the bigger problem.
On March 26, 1991, five boys set off to the mountain to go frog hunting and never come back to their family. While a documentary producer, detective and professor try to solve the mystery of the incident, one of the boys' parents is a suspect.
How did South Korea, after liberation in 1945 defend liberal democracy against leftist and communist forces? The door to that secret is now revealed.