Jang Joon-hwan

Jang Joon-hwan

Birth : 1970-01-18, Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea

History

Korean director, known for Save the Green Planet (2003), 1987 (2017), and Hwayi (2013).

Profile

Jang Joon-hwan
Jang Joon-hwan
Jang Joon-hwan

Movies

1987: When the Day Comes
Adaptation
In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.
1987: When the Day Comes
Director
In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.
The Running Actress
So-ri's husband
A collection of three short films directed by Moon So-ri. During recent years, Moon tried writing and directing. She previously wrote and directed three short films “The Actress” (2014), “The Running Actress” (2015), and “The Best Director” (2015), and these three short films are assembled here together in her first feature film “The Running Actress”.
The Legacy
Production Consultant
Jeong-do became a Seoul University Law student with the support and sacrifice of his mother. However, ever since his mother passed away, he hasn't able to pass the bar exam for 10 years, as his rich girlfriend Jin-kyeong waits for him. To make matters worse, his father is fighting with lung cancer and he has medical bills to take care of. Then appears Kyeong-hee, a girl Jeong-do almost became siblings with due to his dad's affair with another woman...
Tinker Ticker
Production Consultant
Park Jung-gu sends out homemade bombs to people he finds online who are likely to use them, yet these devices are unused. One day, Jung-gu meets Lee Hyo-min, a delinquent student at his university and sends him a package. Soon an explosion in a delivery truck hits the news. Before long, Hyo-min discovers who is sending him the packages and the two form a tenuous relationship. However, Hyo-min's unpredictable behavior becomes dangerous and Jung-gu finds himself caught in a situation that he can no longer handle.
INGtoogi: The Battle of Internet Trolls
Production Consultant
An online feud evolves into something more real when two keyboard warriors take their battle offline in a mixed martial arts matchup.
Hwayi: A Monster Boy
Adaptation
After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime.
Hwayi: A Monster Boy
Director
After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime.
When Winter Screams
Production Consultant
When Yeon-soo finds out his long awaited baby has fatal deformities, he asks his wife to get an abortion which results in pain and depression.
Camellia
Writer
A man searching for his missing ex-girlfriend uncovers the dark secret behind an organization selling romantic virtual reality experiences. A film director looking for artistic inspiration runs into a strange woman who may or may not be a ghost. An assassin and a target for in love with each other but the assassin must complete the assignment.
Camellia
Director
A man searching for his missing ex-girlfriend uncovers the dark secret behind an organization selling romantic virtual reality experiences. A film director looking for artistic inspiration runs into a strange woman who may or may not be a ghost. An assassin and a target for in love with each other but the assassin must complete the assignment.
Two Or Three Things I Know About Kim Ki-young
Himself
A documentary consisting of twenty-two Korean directors' interviews about Kim Ki-young and respect for his work and the influence
Hair
Writer
"If I have chest hair ... Miss Kim, fame and fortune will be mine!" Woon-do is the owner of such an absurd idea. he is going to challenge the harsh destiny of the bare chest, decorating the room with pictures of male models with abundant chest hair and growing his dreams!
Hair
Director
"If I have chest hair ... Miss Kim, fame and fortune will be mine!" Woon-do is the owner of such an absurd idea. he is going to challenge the harsh destiny of the bare chest, decorating the room with pictures of male models with abundant chest hair and growing his dreams!
Save the Green Planet!
Screenplay
A young man believes that his country's leaders are actually toxic reptilian aliens sent down to launch a takeover of his beloved Earth. So he decides to abduct them and force the truth out on camera in his basement that doubles as a film studio and torture chamber.
Save the Green Planet!
Director
A young man believes that his country's leaders are actually toxic reptilian aliens sent down to launch a takeover of his beloved Earth. So he decides to abduct them and force the truth out on camera in his basement that doubles as a film studio and torture chamber.
Phantom: The Submarine
Writer
Korea's first nuclear submarine and a crew with no record of existence embark on a do-or-die mission into the deep waters of the Pacific.
Motel Cactus
Assistant Director
The film consists of four episodes, all of which take place in Room 407 of Motel Cactus, a love hotel in Seoul.
Incoherence
Lighting Director
Three seemingly unrelated men commit petty crimes on the eve of an important televised discourse on social disorder in Korea.
2001 Imagine
Writer
2001 short film
2001 Imagine
Director
2001 short film
The Lazy Mirror
Director
Jeong Jun-hwan's first short, made in 1993
The Love of a Grape Seed
Cinematography
Short film by Jae-Yeong Heo, Soo-gil LeeDerek, and Son Tae-woong.
Sounds from Heaven and Earth
Cinematography
Short film directed by Equan Choi.
Save the Green Planet!
Director
English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean film.