Kim Ki-young

La historia gira en torno a la relación entre una criada y el marido de la familia que la ha contratado, creando un ambiente malsano en la casa. Remake de la considerada una de las mejores películas surcoreanas de la historia, aclamada por críticos y cineastas como Martin Scorsese, "The Housemaid" (Kim Ki-young, 1960).

Two housewives, wounded by their husbands' betrayals, meet by chance. They decide to carry out "exchange murders" and work towards the perfect alibis. Under what they know to be perfect plans, they kill each other's husbands. Although the police are able to prove that they're guilty, these two women are found innocent by the court of law.

Two housewives, wounded by their husbands' betrayals, meet by chance. They decide to carry out "exchange murders" and work towards the perfect alibis. Under what they know to be perfect plans, they kill each other's husbands. Although the police are able to prove that they're guilty, these two women are found innocent by the court of law.

A social drama about a man with an inferiority complex to his wife. When he seeks consolation in an extramarital affair, his mistress and wife conspire to set up a plan for sharing him

A social drama about a man with an inferiority complex to his wife. When he seeks consolation in an extramarital affair, his mistress and wife conspire to set up a plan for sharing him

Seok-ho is unable to overcome his fear that he will not graduate from college for only a limited number of the class will get their diplomas. Seok-ho tries to kill himself and ends up in a mental institution. Then he persuades his fellow patient, Hong-ik, to escape with him. After dealing with several incidents, they become miners. They meet a simple young woman. In order to construct an ideal land, they head for a deserted island in the South Sea. However, just before they're about to leave for the island, Seok-ho realizes that the island is a fantasy of an insane man so he runs off with the woman. Left behind, Hong-ik is disheartened but he gets together with the elderly innkeeper couple whose own son died of a mental illness. They head for the deserted island on a boat.

Seok-ho is unable to overcome his fear that he will not graduate from college for only a limited number of the class will get their diplomas. Seok-ho tries to kill himself and ends up in a mental institution. Then he persuades his fellow patient, Hong-ik, to escape with him. After dealing with several incidents, they become miners. They meet a simple young woman. In order to construct an ideal land, they head for a deserted island in the South Sea. However, just before they're about to leave for the island, Seok-ho realizes that the island is a fantasy of an insane man so he runs off with the woman. Left behind, Hong-ik is disheartened but he gets together with the elderly innkeeper couple whose own son died of a mental illness. They head for the deserted island on a boat.

A Korean woman raised in Spain with European values towards life and romance finds living in her ancestral land stifling and it eats away at her vitality.

Una variación del clásico de Kim The Housemaid (1960). Las vidas de un compositor y su esposa, que cría pollos, se tornan confusas cuando una joven llega a trabajar como empleada doméstica.

Una variación del clásico de Kim The Housemaid (1960). Las vidas de un compositor y su esposa, que cría pollos, se tornan confusas cuando una joven llega a trabajar como empleada doméstica.

Seo Mun-kyung, a merchant in ancient China where polygamy is legal, monopolizes the salt sales business. The magistrate of the province collapse families of Hwa Ja-heo and Hwang Mu-dae through Mun-kyung. When Ja-heo's wife Byung-ah fakes her death and disappears with Ja-heo, Seo is angered. But when he sees Mu-dae's wife Ban Geum-ryun, he is satisfied and this causes Mu-dae to end his own life. Geum-ryun makes Seo's concubines Chun-ae and Kyo-ah lose their sight and she takes Byung-ah to Seo. When Byung-ah has Seo's baby, antagonism and jealousy grows between the two women. Geum-ryun's jealousy kills Byung-ah's whole family and also kills Seo. Geum-ryun chooses to join her husband in death.

A deaf woman boarding with an elderly laborer suffers many hardships upon the latter's death. The old man's son offers to care for her, but she feels she must leave in order to protect the young man's reputation.

A deaf woman boarding with an elderly laborer suffers many hardships upon the latter's death. The old man's son offers to care for her, but she feels she must leave in order to protect the young man's reputation.

A deaf woman boarding with an elderly laborer suffers many hardships upon the latter's death. The old man's son offers to care for her, but she feels she must leave in order to protect the young man's reputation.

Jin-seok, un veterano de la guerra de Vietnam regresa herido de una pierna a su pueblo para enterarse que su madre ha fallecido y que ya no le quedan familiares. Se casa con Sun-ok, las dificultades económicas y su tartamudeo provocan tensión en el matrimonio. Un día Sun-ok trae bambú de la casa de sus padres y comienza a prosperar notablemente en la fabricación de productos de bambú, de lo cual Jin-seok se aprovecha. El tartamudeo de Sun-ok es imitado por su hijo, trayendo más conflicto. Con el éxito del negocio, Jin-seok, inicia un romance con Chu-wol, una mujer fatal con planes de arruinar a la pareja.

Jin-seok, un veterano de la guerra de Vietnam regresa herido de una pierna a su pueblo para enterarse que su madre ha fallecido y que ya no le quedan familiares. Se casa con Sun-ok, las dificultades económicas y su tartamudeo provocan tensión en el matrimonio. Un día Sun-ok trae bambú de la casa de sus padres y comienza a prosperar notablemente en la fabricación de productos de bambú, de lo cual Jin-seok se aprovecha. El tartamudeo de Sun-ok es imitado por su hijo, trayendo más conflicto. Con el éxito del negocio, Jin-seok, inicia un romance con Chu-wol, una mujer fatal con planes de arruinar a la pareja.

A melodrama about a man who survives an attempted double suicide with a stranger while picnicking with friends. He goes on a cave expedition for a famous archaeologist where he discovers a skeleton several thousand years old. He meets the spirit of the skeleton in a dream, and then becomes romantically involved with the archeologist's daughter.

While working on a case with farmers, lawyer Heo Seung comes to believe that the rural development movement is the only lasting way to preserve the identity of the country. With conviction, Seung throws himself into the rural area. However, this position is against the Japanese occupation policies and eventually, even his wife, Yun Jung-sun, ends up leaving him. The Japanese judge Masaki Hiroshi determines that Seung's rural development activities are actually a rebellion against Japan. He has Seung imprisoned as an ideology criminal. After spending five years in jail, Seung returns to the country to see his wife, Jung-sun, continuing her husband's work and waiting for him.

La acción tiene lugar en una isla de la costa sur de Corea, poblada por mujeres que viven del mar y que estructuran sus vidas según las viejas tradiciones. En esta isla se observan los elementos más primitivos de las experiencias humanas. De acuerdo con una trama aparentemente detectivesca que cuenta cómo uno de los nativos de la isla desaparece al regresar del continente, se estructuran historias paralelas que van desnudando, poco a poco, la verdad de otras misteriosas desapariciones.

Mild-mannered and modest Sook-young looks like your usual middle-aged woman, but happens to be a man-killing murderess. On a train trip to Mokpo, she remembers an earlier trip as a prisoner on furlough accompanied by a menacing but kind butch female guard. On the train they meet Hoon, a young man who falls for Sook-young. The guard lets them be alone at a bizarre marriage in a hill-top graveyard.

Chim-Ae, an orphan, is saved by an old monk of Seo San Temple, Mu Bul Dang while he is wandering in war fires. Then he enters the priesthood and trains himself a mountaineering asceticism. When he becomes an eminent young priest, the last trial to receive the mantle of the preceding abbot applies on him. The old monk sends the fairest of the fair, Myo-Hyang of cottage Ni Am to Chim-Ae to form a connection with her. But Chim-Ae quickly removes his earthly desires towards woman and goes through this hardship by fasting meditation. However the old monk recognizes that love sprouted between two youngsters and shows Chim-Ae the face of transgression which he mentally violated without hesitation to make Chim-Ae and Myo-Hyang go back to mundane existence.

Chim-Ae, an orphan, is saved by an old monk of Seo San Temple, Mu Bul Dang while he is wandering in war fires. Then he enters the priesthood and trains himself a mountaineering asceticism. When he becomes an eminent young priest, the last trial to receive the mantle of the preceding abbot applies on him. The old monk sends the fairest of the fair, Myo-Hyang of cottage Ni Am to Chim-Ae to form a connection with her. But Chim-Ae quickly removes his earthly desires towards woman and goes through this hardship by fasting meditation. However the old monk recognizes that love sprouted between two youngsters and shows Chim-Ae the face of transgression which he mentally violated without hesitation to make Chim-Ae and Myo-Hyang go back to mundane existence.

A schoolgirl goes from braids to bouffant when her mother makes her a bar hostess/prostitute. She cures impotence for Professor Lee and becomes his concubine. His entrepreneurial wife is initially shocked but soon accepts the arrangement and even gives the girl an allowance.

A schoolgirl goes from braids to bouffant when her mother makes her a bar hostess/prostitute. She cures impotence for Professor Lee and becomes his concubine. His entrepreneurial wife is initially shocked but soon accepts the arrangement and even gives the girl an allowance.

Una variación del clásico de Kim The Housemaid (1960). Las vidas de un compositor y su esposa, que viven en una granja de pollos, se tornan confusas cuando una femme fatale se une a su hogar.

Una variación del clásico de Kim The Housemaid (1960). Las vidas de un compositor y su esposa, que viven en una granja de pollos, se tornan confusas cuando una femme fatale se une a su hogar.

Simon, a painter, regains the use of his hands thanks to therapy administered by Ren. Later, when Simon is kidnapped by communists and forced to paint a portrait of Stalin, Ren again helps him by assisting in his escape. Simon's wife, however, is less than pleased at their growing friendship and becomes determined to keep them apart.

A man is haunted by the ghost of his murdered girlfriend who tries to tempt him into the underworld. He is also visited by the girls dead mother who is furious with him for loving her daughter.

A man meets a woman on his hiking trip to Mountain Seorak, but she suffers from incurable diseases. He becomes infatuated with her hair. When he tells her about his feeling she promises him that she would leave her hair after she dies as part his heritage for the man. But when he looks for her later she is already dead, and her hair was already sold to another person. He meets another woman he becomes intimate with, but finds that she is his biological mother.

A man meets a woman on his hiking trip to Mountain Seorak, but she suffers from incurable diseases. He becomes infatuated with her hair. When he tells her about his feeling she promises him that she would leave her hair after she dies as part his heritage for the man. But when he looks for her later she is already dead, and her hair was already sold to another person. He meets another woman he becomes intimate with, but finds that she is his biological mother.

In the process of arresting a smuggler, the criminal's wife is killed. Twenty years later, the smuggler is released from prison and vows to murder the wife of the policeman who killed his spouse.

In the process of arresting a smuggler, the criminal's wife is killed. Twenty years later, the smuggler is released from prison and vows to murder the wife of the policeman who killed his spouse.

Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.

Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.

Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.

Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.

A Korean man, forced into service in the Japanese army during WWII, marries his Japanese girlfriend despite everyone's objections. Later, he becomes the sole survivor when the Americans attack.

A Korean man, forced into service in the Japanese army during WWII, marries his Japanese girlfriend despite everyone's objections. Later, he becomes the sole survivor when the Americans attack.

A Korean man, forced into service in the Japanese army during WWII, marries his Japanese girlfriend despite everyone's objections. Later, he becomes the sole survivor when the Americans attack.

Cuenta la historia de un triángulo amoroso entre un profesor de piano puritano y conservador, su esposa aparentemente ideal y la taciturna sirvienta de la casa. En 2010, el director surcoreano Lim Sang-soo realizó un remake con Jeon Do-yeon y Lee Jeong-jae en los papeles principales.

Cuenta la historia de un triángulo amoroso entre un profesor de piano puritano y conservador, su esposa aparentemente ideal y la taciturna sirvienta de la casa. En 2010, el director surcoreano Lim Sang-soo realizó un remake con Jeon Do-yeon y Lee Jeong-jae en los papeles principales.

Cuenta la historia de un triángulo amoroso entre un profesor de piano puritano y conservador, su esposa aparentemente ideal y la taciturna sirvienta de la casa. En 2010, el director surcoreano Lim Sang-soo realizó un remake con Jeon Do-yeon y Lee Jeong-jae en los papeles principales.

The rivalry between two families prevents budding love from being realized in the younger generation.

The rivalry between two families prevents budding love from being realized in the younger generation.

A housemaid becomes pregnant by her employer's husband and she flees to the countryside to raise her daughter on her own.

A housemaid becomes pregnant by her employer's husband and she flees to the countryside to raise her daughter on her own.

A historical melodrama about a love triangle within a group of bandits.

A historical melodrama about a love triangle within a group of bandits.

A historical melodrama about a love triangle within a group of bandits.

Esta clásica historia gira en torno a Su-dong y Ok-ran que están juntos por la promesa de matrimonio hecha por sus padres. Sin embargo, esta promesa se ​​rompe por Mu-ryong el hijo del jefe de la aldea que se siente atraído por Ok-ran y trata de hacerla suya. Cuando ella se resiste, Mu-ryong da un paso más con la intención de abusar de ella, pero es descubierto por Su-dong, que llega justo a tiempo para liberar a Ok-ran. Mu-ryong en su ira les dice a sus hombres que castiguen a Su-dong con severidad. Después de que Mu-ryong hace otro intento abominable de tener en sus manos a Ok-ran, ella y Su-dong no ven otra alternativa más que fugarse ...

Esta clásica historia gira en torno a Su-dong y Ok-ran que están juntos por la promesa de matrimonio hecha por sus padres. Sin embargo, esta promesa se ​​rompe por Mu-ryong el hijo del jefe de la aldea que se siente atraído por Ok-ran y trata de hacerla suya. Cuando ella se resiste, Mu-ryong da un paso más con la intención de abusar de ella, pero es descubierto por Su-dong, que llega justo a tiempo para liberar a Ok-ran. Mu-ryong en su ira les dice a sus hombres que castiguen a Su-dong con severidad. Después de que Mu-ryong hace otro intento abominable de tener en sus manos a Ok-ran, ella y Su-dong no ven otra alternativa más que fugarse ...

Esta clásica historia gira en torno a Su-dong y Ok-ran que están juntos por la promesa de matrimonio hecha por sus padres. Sin embargo, esta promesa se ​​rompe por Mu-ryong el hijo del jefe de la aldea que se siente atraído por Ok-ran y trata de hacerla suya. Cuando ella se resiste, Mu-ryong da un paso más con la intención de abusar de ella, pero es descubierto por Su-dong, que llega justo a tiempo para liberar a Ok-ran. Mu-ryong en su ira les dice a sus hombres que castiguen a Su-dong con severidad. Después de que Mu-ryong hace otro intento abominable de tener en sus manos a Ok-ran, ella y Su-dong no ven otra alternativa más que fugarse ...

A village youth gets trapped inside a communist hideout with his home made timebomb and must escape before it goes off.

Worldy renowned for his masterpiece The Housemaid (1960), Kim Ki-young debuts with his first short film I Am a Truck (1953), which was sponsored by UN and made a year after the armistice of the Korean War. This film is a fascinating glimpse into the mind of a soon-to-be powerful auteur and influential filmmaker in the post-war Korean cinema, if not the whole history of Korean cinema.