Struggling financially, Me-ja and Dal-su live together, get pregnant unintendedly, and decide to sell the baby to a wealthy, infertile couple.
Naju Mayor
En 1801 un nuevo rey decide exiliar a una isla a un erudito en la cual conoce a un joven pescador admirador del confucianismo y de gran conocimiento sobre el mar. Fascinado, el erudito decide escribir un libro sobre el mar con la ayuda del pescador.
Hospital Patient
A couple's hospital tryst is caught on X-Ray. Thinking she and her boyfriend are the ones in the compromising radiograph, nurse Yoon-young goes in the next day to resign only to find that everyone has called in sick except the head doctor.
Brigadier Gen. Im Chun-bong
Guerra de Corea, septiembre de 1950. Para luchar contra las fuerzas enemigas asentadas en el sur de la península, el general MacArthur ordena el inicio de la Operación Desembarco en Incheon, desplegando ataques en otros lugares a modo de distracción. Sin disponer realmente de fuerzas militares de sobra, 772 jóvenes estudiantes soldados coreanos, apenas entrenados, son enviados a la playa de Jangsari, donde se enfrentarán a un destino heroico y descubrirán el valor de la amistad. (Secuela de «Operación Chromite», estrenada en 2016.)
Village foreman
A man with criminal past makes a promise to his mother to turn his life around after he realizes how miserable he has made her.
Himself
10 years from them to now, people who miss the late president Roh Moo-hyun tell their stories.
Yun-yeong's Father
Yoon-young has been harboring feelings for Song-hyun, a friend's wife. When he finds out that she is divorced, Yoon-young and Songhyun take a trip to Gunsan on a whim. They find lodging at an inn where the middle-aged owner lives with his autistic daughter who does not leave her room. The four become star crossed lovers in the city of Gunsan.
Jang-gun lives in a remote country, Kkachigol, with his loving mom. His name, Jang-gun, means ‘General’ in Korean which his mother named wishing him to be a great person. But he just want to be a ordinary farmer and his only wish is growing potato well and getting married Kkotbuni someday. One day, Jang-gun receives a draft notice and conscripted into the army even not knowing the meaning of the war.
Choi Yong Deuk is a hard worker in Gwandong Village and he's about to become the village chief. Yong Deuk was nominated as chief of the village for his hard-working traits and trustworthy character. However, Man Soo, a politician from Seoul decreases Yong Deuk's chances of becoming chief. Will he beat Man Soo and become the village chief?
Self
In 2002, the Millennium Democratic Party elects the first presidential candidate by introducing a popular election system. While politicians like Ki Ra-seong have joined the election, Roh Moo-hyun the very last candidate with only 2% approval, throws in his hat. This is the story of a nation and the nation he led.
Jeong Man-ho
Eunha, who is a stateless person, is imprisoned for charged with murder. A warmhearted, coolheaded correctional officer goes through turbulent changes of his emotions after he meets the woman. The movie depicts the extraordinary love between the two in the limited space of a penitentiary facility.
Jeongsu
Coincidence brings Gyohwan, a ´keyboard warrior´ who has left home and is moving from gosiwon to gosiwon, and Jeongsu, a ´patriotic senior citizen´ who has fought all his life against the left wing, together who become close like a grandfather and grandson. A black comedy about the two who each prepare for their last big event which leads to disaster.
Dope Cock
Art college students, Nuri and Hoon have illegal plan instead of preparing graduation piece. But they need one more member for it.
North Korean Lieutenant General
Missing and death cases take place in succession along the Korean Demilitarized Zone. South Korea forms a unit led by Captain Jo Jin-Ho and First Lieutenant Shin Yoo-Hwa as assistant leader. They are given only 24 hours to find out the truth behind the incidents. Team members find evidence, but they feel like something isn't right.
El pintor Ha-rim se quedó ciego debido a un desafortunado accidente. Su esposa, Sun-yeong, busca a un donante de córnea en busca de un paciente terminal con cáncer, Dae-geun. Estos dos hacen un trato sorprendente y peligroso para la córnea de Ha-rim.
Chairman
Park Goo mutates into a man-fish due to side effects from an experimental drug. He receives heavy publicity and becomes a star. A conspiracy by a pharmaceutical company leads Park Goo to being possibly expelled from the world.
Ma-nim (Kim Jeong-ah-II) becomes a widow after her husband dies from sickness and she arrives at Bukgando to get remarried. Her new husband is a handsome and wealthy man but he is killed by a Japanese even before she spends a night with him. Ma-nim is alone in the big house once again. Everyone by her husband's side leaves and only the grandfather and slave named Bau are left behind. One day, Ma-nim notices that Bau has a way of staring at her and she is overcome by a strange feeling. She'd to oppress her desires as a woman because of her two short marriages and strict identity. Bau had never made love with a woman before but she didn't mind his gaze on her. The two of them start a forbidden love behind grandfather's back...
Do-chul
Since she was young, Soo-Nam has been able to do anything well with her hands. She holds 14 different certificates for typing excellence, but a computer takes over her job. Luckily, she finds a new job and marries. Soo-Nam and her husband decide to buy a house. They take out a loan to pay for their home. Soo-Nam works hard to pay off the loan, but she falls into more debt. Then an opportunity arises to pay off all her debts at once.
Father, son and even grandson, are all mesmerized by this 29-year-old sexy mom. Yong-tae is a dying cancer patient whose wife passed away. Seong-min is a nuisance of a son who is of no use. Yeong-chan is Yong-tae’s grandson who is addicted to porn. A sexy mom comes into the lives of these three men one day. Jin-hee brings positive feelings into the house and prescribes her personal methods of treatment for the three men. Who will get it on with mom?
Mr. Kim
Kim In-in is about to die. To protect his deathbed, Sang-woo's family visits the hospital. Kim In-in asks Sang-woo about the whereabouts of Byung-cheol, but Byung-cheol avoids contact. Kim In-in, who was looking for Byung-cheol until his death, faces a lonely death while Sang-woo and his family are watching, and Sang-woo turns to where Byeong-cheol lives.
Father-in-law
A Vietnamese woman, Thuy, is married to a Korean man and lives with her in-laws in rural Korea. One day, her gambling-addict husband is killed in a motorcycle accident. The woman gets suspicious because her husband was not even able to ride a bicycle. She wants to investigate her husband's death, while the villagers find her annoying
Jung-woo's father
Dreaming of a box-office hit, an adult-movie director teams up with his crew of three misfits to lure a top actress into starring in his new film.
Jang Gi-no
Yoo Joon aspiraba a convertirse en un periodista distinguido, pero ahora trabaja como periodista de tercera categoría. Su vida personal es igualmente un desastre. Él está involucrado en un romance con una mujer casada llamada Jung-In y también tiene un problema de juego. Entonces escucha a Jung In que quiere romper con él. Ella es la esposa de un compañero de trabajo de alto nivel de Yoo Joon y ella quiere arreglar su matrimonio. Aunque Yoo Joon quiere tener a Jung In de vuelta, incluso si eso significa que tiene que matar a su esposo.
Elder Lee
Dong-seok Cha, a documentary producer, made a documentary about 'Geochang massacre in 1951' for its 60th anniversary, but it is not selected as a broadcasting program for its lack of impact. So, PD Cha is disappointed until he meets Ji-yoon and her grandfather Lee, who was a soldier at the time of 'Geochang massacre in 1951', and has lost his memories by disease. Ji-yoon and Lee come down to Geochang to find a girl in a picture, which Lee has kept for his life. PD Cha thinks that it is a great chance to take impact on the documentary by filming him.
Director Song
Coming to grips with the truth that he will never earn a living playing baduk, a young man's chance encounter with a local gangster finds him with a new pupil in this drama about the vastly different past and future of the two men.
"A Journey with Korean Masters" is an omnibus film compiling four shorts created by directors who once dominated Korean cinema: Park Chul-soo, Lee Doo-yong, Lee Jang-ho, and Chung Ji-young. This modest project is the product of collaboration between professional and amateur actors of all ages and the masters. The aim was to promote the city of Seoul and the harmony of old and new. The project began as a promotional event, but its cinematic quality is equal, if not superior, to any Korean films officially invited to BIFF this year. That is by no means simply being polite. This special screening is the perfect opportunity to enjoy the unique characteristics of masters experiencing a cinema renaissance in their twilight years.
Dong Jung-ho
El agente norcoreano Pyo Jong-sung trabaja en colaboración con su mujer, Yeon Jung-hee. Ella utiliza como tapadera su trabajo como intérprete en la embajada de Corea del Norte en Berlin. Su misión consiste en vigilar a los oficiales de alto rango y ayudar al diplomático Lee Hak-soo en el tráfico de armas con destino a Corea del Norte. La tapadera es descubierta por un agente surcoreano, Cheon Se-hwang, que estaba investigando las cuentas bancarias del diplomático.
Executive director Park
On September 4, 1984, democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae (Park Won Sang) is arrested and taken to an infamous interrogation facility in Namyeong-dong. For the next 22 days, he would be cruelly and continuously tortured in all manners by interrogators intent on forcing him to confess to communist collaboration.
Real Estate Broker
This atmospheric drama follows photographer Min-woo, who enters into a torrid affair with a now-married ex-girlfriend, although he is distracted by a building obsession with the tormented ghost of the young woman who used to live in his apartment.
Kim Yang-gil
Un barbero tiene un secreto que, en caso de revelarse, podría cambiar su feliz existencia para siempre.
Producer
Una mujer es asesinada en unos grandes almacenes. Nadie se imagina que los asesinatos seguirán, pero dos días después aparece otra víctima. Una mujer es asfixiada y la única prueba en la escena del crimen es una pegatina con un personaje de dibujos animados, "Princess Aurora". Un veterano detective empieza a sospechar de una bella joven llamada Jung Sun jung pero no revela a nadie, ni siquiera a su compañero, que Jung es su ex mujer. Los asesinatos siguen y la pegatina de "Princess Aurora" se encuentra al lado de todos los cadáveres...
Producer
Historia de amor entre un hombre que acaba de salir de la cárcel y una mujer que sufre de una parálisis cerebral. Aclamado film ganador de numerosos premios en festivales. (FILMAFFINITY)
Laundry man
While approaching the end of his mundane military service, directionless 24-year-old Joon attempts to sort out his complicated feelings for an older married woman, his ex-girlfriend and her vivacious sister.
Staff Member of South Korean Embassy
Sugihara es un joven coreano residente en Japón que, a pesar de ser inmigrante de segunda generación, trata de integrarse en un mundo que le discrimina racialmente.
Ji-hum's Father
Romances end in blood and the frail hopes of individuals are torn apart in a vile karmic continuity of colonialism, civil war and occupation. After surviving Japanese colonization, Korea became the first war zone of the Cold War. The legacy of war remains today in this divided country.
Dal-chi
A wimpy, incompetent bank clerk decides to become a pro wrestler.
Executive Producer
El suicidio de Yhongo sirve como acto de entrada a la retrospectiva de la historia de su vida, la cual entraña truncadas relaciones de amor, desventuras de un soldado o las vivencias de un cartero marcado por la guerra y la pérdida. Una historia que implica inevitablemente reflexión, pues los ojos de Yhongo nos adentran en la convulsa situación de Corea del Sur entre los años 1979 y 1999, sus secuelas y su reflejo en los habitantes. Película que recorrió varios festivales, obteniendo los premios a la mejor película y mejor director en los Grand Bell Awards.
Chef
Han-kook starts to work as an apprentice chef at a Chinese restauraunt belonging to his father's friend, but rather than follow the painstaking process of preparing the food by hand, Han-kook begins to use pre-processed ingredients.
송교수
Ad copywriter Sang-joon and event planner Ji-hyun meet for the first time in an elevator and decide to get married right away. But marital bliss is short lived for these two with the arrival of their son Nu-ri. Ji-hyun, exhausted from raising a baby, wants to go back to work. She thinks of a clever plan to return to her job.
Judge Park Ki-poong lost his wife on the day his son Su-seok was born. As a result of this tragedy, Ki-poong ignores his son and Su-seok resents his father. The bad blood between the judge father and the lawyer son come to a volatile but humorous climax in the courtroom when they are on opposing ends of a divorce case.
Chef
Un botones de hotel que acaba de ser abandonado se enamora de una modelo de piernas que es un huésped habitual del hotel. Ella y su amante se encuentran regularmente en la habitación 901. Un día, su amante muere en un accidente de atropello y fuga. También alrededor de este hotel hay una telefonista que desea perder el tiempo. Su fijación es con un viaje en taxi. Cuando se sube a un taxi, no le dice al conductor adónde ir y el conductor no pregunta. Simplemente recorren la ciudad de noche.
He already has 101 fraudulent methods but now he plans to break into the building of a high-ranking civil servant...
Driver
Seo-rin learns that life can be cruel when she is abandoned by her mother in a movie theater as a child. She grows up on the streets and eventually meets the insomniac Jeong-il and is charmed by his innocence. Although their initial encounter is brief, it launches them on a quest for love and a search for each other
Producer
Se centra en la vida de Makdong (Han Suk-kyu) un joven que, al término de su servicio militar, aspira a una vida mejor para su familia y para sí mismo, lo cual se torna en principio imposible, pues sus buenas intenciones no son suficientes para afrontar la vida en las calles controlada por mafia. (FILMAFFINITY)
Kim Yang-gil
Se centra en la vida de Makdong (Han Suk-kyu) un joven que, al término de su servicio militar, aspira a una vida mejor para su familia y para sí mismo, lo cual se torna en principio imposible, pues sus buenas intenciones no son suficientes para afrontar la vida en las calles controlada por mafia. (FILMAFFINITY)
(uncredited)
Park Bong-Gon is having problems at home with her husband and his temper. She decides to leave and pursue her childhood dream of becoming a singer and begins seeing it through at a club called the Arabian Night. Her husband, upset with her disappearance, enlists a man who specializes in finding runaway housewives...
Detective
This film depicts the passion and frustration of young people who dream of becoming popular rock musicians. Dohyun neglects his studies because he is only interested in one thing - rock music. He comes to Seoul to work and ente rs a band. he meets his future manager, Jeewoo, and makes his debut as a singer. However, the production of his first album is cancelled because it is considered 'not commercial' enough. Dohyun returns to his hometown, depressed. Jeewo, however, finds him and helps him open his first gig after weeks of practice. The gig turns out to be a complete failure. Dohyun and his friends sing in the middle of the street with pedestrians as their spectators. The film ends with Dohyun frustrated over his unsuccessful career as a rock musician.
In-hak
Kil is a professional hitman, who leads a very lonely life composed of a pack of Marlboro, instant noodle, cash in the freezer, a knife, a motorcycle and Chichi, a pet monkey. But when he bumped into a beautiful call girl Suha, his life could never be the same...
Worker
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. Flashbacks show the girl seeing her mother shot to death in the massacre. The film spurred the Korean public to demand the truth behind the incident, and their government eventually opened previously classified files on the massacre.
Chun Dalsoo, a scoundrel who has nothing better to do, makes his living by attending military exercises in place of his friends. One day, he goes to the bank with Eunji, a cashier in a cafe. To Dalsoo’s surprise, he finds ten billion won in his bank account.
Tae-il's Father
La voz de un intelectual llamado Kim Yong-su rememora los oscuros años de la dictadura de Park Cheng-hee y el tiempo que pasó escribiendo un libro sobre la vida de un líder sindicalista que se autoinmoló en defensa de sus ideas en 1970.
[Shooting range owner]
A comic book store in Garibong-dong is run by a beautiful woman (Choi Myoung-gil) better known as Madam. This store stays open late into the night, thus attracting varied types of people such as gangsters and hustlers.
Lieutenant
A satirical allegory of contemporary South Korean politics, the film follows the exploits of two convicts who accidentally escape while being transferred to another prison. Before they can turn themselves back into custody, they meet a female outlaw. She persuades the pair of prisoners to rob a bank in Seoul. When their robbery turns into an embarrassing fiasco, the two decide to flee to the North Korean border.
Jeong-ja isn’t especially pretty or talented. She’s an old maid in her thirties who works at the ticket booth of a theater on the outskirts of town. It’s a hot summer’s day, and because Jeong-ja cannot take time off from her job, she waits for her blind date at the theater ticket booth all day long. But the date does not show up. She follows a handsome stranger who comes out of the theater. At that moment, there’s a thunderstorm. The man disappears and Jeong-ja returns to the theater, drenched and there, she finds her blind date waiting for her.