Jang Sun-woo
Nacimiento : 1952-03-20, Seoul, South Korea
Himself
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses.
Himself
Prominent film critic Tony Rayns has long been a supporter of Korean cinema. This film illustrates Rayns’ affection for Korean cinema through interviews of Korean cineastes that have a special affinity for him, including JANG Sun-woo, LEE Chang-dong and HONG Sang-soo among others.
Jang Soo-ro
Jang Su-ro lives in the slums of Korea with his three sons 963, Dog Nose and So-and-So, who just got out of prison. While So-and-So's loyalties to his mob boss and biological family are put to the test when he finds that his family's home is slated to be demolished by the mob's developers, the rest of the family's life is complicated with the arrival of Sun-yi, Jang's new girlfriend who annoys Dog Nose and attracts the affections of 963.
Writer
Lo único que motiva a Ju, repartidor de un restaurante chino, son los videojuegos. Un día se registra en un juego llamado "Resurrection of the little match girl". La vendedora de cerillas del clásico cuento de hadas de Andersen cobra vida a través del juego y Ju se ve arrojado al mundo de realidad virtual de la chica. Se le encomienda la misión de salvarla del peligro y conducirla hacia una muerte plácida. Pero tendrá que enfrentarse a una fuerza gigantesca llamada el Sistema, además de a otros mucho peligros...
Director
Lo único que motiva a Ju, repartidor de un restaurante chino, son los videojuegos. Un día se registra en un juego llamado "Resurrection of the little match girl". La vendedora de cerillas del clásico cuento de hadas de Andersen cobra vida a través del juego y Ju se ve arrojado al mundo de realidad virtual de la chica. Se le encomienda la misión de salvarla del peligro y conducirla hacia una muerte plácida. Pero tendrá que enfrentarse a una fuerza gigantesca llamada el Sistema, además de a otros mucho peligros...
Himself
Divided into chapters, the documentary examines Jang's career and films from many different angles and includes the voices not only of those who have worked with Jang but also of numerous ordinary Koreans who have been affected by his work. Individual chapters are devoted to such topics as Jang's idiosyncratic hairstyle and the controversy surrounding his previous feature Lies. The documentary tries to place Jang and his work in the widest possible social context, not only in the context of Korean cinema. At its heart is a series of remarkably candid and revealing interviews with Jang himself.
Writer
Publicitada tan escandalosa como "El imperio de los sentidos", una historia con contenido sexual explícito que narra las relaciones íntimas entre un escultor y una estudiante. Para escándalo del Vaticano, participó en la selección oficial del Festival de Venecia. Prohibida por la censura coreana por considerarla una intolerable provocación pornográfica.
Director
Publicitada tan escandalosa como "El imperio de los sentidos", una historia con contenido sexual explícito que narra las relaciones íntimas entre un escultor y una estudiante. Para escándalo del Vaticano, participó en la selección oficial del Festival de Venecia. Prohibida por la censura coreana por considerarla una intolerable provocación pornográfica.
Writer
A compilation of episodes from the lives of the bad teens and the homeless of Seoul.
Director
A compilation of episodes from the lives of the bad teens and the homeless of Seoul.
Adaptation
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.
Director
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.
Himself
A Personal Essay on Cinema in Korea by Jang Sun-Woo
Director
A Personal Essay on Cinema in Korea by Jang Sun-Woo
Writer
A failed writer given to plagiarism gets a buzz at the door from a bright young working girl with a highly original approach to life and sex and his life and work is totally thrown off balance.
Director
A failed writer given to plagiarism gets a buzz at the door from a bright young working girl with a highly original approach to life and sex and his life and work is totally thrown off balance.
Writer
Un niño llora la muerte de su padre y comienza una búsqueda para encontrar a su madre. En el camino se encuentra con muchas personas que citan preceptos budistas: un monje excéntrico, una niña que se convierte en una mujer joven, una reclusa, un médico mal hablado y el hijo pequeño de un astrónomo bebedor. Cada uno de ellos le dice al niño que busque a alguien que lo ayude a encontrar la verdad y a su madre.
Director
Un niño llora la muerte de su padre y comienza una búsqueda para encontrar a su madre. En el camino se encuentra con muchas personas que citan preceptos budistas: un monje excéntrico, una niña que se convierte en una mujer joven, una reclusa, un médico mal hablado y el hijo pequeño de un astrónomo bebedor. Cada uno de ellos le dice al niño que busque a alguien que lo ayude a encontrar la verdad y a su madre.
Director
R returns from studying in France and reunites with J, whom he used to live with in Paris.
Writer
Reporter for a North Korean news service joins the partisans when the Americans and UN forces invade South Korea.
Writer
Bae Il-do, who feels unappreciated in his rural village, runs away from home and works as a tailor. His wife grew up under a harsh stepmother and worked as a housekeeper and bar hostess before meeting Il-do, for whom she bore a child. The young and attractive Gong-rye comes between them, having an affair with Il-do while working with him in a garment factory. Their secret meetings don't remain secret for long and Il-do's wife inevitably finds out...
Director
Bae Il-do, who feels unappreciated in his rural village, runs away from home and works as a tailor. His wife grew up under a harsh stepmother and worked as a housekeeper and bar hostess before meeting Il-do, for whom she bore a child. The young and attractive Gong-rye comes between them, having an affair with Il-do while working with him in a garment factory. Their secret meetings don't remain secret for long and Il-do's wife inevitably finds out...
Writer
Kim Pan-chok (means “sales promotion”) is assigned to work in the sales promotion department of Yumi Inc., a sweetener manufacturer. He falls ill after a heated sales war with Gammi Inc., a leading competitor and is hospitalized. He devises a genius plan while in the hospital.
Director
Kim Pan-chok (means “sales promotion”) is assigned to work in the sales promotion department of Yumi Inc., a sweetener manufacturer. He falls ill after a heated sales war with Gammi Inc., a leading competitor and is hospitalized. He devises a genius plan while in the hospital.
Director
Escaping from a hospital for the mentally disturbed, a man calling himself Jesus goes to Seoul. He feels he must save Seoul from judgement by fire by finding a woman who knows the meaning of true love.
