Park Gok-ji

"Birth" deals in depth with the patience and courage of Kim Taegon, a young man who had to create his own hope, his willingness to throw his body, and his love for God and man that he showed throughout his life.

"Birth" deals in depth with the patience and courage of Kim Taegon, a young man who had to create his own hope, his willingness to throw his body, and his love for God and man that he showed throughout his life.

Eun-hee es contratada como subdirectora en su antigua escuela secundaria, donde suceden cosas extrañas en el baño cerrado. Los estudiantes de secundaria Ha-young y So-yeon, que usaban el baño como su escondite, escuchan un tarareo en el baño vacío y creen que existe un fantasma dentro. Ha-young descubre una maceta en las escaleras y sospecha que Eun-hee está relacionada de alguna manera con el misterio. Sufriendo de alucinaciones en su toma de posesión, Eun-hee encuentra a una niña de figura espantosa en el espejo del baño y comienza a creer que la niña fue la que la trajo de regreso a esta escuela ...

Sung-gil, an old mortician, has signed a contract as a partner for a large-scale funeral service company. Sung-gil, working in line with the company’s business policy, takes charge of cleaning and dressing Jang Han-soo’s dead body, who used to run a free noodle restaurant.

Seon-yoo, de 12 años, y su madre luchan por un nuevo comienzo después de que su padre se suicidara con una enorme deuda.

During the Japanese colonial rule of Korea, while people are in despair, Jae-ho tries to raise morale by winning cycle championship. Bok-dong, who started cycling with Jae-ho just to make a forture, becomes a symbol of hope for Koreans by defeating Japanese cyclists.

Un joven hombre cae desde un techo, pero cuando despierta se da cuenta de que su alma ha entrado en el cuerpo de un mafioso.

Jae-Hyeok es un empleado de una deteriorada planta de energía nuclear en Corea que avisa al gobierno sobre las malas condiciones de su lugar de trabajo, aunque nadie le escucha. Un día, la planta se ve sacudida por un terremoto y causa numerosas explosiones. Con la ciudad en estado de pánico, Jae-Hyeok, en vez de huir con su familia, vuelve a la planta nuclear para evitar que todo el país vuele por los aires.

A female eye doctor and a male film director run into each other on the airplane to Milan. The two were lovers in the past, and are now in their middle ages. After their chance encounter in Torino, they travel around Tuscany together, appreciating the works of Caravaggio. They begin to notice they are hiding their own wounds from each other. In Korea, he goes to her eye clinic, and they confess love to each other for the first time. In the end, they go their separate ways.

A female eye doctor and a male film director run into each other on the airplane to Milan. The two were lovers in the past, and are now in their middle ages. After their chance encounter in Torino, they travel around Tuscany together, appreciating the works of Caravaggio. They begin to notice they are hiding their own wounds from each other. In Korea, he goes to her eye clinic, and they confess love to each other for the first time. In the end, they go their separate ways.

Yeon-Hong (Son Ye-Jin) está casada con Jong-Chan (Kim Ju-Hyeok) y tienen una hija adolescente Min-Jin (Shin Ji-Hoon). Jong-Chan está a punto de presentar su candidatura como miembro de la Asamblea Nacional. En el primer día de la campaña de Jong-Chan, su hija Min-Jin desaparece. Yeon-Hong está desesperada por encontrar Min-Jin. Yeon-Hong comienza una frenética búsqueda de pistas sobre la desaparición de su hija.

Sung-chil es un gruñón anciano de setenta años que vive solo y que trabaja a tiempo parcial en el supermercado local. Jang-soon es el propietario del negocio, y también el presidente del comité para la reurbanización del pueblo, que ha estado intentando en vano lograr la firma de Sung-chil para comenzar un proyecto. Sin embargo, éste se niega a cambiar su estilo de vida. Entonces conoce a su nueva vecina, Geum-nim, una anciana luchadura aunque amable, que dirige una floristería próxima. A pesar de su edad, Sung-chil no tiene experiencia en cortejar a las mujeres, con lo que el resto del pueblo le anima y ayuda, pero la hija de Geum-nim no aprueba la relación.

En los años 70, durante la cúspide de la corrupción política, Gangnam, la zona sur de Seúl, comienza a transformarse en un área desarrollada. Jong-Dae y Yong-Ki, amigos desde la infancia, luchan por sobrevivir hasta que sus casas son derribadas por grupos de matones. Desesperados por conseguir dinero, se involucran en los frecuentes enfrentamientos políticos hasta que son separados en una de las revueltas. Tres años más tarde, Jong-Dae vive como un hombre honesto junto con un antiguo líder de bandas, Kil-Su. Al mismo tiempo, Yong-Ki se ha unido a una de las mafias más poderosas, la Myeongdong-Pa.

One day, Hye-sook is tricked by her mother into visiting her hometown. When she finds out that her mother is fine and tries to leave for Seoul, she hears about the passing of Taek-gyu's father. After the funeral, Hye-sook plans to return to the city. Gi-ju, a struggling writer, tries to drown himself at Andong lake but Taek-gyu saves him. Hye-sook used to draw for Gi-ju's writings when they were young. The two were each other's first love and through the reunion, they are about to rekindle their old romance.

A young woman named Yeon-hee is traveling to Pyongyang with a coach full of elderly people. As she flips through old photographs, she remembers telling her husband Min-woo that she wouldn't allow him to "cross over" to North Korea given the political situation of the day. But Min-woo left anyway and never returned home, and their marriage was torn apart by the Korean War. Now, sixty years after the division of Korea, she looks forward to reuniting with her beloved Min-woo again.

Actor Park Joong-hoon makes his directorial debut with this tale of a talent manager, Taeshik, who is discovered as an actor himself and sees his success quickly surpass that of his prior client. But Taeshik is compelled to hold on to his stardom through any vile means necessary. He recalls Alain Delon’s Tom Ripley in Purple Noon. As Tom Ripley had wanted everything the millionaire and his girlfriend had, Taeshik also wants everything that his former employer Wonjoon had. Having taken.

Based on an original written by Cheon Myeong-gwan, a 48 year-old movie director moves into the house where his mother and 50 year-old brother lives until his sister moves in with her niece.

ae-Hyuk (Kim Myeong-min) es un trabajador de una empresa farmacéutica para suministros médicos. Cuando una serie de cadáveres se encuentran flotando en el río Han, el público se sorprende al descubrir que las muertes están relacionadas con un brote mortal de un virus que se infecta por medio de unos gusanos parásitos mutados del caballo, llamados ‘Yeongasi’, que pueden controlar el cerebro humano.

Un hombre buscará a su novia desaparecida poco antes de su boda mientras descubre su verdadera identidad

A beat cop and his rookie partner investigate a series of killings that seem to be carried out by a mysterious wolfdog.

Jun-shik, que trabaja para la granja del abuelo de Tatsuo mientras Corea es colonizada por Japón, sueña con participar en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio como corredor de maratón. Tatsuo también aspira a convertirse en corredor de maratón, por lo que los dos se convertirán en rivales. Pero la guerra estalla y ambos se ven obligados a alistarse en el ejército. Tatsuo se convierte en el jefe de defensa de la unidad de Jun-shik y elabora un plan, pero falla. Jun-shik y Tatsuo están cautivos de los soviéticos. Huyen, pero pronto son capturados por los alemanes y obligados a separarse. En 1944, se reencuentran en las costas de Normandía. Esta película está inspirada en la historia real de un coreano llamado Yang Kyoungjong.

A South Korean man named Bang Tae-Sik looks more like someone from Southeast Asia and has difficulties finding employment. One day, Bang Tae-Sik disguises himself as a man from the country of Bhutan named ?Bangga? and succeeds in finding a job. Bang Tae-Sik then witnesses racism that migrant workers face in Korea

"Le Grand Chef 2" begins with the Korean president visiting the Japanese Prime Minister and becoming involved in a heated debate over the origins of kimchi. The Japanese Prime Minister makes the bold claim that kimchi is an original Japanese dish which sets off the Korean president. Upon the Korean's president return home he sets upon a globalization plan for kimchi, which includes a nationwide "Kimchi Contest". Then, a lady named Jang-eun (Kim Jung-Eun) and her step-brother Sung-Chan (Jin Goo) compete in the Kimchi dish contest, with both siblings using their mother's kimchi recipe.

El maestro de música de una escuela secundaria pasa sus noches molestando a un hombre de negocios.

Five men go for the gold as members of Korea national ski jumping team.

Bajo la presión del Reinado Yuan, el Rey de Goryeo es presionado para producir un sucesor al trono. Pero el rey está enamorado de su fiel general: Hong-lim. Después de reflexionar en serio la cuestión, el rey pide a su amante Hong Lim, dormir con la Reina, con consecuencias inesperadas.

El retirado pintor de la corte Han-pyong Shin busca ajustar cuentas con el pintor más solicitado de la época, Hong-do Kim (Yeong-ho Kim). Shin educa a su hijo para que supere a Hong-do Kim, pero su hijo se suicida debido a su falta de talento. El padre entonces, obliga a su hija Yun-jeong a que se disfrace como su hermano y entre al mundo de los pintores de la corte.

Young-joon, a fresh prosecutor, takes a big affair to leave for Busan and unwillingly gets cooperation from his father, Min-ho who is a veteran detective who deserted his family at one time. Since then, they are living separately without keeping touch each other for years. Now that their destiny to trace the same host of the accident related with a big drug trade gives the father and son a chance to recover their affection over the long time.

A disgraced chef tries to restore his name by competing in a culinary contest to win the knife of Korea's last royal chef.

With the looming free trade agreement between the US and South Korea, even a mafia gang thinks it should become more globalized and professional. Doo-shik is picked to infiltrate a mega corporation and steal their methods for success.

Based on a Japanese manga, Kanna-San, Daiseikou Desu, this story revolves around Kang Han-na, an overweight phone sex employee and secret vocalist for Ammy, a famous Korean pop singer who actually lip syncs as she cannot sing. After getting humilitated publicly by an ungrateful Ammy, Han-na undergoes an extreme makeover to become a pop sensation herself.

A small-time thug who collects debts for the local triad is torn between his criminal aspirations and his devotion to family.

Yujeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a prisoner who is waiting for death penalty. The two quickly fall in love despite their differences, yet they do not have much time.

Uno de ellos (Park Geon-hyeong), se obstina en llegar a ser un mafioso de alta monta mientras los otros dos luego de la escuela, deciden labrarse un futuro, uno como profesor de Karaoke ( MC Mong) y el otro como asistente medico (Lee Chon-hee), pero la realidad los aborda y se sienten frustrados recordando sus epocas escolares remembrando a la leyenda perdida de su amigo.

A low-life scumbag gets kidnapped by a mysterious gang and put through inhumane training to become a mole inside the police force.

Tras abortar el proyecto que unía a ambas Coreas destinado a construir una bomba nuclear con la finalidad de defenderse de ataques vecinos, el mayor norcoreano Kang Min-Gil decide huir con el proyectil con oscuras intenciones. Tras él irá su “igual” del Sur y compañero de proyecto, el mayor Park Jung-Woo. El reencuentro no será nada amistoso contando además con la visita sorpresa de un cometa. Éste provocará un extraordinario efecto que creando un vacío temporal trasladará a algunos miembros de ambos bandos al siglo XVI. Allí se encontrarán con un país devastado por los bárbaros de las regiones vecinas. Frente a una causa común pronto se olvidarán de sus disputas, hallando de paso un aliado inesperado.

Five high school teens on their way to college. But gradually they go through the struggles of life and end up discovering who they are and what it is they truly want in life.

Jin-tae es un zapatero que lleva años trabajando sin descanso para que su hermano menor, Jin-seok, pueda ir a la universidad. Pero todos sus sueños y esperanzas se desvanecen cuando los dos son obligados a incorporarse al ejército en contra de su voluntad. Separado de su casa y de su familia, Jin-tae promete proteger a Jin-sok. Pero la guerra pondrá a prueba sus lazos de fe, amor y confianza.

La historia se sitúa en 1978 en un instituto militar de Korea donde entra a estudiar Hyun-Soo como alumno de primer curso. Supera los desamores, los altercados con los estudiantes de cursos superiores y con los profesores apoyándose en la filosofía de su ídolo Bruce Lee de nunca mirar hacia atrás, y en todos sus libros. Tendrá que intentar buscar un rumbo en su vida porque parece que no sabe lo que quiere, y para ello tendrá que pasar por momentos duros.

A serial killer (Woong-in Jeong) whose modus operandi includes painting abstract designs on his victims prior to raping, killing, and eating them is captured and interrogated by a hardened district attorney (Soo-yeon Kang). When the maniac fails to provide answers satisfying both the prosecution and defense attorneys, he is hypnotized and shocking secrets begin to emerge.

Byeong-gu cree que extraterrestres del planeta Andrómeda atacarán La Tierra para acabar con la vida en el planeta. Según él, uno de ellos es el presidente de una compañía química a quien, con la ayuda de su novia, secuestra para obtener información sobre la futura invasión. La única manera que Byeong-gu tiene de evitar la invasión es convencer al secuestrado para que organice un encuentro con el príncipe de Andrómeda, antes del próximo eclipse lunar, que ocurrirá dentro de una semana. Mientras tanto, el desacreditado inspector Lee decide llevar la investigación por su cuenta con la ayuda del inspector novato Choo.

Two friends in the Korean Navy, Lee and Kim are both part of an elite diving squad, specialising in emergency deep sea salvage dives. Lee is straight-laced and takes his duties seriously, while Kim treats the Navy as a lark. When Kang, a diving instructor and Kim's former girlfriend, is posted to the unit, this creates tension between the friends as they compete for Kang's affections. The tension is heightened when Lee is promoted ahead of Kim, creating a rivalry between the two. Kim's gung-ho approach to diving, and the danger he poses for himself (and his fellow divers), leads to further problems. Matters come to a head when an incident at sea causes the sinking of a submarine, requiring the unit to attempt a dangerous salvage rescue of the sunken submarine.

Después de recibir la visita de una mujer que asegura ser la amante de su marido, Mi-heun tratará de reponerse, destrozada tras descubrir que su vida no era lo que ella pensaba, en compañía de un hombre que le propone un atrevido juego: sexo sin compromiso, en el que el perdedor será aquel que primero pronuncie las palabras "te quiero".

This biopic tells the true story of Korean boxer Kim Deuk-gu. Born into poverty, Kim used boxing to free himself from his bleak surroundings, eventually becoming the world's top lightweight. Tragically, Kim's life was cut short when he died from a blood clot in his brain during a championship fight with Ray Boom Boom Mancini.

After a tragic road accident, broadcast journalist Jin Soo finds he's lost pockets of his memories, including that of a woman he once loved. Nagged by unrelenting feelings of loss, Jin sets out to find her. His quest lands him face to face with Yeon-Hee, a woman who's trying to forget a man she once loved. What begins as a journey of sadness turns into a triumphant story of love for the pair.

Keeping the Vision Alive is a documentary film containing the voices and images of Korean women filmmakers-both senior filmmakers and also the peers of director Yim. The film is Yim’s homage to both contemporary Korean women filmmakers, written by a filmmaker of the same age, and also to the history of women filmmakers in Korea. Yim does not reveal her own voice or opinion and lets the voices and images of the filmmakers speak for themselves through a non-interventionist camera. From the pioneers, Park Nam-ok, and Hwang Hye-mi, who directed First Experience in 70’s, to recent filmmakers, Byun Young-joo and Jang Hee-sun, the film traces their experiences, troubles, concerns and thoughts as women and women filmmakers. Keeping the Vision Alive calmly and enthusiastically encourages and celebrates the struggles, the resistance and the survival of women filmmakers in a conservative Korean film industry and a male-dominated and sexist social system. (Kwon Eun-sun)

Namoo es un niño de 12 años que ha perdido a su padre y que vive con su madre y su abuela. Como amigos tiene a Junho, que tiene más o menos su misma edad y su gato Yeo, pero su abuela esta enferma, su madre tiene novio y Junho se va a la capital, así que no tiene demasiada compañía. Un día Namoo descubre una extraña piedra brillante en una tienda que está frente a su escuela, así que tras pensárselo toda la noche decide ir a comprarla... pero ya es tarde ya ha sido vendida. Más tarde Namoo va en compañía de su gato al faro del lugar, y cuando sigue a éste dentro del mismo descubre la piedra brillante que de imprevisto transforma el lugar en un mundo fantástico. Nada le parecerá igual a Namoo desde ese momento.

A vigilante who calls himself “Dr. Q” is gruesomely disposing of vicious criminals who have managed to evade prosecution, due to some technicality. Each killing was captured on video and Dr. Q uploads them on to the internet shortly after each body is discovered. In between busting the usual roster of thugs and lowlifes, reckless young cop Bong and his more collected, middle-aged partner, Na, work on the case but clash with their S.T.F. counterparts, Lt. Pyo and computer whiz Kang. Pyo discovers a bug in the S.T.F. headquarters but asks Kang to keep this a secret for the time being. Further suspicious acts on Pyo’s part leave Kang uncertain of his loyalty. Bong and Na, meanwhile, are assigned to work directly with S.T.F, leading to several clashes between Bong and Pyo, whose styles could not be more different. All leads point to The Ilsim Ring, a clandestine assassination squad apparently made of up of high ranking law enforcement officials.

Tras la muerte de sus padres, Failan (Cecilia Cheung) se traslada a Corea, sin un céntimo, esperando rehacer su vida. Una agencia le apaña una boda con un hombre llamado Lee Kang Jae (Choi Min-Shik) al que ella jamás ha conocido. Su nuevo marido le aporta una gran comodidad después de sus difíciles tiempos del pasado. En realidad, su mujer le preocupa muy poco, ya que lleva una doble vida...

Narra la historia de un grupo de amigos, desde su juventud en Pusan (la segunda ciudad más grande de Corea) a principios de los años setenta, hasta que son adultos, cuando sus relaciones y amistades han sido probadas de una manera que nunca imaginaron en sus tiempos de colegio.

Final chapter of a trilogy documenting the present and past lives of "comfort women".

Corea está dividida en dos naciones. Lee es una agente secreto del norte enviada al sur dejando atrás su pasado. Tras cambiar de identidad, entra en Seúl formando parte de una operación que recibe el nombre en clave de Shiri. Un grupo contrario a la unificación del país se apodera de un potente explosivo y planea hacerlo estallar durante un partido de fútbol. En el encuentro, cuyo eslogan es "reunificación de las dos Coreas", asisten los presidentes de ambos bandos. Yoo es un agente secreto del sur encargado de seguir a Lee. Entre ambos surgirá una trágica historia de amor incapaz de superar las diferencias políticas.

A savage look at food and sex, helms this black comedy about Japan's sizable and often beleaguered Korean-Japanese community. Motomi Hayashi (Eri Yu), a producer who is thoroughly dedicated to her career, returns to her abode to discover that her porn star sister (Ichio Matsuda) is going to make a film about her family's first reunion in 20 years. Motomi is less than thrilled with the prospect, seeing as all is not well at the Hayashi household. Motomi's father recently got canned from his longtime job at a Pachinko parlor, while her mother secretly plans to mortgage the house to finance her affair with a younger lover. Motomi grows more uneasy when she learns that the porn director in charge of the undertaking is known for mixing fact with fantasy.

The male radio presenter Donghyun and the female TV home shopping phone operator Soohyun are both lonely. While Donghyun is focused on getting back to his ex-girl-friend Younghae who has sent him a special LP, Soohyun is crazy for her friend's boy-friend. Via Internet and music Soohyun and Donghyun get together in a special way.

In World War II Japan forced many South Korean girls into sexual slavery. Known as "comfort woman," they were abducted as teenagers and shipped off to the front to service as many as 30 troopers a day. In 1991, some of them began testifying about their experiences. A "sharing house" was then established for former comfort women and provided the setting for Habitual Sadness, a documentary showing the enduring wounds but strong spirit of these women.

Ahn is a suicidal saxophonist, Mun is a violent simpleton with an I.Q. of 80, and Maria is a single mother with dreams of becoming a nun. Ahn has tried numerous times to kill himself but nothing has ever worked. When he witnesses his wife's infidelity, it is the last straw. He gets a call from Mun, and both decide to take things into their own hands by robbing a café at gunpoint. They run into Maria, who is determined to find her baby who has been taken from her. Maria decides to use the two men to get her baby back and joins the team.

Under the Han River lives Crocodile, a rugged member of the lumpenproletariat who exists from schemes and stealing. His position as a scavenger of society undermines South Korea’s boasts of its newfound economic position as an Asian Tiger. One day, Crocodile finds a girl floating in his river.

A novelist has an affair with two women, finding fulfillment in neither; a married businessman strays from his wife he can't satisfy; a naive young woman surrenders her dignity for her lover; and a married woman tries to find solace in a frustrating affair.

Soohyun is an artist who teaches at a college. His girlfriend Sunyoung is a surgeon. A strange and mesmerizing reincarn ated love story begins when Soohyun buys and old gingko bed at a market. In his earlier life Soohyun was a musician for the royal family one thousand years ago. He and Princess Midan Were deep ly in love. However, General Hwang, who was also in love with the princess, kills Soohyun. And Midan's spirit hides insi de the gingko bed. Midan appears in front of Soohyun after one thousand years but the spirit of General Hwang, still in love with Midan, does not allow them to meet. Soohyun's present girlfriend, Sunyoung, decides to prove the existence of the spirits by risking her own life. Midan makes her last choice in order to save Sunyoung from General Hwang.

A strange man appears in Pagoda Park. His name is Young-sung. Another man stands in a corner, carefully takes in his every move and tapes him with a camcorder. His name is Ahn Sang-gi, a self-proclaimed film director. Young-sung spots a high school girl and begins to follow her. Her name is Jin-kyung. The three meet in a cafe and become inseparable in a matter of hours. Madame Sul-hee, owner of an exclusive club, introduces them to many high level officials. Young-sung begins to tell fortunes for the many individuals they meet including a powerful politician to a corrupt national hero and Sang-gi collects fees. In the midst of all this, Jin-kyung schemes to get pregnant with Young-sung's child, and Sang-gi is convinced that he is close to realizing his dream of becoming a film director. Little do they know that Young-sung's clairvoyance is not permanent.

At noon every Wednesday, women who used to be comfort ladies and their supporters demonstrated against the Japanese Government in an attempt to receive an official apology and compensation for damages against Korean women who had been held captive as sex slaves by the imperialist Japanese Army during World War II. Overcaming years of embarrassment and silence, the old women tell us their stories of the past. A house called 'Share' is the shared residence of six women with the same past. Learning Korean alphabet and drawing regardless of weather, they continue their hard lives to overcome the period of regret and pain.