Jo Young-jin

Mi-joo, a telemarketer, begins an ominous day on her way to work, with her ankle sprained by a motorcycle and got called out by the team leader at the morning meeting. The name "Hyeon-soo" that comes across the phone reminds me of "Hyepn-soo," who left the company after a fight. A middle-aged woman approaches Mi-Joo, who returned home struggling with her injured ankle. "I'm Hyun-soo's mom." Hyeon-soo, who lives with Mi-Joo, leaves home after a quarrel. He visits a bank to check the piling credit card debts and while writing his resume at a computer shop, he discovers his parents’ growing age. Hyeon-soo, who visited the university club again, recalls the days when he first met Mi-joo and began to love her after discovering her short film. Just in time, Hyeon-soo bumps into his young juniors and offers to shoot something with a camcorder. How do you remember someone's last expression?

A movie about Genji, a Yakuza and his gang who try to break up an anti-Japanese group and Joseon's number one fighter, Kang-il during the Japanese colonial era.

El detective Oh Goo Tak debe reunir de nuevo a su equipo especial para librar a la ciudad de criminales malvados.

Chae-yoon, un negociador de crisis policial, es llamado a la escena donde su supervisor es tomado como rehén. A través del monitor de la sala de control, se enfrenta a la secuestradora de sangre fría, Tae-gu, cuyos comportamientos son difíciles de interpretar. Contra la fecha límite de 21 horas que Tae-gu ha establecido, Chae-yoon intenta incansablemente descifrar al inusualmente tranquilo perpetrador en múltiples videollamadas. Con el tiempo, la verdad impactante comienza a revelarse.

A delivery man has to flee for his life when he is framed for the assassination of a political candidate and the evidence against him begins to accumulate.

20 years after discharge from the army and now an excavator driver, a former paratrooper who had been mobilized to suppress the May 18th Democratic Uprising in Korea in 1980, happens to find a skull in the ground one day. Driving his excavator, he pays visits to his former superiors one by one and realizes they were all both assailants and victims of the times.

Adapted from same-name popular manga. Hyeon-woo is visually impaired but always listens to people. Then one day, Chong-soo comes along and talks about the murder that occurs in his book. However, the murder in the novel becomes real and Hyeon-woo is getting more and more scared! Who is responsible for the serial killings?

A clever king of Joseon and his brilliant chronicler hunt for the truth behind a crime that threatens the throne and the stability of the country.

In 1985, Tae Nam works as a teacher at an all-girls high school in the country. The students there do not like him, because he keeps shouting at them. In fact, Tae Nam has never had a date in his life. One day, he finds a banned erotic book at the book store. The novel, which spreads among the girls at the high school, ends with "to be continued." The students become curious about the second volume. Soon Duk decides to write the second volume for her friends.

A young women is raped while on her way home. When she is rejected by the police, because they don't believe her, she sets out revenge. But not only on her rapist, but also the police and everybody who did not believe her.

Basada en la webtoon "Covertness", de Hun. Tres espías de Corea del Norte viajan a Corea del Sur donde se disfrazan para no levantar sospechas, Won Ryu-Hwan como un individuo sin trabajo y torpe, Lee Hae-Jin como estudiante de secundaria y Lee Hae-Rang como aspirante a idol. Se acostumbran a la vida de pueblo y se vuelven cercanos a la espera de sus órdenes, hasta que un día, debido a un cambio repentino de poder en Corea del Norte, su misión resulta ser una orden de cometer suicidio.

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

Blue Salt nos contará como Du-heon, un jefe de la mafia retirado, se apunta a un curso de cocina con la esperanza de empezar de nuevo como propietario de un restaurante. En la clase se encontrará con una bella joven a la que no podrá resistirse. A pesar de su determinación de abandonar la mafia, Du-heon será convocado de nuevo por sus viejos colegas para detener a su sucesor que ha expandido el negocio en la prostitución y las drogas. Hay algo más en la chica de la clase de cocina que él no sabe, que es una asesina a sueldo contratada por el nuevo jefe. Ella se acercará a él y esperará su oportunidad para matarlo. Sin embargo, entrará en conflicto consigo misma cuando se sienta conectada a él

Un estremecedor caso de asesinatos en serie conmociona a la sociedad. Los ciudadanos esperan con ansias que el culpable aparezca y pague por lo que cometió; sin embargo, los intentos de las autoridades por atrapar al homicida fracasan una y otra vez. La situación desespera a la población y empiezan a surgir fuertes críticas contra la policía, la fiscalía e incluso contra el Gobierno. Entonces ante tal panorama, la policía decide utilizar un último recurso: montar un teatro con un falso culpable para dar por terminado el caso.

A fresco mixing the satirical, the surreal and the fantastical to portray the social and political evils of today’s Korea. A gas mask-wearing serial killer is spreading terror. Four people are on his tail on election day: Miju – a wolf-girl who leads a sect of youths who are planning their mass suicide, Bosik – a traffic cop who’s convinced he is a super hero, Patrick – a US Marine on the brink of madness following the serial killer’s murder of his Korean girlfriend, and Ju Sanggeun, the favourite of the candidates for the mayoral seat of Seoul, who has received a disturbing death threat. The man behind the mask remains a mystery. The killer is everywhere or perhaps he is simply inside each of us. –Venice Film Festival

Kang Tae-sik is a private detective who would do anything for money. One day, he gets framed for a murder by a ruthless boss of the criminal underworld and a mysterious caller watches and controls his every move. He must use a wide array of techno-gadgetry at his disposal to clear himself and exact revenge within 24 hours given to him.

Daughter Ji-suk is now already a mother herself, but she'll always be a child in the eyes of her proud mom. The two decide to go on their first ever trip together. Over three days and two nights, their journey reveals the love and regrets, emotions and conflicts, that form a mother-daughter relationship.

Una habitación impregnada de sangre. El dueño del cuarto desapareció sin dejar rastro y ante este inesperado incidente su padre pone una enorme recompensa a cambio de cualquier información que le haga saber el paradero de su hijo. En esto Gwang Su, estudiante de medicina, halla accidentalmente un cadáver para su clase de autopsia.

Nice Shorts consists of four short films from up and coming directors. A simple walk means so much more in the touching short "Shall We Take a Walk?" directed by Kim Ye Yeong and Kim Yeong Geun. Directed by Hong Sung Hoon, "Girl" tells of a father's strange day when his son's girlfriend shows up, and Lee Jeong Wook's "Mates" goes undercover into memories and crime solving. Winner of Best Korean Short at the 2009 Jeonju Film Festival and the Excellence Award at the Seoul Independent Film Festival, Jo Sung Hee's "Don't Step Out of the House" is about two young children who live in a rundown apartment by themselves, and what happens when adults invade their space.

In 1976 on a remote island, schoolteacher Eun-young wants to take her students on a field trip to a cookie factory in Seoul. Even though the parents don't like the idea, Eun-young succeeds in taking them. But once they arrive in the complicated city, students become fascinated with high-tech bicycles and get lost.

A look at the Korean women's handball team and their journey to the 2004 Summer Olympics. Their path was far from flowery, and they must overcome many obstacles before they can head over to compete.

Shin-Ae (Jeon Do-Yeon) es una joven profesora de piano que acaba de quedarse viuda y quiere empezar una nueva vida con su hijo Jun en Miryang, pueblo natal de su difunto marido, cerca de Seúl. Shin-Ae abre una academia de piano y busca tierra de cultivo, preparada para afrontar valientemente a la vida. Pero todas sus expectativas de futuro se derrumban cuando de nuevo una tragedia aparece en su vida... (FILMAFFINITY)

A small village in the Kanwondo region, a 9 year old girl, her brother Tong-gu - who is mentally handicapped - and their father Hyegon. Hyegon has an accident in the mines, loses his job and receives no compensation. It becomes increasingly difficult to hold onto hope, to find another job and to cope with his children. Nine-year-old Yeong-lim (Yu) has a slightly older brother, Dong-gu (Park Hyeon-woo), who's mentally handicapped, and a father, Hye-geon (Jo Yung-jin), who's lost his job in the mines and received no compensation. Add to that the family's simple home is skedded for demolition and neighbors are moving away. While dad sits around drinking and looking depressed, Yeong-lim tries to keep the family going by stealing food and arranging for Dong-gu to attend a specialist school. But her solution for her father's health problems has deadly consequences.

Min-young se muda, junto a su hija Joo-hee, a un nuevo apartamento en un quinto piso. Ella se preocupa cuando su vecino de abajo, Han Chang-soo, le dice que no puede tolerar el ruido de su vivenda, aun cuando las dos mujeres viven tranquilamente. Además, está inquieta por los extraños comportamientos de otros residentes. Min-young se endurece mentalmente después de la mudanza, en gran parte debido a la rara conducta y continua confrontación de su hija con una mujer extraña. Convencida que Joo-hee ha caído enferma y asustada por los misteriosos que rodean al apartamento, Min-young busca la verdad por sí misma.

Un barbero bienintencionado pero políticamente ingenuo es arrastrado al círculo íntimo del dictador surcoreano Park Chung-Hee, con consecuencias bastante funestas para su desventurada familia. Esta aguda sátira política cubre aproximadamente veinte años en la historia política de Corea del Sur, desde el punto de vista del hijo del barbero.