Bae Young-sook
En 1991, Mogadiscio, capital y ciudad más poblada de Somalia, estaba pasando por una guerra civil. El personal y las familias de la embajada de Corea del Sur, aislados sin poder comunicarse, aguantaron como pudieron. Una noche, el personal de la embajada de Corea del Norte llamó a la puerta pidiendo ayuda. El objetivo de ambas embajadas era huir de la ciudad
Ahead of their father’s death, four siblings gather at the oldest brother’s house. The will is announced in a notary’s presence and complaints burst forth. Suddenly a phone call comes in from a kidnapper claiming to have the oldest brother’s son.
Yoo-na, who had nowhere to go, lives with Allan, a foreign worker, at a small glass factory. Meanwhile, the owner of the factory entrusts Eun-ji, whom he sponsors, with the factory's accounting. Looking at Eun-ji and Allan, Yoo-na is confused as she recalls her past memories. President Kim, who has power in the factory, bullies Allan and the boss tries to rape Yoo-na. Having a lonely and hard time, Yoo-na and Allan get close to each other and new events occur with the knife of Sarasen, the only collection that Allan cherishes...
So-Hee's mother
The members of a supernatural exploration club called 0.0MHz explores a haunted house to prove the existence of frequencies that attract ghosts.
CEO Jung Dae-hyeob
A true story of a six-year-long legal conflict of 10 comfort women and 13 attorneys against 200 Fukuoka supporters association.
Giseop starts work at the Busun Church at the request of Rev. Kang, whom he has always revered. When Kang is involved in a dispute with his predecessor, Giseop takes Kang’s side first, but soon his beliefs begin to shake.
The law against coffee threatens to close down Ju-won’s coffee shop. Ju-won starts a movement against Kim’s family and big bro. The novel idea behind the plot along with its female hero stand out in this film.
Jumsoon (52) works two jobs in order to live with her recently discharged son, Yonggoon (24). She works at a restaurant during the day and sells her body on Sowol Road during the night. One night on Sowol Road, Jumsoon saves another sex worker from an assault and learns that she is a transgender woman that wants to have a sex reassignment surgery.
Sookhee
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.
Chief Nurse
Intern KIM Min-ji is ambubagging patient LEE Sook-ja. The 86-year-old Sook-ja's condition is not very well. It looks as if she's ready to depart from the world. Despite constantly paging Sook-ja's grandson and guardian, he has yet to appear. Min-ji is ambubagging Sook-ja when she gets an urgent call from her Mother. Her mother tells her to hurry because Min-ji's sister is having a baby.
Jong-gil
Un virus letal se expande por Corea del Sur, provocando violentos altercados. Los pasajeros de un tren KTX que viaja de Seúl a Busan tendrán que luchar por su supervivencia.
Mong-gyu's Mother
Based on a true story, renowned Korean poet, Yun Dong-ju, is detained and abused by the Japanese for participating in the Korean Independence Movement.
Ja-Young
Ja-yeong(42) gets a message from her husband that he is going to immigrate. Being afraid of not seeing her son again, she escapes from the mental hospital. Cho-hee(17) cannot resist the hospital director's sexual assault. When she sees a positive result in the pregnancy test, she feels happy rather than afraid about having a family. She escapes from the mental hospital to protect her baby. The two women who succeeded in escaping travel together. Meanwhile, the hospital director hires Hyeon-su, a private detective, to chase them. Ja-yeong and Cho-hee come across various people. When they understand each other, their illusions are broken.
Chi-ho's Mother
A story about three friends who just turned twenty; an age where you can do whatever you want, love whoever you want with opportunities abroad.
woman in car
We have a button on our bodies. It erases the bad memories from us. Everything bad and embarassing. But it only shows to other people; those who have sincerity. Jeong-nam delivers imitation goods and not the real ones. Jin sells herself and not flowers. In an alley in front of the cleaner's, Jin is waiting for someone while counting. However, no one is coming. Jin watches Jeong-nam who asks her what time it is several times but she's as cold as ice towards him as if she's never seen him before. Jeong-nam had saved Jin from her pimp who was beating her up in the back alley but still there's awkwardness between them. Then one day, Jin finds Jeong-nam abandoned in a pile of trash after being beat up by his clients, so he takes him home and they start living together and go on trips despite their bad start. They dream of a new life for each other. Will they get the life they want?
Yoon-mi's Mother
The seventeen year old 'Yeong-jae' was safely sent away to the group home 'Isaac's house'. He is old enough to leave now, but doesn't want to go back home to his irresponsible father.
Jang-Boo's mother
Yeo Jang-boo posee una agudeza visual dinámica, que le permite discernir visualmente detalles finos en un objeto en movimiento que la gente normal no puede, como si viera el mundo a cámara lenta. Debido a su capacidad especial, Jang-boo tiene que llevar constantemente gafas de sol, lo que le convierte en blanco de acoso en la escuela y durante toda su infancia. Pasa 20 años aislado y solo, pero su talento resulta ser un regalo más adelante, cuando finalmente sale al mundo y acaba trabajando en el centro de control de cámaras de seguridad de su vecino. Un día, mientras observa sin entusiasmo a los transeúntes en la pantalla, ve a su primer amor, Bong Soo-mi. A pesar de ser terrible en las interacciones sociales, Jang-boo se propone conquistar su corazón.
Choi's Wife
La última dinastía Joseon se caracterizó por ser un periodo de agitación social y económica en Corea. Debido a las desastres naturales, las continuas malas cosechas, la pobreza, el hambre y la muerte están a la orden del día. Preocupada por su propia riqueza, la aristocracia comienza a extorsionar a las clases bajas. En medio del torbellino, una banda de luchadores se levanta contra las autoridades para perseguir a funcionarios corruptos y compartir su botín con los más desfavorecidos.
Min-ki's mother
Las vidas rutinarias de un padre y su hija que viven solos en Seúl se ven alteradas cuando su hija de pronto desaparece. Cuando su padre se entera lo que le ha pasado a su hija, recorrerá el país en busca de venganza.
Toad Woman
Based on a screenplay by the prolific Kim Ki-duk. Two families live next door to each other in identical suburban white houses with green lawns. One family is from South Korea, the other is a fake family assembled from North Korean spies. The North Koreans must strictly obey every order from their regime, who holds their real families hostage. The problem is that the families affect each other and after a while, the political rift in the North Korean house becomes apparent. Naturally, there also occurs cross-border romantic entanglements between old and young alike.
Assemblywoman Jeong
Una banda de delincuentes secuestra a un niño llamado Hwa Yi, y el líder lo toma como su propio hijo. Ahora, Hwa Yi tiene 17 años y se ha convertido en un asesino letal. Participando en un acto delictivo de la banda de "sus padres", conocerá la verdad sobre su pasado.
Myung-shin
A man hasn’t got over his girl’s death. While a close friend of her approaches to him, a hallucination of his dead girlfriend haunts him. As he blurs line between reality and fantasy, suspense rises, rushing to explosion.
Kim Mu-seon's Wife
Huérfano desde niño, Nam Yi consiguió superar la trágica pérdida de sus padres, y convertirse en el mejor cazador y arquero de su generación. Cuando su amada Corea es atacada por las fuerzas imperiales chinas, regresará de la selva para descubrir que su hermana, ha sido esclavizada por los invasores manchúes. Ahora, deberá enfrentarse al reto más difícil de su vida, luchar por su país, reunir a su familia y demostrar su valor ante los mejores arqueros que jamás ha conocido la historia. (FILMAFFINITY)
Mother
Nine-year old Eunhee anxiously prepares for her recorder exam as she struggles to find a place within her own family.
Hyung-geun's mother
This is a story about a woman. The people around her remember her differently and tell different stories about her. If you think too hard, you won´t be seeing the woman in the end.
Customer (segment "Love for Sale")
A man searching for his missing ex-girlfriend uncovers the dark secret behind an organization selling romantic virtual reality experiences. A film director looking for artistic inspiration runs into a strange woman who may or may not be a ghost. An assassin and a target for in love with each other but the assassin must complete the assignment.
Gae-bi's mom
The Korean war does not start well for the US. They are being routed by the North Koreans and In July 1950, the early stage of the Korean War, at the Jugok Village in the middle of the Korean Peninsula, Chang-yee and his friends grow excited over the amateur singing contest knowing nothing about what is going on around them. At the time, the US Army keeps losing and are pushed back to the village, evacuating all villagers to head south. The villagers took refuge like going on a picnic believing that the US Army is protecting them, they just follow their orders moving south bound.
Hee-jin's Mother
Mija es una anciana que vive con su nieto en una pequeña ciudad coreana. Es una mujer excéntrica y llena de curiosidad, que disfruta cuidando su aspecto y exhibe sombreros con motivos florales y vestidos con vivos colores. El azar la lleva a asistir a cursos de poesía en la casa de la cultura de su barrio y a escribir su primer poema. Busca la belleza dentro de su ambiente habitual, al que no había prestado ninguna atención hasta ese momento. Sin embargo, un suceso inesperado hace que descubra que la vida no es tan hermosa como creía.
GU Chang-sik is a debt collector working day and night to reform Korea’s fiscal order and dreaming of becoming the ‘King of debt collecting’, so that he can earn a tremendous salary. Unfortunately, he is the last man in the race for three months in a row. One day he meets three debtors, which leads to the comedy of the film: KWAK Seon-ju, a young debtor who is struggling hard to raise a child alone; CHO Eul-sang, who goes bankrupt after his company collapsed but tries to keep his house for his soon-to-be-married daughter; and SHIM Su-gyo, who fails to get a job after graduating from a local university and falls into the private loan business.
Female Owner (uncredited)
Hye-ia es una madre soltera. Do-Joon, su hijo de 27 años, es tan ingenuo e inmaduro que sigue dependiendo de ella. Su conducta es estúpida o simplemente peligrosa. Es una constante fuente de preocupación para todos. Un día, aparece una joven muerta en un edificio abandonado y Do-joon es acusado de su muerte. Seleccionada por Corea del Sur como candidada al Oscar 2010 en la categoría de película de habla no inglesa.
Jung-Hee
The history of a dysfunctional Korean family is revealed as they attend a funeral.
Yeo Sa-jang
A writer kills his landlady and stages the body to look like the work of an active serial killer. Anxious that the police might figure out the truth, he decides to insert himself into the investigation using his detective friend.
nanny
In coma for a decade, the twin So Yeon wakes finally up. But she can't recall many things. Her other twin sister, Hyo Jin, died in the accident that led to So Yeon's coma. Now that So Yeon has gained her consciousness back, strange things start to happen.
Female Missionary
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)
Jong-Dae's mother
Earning a living as a driver for rent, Kisu lives in a studio flat in the basement floor. When he feels choked up, he tries not to let go of hope by playing on the drums. Out of guilt that he might have made Jongdae sexually handicapped during their younger days, Kisu took on a role as Jongdae's guardian on top of being his friend. Jongdae's dream is to keep a revolver that can make him stronger than the small-time gangsters around town. One day Kisu's older brother shows up and leave behind his son Yohan to Kisu's care.
Middle-aged Woman 1
Go-ni tries his best to worship Pyung Gyung-jang as his teacher, and promises to stop gambling after winning his money back. But people's desires are endless.
Jae-myung's mother
As his sexual awareness increases, Gwang-ho no longer likes the scent of his mother, who wears heavy make-up as she sells cosmetics door-to-door. Eun-sook, an assistant nurse who is the complete opposite of Gwang-ho's mother, becomes the object of all of Gwang-ho's attention and affection. Absorbed in his thoughts, Gwang-ho is oblivious of the news of the presidents death and the picture of the new president replacing the late president in his classroom. Gwang-ho receives a letter of luck and starts sending it to people around him. As those people start vanishing, Gwang-ho is racked with guilt, suspecting the letter of luck is the cause of their disappearance.
Gi-saeng's Mother (uncredited)
Detective Nam-soon goes undercover with her partner Detective Ahn to investigate the counterfeit money. She discovers that one loyal henchman, Sad Eyes, a beautiful swordsman with a pale, blank face, is related to the truth. Nam-soon and Sad Eyes confront each other in a series of duels and become confused between love and obligation to duty.
Dong-hwa's Mother
Kum-ja es una joven que ha pasado trece años en prisión acusada del secuestro y el asesinato de un niño de 6 años. Un crimen que conmocionó a la opinión pública, tanto por la brutalidad del mismo como por los veinte años con los que contaba entonces la acusada. Cumplida su pena, Geum-ja sólo tiene una cosa en mente: venganza... Última parte de la trilogía de la venganza de Chan-wook Park, tras "Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance" y "Oldboy".
Dae-soon
El miembro de una banda de gángsters huye con un valioso botín de diamantes terminando por casualidad en un pequeño pueblo llamado Sisily, donde pedirá ayuda a los pocos habitantes que allí viven. Pronto llegarán parte de sus antiguos compañeros, que le buscan a él y a las joyas
Bathhouse owner
Jin-Guk es un cartero rural. Pronto conocerá a Yon-Sun una mujer que vive sola en una casita al lado de un acantilado. Ésta parece sufrir unos ataques que le hacen delirar. Mientras que toda la población la tiene como un "bicho raro" al protagonista le parecerá encantadora, una mujer que vive en su propio mundo de fantasía.
Young-ja
Min-sik Choi es un hombre de negocios coreano que un día es secuestrado y confinado durante años en una celda en la que sólo hay una televisión. Y, sin embargo, ignora por qué razón está allí... Es la segunda parte de la "trilogía de la venganza" de Chan-wook Park.
Myeong-heui
A man in a borrowed SUV picks up a woman outside Seoul’s domestic airport and drives her to a small enclave of restaurants, nightclubs and motels on the west coast. Both are middle-aged and married to other people, and know little about each other’s lives. After a seafood dinner and a visit to a karaoke lounge, they go to bed together for the first (and maybe last) time.
Woman Neighbor
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)
