A Letter from Kyoto (2023)

On his way to work, a bank manager receives an anonymous call claiming there's a bomb under his car seat, and if anyone exits the car, it will explode unless he can pay a ransom.

Four childhood friends go their separate ways, two go off to college while the others become rival gangsters.

A couple of smugglers don't know what to do when one day their boss gives them a kidnapping job.

Joon-seok is sent to prison for his involvement in Dong-soo's death. He meets Dong-soo's son in prison, keeps his identity a secret, and agrees to join forces when he is released. All of their plans fall apart when Sung-hoon finds out the truth.

In the early 1980s, South Korea is torn by student protests over the lack of representation in the government. Song Woo-Seok is a successful attorney in Busan specializing in tax law. His views regarding civil liberties are changed by student activist Park Jin-woo. When Jin-Woo is brutally tortured and put on trial for his activism, Woo-seok decides to defend Jin-woo as his client.

物語の舞台は韓国の釜山、テーマは愛という条件で、監督たちが自由に撮り上げた3本のオムニバス・ムービー。ウィシット・サーサナティヤン、チャン・ジュヌァン、行定勲の個性豊かな3人の監督が、それぞれの釜山と愛のドラマを映し出す。行定監督編「Kamome」では、吉高由里子とソル・ギョングが共演。タイのスパイの悲恋物語「IRON PUSSY」や釜山出身のカン・ドンウォンとソン・ヘギョ共演の「LOVE FOR SALE」など力作がそろう。

Baseball player Jung-gu and movie star Nam-mi are a celebrity couple who are blissfully happy in their careers and marriage. One day, a girl named Dong-ju shows up and the couple's lives are instantly destroyed. Seven years later, as Dong-ju gets involved in the death of a middle-school girl, Jung-gu and Nam-mi decide to fight a battle they have no chance of winning.

Jjang-gu joins "Monster," a violent organization at his high school. As a rite of passage, he learns a lesson about being a man while following the course.

Gang-cheol is a legendary street fighter in Busan who cleaned up his act to care for his sick mother. Knowing he's desperate for money for his mother's operation, Sang-gon proposes that Gang-cheol works for him.

Each night, a homeless girl stays in abandoned houses to get by. In the winter, she leaves the cold environs of Seoul and heads to Busan, eventually finding an empty house in an abandoned part of town. She starts looking for a way to make a living, but it’s difficult to find a job with no home address, no ID card, and no phone number. She ultimately does find work, but her employer takes advantage of her and ends up firing her without paying any wages. No one seems to be on her side in this harsh and abusive world.

On Haeundae Beach, a guilt-ridden fisherman takes care of a woman whose father accidentally got killed. A scientist reunites with his ex-wife and a daughter who doesn't even remember his face. And a poor rescue worker falls in love with a rich city girl. When they all find out a gigantic tsunami will hit the beach, they realize they only have 10 minutes to escape.

Nakdong River is, along with The Street of Sun (1952) and A Bouquet of Thirty Million People (1951), one of the important films made during the Korean War that the Korean Film Archive has rediscovered and made available to the public.

Kang-soo is a third-rate street thug in Busan; he's an alcoholic and gambling addict who's always on the run from loan sharks. But when his rebellious teenage son Jong-chul is diagnosed with kidney cancer, he tries to be a real parent for the first time and seeks out Jong-chul's biological father, Tae-suk, a pimp. Tae-suk, however, refuses to help.

Major crimes unit detective Seong-jin arrests Tae-sung for petty crimes, but shocked to find out that he is the notorious serial killer. However, Seong-jin becomes doubtful of his identity as the serial murder case is investigated.

Sun-hwa is a location manager in Busan who finds shooting spots for films. She’s always loved her work and her city. One day, she joins a new project out of the blue. But as soon as she walks into the door, she recognizes the director at once. It’s Do-young, her ex-boyfriend who left her and went to Seoul to fulfill his dream. They were lovers in the past but now Sun-hwa has to face him as a business partner. To make things worse, all he says is ‘NO’.

Mal-soon is a tough granny in a shanty town in Busan. In front of her, 12-year-old Gong-ju appears with her baby sister Jin-ju on her back. Gong-ju claims that she is the daughter of Mal-soon’s runaway daughter. Mal-soon’s peaceful life becomes a mess with these little strangers, but Mal-soon doesn’t feel bad living with them.

キレ者の金庫破り兼詐欺師のジヒョク（キム・ウビン）は、人材調達の名人グイン（コ・チャンソク）、すご腕ハッカーのジョンベ（イ・ヒョヌ）と組んで宝石店を襲撃し、その名を世間にとどろかせる。そんな彼らに目を付けた財界の大物チョ（キム・ヨンチョル）が、自らたくらむ計画に彼らを引き込む。それは、最高のセキュリティーシステムを誇る仁川税関に存在する大金を、わずか40分以内に強奪するというものだった。

The friendship between a lawyer who will do anything to make money and a nursing home volunteer.

「7人だ。俺が殺したのは全部で7人。」キム・ヒョンミン刑事（キム・ユンソク）は、恋人を殺害し逮捕されたカン・テオ（チュ・ジフン）から突然の告白を受ける。しかし、テオの証言のほかに一切証拠はない。そもそも彼は、何故自らそのような告白を始めたのか？警察内部でもテオの自白をまともに相手をする者がいない中、ヒョンミンは直感的にテオの言葉が真実であると確信。上層部の反対を押し切り捜査を進めてゆく。そしてついに、テオの証言どおり白骨化した死体が発見されるのだが、テオは突然「俺は死体を運んだだけだ」と今までの証言をくつがえす。「どういうことだ！？」テオの言葉に翻弄されてゆくヒョンミン。果たして残る死体は存在するのか？テオの目的は一体？