Yi Chong-jun

A man suffers from mental illness after having lived with a mother suffering from dementia and a brother addicted to gambling. Now institutionalized, he falls in love with a nurse at the psychiatric hospital.

「スキャンダル」のチョン・ドヨンが渾身の演技でカンヌ国際映画祭主演女優賞に輝いた感動の人生ドラマ。最愛の息子を失い、理不尽な運命に打ちのめされたヒロインの魂の彷徨と再生への道のりを、抑えたタッチで丁寧に綴ってゆく。共演は「グエムル -漢江の怪物-」のソン・ガンホ、監督は「オアシス」のイ・チャンドン。シングルマザーのシネは、幼い息子ジュンと2人で、亡き夫の故郷・密陽(ミリャン)に引っ越し再出発を誓う。自動車修理工場の社長ジョンチャンは、シネの気を惹こうと何かと世話を焼くが、シネは彼を俗物男と評して冷ややかな対応。そしてようやく新生活も落ち着きを見せ始めたとき、思いもよらぬ悲劇が彼女を襲う。

A drama centered on brother-and-sister musicians trained to perform the epic Korean poems known as pansori.

A drama centered on brother-and-sister musicians trained to perform the epic Korean poems known as pansori.

A famous writer, Lee Joon-seop, returns to his hometown to attend his mother's funeral. Lee's illegitimate niece, who has been ostracized from the family, has also returned home for the funeral. While the funeral ceremonies take place, various old family conflicts reassert themselves. During the action of the story, a parallel children's story written by Lee is read by the illegitimate niece. The story describes a grandmother who gives her life force to her growing granddaughter, resulting in the grandmother becoming gradually younger until she reverts into an infant and finally leaves for the next world.

A former pansori performer travels across South Korea in search of the student he studied with.

A company is studying the possibility to open a spa hotel named after a mythical island, Ieodo. The island is inhabited by the souls of drowned sailors. During a study trip to the location of the hotel lost a journalist under mysterious circumstances. One of the contractors go to Ieodo's neighboring island, populated by widows of the dead sailors, to unravel the disappearance.