Cho Young-wuk

Hae-woong, an assembly member candidate, is taken out of the running because he became a thorn in the side of a local bigwig, Sun-tae. Hounded by loan sharks, due to defaulting a campaign loan, he decides to get his hands dirty. He steals classified government’s information about an urban development plan and obtains the help of a local gang leader, Pil-do, by promising hefty real estate profit. Now Hae-woong re-enters the race and tries to take revenge on Sun-tae. Unbeknownst to him, his messy journey through politics has only just begun.

Confronting half of her mother’s life—her mother who had survived the Jeju April 3 Incident—the director tries to scoop out disappearing memories. A tale of family, which carries on from Dear Pyongyang (YIDFF 2005), carving out the cruelty of history, and questioning the precarious existence of the nation-state.

After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other.

From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.

In the puppet state of Manchukuo in the 1930s, four Communist party special agents, after returning to China, embark on a secret mission. Sold out by a traitor, the team find themselves surrounded by threats on all sides.

A former intelligence agent gets involved with the first human clone, Seobok, who others seek, causing trouble.

「神と共に」シリーズのハ・ジョンウと「殺人者の記憶法」のキム・ナムギルが初共演し、行方不明になった娘を捜す父と彼を手助けする謎の男を描いたミステリー。妻を事故で亡くしたサンウォンは、自身も事故のトラウマに苦しんでいた。娘のイナを連れて新居に引っ越した彼は、イナとの間にできた深い溝を埋めようと努力するが上手くいかない。やがてイナは新しい友達ができたと笑顔を見せるようになり、一方でサンウォンはクローゼットから聞こえてくる奇妙な声に悩まされはじめる。そんな中、イナがこつ然と姿を消してしまう。必死で娘を捜すサンウォンの前に、彼女の行方を知るという謎の男ギョンフンが現れ、クローゼットにすべての秘密が隠されていると言うが……。

1979年、韓国。絶大な権勢を振るっていた大統領の直属機関、KCIAこと中央情報部。そのトップに立つ部長と政敵たちが、し烈な権力争いを繰り広げてゆく。

「新感染　ファイナル・エクスプレス」で一躍トップスターとなり、マーベル・シネマティック・ユニバース（MCU）作品「エターナルズ」でハリウッド進出を果たすマ・ドンソク主演のバイオレンスアクション。凶悪なヤクザの組長チャン・ドンスが、ある夜何者かによってめった刺しにされた。奇跡的に一命をとりとめたドンスは、対立する組織の犯行を疑い、犯人捜しに動き出す。一方、警察サイドで捜査にあたるチョン刑事は暴力的な手段も辞さない荒くれ者として、署内でも問題刑事として知られていた。まだ世間の誰も気づいていない連続無差別殺人鬼がこの事件の犯人であると確信したチョン刑事は、その手がかりを求めてドンスにつきまとう。ドンスとチョン刑事は互いに敵意をむき出しにするが、狡猾な殺人鬼を突き止めるには互いの情報が必要であると悟り、共闘して犯人を追い詰めてゆく。2019年・第32回東京国際映画祭の「シン・ファンタ／復活!?東京国際ファンタスティック映画祭ナイト」（19年11月2日）で上映。

長い間、信念を貫いてきたものの、現実と妥協して俗物になることを決めた民主弁護士会出身の弁護士スノ(チョン・ウソン)。自身の出世がかかった殺人事件の弁護士に指定されると容疑者の無罪を立証するため、唯一の目撃者である自閉症の少女ジウ(キム・ヒャンギ)を証人として立たせようとする。自身だけの世界に入り込み、意思疎通が難しいジウ。スノは事件当日に目撃したことを聞くためにジウのもとを訪れるが、まともにあいさつもできない。だが、あの日のことを聞き出すためにジウと心を通わせていく努力をするスノ。少しずつジウへの理解を示していくが、2人は法廷で弁護士と証人として向き合うことになり…。

During the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Japanese Empire seeks to eradicate the Korean language and identity. In retaliation, a small group of Korean patriots try to protect their language by compiling the first Korean language dictionary.

1970年代、釜山。一介の密輸業者が足を踏み入れたのは、日本相手の麻薬ビジネス。善と悪、2つの顔をもつ密輸王の伝説は、まさにここからはじまった。

1992年、北朝鮮の核兵器開発を巡って緊張状態が高まる朝鮮半島。韓国軍の情報部隊の将校パク・ソギョンは、国家安全企画部のチェ・ハクソン室長から、コードネーム「黒金星ブラック・ヴィーナス」という工作員として北朝鮮に潜入する命令を受ける。北朝鮮の核開発の実態を探るため、事業家に扮したパクは3年にわたって慎重な工作活動を試みる。パクは北朝鮮の対外交渉を担うリ・ミョンウン所長から信頼を得ることに成功し、北朝鮮の最高国家権力であるキム・ジョンイルに会う機会を得るまでに至る。しかし、1997年の韓国の大統領選挙に際する南北の裏取引によって、パクは自らの工作活動が無になることを知り、葛藤する。＜実話を元に、北朝鮮の核開発をめぐり緊迫する1990年代の朝鮮半島を舞台に北への潜入を命じられた韓国のスパイの命を懸けた工作活動を描き、韓国で数々の映画賞を受賞したサスペンスドラマ。＞

韓国現代史上最大の悲劇、1980年の光州事件を巡る実話を、ソン・ガンホ主演で映画化した実録ドラマ。戒厳令下の光州を唯一取材したドイツ人記者の真実の行動を、彼を乗せたタクシー運転手の心境を追いつつ描く。

For the work Decades Apart commissioned by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain for the exhibition Highlights, PARKing CHANce has conceived an original immersive 3D sound and image installation. Based on the set of Joint Security Area (JSA) (2000), a movie by Park Chan-wook, new images were filmed for the work and sound treated in a very surprising way to give the visitor a total experience.

After he leaves the police force, Dae-ho establishes himself as the sheriff of his town. He then investigates Jong-jin, a businessman, because of his alleged ties to drugs.

Promising fund manager Jae-hoon is at the brink of losing everything when his company goes bankrupt. Overwhelmed by despair, he takes an impulsive trip to Australia where his wife and son live. As his trip nears its unexpected end, Jae-hoon gets a chance to look back on his life.

When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.

In 1925 Korea, Japanese rulers demand the last remaining tiger be killed. The tiger easily defeats his pursuers until a legendary hunter takes him on.

A disgruntled henchman teams up with an ambitious prosecutor to bring down a leading presidential candidate and the news editor behind him who is truly pulling the strings.

ウジンは18歳を境に、目覚めると年齢や性別や国籍を問わず、それまでとは全然違う外見に変化する奇妙な運命を背負うことに。一人の人物としてのルックスが定まらない彼は、インターネットを駆使して家具デザイナーとして働いていた。ある日、ウジンは家具店で働くイス（ハン・ヒョジュ）を見初め、毎日一見客のフリをしてその店に通い詰めるが……。

Residents, who are evicted from their homes in a designated urban renewal, demonstrate against their removal. The police arrive and attempt to end the demonstration. Death happen that lead to the bigger problem.

A homicide detective tries to flush out a mob enforcer by befriending the suspect's beautiful girlfriend, but soon develops romantic feelings for her.

In 1862, amidst the rule of the late Joseon dynasty in Korea, a band of fighters named Kundo rise against the unjust authorities.

Ryoo Seungwan, Han Jiseung, Kim Taeyong got together to make a 3D omnibus film. It's a 3D vision of terrible realities never far from popular culture today. The stages of its episodes are different with one another. Tragedies and fantasies unfold in the city, the woods, and the future. The 3D technique is used in scenes where the characters have fancies to get over suffering in reality. It's interesting to watch 3D scenes directed by representative directors of Korea, and it's noteworthy in terms of industry that this try displays the possibilities and realities of 3D film in Korea, as well. It's the new vision of KAFA's project, KAFA+

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.

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.

Sung-soo has everything a man could want: a beautiful wife and children, a comfortable home and luxury car, and plenty of money in the bank. When he learns that his estranged brother, Sung-chul, has gone missing, haunting memories of their troubled past urge him to visit his brother’s apartment in search of answers.

Three men who share a past participate in a mixed martial arts reality show where they have to fight against other contestants to win the prize money.

An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.

When an illicit arms deal goes bad, North Korean spy Pyo Jong-seong finds himself targeted not just by the South Koreans but also his own bosses.

Actor Yoo Ji-Tae’s directorial debut feature film is one part melodrama, one part comingof-age story about Soo-young, a miserable thirtysomething man and Mai-Ratima, a 22-year-old Thai girl who accepts a mail order marriage in order to realize her Korean Dream. Into their relationship comes Young-jin, a hostess, slowly turning it into a love triangle.

Kim Myeong-min (39) is Agent Kim, a family man who lives a happy and contented life with his wife and two children. He is disguised as a manager in a company that sells fake viagra imported from China. Together with his three comrades, Agent Kang (Yeom Jeong-ah, 39), Agent Woo (Jeong Kyeo-woon, 29) and Adviser Yoon (Byeon Hee-bong, 70), Agent Kim was sent to South Korea 10 years ago for a special mission.

People binge eat and suffer from extreme thirst, which leads them to go crazy for water. They cannot control themselves because they are brainwashed by a parasite.

王の異母弟と心通わせるも引き離されて後宮に入り、王の側室となった娘。5年後に王が暗殺されたことで、異母弟は王座に就く。彼は未だ彼女を愛していたが、大妃の妨害で思いを遂げられず。やがて先王勢力を粛清する動きが始まり、その矛先が彼女にも向くことになる。

A couple who had been married for forty years now prepare for death together as the wife gets cancer and has only two months to live.

「オールド・ボーイ」のチェ・ミンシクと「チェイサー」のハ・ジョンウの豪華初共演で贈るエンタテインメント犯罪ドラマ。韓国裏社会を舞台に、それぞれの才覚で生き残りに命を懸ける2人の男の運命をシニカルかつスリリングに描く。監督は「ビースティ・ボーイズ」のユン・ジョンビン。1982年、プサン。税関職員の立場を悪用し、密輸品の横流しや賄賂で私腹を肥やす世渡り上手の小役人チェ・イクヒョン。ある時ついに不正が発覚し、クビになってしまう。すると最後の悪あがきとばかりに、押収した麻薬を売りさばくべく裏社会の若きボス、チェ・ヒョンベに接近。そして偶然にもヒョンベが遠い親戚と判明するや、一族の先輩という立場と持ち前の交際術でヒョンベに深く取り入っていくイクヒョンだったが...。

Elite attorney Kang Seong-Hee goes up against a top prosecutor over a case involving a man accused of killing his wife.

Funded by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea. If You Were Me 5 takes a close look at the violent nature hidden behind our eyes. 5 directors- Kang Yi Kwan, Boo Ji Young, Yoon Sung Hyun, Kim Dae Seung and Sin Dong Il disclose how closely ordinary events of society connect with our eyes. There is a hidden sexual violence beyond our eyes and the power of a controlled society works through the power beyond the eyes. Not only the violence of the eye itself, also limited the ability of individuals to see, the matter of the eye intervenes in various relationships between the individual and groups. The film demonstrates how sharp the eye has become in a society with developing technology.

Kim Sang-nam (Jeong Jae-yeong), a hot-tempered former professional baseball player, is sent to the countryside to coach a team of hearing-impaired players in order to avoid media coverage of his recent involvement in an assault case. At first, Kim has a difficult time imagining how he can teach baseball to a group of boys who can't hear, but as he spends time with them he starts to believe that they can play the game. Motivated, Kim decides to help them prepare for the nationals. But things don't go the way Kim plans and their difficulties communicating with one another exacerbates the situation

殺人容疑者を誤って射殺という失態を犯した警察上層部は、その事実を揉み消すため、冴えない刑事チョルギに「犯人をでっちあげろ」と命令。チョルギはヤクザに証拠作りを依頼しニセの容疑者を仕立てあげる。だが、ある検事がその事実に気付いてしまい……。

1978年頃、ベトナム戦争帰りのよそ者ユ・モッキョンは村の祈祷院で修行に励み、人望を得ていた。 約30年後、息子のヘグクは父モッキョンが死んだと知らせを受け、疎遠だった父の葬儀のために村にやって来る。ヘグクは刑事だったが、失職して離婚。村は元刑事の村長チョン・ヨンドクによって牛耳られており、村人たちは喪主のヘグクを歓迎しない。葬儀後にはソウルへ帰ることを促す村人たちの意に反して、父の死に疑問を持ったヘグクは村にとどまる。

A pawnbroker is found murdered in a remote town in a derelict building. Three people come under suspicion but all of them have perfect alibis and the investigation comes to a standstill. Almost fifteen years pass and the lead inspector decides to re-investigate.

A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.

A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.

Kang Chul-jung has been a detective fighting crime for 15 years and is at it again against a mob boss who recruits young kids to do his dirty work.

A man is driving in the middle of downtown, with his girlfriend, Ok-gyeong, sitting next to him. Ok-gyeong wants to talk about their problem and solve it but the man just wants it to pass by. Their relationship heads toward the direction that nobody expected…

Sin Min-joo is juggling relationships with four different men, adopting a different persona for each one. But her love life becomes increasingly tangled, and the men show their true colours when they find out how they've been manipulated.

Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another patient, who catches the eye of Young-goon and soon becomes a close friend. Il-soon is now confronted with the biggest task: to cure Young-goon's mental problem and have her eat real food.

The collapse of a department store disturbs a local community, causing strife for some, and bringing some people closer than ever before.

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

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

In 1808, an imperial investigator arrives on an idyllic island to investigate a series of grisly murders. The locals believe that a ghost is responsible, taking revenge for a wrongful execution seven years ago. But the investigator suspects that something else may be behind it all.

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.

A teacher and her student compete for the affection of a handsome man.

Action thriller featuring a dramatic race against time and death. After 10 billion won worth of drugs mysteriously disappear, police officer Kang Sung Joo (Ko Su) is faced with the unenviable task of tracking down the perpetrators of the clever coup. During his risky mission for justice, he stumbles into news reporter Seo Yoo Jin (Song Ji-hyo) who has the gift to foresee the future. To his shock, Kang learns that he will be murdered within 24 hours.

A professional lady con makes herself the pharmacist's fiancée overnight, and faces a disastrous blemish in her impeccable con-woman career.

1968年1月、北朝鮮特殊工作部隊による韓国大統領府襲撃未遂事件が発生。同年4月、韓国政府はその報復として仁川沖のシルミド (実尾島)に死刑囚ら31人の男たちを集め、極秘に金日成暗殺指令を下した。こうして31人は、当時の暦から名付けられた684部隊の特殊工作員として、過酷な訓練を開始する。3年後、優秀な工作員に仕立て上げられた彼らに、いよいよ実行命令が下される。しかし、政府の対北政策は決行目前になって大きく転換、北への潜入に向け行動を開始した部隊に急遽命令の撤回が告げられる。

ごく平凡な人生を送っていた男オ・デスは、意識を取り戻すと、狭い監禁部屋にいた。その後15年間、理由も分からないまま監禁され続け突然解放される。いったい誰が！？何の目的で！？若い女性ミドの助けを借りて復讐を誓うデスのもとに現れた謎の男ウジン。彼はデスに5日間で監禁の理由を解き明かせと、お互いの命を賭けた「ゲーム」をもちかける。そこには想像を絶する、恐るべき策略がめぐらされていた…。

Anthology film of six shorts by leading Korean directors. Park Chan-Wook, tackles racial prejudice and the economic exploitation of immigrant workers through the real-life story of a Nepalese woman in Korea. Jeong Jae-Eun, tackles the plight of a paedophile released into the community. Yeo Gyun-Dong, invites disabled actor Kim Moon-Joo to re-enact his most famous protest. Im Soon-Rye, goes for the engrained sexism of Korean men with superb wit and, Park Jin-Pyo, confronts the horror of children forced into oral surgery to improve their English-speaking ability.

"Never Ending Peace and Love" (or "N.E.P.A.L.") is part of the South Korean omnibus film "If You Were Me" (2003). Comprising six short films directed by six prominent Korean directors and commissioned by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea, "If You Were Me" deals with discrimination in the country. The directors were given free rein with regards to subject and style. Park Chan-wook's short tackles the theme of human rights abuses towards foreign laborers in Korea, telling the sory of a Nepalese woman named Chandra who spent six years in a mental hospital after she was mistakenly accused of losing her mind.

Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own circumstances.

主婦ミフンは、出版社を経営する夫と小学生の娘と何不自由ない幸せな毎日を送っていた。ところが、そんなささやかな幸せが一瞬にして崩れ去る。クリスマス・イヴの夜、突然女が家にやってきてミフンの前で夫の愛人であること告白したのだった。半年後、一家は自然に囲まれた田舎に引っ越した。しかしあの日以来、ミフンの心には深い傷が残ったままだった。そんなある日、彼女は偶然知り合った青年医師インギュからある提案を持ちかけられる。それは、この夏の間、恋人として過ごし、どちらかが“愛してる”と言ったら終り、という“恋愛ゲーム”だった。

A notorious dirty cop makes an honest attempt to catch a serial killer who even murdered his own parents.

Seo In-woo and Tae-hee are students at the same university. They start dating soon after they meet each other for the first time. Seo In-woo is left devastated when he loses her in a car crash.

Suk-yoon, a successful toy designer, and Jin-won, a respected textile designer, started off as a campus couple in college after falling in love at first sight. They are now happily married and well off, but have no children. Jin-won, raised by her aunt after the early death of her parents, anxiously craves her own motherhood. Her desperation grows despite Suk-yoon's efforts to comfort her. Then one day, the couple receives the miraculous news that they are pregnant. They are overjoyed and their days are filled with anticipation and love until they find out that what they thought would be a lifetime with their child will not last more than a day.

韓国・北朝鮮の南北分断の象徴である38度線上の共同警備区域で起きた射殺事件をめぐり、南北の兵士たちの心の交流を描くサスペンスフルな人間ドラマ。主演は『シュリ』のソン・ガンホ。

A group of Internet chatters decides to spend the summer together at a beach, renting an apartment and trying to know each other for real (or maybe they just want to have sex). Apparently a guy named "Sandmanz" committed suicide when he was ousted from the chatroom, and the group has split opinions on the matter. Some think he was just a psycho with no life, and he had it coming. Some others, like Yoo-na (the one who got closer to him), think that someone spread lies to force him to quit. Suddenly, the group is decimated by a mysterious figure who keeps e-mailing everyone that his/her fate will not be unlike Sandmanz's. The search for the killer begins, while people die right and left. (lovehkfilm.com)

When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.

In Seoul, parts not matching of severed copses of three men are found in cars and bags left in public spaces.

The classic love story between the famous actress and the plain ordinary man.

A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation.

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.

An urban crime drama film which will cover topics from anti-corruption to anti-crime. The story revolves around Su Jian Ming and Li Hui Lin jointly investigating an undercurrent criminal case involving a huge interest group. In order to investigate the case, Su Jian Ming ignores the persuasion of his powerful father Zheng Gang, and rushes to the "Hongmen Banquet", hosted by rich businessman Li Zhi Tian. More and more clues gradually surface. The undercurrent surging behind these clues makes people faintly feel that a big game of chess is being planned.