Iljimae the Chivalrous Robber (1961)
Gênero : História, Drama, Ação
Runtime : 2H 17M
Director : Jang Il-ho
Escritor : Mu-yeong Heo
Sinopse
Iljimae's parents were killed due to a conspiracy when he was young. Many years later he became a chivalrous robber, robbing corrupt officials and helping the poor. He eventually manages in taking revenge for his parents' deaths. But the police start to chase him, and he hides himself at a gisaeng's house. The gisaeng was his ex-fiancee. She also lost her parents to a conspiracy. She begs Iljimae to stay with her, but he leaves to do what he has to.
Upon receiving the body of a maid in waiting who was said to have hung herself within the palace walls, dedicated doctor Chun-ryung begins to suspect foul play. Upon launching a personal investigation, however, Chun-ryung quickly discovers a labyrinthine maze of deception constructed by those with limitless power to conceal a valuable secret.
Born to a family of established court painters, seven-year-old Yoon-jeong is a young girl gifted at painting. However, the pressure is on her brother to carry on the proud family tradition, as women aren’t allowed to become professional painters. While her brother trains to take his place in the court, Yoon-jeong helps him out by secretly painting for him. The little girl’s life is turned upside down when her brother kills himself. In order to preserve the family honor, she is forced to take her brother’s name and lives as a man. Yun-bok’s genius and talent captures the heart of another great master of the time, Kim Hong-do. But her daring depictions of women are condemned by the royal institute as obscene. Yun-bok meets Kang-mu and falls deeply in love. For the first time, she feels the strong desire to abandon everything she has built and simply be a woman in front of the man she loves. Kang-moo sacrifices all for his love as well.
A história de "Detetive K" desenrola-se na Coreia, no Século XVIII, e acompanha as aventuras do tresloucado detetive Joseon (Kim Myeong-min) enquanto ele investiga, como requisitado pelo Rei, uma série de misteriosos assassinatos que assola o país. Durante a sua missão secreta, ele conhece Han Seo Pil (Oh Dal-soo), que eventualmente se torna seu companheiro, e Han Gaek Ju (Han Ji-min), uma mulher de negócios influentes, que é uma figura-chave no caso. Conforme se aprofundam no mistério, eles descobrem segredos perturbadores que ligam os assassinatos de uma enorme conspiração que vai agitar toda a nação de Joseon.
The story follows Hwang Jin Yi, a kisaeng (female entertainer) who lived in 16th century Korea. Hwang Jin-Yi was a beautiful, talented and intelligent young woman who was able to read and write well, but because she was an illegitimate child, she had no other recourse but to become a kisaeng where she used her position to gain favor with the noble classes.
A governor's son falls for Chunhyang, a commoner, and illegally marries below his station; when he has to leave her for several years, a local official attempts to corrupt her.
A servant falls in love with a girl whom his master also desires. Although the girl loves the servant, she also longs to improve her station in life.
Em 1636 aconteceu a segunda invasão dos bárbaros vindos da Manchúria ao território coreano. Treze anos antes, após a revolta do reino de Injo, os irmãos Nam-i e Ja-in ficam órfãos e vão morar no interior. No dia do casamento de Ja-in com Seo Goon, a vila é devastada pelos invasores, e muitos coreanos são aprisionados e escravizados. Nam-i, sozinho, parte no encalço do exército manchuriana para resgatar sua irmã.
A group of deadly assassins kidnap a hostage in the hope of getting a high ransom but when they manage to lose themselves in a forest and end up spending the night in a haunted house they manage to disrupt the plans of the ghosts to ascend to heaven. The assassins hatch a plan to solve the problem but in doing so reveal themselves to be incompetent, so the ghosts decide to give them some training themselves…
A noble, high-class scholar starts to write erotic novels in 18th century of Chosun dynasty and falls in love with a king's woman.
Ice suddenly becomes a more valuable commodity during the Joseon Dynasty and a gang of eleven professionals are assigned to protect the market situation from irresponsible people.
Tanya e Illyich são um casal de coreanos que vive no interior da Rússia, e que sobrevive do roubo e tráfico de sementes de café, uma iguaria muito apreciada no final do século XIX. Sua volta para Joseon se dá pelas mãos do governo japonês, que os recruta para uma missão perigosa, assassinar o imperador coreano, exilado dentro da embaixada russa.
Living a torturous life of poverty and barely able to survive, Hwa-yeon decides to offer herself as one of the king’s concubines. Once inside the royal palace, two men are immediately seized by the woman - the Grand Prince Seong-won, a megalomaniacal ruler drunk with power and lust, and Kwon-yoo, who has everything to lose if his desire for Hwa-yeon is exposed.
Four short stories examing the lives of women in the last 18th and 19th century Story 1: 'Wives Should Be Submissive'--A father tries to marry his daughter into a wealthy family. Story 2: 'A Daughter-In-Law Is No Better Than A Stranger'--A woman thinks that her daughter-in-law has turned her son against her so she tries to kill the younger woman. Story 3: '7 Grounds For Divorce'--A wife begins an affair with her servant because of her husband's impotency Story 4: 'Prohibit Sex In Court'--A concubine's life is at risk when it is revealed that her infant child is not the king's.
Entre o caos nacional e o medo pela própria vida, o tirano Rei Gwanghae ordena que seu conselheiro de confiança entre um dublê de corpo real. Ele contrata Ha-seon, uma camponês imitador que tem um semblante igual ao do Rei. Quando o Rei Gwanghae morre um veneno misterioso, Ha-seon é forçado a se tornar um rei. Ele deve seguir sua própria consciência para salvar seu país do colapso, evitar o extermínio e desencobrir a maior farsa da história.
In the 11th year of Kwang Hae-gun, Jo-seon soldiers go to war with China after an invasion. In the middle of Manchu, three people who have barely survived are being cornered by the Chinese forces, and begin a bloody battle not with their enemies but with their friends.
I Am the King é um filme de comédia histórica sul-coreano de 2012, estrelado por Ju Ji-hoon, Park Yeong-gyu, Baek Yoon-sik, Byun Hee-bong e Kim Su-ro. Inspirado no romance de 1881 de Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper, o filme se passa na Dinastia Joseon, com Ju interpretando o papel duplo de rei e mendigo.
Mu Myeong is a Joseon dynasty headhunter who meets and falls in love with lady Ja Yeong who will become the future Empress Myseongseong. A few years later, Ja Yeong enters the royal palace to marry King Gojong. Mu Myeong still having feelings for Ja Yeong and in an attempt to get closer to her becomes her personal body guard.
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.
Spanning four centuries in Korea, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it.
Byeon Gang-soe é um vendedor de bolo de arroz manso de uma vila montanhosa remota na Dinastia Joseon da Coreia. Pelo fato de possuir uma libido seriamente prejudicada e por ser ridicularizado por isso, ele tem um enorme complexo de inferioridade. Gang-soe encontra um monge que diz ter a solução para seu problema. A solução para isso seria uma porção enterrada na floresta. Por este tempo, todos os homens são reunidos e enviados para a guerra, e Byun permanece na aldeia acabando por ser o único capaz de satisfazer as mulheres da aldeia e saciar seus desejos sexuais.