The Uprising (1999)
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 1H 40M
Director : Park Kwang-su
Escritor : Park Kwang-su
Sinopse
In the late 19th century Catholicism was gaining a foothold on Jeju island, much to the horror of the Confucian community, who were seeing their influence diminishing as well as getting increased taxes from Catholic-friendly government officers. The conflict became a religious war that resulted in a rebel Confucian army massacring hundreds of Christians in little more than a matter of days. The Uprising details the events leading up to the assault, focusing on the story of Yi Jae-su, the young man destined to become the leader of the rebel army.
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.
No século 16, às vésperas da invasão japonesa, a dinastia Chosun é mergulhada no caos. Lee Mong-hak, um ambicioso descendente da família real, trai amigos, incluindo sua antiga amante para organizar um golpe. Seu velho amigo Hwang Jeong-hak, um misterioso espadachim cego, pede a ajuda de um jovem vingativo para impedi-lo.
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.
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.
Modern day soldiers travel back in time and meet Admiral Lee, the greatest soldier of all time, and motivate him to drive out invaders.
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.
Jo Won, é um viúvo que dedica a sua vida à arte, como bon vivant, é bastante sedutor e passa a maioria dos seus dias conquistando mulheres. Lady Cho, prima de Jo Won, tem uma certa simpatia por seu primo, mas para conquistá-la, ela lhe sugere que seduza a futura concubina de seu marido, porém, Jo Won, tem outra prioridade, seu desejo é seduzir Lady Sue, uma viúva virgem, convertida ao catolicismo.
Korea, 1724. Once upon a time in the Choson Dynasty, Chun-doong falls in love at first sight with a beautiful woman whilst in the middle of a fight.When she is delivered by accident to Chun-doong's tavern to work as a maid, he is the happiest man in the land until she is snatched away by her rightful owner.He vows to get her back, but alone he is no match for Man-deuk.
Na Coréia do século XVII, uma renomada escola forma guerreiros para proteger a capital e as fronteiras de ataques estrangeiros. Choi Ji-Hwan (Min-su Choi) e Yun Gyu-Yeob (Jae-hyeon Jo) são dois grandes amigos treinados ali. Depois da formatura, são enviados a diferentes pontos do país. Yun une-se a um grupo que quer derrubar o imperador e uma de suas únicas tarefas é matar Choi. Cinco anos se passam e uma série de assassinatos extermina os oficiais de alto escalão. Yun, o principal guerreiro, é incumbido de acabar com o vingador e captura sua ajudante, a bela Shi-Yeong (Bo-kyeong Kim), para que o líder venha em seu resgate. Ele não descobre que seu amigo antigo não está morto, como imaginava. O reencontro dos dois culminará na batalha final. Mas, desta vez, não lutarão do mesmo lado.
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.
In a time of political and social unrest in 19th century Korea, uncouth, self-taught painter Jang Seung-up explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.
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.
During the reign of King Sejong in the 15th century, the Joseon Dynasty was the embodiment of the perfect state. To the Ming China, the aspiring imperial power, Joseon presented an obstacle to territorial expansion. To protect themselves from war, King Sejong develops a secret weapon to defend their territory and take back their land and supremacy.
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 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…
Delightfully comic exploration of the emotional and social geography of an art-house film director.
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.
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.
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.
