Kang Woo-suk

Kang Woo-suk

Nascimento : 1960-11-10, South Korea

História

Korean director best known for Silmido (2003), the Public Enemy trilogy (2002-2008), Moss (2010), and Two Cops (1993).

Perfil

Kang Woo-suk
Kang Woo-suk
Kang Woo-suk

Filmes

O Mapa Contra o Mundo
Director
O pai de Kim Jeong-Ho morre nas montanhas devido a um mapa errado. Por causa disso, Kim Jeong-Ho tem um forte desejo de fazer o seu próprio mapa. Ele se esforça para completar o modelo para impressão em xilogravura do mapa do Reino de Joseon agora a atual Península da Coreana.
Fists of Legend
Director
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.
Ari Ari the Korean Cinema
Himself
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses.
Romantic Heaven
Producer
The paths of three people intersect at a hospital. A lawyer who mourns the death of his wife, a taxi driver who is taking care of his grandfather that suffers from Alzheimer's, and a girl who is looking for a bone marrow donor to save the life her mother.
GLove
Director
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
Moss
Director
A city boy visits a remote village to find out the reason behind his father's strange death. The locals are watching his every move and are eager to see him leave. As he starts to investigate, the village's sinister secrets begin to unravel.
Sem Piedade
Producer
Kang é um reconhecido perito que incrimina Lee Sung-ho, um ambientalista radical. Depois que a polícia prende o ativista, a filha do cientista é sequestrada e agora ele vai fazer de tudo para salvá-la.
White Night
Executive Producer
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.
Náufrago da Lua
Producer
Kim está desempregado, endividado e foi abandonado por sua namorada. Ele decide acabar com tudo pulando no rio Han, entretanto acaba acordando em uma pequena ilha no meio do rio. Ele desiste do suicídio e começa uma nova vida como um náufrago. Suas travessuras chamam a atenção de uma jovem cujo apartamento tem vista para o rio, essa descoberta muda suas vidas.
Modern Boy
Producer
During the Japanese occupation, a Korean modern boy, who wants to fit in with the Japanese, falls in love with a Korean freedom fighter.
Public Enemy Returns
Director
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.
Hellcats
Producer
A screenwriter dreams of success and has a boyfriend who is a member of an unsuccessful rock band. Her sister, an interior designer, meets an actor she falls for. Her niece is trying to figure out how to get her first kiss from her boyfriend. Three stories about life and dating.
Hanbando
Director
A Korean reunification plan is upset by a Japanese invasion plot, revealing a century-old secret between the countries.
Blossom Again
Producer
Thirty year-old teacher In-young falls in love with her own student, Suk. What attracted her to the boy was the fact that he resembled her first love in every way, and even shared the same name. But with the sudden return of her long-lost love, and the appearance of a cute high school girl who confesses her love towards the boy Suk, In-young finds herself lost among the two first loves.
Another Public Enemy
Director
A criminal psychopath from a wealthy family is confronted with Chul-jung Kang, a former classmate who no longer likes his activities.
Ghost House
Executive Producer
Park Pil-gi’s family has never owned a house for three generations. They have to live in a rented room all their lives. Quite understandably, his father’s will at his death bed was ‘get your own house,’ which became Pil-gi’s goal in life. He works at a shipyard by day and as part-time chauffeur by night. After 10 years he finally manages to buy a two-storey house near the beach in Geoje-do, with some loans and mortgage. On the day he moves in, he shouts “Father… I did it! I bought my own house!” But his joy soon turns to fear. A knife flies toward him, the actor on TV suddenly shouts at him to leave the house, and even crawls out of the screen.…
684 - Unidade de Combate
Producer
A história de um grupo de homens que são transformados em verdadeiras máquinas da morte em uma ilha chamada Silmido. Em janeiro de 1968, um homem se infiltra em Seul para assassinar o presidente. A operação não dá certo, fazendo com que as autoridades sul-coreanas recrutem indivíduos que vivem à margem da sociedade para uma distante ilha, onde passam por um cruel treinamento com o objetivo de se tornarem poderosos soldados e assassinos. O objetivo da missão é forçar uma união entre as duas Coréias. Porém, com o início dos anos 70, essa aproximação se dá de forma natural, embora sem nenhum contrato oficial.
684 - Unidade de Combate
Director
A história de um grupo de homens que são transformados em verdadeiras máquinas da morte em uma ilha chamada Silmido. Em janeiro de 1968, um homem se infiltra em Seul para assassinar o presidente. A operação não dá certo, fazendo com que as autoridades sul-coreanas recrutem indivíduos que vivem à margem da sociedade para uma distante ilha, onde passam por um cruel treinamento com o objetivo de se tornarem poderosos soldados e assassinos. O objetivo da missão é forçar uma união entre as duas Coréias. Porém, com o início dos anos 70, essa aproximação se dá de forma natural, embora sem nenhum contrato oficial.
Spring Breeze
Producer
The cheapest and the stingiest! A man, who has never spent a dime on a date... A man, who prefers to double up on layers of thermals in the winter, instead of turning on the heater... A man, who insists on using his beeper in this 21st Century, a.k.a. The Age of Mobile Phones, to save his phone bill... He is the cheapest man alive! He's the infamous stingy writer, Seon-guk! As he wrestles with his unfinished (and very delayed) manuscript, an unexpected woman moves into his house. "I'm a respected man! I cannot live with a vulgar woman like her!"
Public Enemy
Director
A notorious dirty cop makes an honest attempt to catch a serial killer who even murdered his own parents.
Guns & Talks
Producer
Four unlikely assassins question their assignments because they genuinely care about their customers and victims. However, they attract police attention and a prosecutor is on their trail.
Kick the Moon
Writer
Kick the Moon is about two high school students from a small-city high-school. One is a fighter who is involved in a legendary street-fight with a rival school, the other is a geeky wimp who loves to study and is one of the only students to not participate in the fight. Years later, the punk has grown to be a teacher in the high-school he attended and the nerd has become a mafia underboss and has returned to his hometown to set up operations. The movie revolves around the two men's rivalry for the affections of a local lady restaurant owner and the fighting of rival gang factions in the small city.
Paradise Lost
Producer
A couple fall deeply in love. Unfortunately, they are both already married to other people. The resulting affair leads to the man losing his job. Both divorce their spouses, but while travelling together, they decide that the only way for them to be perfectly happy is for them to commit double suicide.
Bedroom And Courtroom
Director
Lee Kyung-Ja's husband is constantly away from home, working hard for Il San, a major conglomerate. When he is fired, she becomes angry and sues the company, requesting alimony for her poor love life. After discovering the vicious nature of well-known lawyer Myung Sung-Ki (and after realizing that he represents Il San), seh decides instead to hire his wife, Lee Ki-Ja. In court, Lee Kyung-Ja's husband betrays her, revealing intimate details of their sex life. Humiliated, she decides to drop the case, until her lawyer reveals that she has similar problems in her own marriage. The two women open their hearts to each other and go back to face the court anew. As the lawsuit progresses, the dispute between accuser and the accused runs deeper. At last, they await the judge's decision...
Holiday in Seoul
Producer
A hotel bellboy having recently been dumped falls in love with a leg model who's a regular guest at the hotel' she and her lover meet regularly in room 901. One day, her lover gets killed in a hit-and-run accident. Also around this hotel is a telephone operator, whom wishes to waste her time. Her fixation is with a taxi ride. When she gets into a cab, she doesn't tell the driver where to go, and the driver doesn't ask. They just speed along the city at night.
Holiday in Seoul
Writer
A hotel bellboy having recently been dumped falls in love with a leg model who's a regular guest at the hotel' she and her lover meet regularly in room 901. One day, her lover gets killed in a hit-and-run accident. Also around this hotel is a telephone operator, whom wishes to waste her time. Her fixation is with a taxi ride. When she gets into a cab, she doesn't tell the driver where to go, and the driver doesn't ask. They just speed along the city at night.
Two Cops 2
Director
An unlikely pair of cops take part in a massive crackdown against the local mob.
7 Reasons Why Beer Is Better Than a Lover
Director
Mom Has a New Boyfriend
Producer
Eun-jae, a children’s book illustrator, runs into Jin-woo at a bookstore. Jin-woo and Eun-jae met years ago on a train. Although each has a family to go home to, both believe that their meeting is more than coincidence and begin to see each other.
Mom Has a New Boyfriend
Director
Eun-jae, a children’s book illustrator, runs into Jin-woo at a bookstore. Jin-woo and Eun-jae met years ago on a train. Although each has a family to go home to, both believe that their meeting is more than coincidence and begin to see each other.
How to Top My Wife
Director
This 1990s South Korean film focuses on a man deciding to hire a hitman to kill his wife rather than file for divorce.
Two Cops
Producer
An easy-going corrupt detective is partnered up with a younger, more idealistic detective. The two try to influence each other to become more like themselves but must cooperate when faced with a strange case.
Two Cops
Director
An easy-going corrupt detective is partnered up with a younger, more idealistic detective. The two try to influence each other to become more like themselves but must cooperate when faced with a strange case.
Mister Mama
Director
Who Saw The Dragon's Claws?
Director
Ji-won, a news anchor woman, witnesses Jung Yong-wook, an emerging leader of the ruling party, being terrorized. She sees the incident from car parked on a deserted road as she was enjoying a secret redez-vous with Park In-gyu, the presidential candidate of the opposition party. She barely escapes being killed herself. The country is thrown in turmoil with the news of Jung Yong-wook's alleged suicide, and Park In-gyu urges Ji-won to keep quiet.
I Stand Up Every Day
Director
Happiness Does Not Come in Grades
Director
In a high school second grade classroom, Bonggu (Gyu Seok) and Genija (Choi Soo-hoon), whose grades are low, love each other (Yi Yeon Yeon) and Niho teacher. The hard - luck Changshu helps his mother to clean the liquor, but the Eun - joo, who grew up in a rich environment, screams without understanding him. Eunju is always attracted to the innocence of the pure mind while maintaining good grades and suffering obsession with the grades due to the obsession of the parents. She takes her parents' cold eyes when she is pushed to the seventh place by the next exam. Eunju can not endure it and suicide. In the classroom, a flower is placed on the desk of Eun-joo, and the hearse and the children are tears as the hearse runs the school.
Sweet Brides
Director