Jo Young-jin

Mi-joo, a telemarketer, begins an ominous day on her way to work, with her ankle sprained by a motorcycle and got called out by the team leader at the morning meeting. The name "Hyeon-soo" that comes across the phone reminds me of "Hyepn-soo," who left the company after a fight. A middle-aged woman approaches Mi-Joo, who returned home struggling with her injured ankle. "I'm Hyun-soo's mom." Hyeon-soo, who lives with Mi-Joo, leaves home after a quarrel. He visits a bank to check the piling credit card debts and while writing his resume at a computer shop, he discovers his parents’ growing age. Hyeon-soo, who visited the university club again, recalls the days when he first met Mi-joo and began to love her after discovering her short film. Just in time, Hyeon-soo bumps into his young juniors and offers to shoot something with a camcorder. How do you remember someone's last expression?

A movie about Genji, a Yakuza and his gang who try to break up an anti-Japanese group and Joseon's number one fighter, Kang-il during the Japanese colonial era.

Во время перевозки опасных преступников тюремный автобус подвергся нападению, перевернулся, и заключённые сбежали. Самые опасные из них до сих пор не пойманы, поэтому полицейский детектив на пенсии, несколько лет назад руководивший спецподразделением, по такому поводу снова возвращается в строй, ведь он считает, что бороться со злом надо его же методами. И вот уже команда, состоящая из благородного бандита, несправедливо осуждённого копа и профессиональной мошенницы, принимается за расследование.

An ace police crisis negotiator, Chae-yoon, is called to the scene where her supervisor is taken hostage. Through the control room monitor, she is faced with the cold-blooded hostage taker, Tae-gu, whose demeanors are difficult to interpret. Against the 21-hour deadline Tae-gu has set, Chae-yoon tirelessly tries to crack the unusually calm perp over multiple video-calls. Eventually, the shocking truth begins to unveil.

Курьер Ким Гон-у — очень добрый и наивный парень. Всегда готов прийти на помощь и не может отказать, когда его о чем-то просят. Однажды он даже спас от нападения поп-звезду, получил звание образцового гражданина и прославился на всю страну. Как-то раз Гон-у встречает старого друга, с которым давно не виделся, и тут же рядом происходит убийство кандидата в президенты. Парня считают главным подозреваемым в происшествии, и теперь за ним охотится правительственные агенты и полиция.

20 years after discharge from the army and now an excavator driver, a former paratrooper who had been mobilized to suppress the May 18th Democratic Uprising in Korea in 1980, happens to find a skull in the ground one day. Driving his excavator, he pays visits to his former superiors one by one and realizes they were all both assailants and victims of the times.

Adapted from same-name popular manga. Hyeon-woo is visually impaired but always listens to people. Then one day, Chong-soo comes along and talks about the murder that occurs in his book. However, the murder in the novel becomes real and Hyeon-woo is getting more and more scared! Who is responsible for the serial killings?

A clever king of Joseon and his brilliant chronicler hunt for the truth behind a crime that threatens the throne and the stability of the country.

In 1985, Tae Nam works as a teacher at an all-girls high school in the country. The students there do not like him, because he keeps shouting at them. In fact, Tae Nam has never had a date in his life. One day, he finds a banned erotic book at the book store. The novel, which spreads among the girls at the high school, ends with "to be continued." The students become curious about the second volume. Soon Duk decides to write the second volume for her friends.

A young women is raped while on her way home. When she is rejected by the police, because they don't believe her, she sets out revenge. But not only on her rapist, but also the police and everybody who did not believe her.

Три красивых северокорейских шпиона из элитного отряда спецназа («отряд 5446») отправлены в Южную Корею с якобы высокой целью объединения Кореи. Эти амбициозные парни должны жить как нормальные люди в ожидании сигнала начала их тайной миссии. Всем троим приходится жить в бедном районе Сеула. Прошло два года и, не получая никаких распоряжений от Севера, парни постепенно привыкают к жизни в Южной Корее. Внезапно, они получают сигнал начать их тайную миссию. Между тем, инструктор северокорейской армии Ким Тхэ Вон пересекает границу, чтобы устранить тех, кто отказывается выполнять приказы северокорейского правительства…

A beat cop and his rookie partner investigate a series of killings that seem to be carried out by a mysterious wolfdog.

Уголовный авторитет завязал с преступным прошлым, открыл небольшой ресторанчик и посещает уроки кулинарного мастерства. На одном из таких занятий он знакомится с красивой 20-летней девушкой, и вскоре между ними намечаются незамысловатые романтические отношения. Но длится это недолго.

Полиция сбилась с ног, пытаясь найти маньяка, держащего в страхе весь Сеул. Единственный подозреваемый застрелен при задержании, причём оказалось, что он был невиновен. Дело берёт под контроль президент страны. Начальству Национального полицейского управления срочно нужен новый убийца, и найти кандидата на эту роль поручают детективу Чхве Чхоль-ги. Его всё время обходили стороной при повышениях, но сейчас твёрдо пообещали высокий пост и перспективы в случае успеха операции. При помощи знакомого бандита Чхве Чхоль-ги выполняет задание, однако тут всплывают последствия предыдущего дела, когда эти двое задели интересы крупного бизнесмена. Чтобы решить проблему, тот попросил своего прокурора Джу-яна разобраться с детективом.

A fresco mixing the satirical, the surreal and the fantastical to portray the social and political evils of today’s Korea. A gas mask-wearing serial killer is spreading terror. Four people are on his tail on election day: Miju – a wolf-girl who leads a sect of youths who are planning their mass suicide, Bosik – a traffic cop who’s convinced he is a super hero, Patrick – a US Marine on the brink of madness following the serial killer’s murder of his Korean girlfriend, and Ju Sanggeun, the favourite of the candidates for the mayoral seat of Seoul, who has received a disturbing death threat. The man behind the mask remains a mystery. The killer is everywhere or perhaps he is simply inside each of us. –Venice Film Festival

Kang Tae-sik is a private detective who would do anything for money. One day, he gets framed for a murder by a ruthless boss of the criminal underworld and a mysterious caller watches and controls his every move. He must use a wide array of techno-gadgetry at his disposal to clear himself and exact revenge within 24 hours given to him.

Daughter Ji-suk is now already a mother herself, but she'll always be a child in the eyes of her proud mom. The two decide to go on their first ever trip together. Over three days and two nights, their journey reveals the love and regrets, emotions and conflicts, that form a mother-daughter relationship.

Кёнсон, 1910 год. Хон Джи-хо - репортёр, подрабатывающий розыском сбежавших жён, копит деньги и мечтает уехать в Америку. Боясь быть обвиненным в убийстве, к нему обращается студент-медик, случайно нашедший в лесу тело пропавшего без вести сына министра внутренних дел, и просит помощи в розыске настоящего убийцы.

Nice Shorts consists of four short films from up and coming directors. A simple walk means so much more in the touching short "Shall We Take a Walk?" directed by Kim Ye Yeong and Kim Yeong Geun. Directed by Hong Sung Hoon, "Girl" tells of a father's strange day when his son's girlfriend shows up, and Lee Jeong Wook's "Mates" goes undercover into memories and crime solving. Winner of Best Korean Short at the 2009 Jeonju Film Festival and the Excellence Award at the Seoul Independent Film Festival, Jo Sung Hee's "Don't Step Out of the House" is about two young children who live in a rundown apartment by themselves, and what happens when adults invade their space.

In 1976 on a remote island, schoolteacher Eun-young wants to take her students on a field trip to a cookie factory in Seoul. Even though the parents don't like the idea, Eun-young succeeds in taking them. But once they arrive in the complicated city, students become fascinated with high-tech bicycles and get lost.

A look at the Korean women's handball team and their journey to the 2004 Summer Olympics. Their path was far from flowery, and they must overcome many obstacles before they can head over to compete.

Син Э переезжает вместе со своим сыном Чжуном в Мильян, родной городок ее недавно скончавшегося мужа. Пока она пытается совладать с собой и начать новую жизнь, происходит еще одно трагическое событие.

A small village in the Kanwondo region, a 9 year old girl, her brother Tong-gu - who is mentally handicapped - and their father Hyegon. Hyegon has an accident in the mines, loses his job and receives no compensation. It becomes increasingly difficult to hold onto hope, to find another job and to cope with his children. Nine-year-old Yeong-lim (Yu) has a slightly older brother, Dong-gu (Park Hyeon-woo), who's mentally handicapped, and a father, Hye-geon (Jo Yung-jin), who's lost his job in the mines and received no compensation. Add to that the family's simple home is skedded for demolition and neighbors are moving away. While dad sits around drinking and looking depressed, Yeong-lim tries to keep the family going by stealing food and arranging for Dong-gu to attend a specialist school. But her solution for her father's health problems has deadly consequences.

A woman moves into an apartment house with her daughter. But her daughter begins to be haunted by a mysterious ghost on a hidden floor.

A well-meaning but politically naive barber gets pulled into the inner circle of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee, with rather baleful consequences for his hapless family. This sharp political satire covers roughly twenty years in South Korean political history, from the viewpoint of the barber's son.