Hye-jin's mother
Kyung-hak, who has been studying to become a police officer, is forced to pay back his mother’s debt of $20,000. Already struggling and having to work part- time while studying, Kyung-hak is now forced to make big monthly loan payments on top. Eventually, Kyung-hak stops studying and becomes a deliveryman to make ends meet. Meanwhile, cracks start to form in his relationship with his beloved girlfriend Hye-jin.
In the era of corruption, Hak-gyu sings songs and tells stories on the street with his band. One day, Hak-gyu's wife Gan-nan is kidnapped by gangsters and his daughter Cheong loses her eyesight after the incident. He decides to travel in search of his missing wife and learns that corrupted noblemen are behind the mob.
mother (uncredited)
"Spirits' Homecoming, Unfinished Story" is part dramatization and part documentary. The film contains scenes from the movie “Spirits’ Homecoming” and testimonials by comfort women who were enslaved by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
Jung-min's Mother (uncredited)
After the Japanese kidnap two Korean teenagers and take them to a comfort station to join other girls who are serving as sex slaves, only one of them survives. Decades later, the elderly woman tries to reunite with her friend's spirit.
Chul Goo's Mother (U and Me)
Includes shorts: Girl on the Run, The Theory & Practice of Teenage Dream, Relay, U and Me and Blue Birds on the Desk.
Yeon-hee's Homeroom Teacher
Мелкий бандит и рэкетир Сан-хун крышует малых предпринимателей, выбивает деньги из должников, решает споры между недовольными. Однажды он встречает старшеклассницу Юн-хи. Они такие разные, но у них гораздо больше общего, чем может показаться на первый взгляд.
Madame Jang (uncredited)
Under Japanese imperialism, Korean national treasure Golden Buddha is stolen. More important to national security, the statue contains vital information concerning Korean freedom fighters and their whereabouts as well as their true identities. The interim Korean government appoints legendary Korean spy Agent Dachimawa Lee to recover the fabled statue and reveal the dark plot behind the theft.
Wol Bong Daek
In 1971 birth control was a major policy drive of the Korean government. Nevertheless, one poor farming village went against the trend, boasting the highest fertility rate in the country. This peaceful Yongdu Village receives an unwelcome visitor, the national family planning officer Hyun-joo, to oversee the villagers nocturnal pleasures. However as a single lady with little experience of her own, Hyun-joo finds it nearly impossible persuade the residents to use contraception. She finally appoints the village head Suk-gu as the local support officer and thus begins the “0% Birth Rate Project.” Appointing him brings more turmoil to the villagers and when the President comes to inspect…
Hyun-ji's teacher
Lee Dae-ro Can't Die (이대로, 죽을 순 없다, also known as Short Time) is a 2005 South Korean action film about a corrupt police officer who is told he has only three months to live, and plots his own death so his wife can collect his insurance policy.
Wook's mother
Nine-year-old Hani is a troublemaker who isn't afraid of anything. A precocious punk, his school friends are all his underlings, and even his family members are under his control. He especially considers his elder brother, HanByul, who often complains of being sick, his greatest target. Until one fateful day, HanByul collapses at home and is rushed to the emergency room and the worst nightmare for any parents becomes a reality - he is diagnosed with cancer. The film is based on a true story.
Restaurant Manager
Na-Nan has known best pals Dong-Mi and Jung-Joon since childhood, and now the trio shares the ups and downs of their turbulent single lives together. But everything gets turned on end when Dong-Mi and Jung-Joon end up in bed! Should the longtime friends make it official or call it a mistake? Na Nan has a job offer and a marriage proposal from the charming Soo-Heon to consider, and her twenties are fast coming to end. What's a generation of soon-to-getting-older youth to do?
In-hee
Waikiki Brothers is a band going nowhere. After another depressing gig, the saxophonist quits, leaving the three remaining members to continue on the road. The band ends up at the lead singer's hometown, which was a popular hot spring resort in the '80s, but the return home is filled with reservations of previous and past disappointments, a lost love, unemployment and tragedy.
Substitute Korean Language Teacher
В один из дождливых дней 1983 года Ин-у встречает Тхэ-хи, они влюбляются друг в друга с первого взгляда. Развитию отношений мешает воинская обязанность Ин-у. Тхэ-хи хочет проводить любимого в армию и спешит к нему, но по дороге она погибает в автомобильной аварии.
Teacher
A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War.
Jung-sook
В тихом уголке Сеула Юнг-выиграл небольшую фотостудию. Из его отца-вдовицы вышла скромная хижина, студия - это пространство, где Юнг-вон рассказывает о своей повседневной работе с суетливыми клиентами, увеличивая фотографии сердечных сердечных приступов для детей-близнецов и фотографируя фотографии на погребальных алтарях. Для Юнг-вон жизнь кажется серией мирных событий, но на самом деле его время на земле слишком ограничено для комфорта. Едва в середине 30-х годов, но, возможно, слишком осознавая смысл смерти, Юнг-выиграл свою судьбу, несмотря на тонкие жесты, которые он испытывает от своего старого отца и младшей сестры. Жизнь продолжается, как обычно, до одного дня он встречает Дарима, сотрудника Отдела управления дорожным движением местного районного отделения. Она является постоянным клиентом в студии, которая приходит каждый день, чтобы разработать снимки нарушений парковки ...
Makdong's Sister
Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters.
Passenger
A young girl is caught up in the 1980 Gwangju massacre, where Korean soldiers killed hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters who opposed the country's takeover by the military the year before. Flashbacks show the girl seeing her mother shot to death in the massacre. The film spurred the Korean public to demand the truth behind the incident, and their government eventually opened previously classified files on the massacre.
Based on the great river story, The Taebaek Mountains chronicles the lasting generational conflict between proprietors and peasants in South Korea.
