Echelon Studios, Inc. have released the following Korean movies which are now available via VOD:
A Distant Place
2021 | Drama, LGBT
Director: PARK Kun-young
Cast: KANG Gil-woo, HONG Kyung, LEE Sang-hee, Ki Joo-bong
*Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
*L.A. Outfest
*Seoul Independent Film Festival
*Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
After settling down at a sheep ranch in Hwacheon five years ago, Jin-woo has been raising his niece Seol like his own daughter with his same-sex partner Hyun-min. One day, Jin-woo's twin sister Eun-young who is the birth mother of Seol turns up at their doorstep and insists on taking Seol with her. As Jin-woo hesitates to send Seol to Eun-young, Eun-young out of anger, discloses his relationship with Hyun-min in front of Jin-woo's neighbours.
Film review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2021/06/film-review-a-distant-place-2020-by-park-kun-young/
Black Light
2021 | Drama, Mystery
Director: BAE Jong-dae
Cast: KIM Si-eun, YEOM Hye-ran
*Buil Film Awards
*Jeonju Film Festival
*Seoul Independent Film Festival
*Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
A car accident happened. One died and the other was in a coma. The case was concluded as the dead one's fault. Being guilt-ridden, the dead man's wife, Hee-ju struggles to move forward. One day, she learns that the victim tried to kill himself before the accident. Suspecting that the accident might have been caused by the victim on purpose, she starts to reinvestigate the case all over again.
Film review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2020/11/film-review-black-light-2020-by-bae-jong-dae/
A French Woman
2020 | Drama, Mystery
Director: KIM Hee-jung
Cast: KIM Ho-jung, KIM Ji-young, KIM Young-min
*Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
Mira in her mid-forties has been living in Paris for more than twenty years. Having just divorced her French husband, she impulsively decides to visit Korea, and meets her old friends Young-eun and Sung-woo. While having cheerful times in a bar, Mira goes to the restroom and when she returns, time has reversed twenty years. It is the day of Mira's farewell party, before she sets off for France. Before figuring out whether this is all Mira's illusion or not, she goes through a series of mysterious time slip reversals.
Film review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2019/11/film-review-a-french-woman-2019-by-kim-hee-jung/
Please Don't Save Me
2020 | Drama, Family
Director: JUNG Yeon-kyung
Cast: CHO Seo-yeon, CHOI Ro-woon, YANG So-min
*Udine Far East Film Festival
Twelve-year-old Seon-yu and her mother struggle for a new start after her father killed himself leaving behind a huge debt. In the new school, Seon-yu gains her smile back thanks to her reckless but innocent classmate, Jung-gook. However, Seon-yu's grandmother abruptly appears in the school claiming a share of her dead son's insurance money. Now Seon-yu's secret is revealed before everyone. In the meantime, Seon-yu's mother slowly loses her will to live and proposes to Seon-yu a suspicious journey…
Search Out
2020 | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Director: KWAK Jung
Cast: KIM Seong-cheol, LEE Si-eon, HEO Ga-yun, KIM Seo-yeon
Jun-hyeok a.k.a WISHKEEPER is a big celebrity on SNS by granting people's small wishes anonymously. One day his neighbor Min-ji also sends him one wish without knowing that Jun-hyuk is the WISHKEEPER. However Jun-hyeok ignores her message and a few days later Min-ji is found dead. Full of regrets, Jun-hyeok visits her SNS, and finds one weird message: “What is the significance of your life?” He soon realizes that it is not only Min-ji but dozens of people are dead after receiving the message…
Film review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2020/12/film-review-search-out-2020-by-kwak-jung/
Height of the Wave
2019 | Crime, Drama
Director: PARK Jung-bum
Cast: LEE Seung-yeon, LEE Yeon, CHOI Eun-seo, PARK Jung-bum, PARK Yeong-deok, SHIN Yeon-sik
*Locarno International Film Festival – Special Prize of the Jury
*Black Movie Film Festival
Police Chief Yeon-su is dispatched to an island with her daughter after her divorce. On the night of her welcoming party, Yeon-su witnesses the strange relationship between orphan girl Yae-eun and the island workers. Yae-eun has been cared for by the villagers after she lost her parents at sea when she was young. Yeon-su suspects her of prostitution. When Yeon-su starts to investigate the case, the village foreman tries to send Yae-eun out of the island to settle the issue rapidly. However, Yae-eun who is afraid of the sea because of her past trauma, desperately runs away and hides in the mountain.
Film review: https://asianmoviepulse.com/2019/11/film-review-height-of-the-wave-2019-by-jung-bum-park/
