July Jung's first feature movie revolves around Young-Nam (Bae Doo-na), a policewoman, who is temporally transferred from Seoul to the police station of a...
Category - 100+1 Essential Korean Movies
By Leandro E. Seta Written and directed by Kim Ki-duk, winner of the Berlin Silver Bear among many other prices. “Bin jip” or “3-iron”, has won fifteen...
Blend of romantic drama and espionage thriller, heavily influenced by film noir, about the search for purity in a world defined by uncertainty
“I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK” almost feels like a non-traditional fairytale at places with weird, bonkers but wonderful characters. Go on, recharge your...
A story about romance and mistaken identity, dealing with issues like class and materialism
In the end, it doesn't matter whether you agree "Aimless Bullet" is the best Korean film ever. Nor it matters that in the time of its initial release, it...
To fully understand and appreciate the place of importance that Ha Gil-jong's “The March of Fools” holds in the history of Korean cinema, one needs to...
After his debut feature “Green Fish” (1997) South-Korean director Lee Chang-dong made what is possibly one of his most commercially and critically acclaimed...
S. Korean cinema has raised the genre of crime thriller to extreme heights, particularly due to the depth the films of the category showcase, and the quality...
Legendary director Bae Chang-ho hit the ground running with his debut film “People in the Slum” in 1982, but it wasn't until two years later that he announced...