Han Suk-kyu and Song Kang-ho chase Choi Min-sik and a mysterious spy in South Korea's first blockbuster.
Category - 100+1 Essential Korean Movies
The film that proved that Johnnie To could also shoot masterful drama
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Yeon Sang-ho's animated feature debut won three awards at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival and was selected to be screened in the Directors'...
Cinema can list a never-ending array of coming-of-age dramas in various forms. Inevitably, many vying for your attention will go unnoticed in an over...
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Dear Reader, I hope this review finds you well. Today I watched “Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?” for the first time. It is Bae Yong-Kyun first feature...
Life by the seaside on a remote island community is richly explored through the women's perspective in director Kim Soo-yong's 1965 classic “The Seashore...
While there will still be controversy surrounding some of the scenes of the film, the artistic appeal, the astounding beauty of cinematographer Hwang Seo...