In a time of political and social unrest in nineteenth-century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.
Mongryong marries the beautiful Chunhyang without telling his father, the Governor of Namwon. When his father is transferred to Seoul, Mongryong has to leave Chunhyang and finish his exams....
Despite its falling popularity, a father teaches his two children the Korean musical tradition of Pansori (one singer accompanied by one drummer).
BEST ACTRESS WINNER AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL !! Shin, a nobleman, had been trying to conceive a male heir to pass his family name. Unable to provide a male heir, Shin's wife gives her ...
Sun Nyog struggles after joining a Buddhist temple as a nun for lack of discipline. She saves an alcoholic from suicide but he later rapes her and she is forced out of the temple. Still, ...
A drama centered on brother-and-sister musicians trained to perform the epic Korean poems known as pansori.
The first chapter of the the General's Son trilogy follows Kim Du-Han's childhood, from the loss of his mother at age 8, to his rise as a gang leader who protects local vendors from expanding Yakuza forces in Japanese occupied Korea.
Based on the great river story, (Taebaegsanmaek) The Taebaek Mountains chronicles the lasting generational conflict between proprietors and peasants in South Korea.
A number of old family conflicts emerge when a writer returns to his hometown to attend his mother's funeral.
A story that follows the lives and interactions of two Buddhist monks living in South Korea.
A Heroic, yet a tragic life of a fearless man begins! School days filled with fist fights It is at the end of President RHEE Seung-man's Liberal Party regime, and the streets are filled ...
A middle-aged man who has recently lost his wife to cancer indulges in fantasies about a young woman at his work.
A young woman is tricked into prostitution, thinking she's going to sell beverages at a village store. She soon learns about the dark world of Korea's red-light districts, where a ...
A noble living in the era of the Chosun Dynasty tries to sieze the throne from his young nephews
One of the few surviving members of the royal family joins the army to fight Chinese invaders while his wife and child try to evade the Mandarin in Seoul.
Based on a true story. When the heir to the throne is starved to death in a locked rice chest, his wife flees with her son to raise him in safety.
A vagabond called Kaechoi is troubled by all the inhabitants of a remote South Korean village. His secret is unearthed by an innocent lady teacher who has moved to that village from the city.
A man from a shamanistic upbringing, tries to come to terms with the spirit of his mother who visits him in dreams.
Two men who wish to become actors encounter sexual discrimination, so they disguise themselves as women and join a musical troupe.
This hard-to-find movie tells about pollution and raising awareness of it.