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).
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 drama centered on brother-and-sister musicians trained to perform the epic Korean poems known as pansori.
A middle-aged man who has recently lost his wife to cancer indulges in fantasies about a young woman at his work.
A story that follows the lives and interactions of two Buddhist monks living in South Korea.
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, ...
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 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 platoon of South Korean soldiers find themselves cut off from their squad without communication. They are aided by an old man in a nearby village who did not evacuate his home.
College students leave their homes in Korea to join in the struggle against the Japanese in Manchuria, China
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.
Two men who wish to become actors encounter sexual discrimination, so they disguise themselves as women and join a musical troupe.
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 chivalrous thief robs from smugglers and gives to the needy.