A young woman is tricked into prostitution, thinking she is going to sell beverages at a village store. She soon learns about the dark world of...
Downfall
Once at a pagoda Mongryong Lee, a scion of a well-to-do family, meets Chunhyang, the young daughter of a courtesan and an aristocrat. Despite her low...
Chunhyang
Jang Seung-eop, also known as "Chihwaseon," drinks and paints all day. Through Mae-hyang, he learns the meaning of fate, sees art beyond even the...
Chihwaseon
An intricately put together story that brings to the screen Korea's most sensitive issues. Through the lives of various Seoulites, the film features...
End of the Century
Despite its falling popularity, a father teaches his two children the Korean musical tradition of Pansori (one singer accompanied by one drummer).
Sopyonje
Sam-po is a gambler living without concern for how his wife will manage their houselhold without his earning money. In order to get food and...
Mulberry
In Japanese-occupied South Korea, a young man, newly-released from prison, is accepted into a gang for his fighting skills and quickly rises to the...
General's Son
Ja-young is a flutist. When her father has a child out of wedlock, her mother regards sex as a sin out of anger towards him. Ja-young grows up under...
Between the Knees
A sprawling story of one man's tumultuous life within the context of the South Korean political situation during the second half of the 20th century.
Low Life
Young-min secretly admires Hye-rin whom he saw in a play and sends her flowers anonymously every performance of hers. However, Hye-rin marries a...
Our Joyful Young Days
Based on the great river story, The Taebaek Mountains chronicles the lasting generational conflict between proprietors and peasants in South Korea.
The Taebaek Mountains
A general goes on a search for a book that reveals the names of revolutionaries in the area, leading to a showdown at a Shaolin temple where he faces...
Sadae Shaolin Temple
Following the final events of General's Son 2, Kim Du-han is forced to go on the lam but eventually returns to Jongro where he attempts to rebuild...
General's Son 3
Oseam
Love is Oh Yeah!
A monk rapes a beautiful young woman who visits his monastery. He quits the monastery, marries the woman, and they have kids. But she despises him...
The Dream
Schoolgirl Sun Nyog suffers from pain and hardships, life and the world around her confuse the girl. Her father, a Buddhist monk, left them, the...
Come, Come, Come Upward
Governor Heo, worried over the plague that's sweeping the country, rebukes the Kus who make amulets to ward off evil. Heo castrates the husband when...
Karma
Lee Jong-se is a third-rate comedian who believes himself to be a creative genius. He desires nothing more than to be a movie director.
Gagman
R returns from studying in France and reunites with J, whom he used to live with in Paris.
The Road to the Racetrack