When the protagonist of Han Hyung Mo’s 1956 masterpiece Madame Freedom opened herself to Western culture and started dating another man, it was enough to shock the country. Half a century has passed, and adultery has become a common enough occurrence to serve as the center of A Perfect Day to Fool Around. The film [...]

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Lighthearted, witty, and bitingly funny, surprise box office hit 200 Pounds Beauty has become one of the top ten grossing films of all time and the highest grossing romantic comedy ever. Based on a Japanese comic by Suzuki Yumiko, the film revolves on a topic all too familiar in Korea: plastic surgery. Kim Ki Duk [...]

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Critically respected filmmaker Hong Sang Soo, who would go on to helm such films as The Power Of Kangwon Province and Virgin Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors made his feature length directorial debut with The Day A Pig Fell Into The Well, a film that received much acclaim at film festivals around the world, winning [...]

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One of the most influential names in television, Lee Jang Soo has produced and directed many popular dramas, including Stairway to Heaven, Love Story in Harvard, Beautiful Days, and Shoot for the Stars. In 1999, he directed his first and only feature film, Love. An uncommon romance set in South Korea and the U.S, Love [...]

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SELaplana >> Movie & TV Series >> T – Title >> Undoubtedly one of the most interesting filmmakers working in Korea today, Lim Sang Soo has never shirked from pushing buttons and challenging conventions. His previous film, the controversial The President’s Last Bang about the 1979 assassination of Park Chung Hee, experienced brushes with the [...]

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SELaplana >> Movie & TV Series >> U – Title >> Unstoppable Marriage may be his first film, but director Kim Seong Wook knows comedy. The longtime assistant director to Jang Gyoo Seong, Kim previously worked on hit comedies like Attack the Gas Station, Lovely Rivals, and My Teacher, Mr. Kim before setting out on [...]

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The biggest Korean film of the year comes to DVD! Released in July 2006, Bong Joon Ho’s monster film The Host ripped through the box office like a force of nature. Breaking every record on the book, The Host became the first Korean film to sell 13 million tickets, surpassing the all-time record held by [...]

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It is October 1988 and the city of Seoul has been rejuvenated thanks to the recent Olympic Games. But a few months after this celebration of sport and humanity, the city was sent into shock waves after a daring and, until then, unheard of prison break. Based on the gripping true story, Lee Song Jae [...]

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From director Yun Tae Yong (On the Road, Two) comes A Boy Who Went To Heaven, a fantasy-driven melodrama about a young boy who embarks on a curious romantic quest! In the tradition of such “boy-trapped-in-a-man’s-body” movies as Big , 13 Going on 30, and Wait ‘Til You’re Older, A Boy Who Went To Heaven [...]

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Written and directed by Im Sang Soo, The President’s Last Bang has amounted to perhaps the most controversial film in recent Korean memory. In addition to facing considerable opposition from conservatives within the country, the filmmakers were forced by the Seoul Central Court to remove around four minutes of footage from the film’s running time! [...]

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