Favorite South Korean Films
Just faves here. For a list of ALL the South Korean films I've seen and rated:
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- DirectorLee Myung-seStarsGang Dong-wonLee Yeon-heeKong Hyo-jinA young writer can't write a word for his next novel, he also doesn't feel right with his fiancée; because he falls in love with a woman, but he can't remember who she is and can't figure out if she's real or just a dream.An audio/visual tour de force. And it's a simple story: A man in search of his muse. This would be my #1 here if it had a poster. It got a poster!
- DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsJung SuhKim Yu-seokCho Jae-hyunWorking at a fishing resort in an idyllic location, but surrounded by various facets of human unpleasantness, a young mute woman falls in love with a man on the run from the law for committing murder.Gorgeous and painful
- DirectorHur Jin-hoStarsLee Yeong-aeYoo Ji-taeSang-hui BaekA sound engineer falls in love with a radio show host after they work together on a project capturing natural sounds.Never seen a film explore the inexplicable and random ways a relationship can fall apart better than this one. It's painful.
- DirectorSung-il JungStarsShin Ha-kyunKim Hye-naJung In-sunThe story begins with a man left by his girlfriend on Christmas Eve and unfolds across the city of Seoul.Cafe Noir is pretentious. Cafe Noir is gorgeous. It’s a linear quilt of set pieces and cinematic indulgences. It’s grandiose and overwhelming. It’s punishingly thick and multi-layered. It’s over three hours long and languidly paced. Characters in the film don’t talk to one another the way normal people do, they deliver lines. Cafe Noir is the most amazing film experience I’ve had in years.
- DirectorSun-Kyeong AhnSun-Kyong AnStarsZia .Wu-jae JangPark Ji-ahThirty-year old Australian adoptee Seong-chan returns to Korea in search of his biological mother.I wish more people would get the chance to see this film but it's probably not going to happen.
- DirectorYoon-ki LeeStarsKim Ji-SooHwang Jung-minKim KkobbiThis film is a restrained, yet thoroughly engaging, study of a female post office worker's emotional life.One of the best character studies I've ever seen.
- DirectorWon Tae-yeonStarsKwon Sang-wooLee Bo-youngLee Beom-su"K" loves Cream but has terminal cancer so he keeps his love for her secret and tries to find a mate for her before he dies so she will not be alone after he dies.A weeper extraordinaire.
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsLee Yeong-aeLee Byung-hunSong Kang-hoAfter a shooting incident at the North-South Korean border DMZ leaves two North Korean soldiers dead, a neutral Swiss and Swedish team investigates what actually happened.Great idea, great script, great direction; 10 for being a good film about male bonding; 10 more for the political content, and for the boundaries and taboos it broke with regards to historical Korean film; 10 more for the way the story is told. It unfolds like a classic who-dunnit. I paced around after seeing this film wondering how it could be so good. My favorite Park film, hands down.
- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsKim Hye-jaWon BinJin GooA mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.Proves BONG Joon-ho is a master.
- DirectorLee Chang-dongStarsSol Kyung-guMoon So-riAhn Nae-sangAn irresponsible and childish ex-con befriends a girl with cerebral palsy and develops a progressively stronger bond with her.An almost unbelievable film. One of the more peculiar love stories I've ever seen.
- DirectorLee Chang-dongStarsJeon Do-yeonSong Kang-hoLee Dong-yongA woman moves to the town where her dead husband was born. As she tries to fit in, another tragic event overturns her life.The scene where Do-yeon Jeon goes to the prison to forgive the man who committed the most heinous of crimes against her is one of the strongest and smartest statements on religious belief I've seen. One of the best explorations of faith and the religious experience put to film.
- DirectorJi-eun KangStarsCho Seung-wooKang Hye-jeongJu-yeon ByeonA boy falls for a mysterious girl who keeps disappearing.Cried buckets at the end.
- DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsLee EolKwak Ji-minHan Yeo-reumJae-Young is an amateur prostitute who sleeps with men while her best friend Yeo-Jin "manages" her, fixing dates, taking care of the money and making sure the coast is clear. When Jae-Young falls in love with one of those man she suppresses her feelings towards him in respect of her friend who's jealous.About a girl whose father discovers she is prostituting herself ... OR ... about a guy who discovers his daughter is prostituting herself. Either way, might not sound interesting. However, this is a very touching film ... from one of my favorite directors. The road trip and the whole car thing. "Learning to drive", "Spinning your wheels", Come on! Incredible! And to those who feel the film starts out like an after-school special, yep, that's the point. The scene where the daughter is learning to drive is brilliant.
- DirectorTae-won KimPark Kyung-JinJohn H. LeeStarsJung Woo-sungSon Ye-jinBaek Jong-hakA young couple's enduring love is tested when 27-year-old Su-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.The gold standard for Korean melodramas.
- DirectorHur Jin-hoStarsJung Woo-sungYuanyuan GaoShaohua MaA traveling architect meets an old friend from his student years; the pair realize their connection has always been a romantic one.Eye candy and heart wrenching. HUR Jin-ho is such a good film maker.
- DirectorKyu-dong MinKim Tae-yongStarsKim Gyu-riPark YejinLee Yeong-jinIn this second installment of the Whispering Corridors series, a young girl finds a strange diary, capable of arousing hallucinations, kept by two of her senior fellow-students who seem to have an unusually close bond.My favorite of the Whispering Corridors series.
- DirectorUi-seok JoStarsKim Sang-kyungPark Yong-wooHan Bo-baeJung-Ho a famous photographer who has a special ability to read people's minds, has just returned to Korea from abroad. Jung-Ho still can't get rid of traumatic memories of his late girlfriend who ended her life in front of him. In the midst of this, Jung-Ho becomes a temporary guardian for Soo-Yeon a little girl whose mother is in a coma. Detective Kim begins to suspect Jung-Ho is involved in the gruesome events that surround him. And the case becomes even more desperate when Soo-Yeon herself disappears.A masterfully done film.
- DirectorSong Il-gonStarsKam Woo-seongJung SuhKang Kyung-hunA recently widowed TV producer is drawn to an isolated cabin in a mysterious woods.One of the more complicated Horror-ish films out there, but totally worth it.
- DirectorLee Yong-juStarsUhm Tae-woongHan Ga-inLee Je-HoonA 20-year-old architecture student, falls in love with a music student. However, he fails to confess his feelings to her, and they grow apart. 15 years later, she reappears before him and asks him to design her house.
- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoKim Sang-kyungKim Roe-haIn a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.
- DirectorNa Hong-jinStarsKim Yoon-seokHa Jung-wooSeo Yeong-hieA disgraced ex-policeman who runs a small ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time when one of his women goes missing.So Korean
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsLim Soo-jungRainPark Byeong-eunA girl who thinks she is a combat cyborg checks into a mental hospital, where she encounters other psychotics. Eventually, she falls for a man who thinks he can steal people's souls.2nd favorite Park film.
- DirectorYong-geun MinStarsYoo Da-inYoo Yeon-seokGil Hae-YeonA coming of age story about two young people who fall in love but lose contact when the girl becomes pregnant and the boy leaves her to go to Canada.
- DirectorLee Yong-juStarsKim Bo-yeonSin Eun-jeongShim Eun-kyungAfter Hee-jin's younger sister So-jin, who is possessed by a spirit,disappears,the neighbors die one by one and a secret underlying their deaths is revealed.Asian Horror version 2.0
- DirectorYong-gyun KimStarsKim Hee-seonJu Jin-moCho Seung-wooWanee, a young animator, and Junah, a scriptwriter, are lovers leading a peaceful life together. And one day, an old friend of Wanee's pays her a visit and unearths Wanee's hidden memories of her first love, her stepbrother.Delicate and edgy.