KFCC South Korea movie review listing page 3

(120 min)

2001 - Comedy, Drama - South Korea

Guns and Talks: In the heart of Seoul, Korea, a band of killers-for-hire is slowly making a name for themselves in the business. Their style--kill the victims the way their clients want them to be killed, no questions asked. For this group to succeed, they need the help of each other--and an uncle who designs super cool gadgets in the privacy of his own home. However, the foursome will need more than manpower and an uncle to carry out a new mission they just accepted. Along with an intelligent detective hot on their trail, the killers must accomplish "the perfect crime" or face the consequences. Will their mischievous ways be too much of a burden or will they pull out the crime of the century?

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Director : Jang Jin

Cast : Shin Hyun Jun, Won Bin, Shin Ha Kyun, Jung Jae Young, Jung Jin Young, Son Hyun Ju

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H: Murmur

(106 min)

2002 - Thriller - South Korea

Three gruesome murders have been discovered around town, and all three share similar elements. All of them involve the killing of pregnant women with their baby removed from their belly, but each killing was executed in a different manner. What really worries Kim Mi-yun, a cop working on these cases, is that these three murders share the exact pattern of some murders committed in the past. The past murderer, Shin Hyun, has surrender to the police and is now in prison awaiting his execution, so there is no chance that the murderer can be the same. Detective Kim and Kang have no other choice but to seek the help of Shin Hyun in hopes that he can help them find any clues about the identity of this mysterious new serial killer. However, both detectives have a strong feeling that all of these crimes might indeed have a more serious connection than just a copycat.

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Director : Lee Jong-Hyeok

Cast : Ji Jin-Hee, Yeom Jeong-A, Jo Seung-Wu, Seong Ji-Ru, Kim Bu-Seon, Lee Eol

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Host, The

(105 min)

2006 - Horror, Kaiju, Comedy, Drama - South Korea

Hardworking Hee-bong owns a food stall next to the Han River, and he works everyday alongside his slightly simple son, Gang-du. On a sunny day the river is packed with people enjoying the weather and the food stall is busy. When some of the people relaxing by the river see some sort of strange looking creature hanging on the bridge, their interest is raised. Unfortunately, the strange creature decides to take in interest in them too, and it divers into the water and heads towards the riverbank…

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Director : Bong Joon-ho

Cast : Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Bae Doo-na, Park Hae-il, Go Ah-sung, Lee Jae-eung

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I Wish I Had a Wife

(106 min)

2001 - Drama - South Korea

When the sands of the matrimonial hour glass begin to wear thin, Bank Manager Bong-soo Kim finds himself on a desperate search for a wife. Surrounded by friends and associates who sense the ticking of their own biological clocks, Bong-soo manages to throw himself a private pity party while timidly avoiding the woman who may just be the answer to all his problems.

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Director : Heung-Sik Park

Cast : Kyung-gu Sol, Do-yeon Jeon, Hee-kyung Jin, Tae-hwa Seo

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Il Mare

(96 min)

2000 - Drama - South Korea

Il Mare: (From casing) "Il Mare" is the name of a seafront house where two lovers reside in at two different times. Sung-hyun in 1997 receives a strange letter one day, reminding him to be careful of the snowstorm in 1998. But it is posted in the year 1999. Time travels backward again when Eun-joo sends him a letter of request, asking him to look for her lost cassette recorder at the train station where Sung-hyun finally gets a glimpse of her. Pusan International Film Festival 2001.

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Director : Lee Hyeon-Seung

Cast : Lee Jeong-Jae, Jeon Ji-Hyeon

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Into the Mirror

(121 min)

2003 - Thriller, Horror - South Korea

After the accidental causing of the death of his partner during a hostage situation, Wu Young-min quits the police force to work for his uncle as head security of Dreampia, an immense shopping center. Dreampia is currently in the rebuilding stages as a fire destroyed parts of it five years ago. The re-opening was scheduled in a few days, until some strange murders begin to occur in the building. It seems that the victims, all employees of the mall, have committed suicide in very gruesome and unconventional ways. Young-min is very suspicious about the police explanation, primary because both victims have committed suicide with their opposite hands. Young-min decides to start his own investigation, but unfortunately for him, an old acquaintance, Ha Hyun-su, is in charge of the police investigation. Hyun-su is still blaming Young-min for the death of their friend and is not interested to cooperate with him. However, the more clues they stumble on, the more strange and unnatural the tru

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Director : Kim Seong-Ho

Cast : Yu Ji-tae, Kim Myung-min, Kim Hye-na

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Isle, The

(86 min)

2000 - Drama - South Korea

Hee-Jin is a mute boat-keeper who runs and supplies bait on a fishing lake by day, and then sells her body to the same fishermen at night time. Hyun-Shik arrives, apparently to fish, but he is actually on the run and contemplating suicide. Hee-Jin becomes fascinated by Hyun-Shik as she watches him from a distance and when he finally decides to kill himself she intervenes. The two of them start to form a strange bond with a twisted sado-masochistic element.

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Director : Kim Ki-Duk

Cast : Jung Suh, Yoo-Seok Kim, Sung-Hee Park, Sun-Hahng Jang, Jae-Hyun Cho

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Jail Breakers

(105 min)

2002 - Comedy - South Korea

Jae-Pil and Mu-suk have both been in prison for a few years now. During these years, both prisoners have been exemplary inmates. Mu-suk has a lot of respect from the other prisoners and Jae-Pil has always been nice and respectful to the guards and chief, which gave him a bad reputation among other prisoners. The next special amnesty day, the Independence Day Special Pardons, is coming soon and both would really like to be on the list of the pardoned prisoners. But the prison chief doesn’t want to spoil the names of the lucky men before it’s time. Mu-suk and Jae-Pil decide that they have enough of this life style and they want their freedom back. The two prisoners make their escapes and swear to never return to their cells. Until they read the next mornings newspaper where they discovers that their names are on the Special Amnesty list. They now have to get back into prison as soon as possible and settle this matter with the chief but it seems that it was much more easier for them t

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Director : Kim Sang-Jin

Cast : Kyung-gu Sol, Seung-won Cha, Yun-a Song, Kang Seong-Jin, Lee Hee-Do, Kang Sin-Il

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Jakarta

(90 min)

2000 - Comedy - South Korea

Tuesday morning, the Vice President is visiting the bank to see if everything is working fine at his fathers` business. His real intentions, though, is to steal some money from the safe to repay a debt. At the same time, three bank robbers are digging a hole under the safe to get into the bank unnoticed. But unfortunately for them, the VP surprises one of them while he was escaping with the money. The VP beats up the guy and takes the bag full of money and decides to take the suspect to the police station himself. After a few minutes, the police show up at the bank and decide to take the VP and the suspect to the police station for interrogation. It turns out that these policemen are in fact also bank robbers who just adjusted to a new plan. They decide to keep the VP in a hideout and ask for a ransom instead. Do all these events happen by pure chance or someone really planning everything to commit "Jakarta?" Which mean: "The Perfect Crime."

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Director : Jeong Cho-Shin

Cast : Sang Jung Kim, Da Hun Yun, Chang Jung Lim, Hee-kyung Jin, Jae-un Lee, Se Jun Kim

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Joint Security Area

2000 - Drama, Thriller - South Korea

Two North Korean soldiers are shot dead along the lines of the Joint Security Area. A Neutral Nations Officer is called in to investigate the matter and discovers that there is something much bigger than what may lie on the surface.

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Director : Chan-wook Park

Cast : Yeong-ae Lee, Byung-hun Lee, Kang-ho Song, Tae-woo Kim, Ha-kyun Shin

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Jungle Juice

(98 min)

2002 - Comedy, Action - South Korea

Two young thugs kill time playing soccer and stealing cars, until a big opportunity comes their way, and they're given a chance to enter a Jopok family. Their first day doesn't go as planned though, as they find themselves with a bag of cocaine, with both the police and the gang looking for them. Their only option is trying to sell the drugs, but that doesn't turn out to be as easy as they hoped.

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Director : Cho Min-ho

Cast : Jang Hyuk, Lee Bum-soo, Son Chang-min, Jeon Hye-jin, Kim Young-sun, Lee Bong-kyu

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KT

(138 min)

2002 - Drama - South Korea, Japan

In the Spring of 1973, a plan was devised by the Korea Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA). During this time, presidential loser Kim Daejoong proves to be a hazard to the current campaign. With the help of Lieutenant Tomita of the Japanese Self-defense force, the two different ethnic groups with one agenda launched "Operation KT." The plan was to kidnap Daejoong and be rid of him. With both Japan and Korea putting high stakes in the operation, the success of failure of the operation could mean war.

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Director : Junji Sakamoto

Cast : Ken Mitsuishi, Ii-hwa Choi, Akira Emoto, Kyoko Enami, Riji Go, Noburo hamada

Kick The Moon

(118 min)

2001 - Comedy, Drama - South Korea

The year is 1982; Gangsan high school is celebrating the end of a class trip for this year. Young-Joon, a smart geek kid, is rejected by everyone while Gi-Dong, the gang leader of the school, is celebrating with everyone. But because of an unexpected event, the night became the start of a complete change in their respective lives. Now 2001, the present, Young-Joon the smart kid is now the main consultant of the Gil-Nam gang, one of the biggest Jopok gangs in Korea (equivalent of the Triads for HK and Yakuza for Japan). While Gi-Dong the high school gang leader has become a strict high school teacher, he is still living in Gyeongju, their hometown. But Young-Joon now have to return to Gyeongju, send by his boss, to take over a small bar owned by Chun-Soo, a completely mad owner who is not interested at all by the offer of the Gil-Nam gang. One night, Young-Joon and Gi-Dong paths cross again. Taking advantage of this special encounter, they will take the time to talk to each other and e

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Director : Kim Sang-Jin

Cast : Cha Seung-Won, Lee Seong-Jae, Kim Hye-Su, Jong-su Lee, Hey-Soo Kim

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Lady Vengeance

(118 min)

2005 - Drama - South Korea

After being released from jail after serving a sentence from 1991-2004 for kidnapping and murdering a little boy, Lee Geum-ja rejects reformation in favor of vengeance. Her plan is meticulously crafted through the aid of other women she served with in prison, and it's time for the true killer that had her put behind bars to atone for the sins he has committed.

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Director : Park Chan-wook

Cast : Lee Young-ae, Choi Min-Sik, Oh Dal-su, Kim Si-hu, Lee Seung-shin, Kim Bu-sun

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Last Witness

(104 min)

2002 - Action, Drama - South Korea

The film starts to unfold when a man’s corpse is found floating in the Han River. While detective Oh (Lee Jeong-Jae) probes the murder case, he discovers a broken pair of metal-framed glasses, a name on a torn-up piece of paper, two faded photographs, and a diary. The diary, which belongs to a woman named Sohn Ji-hye (Lee Mi-Yeon), a former member of the Namrodang (South Korea’s Communist Party), acts as a key to a decades-old tale revolving around a prisoner-of-warcamp located on Koje Island during the Korean War. His investigation unearths the attempted escape ofa group of prisoners, masterminded by their guerrilla leader Han Dong-ju (Jeong Jun-Ho), and the 50-year-old tragic love story between Ji-hye and Hwang Seok(Ahn Seong-Gi), a manservant of Sohn¡’s family.

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Director : Bae Chang-Ho

Cast : Lee Jeong-Jae, Lee Mi-Yeon, Ahn Seong-Gi

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Legend of Gingko, The

(117 min)

2000 - Swordplay, Fantasy - South Korea

For many generations, the evil Mae tribe has been at war with the Hwasan, another tribe living near the Mt. Holy, under the protection of the good spirits. With the help of this unexplained divinity, the Hwasan has overcome the Mae tribe, which now has to live in exile in a non-exploitable and deadly region. To end this exile the Mae tribe is working on a revenge plan. They are making a holy sword, made from the blood and bones of a thousand sacrifices, which will destroy the Mt. Holy. But to complete this destructive weapon the Mae need a last sacrifice. The child of a couple formed of a royal family of both clans. Soo, the women leader of the Mae, and Han, the chief of the Hwasan give birth to a daughter named Vee. Soo was planning to give the child to the sacrifice but Han doesn't have the intention to let his child being sacrificed and especially to destroy his native tribes. Han will save his child and give her to the Hwasan tribe where she will be protection from the Mae but Han

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Director : Je-hyeon Park

Cast : Seok-hun Kim, Kyung-gu Sol, Jin-shil Choi, Yoon-jin Kim, Mi-suk Lee, Hyeong-jin Kong

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Legend of the Evil Lake

(92 min)

2004 - Swordplay, Fantasy - South Korea

As the tribal age of darkness and incantation comes to its end, with the birth of new kingdoms, the Kingdom of Shilla led by PARK Hyokkose destroys Auta Tribe, a tribe that worships the Great Tree. The vast hole where the Great Tree once stood is filled with the blood and hatred of Auta Tribe and it turns into a dark lake. Hyokkose thrusts the Sword into the Great Tree to seal off the sorcery power of Auta Tribe. 1000 years later... In the last years of Queen Chinsong’s reign, the Unified Kingdom of Shilla has deteriorated into a weakening nation with ongoing wars and the failing frontiers. It is at the brink of complete destruction. General Biharang, a trusted warrior of Queen Chinsong, faithfully fights for his country but after years of countless battles, his only wish is to live a quiet life with his beloved woman Jaunbie. One day, while General Biharang is out in another battle, unknown assassins attempt to murder Jaunbie. As she tries to escape from them, she accidentally throws

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Director : Lee Kwang-Hoon

Cast : Jeong Joon-ho, Kim Hyo-Jin, Kim Hae-Ri

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Libera Me

(120 min)

2000 - Action - South Korea

After twelve years since he has been put into prison, Hee-Soo is released. Soon after he is emancipated, the boiler room of the prison explodes and the entire building is engulfed in a scorching inferno. Following the days after Hee-Soo is released, the team members of 85th station face numerous well-planned fires, while attempting to cope with losses and finding the culprit behind the chaos.

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Director : Yang Yun-Ho

Cast : Cha Min-Soo, Cha Seung-Won, Yoo Ji-Tae, Kim Kyu-Ri

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Looking For Bruce Lee

(74 min)

2002 - Comedy, Music - South Korea

The four real-life members of the punk band, Crying Nut perform at Drug, a popular club near Hong-Ik University in Seoul, the most popular area for underground music in the country. While the band members, Kyung-rok, Sang-myun, Sang-hyuk and Yun-sik live about their lives, a series of bodies are found dead near their part of Seoul. A long-haired exhibitionist who went about revealing himself to high school girls and a girl who had been to one of their concerts, are found dead. Strangely, a picture, object or symbol representing Bruce Lee is left behind at the crime scenes. For this reason, the murders are named the "Bruce Lee Virus". Kyung-rok, the bassist for the Crying Nut, decides to become a detective to solve this mystery. On his quest to solve this case, Kyung-rok runs into many strange and bizarre characters that lead him on a crazy adventure...... In other words, the crew of Crying Nut involve themselves in a slew of silly hijinx that go nowhere.

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Director : Kang Ron

Cast : Han Gyung-Rok, Park Yun-Sik, Lee Sang-Myeon, Lee Sang-Hyek

Love

(99 min)

1999 - Drama, Romance - South Korea

A marathon runner goes to LA to live with his brother and an adopted sister he never met. He feels an attraction towards her, but she can't seem to stand him and just ignores him at will. While he admires her from afar, a team-mate of his finds him in LA and begs for his return to Korea. His story unfolds before the brother and adopted sister's very eyes. And at that moment, she begins to respect him and the feeling gradually becomes mutual.

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Director : Lee Jang-Soo

Cast : Jung Woo-Sung, Go So-Yeong, Lee Beom-Su, Park Cheol, Jason Lee, Andrew Kwon