Korean Panorama

• KIM Ki-Duk
• Korea
• 1998
• 100min

The scent of people are brought in with the smell of the sea. Jin-Ah settles down in an inn enclosed in a blue gate near the sea. Hae-Mi, the daughter of the inn owner despises Jin...

Korean Panorama

• Hur Jin-Ho
• Korea
• 1998
• 97min

Drinking with friends, writing instructions on operating the photo machine for his father and making his last portraits - all are last acts for the terminally ill photographer Jung...

Korean Panorama

• Jang Jin
• Korea
• 1998
• 108min

An unlucky criminal, a suicidal young man, and two seemingly foolish convicts compose the motley crew of men who get entangled in a serial murder case. In contrast, the police offi...

Korean Panorama

• HONG Sangsoo
• Korea
• 1998
• 108min

Reality is to director Hong Sangsoo what alcohol is to an alchemist. The harmony and cacophony of his world combine with a cold view of reality which actually reveals a warm concer...

Korean Panorama

• Jang Hyun-Soo
• Korea
• 1998
• 106min

This is the fourth feature by Jang Hyun-Soo known for conventional action melodramas such as Walking All the Way to Heaven and Born to Kill. In this theatrical adaptation of Ha Byu...

Korean Panorama

• KIM Ji-Woon
• Korea
• 1998
• 103min

With the broad attention is its midnight screenings received, The Quiet Family has paved the way for the Korean horror genre to rise which had lost its place in Korean cinema. Howe...

Korean Panorama

• Lee Kwangmo
• Korea
• 1998
• 121min

The subject of the Korean War imposes great weight on a story. This film succeeds in maintaining the balance between lyricism and minimalism, between realism and modernity. Revisi...

Korean Panorama

• Moon Seung-Wook
• Korea
• 1997
• 90min

With the exception of the main character and the director, this films used primarily Polish actors and crew, and was made in Poland. Nevertheless, this film refuses to be an exotic...

Korean Panorama

• Woo-Suk Chin
• Korea
• 1997
• 97min

An interesting aspect of korean cinema is the variety of first features made overseas. The films in this year′s festival are as diverse as the differences among these countries. Sh...

Korean Panorama

• Park Ki-Hyung
• Korea
• 1998
• 105min

In Korea, this film has been in the midst of scandal. While uniform-clad students flocked to the theaters lending their full support, TV did not hesitate to reproduce imitations. F...