Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• Korea
• 2005
• 92min

A group of Korean soldiers are equipped with some rifles left by Japanese and US Army, standing guard at the frontline post. A corporal who watches his hometown in distance, a new enlisted soldier who doesn′t believe in war, and a...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• Korea
• 2005
• 115min

The ruthlessness of gangs and the city alley surrounded by light and shadow present the essence of Korean noir. The rules of the gangs are more than just being cruel. The wife of the boss was raped by an opium addict and therefore...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• Korea
• 2005
• 121min

Followed by The Seven Female POWs, with which he was arrested for violating anti-communism act, he made a rather satirical return with this film of ′anti-communistic message where the characters once again are dressed in neat Nort...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• Korea
• 2005
• 90min

Along with Late Autumn, Road to Return is one of the all-time triumphs in the history of Korean cinema. Ji-yoen has lived with her crippled husband for 14 years. Her only relief is delivering her husband′s manuscripts to Newspaper...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• Korea
• 2005
• 110min

This particular film became such an issue when filming for its record-breaking budget and the enormous support it received from marines. As a touchstone for war film as a sublime spectacle in Korean cinema, it boasts all sorts of ...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• Korea
• 2005
• 104min

Dealing with the desire of advancing one′s social status within the plot of wicked revenge and the structure of horror, this film prides itself being closest to the mainstream. A doctor, Kwang-ho murdered his lover Jin-sook and du...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• Korea
• 2005
• 92min

In mid-1960s known as the period in which "literary cinema" became thriving, Lee who was in desperate search of new cinematic language became interested in cinematic re-interpretation of pre-existed fiction. Based on a short story...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• Korea
• 2005
• 95min

A breathtaking pursuit breaks out to get the Tibetan Buddhist statue inscribed with the list of names of the Resistance Army. After 2 years of seclusion, Lee made a graceful return with this film set in the Manchurian landscape wh...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• Korea
• 2005
• 97min

A man who happened to commit a murder takes a little trip to mountain with a prostitute hired by the gangs who try to kill him. The girl falls for him who is not tempted by her body, and he becomes attached to her after knowing sh...

Korean Cinema Retrospective: Lee Man-hee, the Poet of Night

• Korea
• 2005
• 76 min

Huh-wook and Ji-yeon are a destitute couple who meets on every holiday, having nothing to do but spending time at an empty park, even without money for a cup of coffee. She informs him d her pregnancy, and he wonders off the city ...