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• KIM Soo-yong
• Korea
• 1967
• 76min

Mist is based on one of the short novels by Kim Seung-oak, well known for his sensitive descriptions of the 4.19 generation and his modernist literary style. Kim Soo-yong’s approac...

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• KIM Soo-yong
• Korea
• 1977
• 75min

Night Voyage is the outcome of the reunion of Kim Seung-oak’s screenplay, Yun Chung-hi and Shin Sung-Il’s acting, and Kim Soo-yong’s directing achieving the perfect harmony of 1967...

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• KIM Soo-yong
• Korea
• 1986
• 99min

Go Chang-yul, who went through a rebellious and anguished adolescence, decides to become a Buddhist. He receives a new name, Jung-kwang meaning ‘Mad Monk’ and tries to start a new ...

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• KIM Soo-yong
• Korea
• 1960
• 91min

Based on the Maupassant’s short story first introduced as “First Love”, but now known as “The Return,” Return of a Man is Kim Soo-yong’s eighth film and his first adaptation. The f...

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• KIM Soo-yong
• Korea
• 1977
• 93min

"Splendid Outing is one of representative Kim Soo-yong′s films in the 70s. He stepped into the modernist cinema experimenting new film language after Mist. The film deals with the ...

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• Huang MingChuan
• Taiwan
• 1993
• 80min

This Taiwanese drama provides a metaphor for life and politics on the island. Life at a military outpost is deadly dull. To entertain themselves the officers order enlisted men to ...

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• Wu Nien-jen
• Taiwan
• 1995
• 109min

Brain is an elementary school teacher, recently fired for his improper political beliefs. He becomes the pawn used to convince the locals that a joint US-Taiwan military manoeuvre ...

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• Chang Tso-Chi
• Taiwan
• 1999
• 102min

Set in Keelung, Darkness and Light is a winding tale with multiple characters and storylines. The action pivots on a love triangle involving the teenaged Kang-yi, back from Taipei ...

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• Lin Cheng-Sheng
• Taiwan
• 1996
• 123min

Kun-cheng lives in a secluded cottage in the middle of nowhere with his parents, his young wife and their daughter. With familial expectations coming to bear on him, he only has hi...

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• Chen Kun-Hou
• Taiwan
• 1983
• 95min

Growing Up is the story of Hsiao-pi, and how he comes to the point in his life when he must, in fact, grow up. Hsiao-pi has had a turbulent childhood and youth; Running with a bad ...