Korean Cinema Today

• KANG Woo-suk
• Korea
• 2011
• 144min

[Glove] is a relatively under-rated film of the year along with [Hanji]. It can be said Kang Wooseok’s version of [Take Off] and baseball version of [Shilmido]. Although its box of...

Korean Cinema Today

• IM Kwon-taek
• Korea
• 2010
• 118min

This is a fictional drama and documentary about people who are trying to restore Jeonju Sago on Hanji paper, the only remaining annals of the Joseon Dynasty that were burned during...

Korean Cinema Today

• LEE Hyeon-seung
• Korea
• 2011
• 121min

An ex-mafia legend wishes to leave his organization to open a restaurant and lead an ordinary life. A woman approaches him at a cooking school in order to keep a watch on him as or...

Korean Cinema Today

• LEE Sang-woo
• Korea
• 2011
• 97min

An extraordinary independent filmmaker, Lee Sang-woo returns to the Busan International Film Festival with this controversial ‘big budget’ feature, made for some cost of $100,000. ...

Korean Cinema Today

• JANG Hee-chul
• Korea
• 2011
• 98min

[Beautiful Miss Jin] is a well-made local film that emphasized the importance of ‘living together.’ The title, of course, is ironic expression of the reality. Miss Jin is certainly...

Korean Cinema Today

• ROH Gyeong-tae
• Korea
• 2011
• 120min

This is a tragic drama about a man whose family was destroyed because of a car accident and the married couple who caused the accident. The parallel narratives of the two families ...

Korean Cinema Today

• KOO Ja-hong
• Korea
• 2011
• 101min

2011 ACF Post-production Fund An ′anti-music′ film, [Dangerously Excited] centers on a seventh grade civil servant and a difficult rock band who come together through an unfortuna...

• 2011 ACF 후반작업지원펀드

Korean Cinema Today

• PARK Hong-min
• Korea
• 2011
• 98min

A [Fish] ranks, along with [The Passion of a Man Called Choe Che-u] of New Currents, among the truly great finds at this year’s festival. Shot entirely in 3D with a budget of about...

Korean Cinema Today

• SHIN A-ga,LEE Sang-cheol 
• Korea
• 2011
• 91min

2011 ACF Post-production Fund In this story of a middle-aged woman who is caught between her religious beliefs and reality, WhangJung-min, who garnered rave reviews for her perfor...

• 2011 ACF 후반작업지원펀드

Korean Cinema Today

• YEUN Sang-ho
• Korea
• 2011
• 97min

Following on the success of [Leafie], which broke the box office record for Korean animation, selling over 2 million tickets, [The King of Pigs] offers yet another kind of meaningf...