KOFA's 100 Korean Films (1996)
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- DirectorJu-nam YangStarsTaek-won JoHan KimGeum-ryong LeeA woman abandons her husband and daughter to live in a hotel with her lover who turns out to be something other than the honest businessman she thought he was.
- DirectorChul-yeong AhnYasujirô ShimazuStarsBug-yang YunSeong-ae GyeNo-gyeong ParkThe tale of a young woman who is seduced away from her poor fishing village only to become a bar girl in the city.
- DirectorIn-kyu ChoiStarsIl-hae KimYe-bong MunEun-sun HongMyeong-ja, a flower vendor in Seoul, and her young brother Yong-pil, are orphans who have been taken in by some very bad people. Yong-pil finds refuge in a private orphanage and Myeong-ja takes her chances with a flower customer.
- DirectorIn-kyu ChoiStarsChang-geun JeonEun-gi DogGye-seon YuTells the story of a Korean resistance fighter leading the fight for freedom from the occupying country of Japan.
- DirectorDae-Ryong YoonStarsLee Yeong-aeKim Dong Min-iLee Up-Dong
- DirectorYong-Gyu YoonStarsKi-jong ByeonHeon-yong OhSeung-min NamDo-seong is a child monk who lives at a small mountain temple with the head monk, learning the teachings of Buddha. He becomes attached to a young widow who comes to pray at the temple, and the childless widow entreats the head monk to let her raise Do-seong as her own son.
- DirectorHyeong-mo HanStarsSeon-tae JuHyang LeeIn-ja YunIn-Ja, the madam of a cabaret is a mistress of the boss of espionage agent. She gathers information from the guests and gives it to Seon-Tae.
- DirectorNam-ok ParkStarsMin-ja LeeSeong-ju LeeTak-kyun LeeLee Shin-ja is a young widow, subject to the prejudices against her position in society. Trying to provide for her daughter as well as find love, Lee becomes entangled in the lives of her late husband's friend, his wife, and her lover.
- DirectorKang-cheon LeeStarsKyeong-hie NoYe-chun LeeKim Jin-kyuA group of communist guerillas encounter jealousy and rivalry among themselves because of the presence of the female compatriot while one of their members plots to desert their band
- DirectorKim Ki-youngStarsSam-hwa KimYong-su JoAm ParkTwo lovers are forced into suicide as the only way to maintain their forbidden love.
- DirectorHyeong-mo HanStarsHae HwangHak-ja JiHun YangPoverty stricken Myeong-ho and first son of a trading company CEO, Bu-nam, attend the same university. A doctor recommends Bu-nam, who's ill from overeating, switch lifestyle with Myeong-ho for two weeks, who has malnutrition. They both fall for the other's younger sister and are married in a joint ceremony.
- DirectorHyeong-mo HanStarsAm ParkJeong-rim KimKyeong-hie NoOh starts working at a boutique to help her make a living. Professor Jang begins dating the typist Miss Park, but decides to break up with her to protect her family. Han's wife anonymously sends a letter to Jang to reveal Oh's affair.
- DirectorByung-il LeeStarsSeung-ho KimMi-lyeong JoYu-Hee KimA Korean style arranged marriage teeters on the brink of failure when the bride's family hears a rumor about the rich groom. If they cancel the ceremony they will lose face.
- DirectorSo-dong KimStarsSeung-ho KimNam-hyeon ChoiChoi Eun-hieAbout a poor farmer whose bid for a better life ends up bringing calamity to his family. At the urging of loan shark Eok Jo (Choi Nam Hyun), Bong Su (Kim Seung Ho) sells his cows to start a business but he loses everything to a conman (No Kyung Hee). Bong Su accidentally kills Eok Jo in a fight and takes his money, and the police trace the crime back to Bong Su's son.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsHak KimChoi Eun-hieHae-won JoA country bumpkin (Dong-shik) goes to Seoul in order to bring his older brother (Young-shik)back to the country. Little does he know Young-shik is a petty crook involved with a prostitute (Sonia) who is servicing American GIs. Then Sonia comes onto Dong-shik...
- DirectorJu-nam YangStarsMin Chung SookJang-kang HeoJeong-shik MaengAn elderly bell maker reminisces about his life filled with tragedy.
- DirectorKang-Yun KimStarsMi-lyeong JoHae-nam HwangNam-hyeon ChoiThe historical film is dedicated to the memory of the participants of the Student Movement for Korean Independence in the city of Gwangchu, who entered into an unequal battle with the Japanese colonialists on November 3, 1929.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsChoi Eun-hieKim Jin-kyuShin Seong-ilA middle-aged man is laid off from work but is too proud to tell his family. His children, however, learn of the situation and take jobs of their own to help him save face.
- DirectorKang Dae-jinStarsSeung-ho KimJeong-sun HwangKim Jin-kyuA furnace repairman lives only for his children's happiness. But while his daughter is grateful and obedient, his son is constantly getting into trouble
- DirectorKim Ki-youngStarsKim Jin-kyuJeung-nyeo JuEun-shim LeeA composer and his wife are thrown into turmoil when a housemaid becomes more than they bargained for.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsChoi Eun-hieKim Jin-kyuKum-Bong DoChun-hyang, the only daughter of an old gisaeng named Wolmae, falls in love with Lee Mong-nyong and promises to marry him. But Lee leaves for Seoul with his father who's an aristocrat, and the new governor, Byeon Hakdo, covets Chun-hyang because she is the most beautiful girl in town. When Chun-hyang rejects his order to serve him at night, Governor Byeon sends her to jail. In the mean time, Lee passes the state exam and becomes a special undercover agent of the king. He comes back to where Chun-hyang lives to save her and punishes Governor Byeon.
- DirectorKang Dae-jinStarsSeung-ho KimShin Yeong-gyunJeong-sun HwangA man tries to raise his two sons and two daughters under some of the most adverse conditions known to man. The father operates a horse-drawn cart, but in a city that is modernizing after the destruction of the Korean War, automobiles are making carts obsolete. The children are experiencing difficulties as well. The eldest son has flunked the bar exam twice and is not hopeful of passing it a third time to become a lawyer. The eldest daughter is mute and married to an abusive husband. The younger daughter tries to pose as a rich university student to move up in life. The youngest son has a penchant for petty theft.
- DirectorYu Hyun-mokStarsMu-ryong ChoiKim Jin-kyuJeong-suk MoonA pressured accountant, his war veteran brother and their dysfunctional family struggle with integrating into post-War Korean society.
- DirectorBong-rae LeeStarsSeung-ho KimKum-Bong DoJeong-sun HwangWhen his wife sees him helping his boss' lover, a low-level manager finds his marriage in shambles
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsChoi Eun-hieShin Yeong-gyunYeong-seon JeonOk-hui lives with her grandmother, her mother and the maid. People refer to their house as the "Widow House" because all three adult women who live there are widows. One day, a teacher named Mr. Han moves into the house as a lodger.
- DirectorKim Ki-youngStarsWoon-ha KimSang-sa LeeYe-chun LeeA Korean man, forced into service in the Japanese army during WWII, marries his Japanese girlfriend despite everyone's objections. Later, he becomes the sole survivor when the Americans attack.
- DirectorHyeong-pyo LeeStarsHie-gab KimJeong-sun HwangSeung-ho KimAn oriental doctor Kim, Hak-gyu (Kim, Seung-ho) is a cantankerous man who is the longest-term householder in a small village in Seoul. He often causes domestic trouble by being nasty to his wife (Han, Eun-jin) and his children. Kim, Hyeon-ok (Choi, Eun-hee), a daughter of a young widow who runs Nahana Beauty Shop, is in love with Choi, Du-yeol (Kim, Jin-gyu), an obstetrician across the street. Kim, Hak-gyu has great distaste for western medicine, and at the same time, is jealous of the obstetrician. He always gets in the way of Choi, Du-yeol. Kim's son, Hyeon-gu (Shin, Young-kyun), dates Jeomryae, a daughter of a bar owner (Hwang, Jeong-soon).
- DirectorSang-ho ParkStarsKum-Bong DoDae-yeob LeeNam-hyeon ChoiTtosun, a young hard-working woman with a good heart, falls in love with A driver but her father disapproves of the match.
- DirectorKim Ki-youngStarsKim Jin-kyuJeung-nyeo JuYe-chun LeePrior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.
- DirectorLee Man-heeStarsJock MahoneyPat YiYoungson ChonA division of marines survive a battle with the Chinese army but find themselves stranded without contact on the wrong side of the front.
- DirectorYu Hyun-mokStarsDong-won KimAeng-ran EomJi-hie ChoiAfter an aggressive man lets his anger get the better of him, his wife takes her own life and he is forced to go on the run. The son he leaves behind grows up to have 4 daughters, but there is rumored to be a curse on his family.
- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsSeung-ho KimJeong-sun HwangJi-mee KimThe story takes place on a mountain slope where defectors from North Korea live. These families have a serious gap between the parents and their children.
- DirectorKim Ki-dukStarsShin Seong-ilAeng-ran EomMi-hye KimJo Doo-soo, a member of a gang, comes across and helps Joanna, a college student who is about to have her handbag robbed by the bullies on her way home.
- DirectorKeung-ha JoStarsJeong-sun HwangKim Jin-kyuHye-Jeong Kim"The Body Confession" - A madam works at a brothel in Busan and raises three daughters. She sacrifices herself in hopes of her daughter's futures, but tragic events occur.
- DirectorLee Man-heeStarsJeong-suk MoonKim Jin-kyuSeong-ja BangA man wants to leave his mistress so he can marry the daughter of the director of the hospital. However, complications ensue and the devil in this man is released.
- DirectorLee Man-heeStarsJeong-suk MoonDong-he JangDae-yeob LeeThe wife of a gangster, discarded after she is raped by another man, turns to prostitution.
- DirectorYu Hyun-mokStarsShin Seong-ilSu-jeong ParkAm ParkA young man and a woman come to know each other while at the dentists's office. They are put under anesthesia and in the unconsciousness they fall in a love triangle with the dentist as if in a dream. In the extremity of happiness and misfortune, they experience the transcendence of time and space and are able to fulfill their lust. As a result, the affair is completely ruined. Wailing in great regret, they at last come to consciousness and reality.
- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsShin Yeong-gyunEun-a KoJeong-sun HwangAt an ocean side village, many fishing boats never return from the high sea, and many of the women in the village assume they are widows when their husbands never return. One of them, Seongku, begins an affair with a coal worker.
- DirectorSang-ho ParkStarsMi-lyeong JoWon NamkungBin-a JuThe film exposes the atrocities of war through the eyes of two children who are stranded in the DMZ after the end of the Korean War. The DMZ, strewn with abandoned tanks, dead bodies, land mines, and unexploded shells, is an exceedingly dangerous place for children. But what most endangers them in the end are not weapons but people.
- DirectorJung Jin-wooStarsShin Seong-ilHie MunHan-seob KimCheol, an auto mechanic, and Yeong-hui, a maid meet. Cheol lies and tells Yeong-hui that he is the son of a businessman. Cheol pretends to be the French ambassador's daughter. They meet only on rainy days.
- DirectorLee Man-heeStarsShin Yeong-gyunEun-a KoJang-kang HeoA nameless drifter meets an enigmatic woman at the watermill during Chosun times. What follows is a tale full of most of the deadly sins. A very interesting morality tale with touches of supernaturalism. The watermill (mullaebang) was supposedly a common place for lovers' trysts in that past.
- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsShin Yeong-gyunKum-Bong DoJeung-nyeo JuIn the early 1950s when Korea is still at war, Kyu Bok who escaped from the North Korean People's Army secretly sneaks into a small village in the mountainside. This village has turned into a widowed village due to the war and widows Jum Rye and Sa Wol live across from one another. Jum Rye had to take care of her mother-in-law who was also a widow, a dote grandfather-in-law, and a sister-in-law. Sawol lives with her mother. Sawol's husband was a soldier from the South and Jum Rye's was a soldier from the North, making the two women hostile towards one another.
- DirectorLee Man-heeStarsKim Jin-kyuJeong-suk MoonGye-hyeon JeonA writer who was disabled during the Korean War (1950-1953) is now contributing a serial to a newspaper. His wife, who once adored him, is tempted by a young man she happens to know. But he overlooks her affair thanking her for her utmost care up until that time. Then the young man asks her to leave with him for a faraway place.
- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsShin Seong-ilYun Jeong-hieLee Bin-hwaA married man who moved to live in Seoul for a better life visits the small town where he grew up and falls in love with a local girl.
- DirectorSeong-gu LeeStarsYun Jeong-hieSeung-ho KimThe movie begins with the mysterious death of a journalistic photographer named Kim Cheol-hun. Veteran police detective Park (Kim Seung-ho) teams up with a young, intellectual detective (Kim Seong-ok) to investigate the people surrounding Kim.
- DirectorLee Man-heeLee Man-Hee-IStarsKim Eun-OkAn Eun-SukKim Gyeong-RaTwo lovers face a bleak future in 1960s Seoul.
- DirectorSo-yeong JeongStarsShin Yeong-gyunHie MunGye-hyeon JeonHye-yeong had no idea that her lover, Shin-ho, was a married man until Shin-ho's wife and children arrive in town. She leaves him but reappears 8 years later asking him to take responsibilty for their child
- DirectorHa Won ChoiStarsHae HwangYun Jeong-hieWon NamkungA lonely old potter saves the life of a young woman. She is grateful to him, but does not return the love he feels for her. However she feels obligated to marry him. In time, her former boyfriend finds her and takes a job working with the potter until he can convince her to run away with him.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsShin Yeong-gyunJi-su KimHye-jeong KimOnce upon a time, under the reign of the three kingdoms, there was a woman who tempts a Buddhist priest named Cho. She is a one-thousand-year-old fox who intends to reincarnate as a human being. Not knowing this, Cho lives with the fox. But in the end, they get separated harboring sadness of unfulfilled love in this world.
- DirectorKim Ki-youngStarsWon NamkungGye-hyeon JeonYoun Yuh-jungThe lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household.
- DirectorHa Gil-jongStarsJi-hie ChoiWon NamkungA wealthy businessman brings his handsome male secretary/secret lover to his home, who leads the family into a maelstrom of jealousy and desire.
- DirectorLee Jang-hoStarsIn-suk AhnShin Seong-ilIl-bong YunA man and a woman fall for one another, but she is haunted by her troubled history with men.
- DirectorHo-sun KimStarsSong Jae-hoBok-sun YeomBool-am ChoiChang-su recalls the girl whom he loved before he entered the military. At that time she had been working as a housemaid. They meet again years later at a police station and the girl, Yeong-ja reveals that she quit her job after being raped by the son of her employer. Her life got steadily worse until finally she lost an arm in a car accident and had to work as a prostitute to pay for an artificial limb.
- DirectorLee Man-heeStarsBaek Il-seobKim Jin-kyuSuk MunGoing through a jail and a site of construction, a young laborer Young-Dal meets middle aged Mr. Jeong on his way to his hometown Sampo after ten years' absence. They become to know a waitress Baek-Hwa who runs away from a restaurant and then, they travel together. Arriving at the destination Kangcheon Station, Mr. Jeong is disappointed at the changes of the old village by building a hotel. Young-Datl and Mr. Jeong stay at Sampo not as the hometown but as the site of living. Baek-Hwa leaves Sampo with a ticket Young-Dal buys her with his last money.
- DirectorHa Gil-jongStarsNam-hyeon ChoiKim Hee-raHa Jae-YoungThe story is set in the 1970s during the period of military dictatorship. Schools were frequently closed down and society seemed to face bleak prospects on all fronts. Nonetheless, Byung Tae, a college student, enjoys pursuing romance at group "meetings" or blins dates. It is during one of these ventures that he meets Young-ja, a French Literature student.
- DirectorRae-myeong SeokStarsSeung-Hyun LeeJeong-hun KimHa Myeong-jungDu-su is a highschool student who is always smiling. Despite making many mistakes, he always seems to land on his feet. His warm heart and positive outlook on life endear him to all he encounters.
- DirectorHo-sun KimStarsSong Jae-hoChu-ryeon KimChang Mi-heeThe coming-of-age story of a young woman named Ie-hwa who learns about love and heartaches all while discovering her true self.
- DirectorKim Ki-youngStarsHwa-shi LeeJeong-cheol KimYun-seok ChoiAn investor planning on developing a tourist resort begins an investigation into the legends of the mysterious Io Island in the hope of exploiting its unspoiled beauty.
- DirectorYoung Nam KoStarsYeong-su LeeYun-suk JoShin-jae KimCountry boy Suk-ie learns the meaning of love and loss when he meets city girl Yeon-ie.
- DirectorYu Hyun-mokStarsJeong-sun HwangDae-kun LeeShin-jae KimA family, ideologically divided but living under the same roof, experience the Korean War as tragedies shake their daily existence.
- DirectorLee Jang-hoStarsAhn Sung-kiSeong-chan KimYeong-ho LeeThis is a film about the coming of age of three men.
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsKim Hee-raYun-seok ChoiHie BangTwo ruined, old adversaries meet in a rehab center and reassess the conflict that dominated their lives since the Korean War. One man is a former cop and the other is a former communist guerrilla. The film flashes back to their tragic pasts to explain how they arrived where they are.
- DirectorLee Doo-yongStarsHa Myeong-jungYun Jeong-hieBool-am ChoiA detective investigating a murder follows a convoluted trail littered with treachery, ruined lives, and tragedy.
- DirectorLee Doo-yongStarsJi-in YuWon NamkungJeong-sun HwangAn attractive young woman has been called on to help rid a haunted family of its demons - the male heirs all die young, and one is now in a coma - she has to clear the environment where several exorcists have failed before her.
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsAhn Sung-kiJeon Moo-songMichelle Okkyung LeeA story that follows the lives and interactions of two Buddhist monks living in South Korea.
- DirectorWon-se LeeStarsYeong-ja JeonAhn Sung-kiChu-ryeon KimA dwarf and his poor, but loving, family who are forced out of their house by a real estate agent.
- DirectorBae Chang-hoStarsKim Bo-yeonAhn Sung-kiKim Hee-raMosaic portrait of people living in an impoverished neighborhood in Seoul.
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsNam-kyeoung ChoDong-joon ChoiKwak Eun-kyeongA vagabond called Kaechoi is troubled by all the inhabitants of a remote South Korean village. His secret is unearthed by an innocent lady teacher who has moved to that village from the city.
- DirectorLee Jang-hoStarsLee Bo-heeKim Myung-gonHie-seong LeeThis is a film which ridicules the weaknesses of South Korean society.
- DirectorLee Doo-yongStarsMi-kyeong WonYeong-Ryong ShinJeong-suk MoonKi-rye, from a respectable but poor family, is married off to the deceased son of a powerful government official. Her father-in-law takes pity on her miserable and lonely condition and helps her to run away. She becomes a servant in Minister Choi's house. She marries again to a low-level noble, but finds herself in dire straits when it appears that she is unable to produce a male child to carry on the bloodline
- DirectorBae Chang-hoStarsAhn Sung-kiLee Mi-sookSu-chol KimA disillusioned student meets a eccentric beggar and a mute prostitute he falls in love with. Together, without money, they cross South Korea to help the girl go home.
- DirectorLee Doo-yongStarsIl-hae KimJeong-sun HwangKim Hee-raForced to leave their home because of the construction of a new dam which will flood their village, the eldest son in the family prepares land and money to construct a new house in Seoul for his family. However, he shirks his duty shortly after and leaves overseeing the construction of the house to his younger brother while he goes to live separately.
- DirectorHa Myeong-jungStarsHa Myeong-jungYong-won JoSang-ho JuChun-ho and his wife Sun-hie wander Korea in search of a way to make a living under Japanese colonial occupation. They settle in a mining village where Sun-hie is forced to put up with her husband's gambling and beatings. Eventually he forces her to go to a loanshark so he can get enough money to run away with a prostitute.
- DirectorBae Chang-hoStarsAhn Sung-kiChang Mi-heeYu-yeong JinBaek Ho-bin jumps into an arranged marriage with Jane for a green card and a chance to succeed in America. Because she felt like an isolated foreigner, his love is a beacon of hope. When Ho-bin finally gets through the immigration process, his ambition runs up against Jane's love. When the pretense is over, his aspirations nearly destroy her. The two decide to take a farewell trip to the desert, but will they find passion or death?
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsJi-mee KimShin Seong-ilJi-il HanA historical drama that incorporates real footage from the 1983 KBS campaign to reunite families divided by the Korean War with the fictional story of Hwa-yeong, a woman who leaves her middle-class life in Busan to search for the son she lost in Gilsotteum during the war.
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsJi-mee KimSo-yeong AhnHie MyeongA drama about several women who work in a "tabang" bar in Kangwon province, where sometimes customers exchange a "ticket" for something extra.
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsKang Soo-younGu-sun LeeYang-ha YunShin, a nobleman, had been trying to conceive a male heir to pass his family name. Unable to provide a male heir, Shin's wife gives her husband permission to search for a surrogate wife to bear a male heir. On the way to finding a surrogate wife, Shin runs into a 17 year old girl, Ok-nyo (Kang Soo-yeon). She was a poor feisty girl who stated she would do anything for money.
- DirectorLee Jang-hoStarsKim Myung-gonLee Bo-heeSok-Yang ChooA young man travels to various regions of South Korea to scatter the ashes of his dead wife.
- DirectorJang Sun-wooStarsBong ChoiKi-yeong ChoiLee Eung-kyungA Korean salesman seeks a successful career by using a bar hostess to spy on his rivals. However, soon he confronts the bar hostess's revenge, as well as his rivals' popular products.
- DirectorPark Kwang-suStarsBae Jong-okPark Joong-hoonKang Shin-ilA painter quits his job and looks to an old acquaintance for work and a place to stay.
- DirectorLee Myung-seStarsAhn Sung-kiHwang Sin-hyeBae Chang-hoLee Jong-se is a third-rate comedian who believes himself to be a creative genius. He desires nothing more than to be a movie director. When he befriends barber, Mun Do-seok who has hopes to become an actor, it seems like a match made in heaven and the two set off to make a film
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsKang Soo-younYeong-mi JinIn-chon YuSun Nyog struggles after joining a Buddhist temple as a nun for lack of discipline. She saves an alcoholic from suicide but he later rapes her and she is forced out of the temple. Still, she grows fond of him. Another nun, Jin Song, is a grim ascetic who does well at the temple. She goes to the mountains to do a long retreat in a cave, but a brutal old monk who is there rapes her. Meanwhile, Sun Nyog returns to the nunnery to attend to the dying abbess and shows her spiritual superiority.
- DirectorYong-Kyun BaeStarsYi Pan-YongSin Won-SopHae-Jin HuangAbout three monks in a remote monastery; an aging master, a small orphan and a young man who left his city life to seek Enlightenment.
- DirectorJang Sun-wooStarsPark Joong-hoonSeo Kap-sookDae-kun LeeSituated in the small poverty stricken town of Woomukbaemi, South Korea, this film centers on a clothes factory manager and the triangular relationship between himself, his insatiably jealous and violent wife, and one of his employees.
- DirectorDong-hong JangYun-hyeon JangEun LeeThere are 200 miserably impoverished people working in the Dongseong Metalworks Factory. JU Wan-ik is introduced to the forging team as a new member of the team and they all go drinking together to welcome him.
- DirectorJeong Ji-yeongStarsAhn Sung-kiLee Hye-yeongJin-shil ChoiSouth Korean production exploring a North Korean perspective of the long, grueling account of the Korean War based on memoirs of Lee Tae, former news agency correspondent who fought for North Korean partisans.
- DirectorPark Kwang-suStarsShim Hye-jinPark Joong-hoonJin-hui KimIn the winter of 1980s coal mining town, Ki-young runs away from the police due to his student protest and hides into the town. Then, Ki-young meets an unhappy waitress Young-sook who falls for him, and two people decide to leave together.
- DirectorLee Myung-seStarsPark Joong-hoonJin-shil ChoiKim Bo-yeonYoung-min and Mi-yeong are college sweethearts who naively believe that their love will remain unchanged forever at the time of their wedding. But their married life gets off to a rocky start when Mi-yeong locks Young-min out of the bedroom on their honeymoon
- DirectorJang Sun-wooStarsKim Bo-yeonJong-mi ImIl-jong KwonR returns from studying in France and reunites with J, whom he used to live with in Paris. For some reason, however, J refuses to have sex with R. Angered by her refusal, R travels to his hometown of Daegu.
- DirectorJong-won ParkStarsChoi Min-sikHong Kyoung-inShin GooA fifth-grade classroom takes on a political structure which reflects Korea's history of coups and dictatorial regimes.
- DirectorJeong Ji-yeongStarsAhn Sung-kiLee Kyoung-youngShim Hye-jinSouth Korea, 1979. Han Kiju is an alcoholic novelist who has never recovered from his year long tour as a volunteer soldier in Vietnam. When he's asked to write a book about the Korean soldiers who fought in Vietnam he's battered by flashbacks that remind him of the brutality and lies that destroyed his innocence. The serialized novel brings him back in contact with a former soldier who served under him, PFC Pyon Chinsu, the one-time company clown driven mad by the violence of the war and who now looks to Han for some sort of emotional rescue.
- DirectorUi-Seok KimStarsLee Hie-doHie-ryeong KimSeong-su KimTae-gyu and Ji-hye get married. Two young lovers dreamed of the ideal married life which each had respect for each other. But honeymoon is soon over as each comes to realize that the other isn't quite what they thought. The liberal woman would like to talk of sex with frankness and ease. The conservative man can't get rid of his traditional sense of superiority. They end up hurting each other and decide to get a (limited) divorce. Once apart, they each begin to feel empty without the other, and realized they need to make an effort to understand each other.
- DirectorLee Myung-seStarsKim Hye-suSong Young-changJo Min-kiA college freshman majoring in drama finds herself falling in love with a chain-smoking guest lecturer at her school despite their substantial age difference
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsKim Myung-gonJung-hae OhKim Kyu-chulDespite its falling popularity, a father teaches his two children the Korean musical tradition of Pansori (one singer accompanied by one drummer).
- DirectorPark Kwang-suStarsSo-yeong AhnKim Bo-kyungHyung-in ChoiMoon Chae-Ku and his friend Kim Chul try to bring the body of Moon's father back to his native Kwisong Island for burial. Their ferry is intercepted by resentful islanders who will not let the boat dock, because of the father's political activities in the 1950's, informing on Communist sympathizers.
- DirectorMin-Yong LeeStarsLee Beom-suBo-Suk ChungSun-Kyoung ChungIn a suburban apartment on the hottest day of the century, the women are fanning and chatting in one spot and the men are drinking and scratching in another. Soon violence erupts as a husband chases his abused wife into the open. Everyone has seen this before and the men ignore the battering, but today in the heat the women rise up in anger against the wife-beater, who dies on the way to the hospital. As the police arrive, 10 women flee to the roof. All of Korea watches on TV as they hold their position for four days and nights, until the situation is resolved in the most unlikely way.
- DirectorPark Kwang-suPark Kwang SooStarsKim Bo-KyeongKim Bo-kyungYoo Byeong-SeokThe film intercuts two stories, one in black and white, one in color. From 1965 to 1970.
- DirectorJang Sun-wooStarsLee Jung-hyunMoon Sung-KeunYeong-ran LeeA young girl is caught up in the 1980 Gwangju massacre, where Korean soldiers killed hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters who opposed the country's takeover by the military the year before. Flashbacks show the girl seeing her mother shot to death in the massacre. The film spurred the Korean public to demand the truth behind the incident, and their government eventually opened previously classified files on the massacre.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsPark Choong-seonKim Eui-sungJo Eun SookAbout desires and lives of four characters in diverse circumstances. A poor novelist, a cheating wife, a mysophobic husband and a ticket girl.
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsByeong-kyeong AhnLee EolKim Gyung-aeA number of old family conflicts emerge when a writer returns to his hometown to attend his mother's funeral.