Manhwa (Korean Comics) Adaptations
These live-action feature films and TV series are based upon Manhua, Korean comic books original produced in Korean. Their current use is largely explained by the international success of the Japanese manga. Although in a traditional sense, in these languages the terms manga/manhua/manhwa had a similar meaning of comical drawing in a broad way, nowadays the term generally designate the manga-inspired comic strips. After 2003, webtoons, the terms used for Korean webcomics, are having notable development as setting the form of its platform distinctive from webcomics of other regions.
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- DirectorKim Sung-suStarsJung Woo-sungKo So-youngChang Jung LimThis movie follows the story of three friends in Korea, all three of whom drop out of school. The main character is Min, a tough guy whose widowed mother is a drunk. The story traces his journey from high school to the underworld as one of his friends introduces him to life in the mob. Complicating Min's life further is his romance with Romi, a girl from an upper-class family with dreams of going to a prestigious college.AKA Beat.
- StarsSong Hye-kyoRainHan Eun-jeongIn a bid to reacquire her childhood home, a free-spirited woman agrees to a sham-marriage with a selfish actor. Their daily lives are complicated by overlapping love triangles and comic misadventures.
- DirectorByeong-ki AhnAhn Byung-KiStarsKo So-youngKang Seong-jinJang Hie-jinSe-jin, a young woman who lives in an old apartment in a Seoul suburb, amuses herself by observing windows of apartments on other side.AKA Apateu.
- StarsYoon Eun-hyeJu Ji-hoonSong Ji-hyoLove, tradition, and politics collide when a spirited young art student is betrothed to the crown prince of South Korea.AKA Goong.
- DirectorDong-hoon ChoiStarsCho Seung-wooBaek Yun-shikKim Hye-suA guy with a talent for cards makes his way into the dangerous world of underground gambling in this crime thriller from South Korea. Go-ni (Jo Seung-woo) is a small-town guy with a big appetite for gambling. Convinced he?s on a hot streak one evening during a card game, Go-ni bets his life savings on a hand of hwatu, only to lose to a crooked cardsharp. Determined to get revenge, Go-ni sets out to find the guy who cheated him and win back his money. But nothing is as it seems down the road.
- DirectorJe-yong LeeStarsKim Ok-binPark Jin-wooKyeon LeeBased on the Internet comic strip, Multi-Cell Girl (a.k.a Dasepo sonyo) follows the sexual adventures in one seriously bizarre high school.
- DirectorKi-hwan OhStarsYoon Jin-seoPark Gi-woongLee Ki-wooThis creepy, supernatural thriller revolves around the paranoid belief that those dearest to you may want you dead.
- StarsSe7enPark Shin-hyeYi-jae HeoWinning the hand of the queen means becoming the future king. Queen Hwa In (Myung Se Bin) is the reigning queen but the fact that she is still single and has no heir concerns the imperial court. Although she has been in love with Alexander (Marc Andre Jourdan), her half-Korean, half-English professor from Oxford, she sacrificed her own happiness in order to do what's right for her people.
- DirectorYun-su JeonStarsKim Kang-wooIm Won-heeLee HanaA young, incredibly talented chef quits the profession after a contest to head a world-class restaurant ends in tragedy. Retiring to a small rural town with his grandfather, he finds a new and more peaceful existence, working as a farmer and selling vegetables at the local market. Even though content in his new life, when a nationwide cooking competition offers him the chance to take on his long-time rival, Seong-Chan embarks on a journey that will forever change his view of the world and lead him to the most startling revelations. Surrounding himself with a ragtag crew of misfits, each with his own poignant story to tell, he is soon in the media spotlight, facing stiff competition from the other contestants while dealing with his grandfather's diminishing faculties and a long buried family secret. Seong-Chan can only struggle to overcome every adversity with a quiet dignity.AKA Le Grand Chef.
- DirectorJeong-kwon KimStarsCha Tae-hyunHa Ji-WonJo Ah-raA mentally challenged man trying to keep his mother's only wish alive at any cost while trying to reconcile with his first and only real crush.AKA BA:BO.
- DirectorJang-ha RyuStarsYoo Ji-taeLee Yeon-heeChae Jeong-anThirty-year-old Yun-woo bumps into a high school student in the elevator while on his way to work. His heart starts pounding at this teenager's boldness. At a subway station, KANG Sook can't stop staring at the long-haired, beautiful Ha-kyung. Ha-kyung breaks up with KANG Sook only a few hours after they first meet. However, KANG Sook has already fallen in love with her.
- DirectorLee Joon-ikStarsHwang Jung-minCha Seung-wonHan Ji-hyeDuring a turbulent time when politics, rebellion, and invasion come to a head. A clash stirs between two swordsmen in a violent struggle to seize control of the country they love.
- DirectorKang Woo-sukStarsJeong Jae-yeongPark Hae-ilYoo Joon-sangA mysterious person calls a young man and informs him that his estranged father has died in a country village. The curious son travels to the town to discover what happened. From there out the audience is led on a thrilling and hauntingly atmospheric journey into the history of the father and the truth about his relationship to the threatening and violent locals. The film is 2h40m, long even for Korean standards, but it is the magically haunting and at the same time threatening atmosphere in the film that sustains the audience interest. Let yourself be carried away...
- DirectorDong-hoon BaekStarsJin-Ki BaekLee Byung-joonJin Goo(Korean with English subtitles) Korean's President organizes a nationwide "Kimchi Contest." Brother and sister: Jang-eun and Sung-Chan join the competition, both using their mother's recipe. Whoever wins, will decide the fate of their family's restaurant.
- DirectorScott StewartStarsPaul BettanyCam GigandetMaggie QA warrior priest disobeys church law to track down a pact of vampires who have kidnapped his niece.
- DirectorKyung-taek KwakStarsKwon Sang-wooJung Ryeo-wonMa Dong-seokAfter losing his family when he was young, Nam-soon feels no pain. He cannot feel physical pain and is emotionally barren until he meets Dong-hyeon, who calls herself a vampire because she suffers from hemophilia. Unlike Dong-hyeon, when Nam-soon is injured, she bleeds from even the smallest wound. As the two grow closer, Dong-hyeon suddenly begins to lose his lifelong insensitivity to pain and the hurt of a lifetime washes over him.
- DirectorChang-min ChooStarsLee Soon-jaeSo-jeong YunSong Jae-hoThe lives of two couples who live in the same neighborhood.
- DirectorGeun-hyun ChoJo Geun-HyeonJo Geun HyunStarsJin GooHan Hye-jinBae Soo-bin26 years ago, state troops were ordered to open fire on civilians in city of Gwangju who were demonstrating as apart of a democratic movement.
- DirectorHwi KimStarsYunjin KimMa Dong-seokKim Sae-ronResidents of a mansion live in fear when a young girl is murdered. They suspect their neighbor for the crime, and a battle erupts to protect the next victim.Based on Kang Full's eponymous web-based comic book series (referred to as "webtoon" in Korea).
- DirectorKang Woo-sukStarsYoo Joon-sangHwang Jung-minYun Je-munThree old friends and rivals get set to face off on a TV program billed as "The Greatest Fight Show on Earth".
- DirectorYong-hwa KimStarsSung Dong-ilJiao XuKim Hee-wonStory about the first gorilla playing baseball in Korean Baseball League.
- DirectorKi-hwan OhStarsIm Jin-AhJoo WonAhn Jae-HyunA teenage boy decides to change his style in order to get his high school crush to notice him.
- DirectorCheol-soo JangStarsKim Soo-hyunPark Gi-woongLee Hyun-wooThree elite North Korean sleeper agents live undercover for so long that they believe their cover stories are their real identities. They're shocked when they are ordered to kill one another or face death at the hands of an elite hit team.
- DirectorYeon-Sik JungStarsKim Seon-aMa Dong-seokShin Jeong-geunEun-A lost her family at the hands of a serial killer. She is now mentally and physically destroyed. She then decides to get revenge by enlists the help of four people from different life to fulfill her revenge.
- DirectorKang Hyeong-cheolStarsChoi Seung-hyunShin Se-KyungKim Yoon-seokGo-ni's nephew, Ham Dae-gil, enters the gambling underworld only to be used as a scapegoat in a deal gone wrong. Now he's planning his revenge by entering one big fatal game.
- DirectorJong-Hoon LeeStarsKang InPark Se-youngJung Gyu-woonDong-Hoon and Jae-Hee are ex-lovers. When they were together, they raised a cat named Gooreumi. After their breakup, Dong-Hoon looked after the cat. One day, the cat died. Dong-Hoon decides to call Jae-Hee and let her know what happened Gooreumi. They then meet for the first time in a year. To have a funeral for their cat, Dong-Hoon and Jae-Hee go out for a one night and two day trip together.
- DirectorMin-ho WooStarsLee Byung-hunCho Seung-wooBaek Yun-shikA former political henchman seeks out revenge for being dropped by a ruthless politician while a determined investigator tries to find proof of a connection between the two of them.
- DirectorJae-Young KimStarsPark Chan-yeolShanshan YuanSeohyunThe story is about a female reporter who marries a male celebrity after previously hating him and becoming an anti-fan, the polar opposite of a fan.AKA No One's Life is Easy.