The Grand Bell Awards - Best Films
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- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsShin Yeong-gyunShin Seong-ilDong-won Kim
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsChoi Eun-hieShin Yeong-gyunDong-won KimThe widow of a nobleman bears a son after having an affair with her servant. The servant and the baby are driven from the home by the woman's irate in-laws when the truth is discovered. Even after the child is grown, no contact is allowed between he and his mother who now denies the events of her past.
- 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.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsKim Jin-kyuChoi Eun-hiePark Nou-sikDeaf Samryong works as a farmhand. He loves the landlord's daughter-in-law. This film describes his true love and humanity to resist old customs.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsShin Yeong-gyunJi-mee KimNam-hyeon ChoiWhen King Cheol-jang dies, the throne passes to his son King Ko-jang but, because he is considered to be too inexperienced, his ambitious uncle rules as regent. The rightful king's wife, the politically brilliant Queen Min, refuses to accept this situation and brings about the uncle's exile in order to secure the throne.
- DirectorDong-jin JuStarsKim Jin-kyuJeong-suk Moon
- DirectorLee Doo-yongStarsHae HwangEun-a KoKum-Bong DoGeneral Kwak, despite having retired from military service, organizes a small army to resist the onslaught of an invasion from Japan in the early Chosun Dynasty
- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsJi-mee KimLee Soon-jaeHie So
- DirectorYu Hyun-mokStarsHa Myeong-jungKim Jin-kyuEun-a KoYoung man hiding from the Korean War learns about his father's death while fighting the Japanese. By telling him the family history, his mother inspires him to fight the North Korean communists.
- DirectorIl-Ho JangStarsKim Jin-kyuDong-hwi JangHae HwangAdmiral Lee Sun-shin designs and builds the 'Turtle Ships' in preparation of the Japanese invasion during the Injin War. He is promoted after his victories, but due to his expanding influence and increased popularity in military circles, the king comes to fear him and has him imprisoned. A year later, the Japanese navy attempts another invasion and the king is required to enter the prison and beg the admiral's assistance.
- DirectorLee Doo-yongStarsDong-hwi JangSo-ryong HanJi-in YuChoi, Mun-oh decides to become a police officer over the objections of his girlfriend. He hopes to serve his country and is determined to fight the prejudices and stereotypes the public holds of the police through nobility and honesty
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsHa Myeong-jungKim Yeong-aeKo Du-shimA reporter finds himself torn between differing political beliefs after the Korean liberation from Japan.
- DirectorYu Hyun-mokStarsHa Myeong-jungTae-Ki KangBool-am ChoiThe body of Min Yo-sup is found in a church. Hwang the evangelist gives detective Nam Kyoung-ho a clue. In a note, Yo-sup named Jo Dong-pal as her stalker. The detective discovers from Dong-pal's father and a prostitute, that he had been seeking traditional gods and denying Christ. Did Yo-sup turning to Christ get her killed? Will the detective deliver justice to Dong-pal or will he turn out to be a coward?
- DirectorHa Won ChoiStarsKim Sung-suIn-chon YuKim Min-kyeongA man living in the 1800's is ordered to collect information on the Catholic martyr Kim Dae-keon who died fifty years earlier. The 15-year old martyr had tried to spread Catholicism in 18th century Korea, but was captured and executed.
- DirectorLee Jang-hoStarsYeong-ha LeeShin Seong-ilYeong-hie Na
- 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
- DirectorJung Jin-wooStarsMi-kyeong WonYong-sun KimJeong-ja ParkThe matriarch of a highly respected family orders one of her daughter-in-laws to kill herself unless she can produce a child within a year.
- DirectorCheol-su ParkStarsYoun Yuh-jungHye-seong JeonShin Seong-ilMrs Hong did her best to protect her daughter, Na-mi, from hardships and the pain of life. However, one day, Na-mi is kidnapped and forced to serve in a brothel. Mrs Hong rescues the raped and battered Na-mi but the girl kills herself to escape the memory of the humiliation and terror she experienced. Mrs Hong sets out to seek violent revenge on the men responsible
- DirectorCheol-su ParkStarsChoi Myeong-gilYeong-ha LeeJeong-ja ParkA woman marries the man of her dreams and bears his child but, as the years pass, they grow more distant from each other. While her husband's career flurishes, he forces her to quit her job which only adds to their marital stress.
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsIn-chon YuKim Jin-ahJae-hie KwonA historical drama about the life of Yeonsangun of Joseon.
- 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.
- DirectorKil-soo ChangStarsChang-min SonKang Soo-younA law student meets a woman with a checkered past and falls in love with her. They move in together until his father shows up. He forces her to move out and she makes her way to the US. Eventually, the student becomes a lawyer and he is transferred to LA where he begins a search for his lost love
- DirectorJi-kyoon KwakStarsJeong Bo-seokLee Hye-sukBae Jong-okFailing to enter the university of his choice, a young man is forced to enter a local college, but a series of disappointments causes him to give up his studies and begin a life of aimless travel