Fiction and Other Realities

The Bad Utterances

Three friends from the northern half of Seoul move to the more affluent southern half, but experience many troubles there.

2006

My Hometown

After fourteen years in Japan a small-time crook returns to his hometown.

1976

Barking Dogs Never Bite

An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.

2000

Castaway on the Moon

Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River - only to find himself

2009

The Host

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting he

2006

3-Iron

A young man, whose only possession is a motorcycle, spends his time riding around the city looking for empty apartments. After finding one, he hangs o

2004

Birdcage Inn

Jin-a, a young prostitute, moves into a seaside motel called the Birdcage Inn, run by a dysfunctional family. Struggling with her circumstances and th

1998

The House of Us

A girl from a troubled family befriends two younger girls and begins to feel a sense of normalcy as they go adventuring at the seaside.

2019

Coming Home Again

A Korean-American man cares for his ailing mother and tries to master her traditional Korean dishes.

2023

Best of the Best

A team from the United States is going to compete against Korea in a Tae Kwon Do tournament. The team consists of fighters from all over the country--

1989

Holiday

After 1988 Seoul Olympic, Ji Kang-heon, who is sentenced for 7 years, and other inmates escape from the police van. After escaping, Ji Kang-heon and i

2006

View from an Alley

One father finds life nearly impossible to live as he attempts to raise his nine children on a pitifully small salary.

1962

Past Loves

During a concert in Japan a singer encounters his childhood sweetheart and their old love is rekindled with new passion. However their love is a probl

1968

Now and Forever

Min-Soo is a playboy who can't tolerate long term relationships. However, fate takes him to beautiful Hye-Won. While, Min-Soo becomes totally captivat

2006

Romance in Seoul

seg.1) Jong-soo misses his roomate Yeong-joo, who is gone. He's embarassed he misses someone who wasn't even his lover, but a close roomate. Meanwhile

2014

Our Midnight

The lover of a ruined actor announces that she is leaving him to marry someone else; while a young woman becomes the subject of various rumors after d

2021

Ardor

In revenge for her husband's infidelity, a young beautiful housewife, Mi-heun, starts an affair with an attractive young doctor, In-gyu. Despite her h

2002

Lady Vengeance

Released after being wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 13 years, a woman begins executing her elaborate plan of retribution.

2005

Pervert Boy

Four brothers and the inevitable clash between their lives in modern day Seoul.

2016

Columbus

When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midw

2017