London Korean Film Festival 2019
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- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsYeong-gyun ShinEun-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.
- DirectorJong-Shik WonStarsJeon Tae-YeolKim Yeon-YooSin Yong-wooSoo-ha lost her father and lives in a small village with her grandma. When she meets an astro gardener, she will have to fight tooth and nail to protect the earth from a group threatening to destroy the planet.
- DirectorLee Man-heeLee Man-Hee-IStarsKim Eun-OkAn Eun-SukKim Gyeong-RaTwo lovers face a bleak future in 1960s Seoul.
- DirectorCha Sung-DukStarsKim Hyang-giKim Ho-jungYoo Jae-myungYoung-Ju's parents died in a car accident. After their deaths, Young-Ju has worked part-time jobs to support herself and her younger brother. Her financial situation gets increasingly worse.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorChan-kyong Park
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorLee Chang-dongStarsSol Kyung-guKim Yeo-jinMoon So-riFollowing a man's suicide, time traverses back to reveal six chapters of his life on why he committed suicide.
- DirectorYun-hyeon JangStarsHan Suk-kyuJeon Do-yeonChoo Sang-miThe male radio presenter Donghyun and the female TV home shopping phone operator Soohyun are both lonely. While Donghyun is focused on getting back to his ex-girl-friend Younghae who has sent him a special LP, Soohyun is crazy for her friend's boy-friend. Via Internet and music Soohyun and Donghyun get together in a special 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsChoi Eun-hieYeong-gyun ShinSeung-ho KimWhen King Heon-kong falls ill, a power struggle erupts over who will inherit the throne. Tired of all the infighting, the ministers arrange for a branch of the king's family, which had lost all its wealth and was living on remote Ganghwa Island, to inherit. But the heir to the throne is reluctant to leave his island home.
- 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.
- DirectorKim Deok-GeunHaving been discouraged by her life in Seoul, 51-year old woman 'Jung-ja' returns to her hometown. There she starts working at a slaughterhouse under the alias 'Sarah' to hide her miserable plight from other people... And then, she meets someone who calls her 'Jung-ja'.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsKim Min-heeJoobong KeeAhn Jae-hongIn a small Café, Min-hee Kim plays a guest who prefers to observe but not interact with the other guests herself.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorLee Byeong-heonStarsRyu Seung-ryongLee HaneeJin Seon-kyuA police undercover operation takes a delicious, unexpected turn.
- DirectorLee Su-jinStarsChun Woo-heeSol Kyung-guHan Suk-kyuThe politician Koo Myung-hui finds his wife in the garage. She is cleaning her son's bloodstained car, which has just run over a person.
- DirectorHye-jung ShimStarsKang Ae-shimKim Do-YoungJeon Guk-hyangGang Chang-sik, a retired civil servant, lives with his wife, Na Gilsoon, who was struck by a cerebral haemorrhage a few years ago, and her caretaker, Yu Soo-ok, a Korean Chinese woman and illegal immigrant.
- DirectorLee Min-jaeStarsJeong Jae-yeongKim Nam-gilUhm Ji-wonWhen a pharmaceutical company's illegal experiments inadvertently create a zombie, the strange Park family finds it and tries to profit from it.
- 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.
- DirectorShin Dong-heonStarsKim Soo-IlA special boy is born on a day where hurricanes and wicked spirits struck medieval Korea. The citizens and family learn that the infant has super human strength and cunning intelligence. As the boy grows up, he vows to his family, the emperor of Korea and the high deities to rid Korea of chaos and disorder caused by wicked beings.
- DirectorShôgorô NishimuraStarsKaori AsôMami FujimuraSei HiraizumiKaori Aso lives in the wealthy family. She lied to her stepmother that she has been kidnapped by somebody. Unfortunately, Aso's accomplice really does kidnap her and her stepmother.
- DirectorMin-ho ChoStarsKo Ah-sungJeong Ha-damKim Ji-sungSince the Japanese occupation, Koreans fought for independence at home and abroad. Started on March 1, 1919, the national protest held at least 2 months. It was called the-March 1st Movement. "Long Live Korean Independence. Hurrah!"sounds came from the prisoners, and the sound soon influences surrounding Koreans. Everyone has inspired by the sound. They praised their country and waved the country flag around the street. Yu Gwan-Sun was a young girl student. She stirred her town to procession after the return from the capital. Her parents and most villagers got stabbed in the procession. She feels guilty to the dead people. She realized to protest, to against for freedom is her responsibility. It is not only for all Koreans but for FREEDOM.
- 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
- DirectorJong-un LeeStarsSol Kyung-guJeon Do-yeonYoon Chan-youngAfter April 2014 - A story of those left behind Jung-il and Soon-nam miss their son, Su-ho, who passed away in a terrible accident. His family's longing for him only gets bigger as his birthday approaches. Su-ho's birthday without Su-ho - Family and friends plan to gather and present their special memories of him as gifts. One day a year, where we all come together for you - "We will never forget you."
- DirectorSoon-Mi YooInterweaving footage from the director's three visits to North Korea with songs, spectacle, popular cinema and archival footage, Songs from the North takes a different look at this enigmatic country typically seen through the distorted lens of jingoistic propaganda and derisive satire. Challenging the meaning of freedom, love, patriotism and ultimately the human condition, it tries to understand, on their own terms, the psychology and popular imaginary of the North Korean people and the political ideology of absolute love which continues to drive the nation towards its uncertain future.
- DirectorSoon-rye YimStarsHyun-sung KimHee-suk JungLee Jang-wonThree young men prepare to take their university entrance exams while each dealing with real world problems that can effect every day people in Seoul.
- DirectorAhn Ju YoungStarsSeo Hyun-wooShin Dong-miAhn Ji-hoBo Hee, a 14 year old boy, was raised by a single mother and has always thought his father had passed away. Bo Hee hears that his father may be alive, and he sets out in search for him with his best friend Nok Yang (Sungreen). He finds his half sister on the way and forms a friendship with her boyfriend.
- DirectorHong Eun-wonStarsAeng-ran EomJeong-sun HwangSeok-hun KimA husband is jealous because his wife is a judge, an occupation high on the social ladder. His stepmother harasses the judge, using his jealousy against her. And his sister also has no intention to give peace to her sister-in-law. But the judge tries her best to do her two duties as a judge and as a wife.
- 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.
- DirectorPark Jung-bumStarsLee Seung-yunA woman cop, posted along with her teenage daughter to an island village, pursues two men she suspects of forcing an underage girl into prostitution,an investigation the tourism-oriented mayor wants to derail.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorKang Dae-jinStarsSeung-ho KimYeong-gyun ShinJeong-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.
- 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.
- DirectorSol KimJihyoung LeeStarsMoon Seung-ahChoi Joon-wooKang Suk-WonSumin and Jinho are siblings and their parents declare to them that they will divorce. Sumin worries about which parents she's going to live with and whether she will live apart from Jinho. One day, her parents offer her a suggestion.