Kim Kang-woo

This movie is based on actual events. After North Korean commandos tried to assassinate South Korean President Park Chung Hee in 1972, the Southern Government set up a unit to kill North Korean President Kim Il Sung. The unit was made up of prisoners sentenced to death for various offenses. (IMDB.com)

A 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 ... (IMDB)

When an overzealous Korean Coast Guard soldier kills a local civilian at night when the civilian is in a restricted area, the officials give him a seven-day pass and he begins his descent into madness. (imdb comments)

A young, supremely talented chef has quit the profession after a disastrous meal involving the poisonous golden blowfish. However when a nationwide cooking competition is announced, people close to him urge him to sign up. (flixster.com)

Dong-geon, a dubbing artist, doing voices of monsters in animation, has a lover, named Hae- ju, who is blind but pretty. He does everything for her hands and feet. One day, when she is anxious about his appearance, instead of his plain face with a scar, he describes his face as that of Jun-ha, who was the most handsome student during his high school years. However, Hae-ju has an operation and recovers her eyesight. (seoulselection.com)

One night, a man and a woman, both drunk and both lost souls, get on the last train at different stations. However, other then being drunk, the two have something else in common -- they are emotionally hurt in one way or another. These two find themselves at the last stop, just before the DMZ, on a heavy snowy night. They have no other choice but to spend the night together. As time goes by, they learn to reveal their inner pains to each other. (koreanmovie.com)

To trumpeter Hyeon-Woo, life seems to remain forever locked in winter. In desperation, Hyeon-Woo signs up for a position teaching a children's wind ensemble at a small junior high school in a distant Dogye village. Worn-out instruments, tarnished trophies and frayed certificates testify to the poor conditions of this ragtag group. This leads Hyeon-Woo, together with his students, to take on a seemingly impossible challenge (asiacue)

A swimming instructor Cheon-soo loses everything on gambling. It also leaves him with huge debt to pay off for the rest of his life. His moneylender, Kang approaches him with a dangerous proposition. He invites Cheon-soo to become a 'marine boy' - those who swim across the ocean to smuggle drugs. Cheon-soo decides to take the chance and puts his life at stake for the last time. Together Kang and Cheon-soo come up with a matriculate plan. (www.avistaz.com)

Five assorted tales of love in modern Korea.

Filmmaker JO Munkyung plans to leave Seoul to live in Canada. So days before his departure, he meets his close friend BANG Jungshik, who is a film critic. (cannes)

Soyo, whose parents have kicked him out of their home to fend for himself, becomes immersed in the local in-line skating subculture, and falls in love with the girlfriend of his skating tutor.

The film tells the story of Hyuk, who lives the fast life as a high-ranking mobster in the port city of Busan, South Korea with his closest pal, fellow mobster Lee Young-Chun. Hyuk travels to Thailand for a meeting with Thai gangsters, and is caught by the police and imprisoned. Three years later, Hyuk is released from prison and travels back to Busan, to find his younger brother Chul now a high-ranking police officer... (moviexclusive.com)

Joo Young-jak is the private male secretary of Baek Geum-ok, middle-aged heiress and wife of a rich chaebol. Baek covets Joo's young body, and he has already sold his pride for money a long time ago. What tangles up their relationship is the appearance of Baek's daughter Na-mi. Na-mi shows an interest in Young-jak, and he is also attracted to this girl who is so different from her money-is-everything parents. (mubi.com)

It tells three unique stories of human self-destruction in the modern high-tech era. In a hope to restore the humane compassion in the insusceptible modern age, the film displays an alternative form of genuine humanity. (Wikipedia)

Officers Kyung-yoon CHO and Eun-joo PARK are on the hunt a killer following duo of ghastly murders. The victims carry a common military past, and the secret of their past must be unraveled to find the killer. (imdb)

A little girl is kidnapped and murdered in the jurisdiction of gang buster detective Yang Chun-dong, who fights against the gangs for three years now. Also the case of the murdered girl is up to him. During the case, he realizes the crime scene is the same as the mysterious wall paper he saw once on the street. He starts tracking down the painter, a young man called Joon. (imdb)

A scandalous rumor about up-and-coming actress is included as a gossip item in a stock market tipsheet and propagated by the tabloids, causing her to take her own life. The actress's long-time devoted manager who dedicated everything to building her career, initiates a vengeful investigation to expose the sources of the malicious rumor. With unexpected assistance from a tabloid distributor and a legendary wiretapper, Woo unravels the opaque and lucrative world of secret tips and rumors. (Han Cinema)

1504. The tyrant ordered Yeonsangun Im Woong-jae travel around the country looking beautiful young who trained to satisfy their lust. Among them is Dan-hee, who wants to become a concubine to kill the king and avenge the death of his father. A sumptuous historical epic, inspired by one of the most infamous in the history of Korea.

Story about the first gorilla playing baseball in Korean Baseball League. (imdb)

The body of Yoon Seol Hee disappears at the National Institute of Scientific Investigation. Detective Woo Joong Shik seeks clues on her disappearance, while her husband Park Jin Han claims she is alive.

When Jung-ha loses her husband in an accident, Naru, her husband's secret lover, comes to her. Naru begs Jung-ha that she will do anything if only she will let her stay at her house. Jung-ha denies her at first, but eventually their strange arrangement of living together begins. (imdb)

"The Childe" will focus on a man born to a Korean father and a Filipino mother who aspires to be a boxer. He travels to the Philippines in the hopes of tracking down his father, and in the process, he gets mixed up with some bad people. (imdb)

A Sci-Fi-Mystery drama, the first half is set in 2017 called "Beta Project," and the second half in 2037 called "Grand New World." Aliens arrive on earth and humans take advantage of their knowledge and learn new skills from them, In the year 2037, humans emotions are controlled and regulated. The story centers on two brothers in both 'Beta Project' and 'Grand New World' as they try and figure out the mystery that surrounds them and find needed answers. (imdb)

Psychology professor and writer Eun Soo Hyun's world shatters when her son suffers an unpunished injustice. Seeking vengeance, she unexpectedly discovers solace helping others embroiled in comparable cryptic cases. (imdb)

A government agent from the United States tries to recover a new virus stolen from the South Korean government. (imdb)

Han Seung Joo is a single woman in her mid 30's and she works as a PD at a broadcasting station. She does well at her job, but she is not nearly as good when it comes to housework. Han Seung Joo has a hard time dealing with social prejudices about single women. To get the position of a "married woman," Han Seung Joo marries Oh Jak Doo who lives in the mountain. Their marriage is not based on love, but their relationship develops romantically. (imdb)

When a skilled Navy SEAL demolitions officer is framed as a traitor, he uses a fake marriage to assume a new identity and seek revenge. (imdb)