Hyung-man is in his fifties and has regrettably never dated. After having lost all his money to a close friend, Hyung-man spends his monotonous and frustrating life in his photo studio. One day, Hyung-man decides to pay his fraudulent friend, Ki-hyuk, a visit, after having heard that he is dying of cancer. Ki-hyuk requests that Hyung-man look after his daughter, Nam-eun, once in a while after he dies. After Ki-yuk passes away, Hyung-man decides to visit his friend’s daughter, who is surprisingly a full-grown lady. Noticing that Nam-eun is more distressed over the death of her pet cat than her father’s, Hyung-man decides to look after her once in a while. Nam-eun too finds her father’s silly and unmarried friend quite interesting. Using Hyung-man’s dirty laundry as an excuse, Nam-eun frequently visits Hyung-man, gradually expressing her feelings for him. Although awkward and surprised at first, Hyung-man too is curious about his feelings for his friend’s daughter. Soon, Hyung-man who was once simply Nam-eun’s father’s friend becomes her man and they begin a series of unusual dates.

A woman suddenly appears at Jae-su’s house. Nothing in her hands, nowhere to go, the woman’s empty eyes meet with round eyes of the eleven year-old boy. He regards the woman as another person who’ll leave and does not put any effort to get to know her. Every chance he finds, the boy scolds the woman, saying she eats too much, sleeps like a pig and uses up all utilities. The two of them are neck-to-neck with complaints until she learns of the boy’s sad history and he discovers her diabetes. The boy already had 10 stepmothers in the past. Out of the blue the boys father shows up and begins beating the boy. She tries to stop him and they find themselves in a common ground. A warm relationship between the two begins to build up slowly, not aware of the eventual separation that is just around the corner.

Directed by	Kim Jin-seong (???)
Starring	Kim Hye-soo (???) Woman (??) Kim Young-chan (???) Jae-soo (??) Ryoo Seung-yong (???) Jae-soo father (?? ?)
Release date(s)	2007/11/29
Running time	106 min
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

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Tae-sik, who cleansed up the neighborhood back alley with his bare knuckle after dropping out of high school, is released on parole. The once sacrificial sheep of Tae-sik’s frank Min-seok has become a detective and Tae-sik’s henchmen friends have turned on each other’s back. As if have forgotten the old days he shared with them, Tae-sik only does what he wishes to do, which was written down on his crumpling small scrapbook. Tae-sik finds a warm shelter in the small neighborhood food joint ‘Sunflower’, where Tae-sik handed his scrapbook to its owner before. Tae-sik tries to live a quiet new life with the lady who runs the restaurant and her daughter, Hee-ju. However, nobody believes him but the owner and her daughter of the ‘Sunflower’.

Made by
Kang Seok-beom
Screenplay by
Kang Seok-beom
Song Min-ho
Cast
Kim Rae-won
Kim Hae-sook
Heo I-jae
Kim Byeong-ok
Kim Jeong-tae
Han Jeong-soo

Three… Extremes is a 2004 international Asian horror film collaboration consisting of three segments by three directors from three countries. It is a sequel to, and follows the concept of Three (2002), this time with more established directors. The three segments are, in the following order:

* Dumplings, directed by Fruit Chan (Hong Kong)
* Cut, directed by Park Chan-wook (South Korea)
* Box, directed by Takashi Miike (Japan)

* Dumplings – An aging actress wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties. However, they contain a gruesome secret ingredient.
* Cut – A successful film director and his wife are kidnapped by an extra, where the director is forced to play his sadistic games. If he fails, his wife’s fingers will be chopped off one by one every five minutes.
* Box – A soft spoken young woman has a bizarre recurring nightmare about being buried in a box in the snow. Searching for her long lost sister, she realizes her dreams and reality may possibly be connected.

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A string of bank robberies puts the public in a panic and they demand action from the newly appointed police chief to crack down on the perpetrators. In order to appease the residents of the city and carry out his own ambitions, The police chief appoints naive traffic cop JUNG Do-man to infiltrate the world of the robbers.

Made by

Ra Hee-chan (라희찬)

Screenplay by

Jang Jin (장진) Lee Gyoo-bok (이규복)

Cast

Jeong Jae-yeong (정재영) Jeong Do-man (정도만) Son Byeong-ho (손병호) Lee Seung-man (이승우) Lee Young-eun (이영은) Jeon Da-hye (전다혜) Ko Chang-seok (고창석) Woo Jong-dae (우종대) Lee Cheol-min (이철민) Jo Seong-wook (조성욱) Joo Jin-mo I (주진모) Ji Jeom-jang (지점장) Lee Han-wi (이한위)

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Newlywed, Su-jin, believes that nothing will interfere with her happiness or come between herself and her husband, Dong-woo. That is, until she meets her mother-in-law. Dong-woo is devoted to his mother and now that they are all living together, it isn’t long before Su-jin notices something unnatural about the amount of affection between the two. When confronted, Dong-woo promises his new wife that she will be his priority. However, he must spend a lot of time away from home because of his job granting the mother-in-law sufficient time to plot how to eliminate her rival.

Kang Ji-suk (Jo In Sung) is an avid student of Korean & Korean Literature who regards his books as best friends and mostly stays either at home or in the library. One day he stumbles into his old class mate Lee Hee-jin (Shin min-ah) whom he has not seen for ages. The charming Hee-jin has turned into young woman of captivating beauty and also already managed to make her life-time wish of becoming a hair stylist come true.

After crossing roads one more time, Hee-jin has a startling idea suggesting that the two of them should try and find out what the life of a couple is like for the period of one month. As a result Ji-suk and Hee-jin enjoy a wonderfully sweet time looking just like two real lovers …

Made by

Park Gwang-choon (박광춘)

Screenplay by

Kim Eun-jeong (김은정) Park Gwang-choon (박광춘) Seol Joon-seok (설준석)

Cast

Jo In-Seong (조인성) Sin Min-ah (신민아) Park Jeong-ah (박정아) Kang Rae-yeon (강래연) Kim Soo-ro (김수로)

Moo-myoung is a Joseon dynasty headhunter who tracks down fugitives and lives off their rewards. On one of his missions, he encounters a beautiful noble lady, Ja-young, and falls in love with her. A few years later, Ja-young enters the royal palace as the next queen of Joseon. Lovesick Moo-myoung becomes the personal guard to the queen in order to be closer to Ja-young. After attaining the title of queen, Ja-young tries to modernize the dynasty by allying with foreign nations but becomes turmoiled into a political power struggle. Moo-myoung must fend off devastating threats from the foreign army in order to protect Ja-young from harm.

AKA : Like Fireworks, Like Butterflies (South Korea)
Year : 2009
Runtime : 123 Min
Director : Kim Yong-Gyun
Cast : Jae-woong Choi, Seung-woo Cho, In-gu Heo, Se-hyeong Ki, Seol-gu Lee, Su-Ae,

Is there anyone who kills me? vs I barely killed her!! A professional & quiet killer, Hyun-jun. He arrives at a house where he expects a man to be killed by him, but he only finds a girl to expects him to help her suicide. She shouts at dazed Hyun-jun. “What’s the matter? It’s your job, so you just kill me” She decides to kill herself after the loss of 7 years love, but she feels unfair that she just commits suicide calmly with overdosing sleeping pills. “You should do it by yourself. I am not a helper for suicide.” He gets angry at her, forgetting what he does. Hyun-jun & Jin -young begin to meet like this. While they continue to meet, quiet Hyun -jun gets talkative, and Jin Young only dreaming of death begins to think of tomorrow. What a shame for both! Why do they meet day by day in spite that they always argue in vain?

AKA : Kill Me
Year : 2009
Runtime : 107 Min
Director : Yang Jong-Hyun
Cast : Choon-il Han, Jeon Hanssen, Mun-seok Jang, Hye-jeong Kang, Seong-oh Kim, Yeon-soo Kim, Chan-yeong Lee, Jin-woo Lee, Kwang-su Lee, Min-hee Lee, Seong-soo Oh, Woo-chang Shim

Sung Hyun Ah (The Scarlet Letter, Cello) her lover has never taken a dangerous risk in her life. She has been for seven years and is going to get married next month. One day she meets a handsome stranger, who asked her to spend one day with him. It might be a mistake to accept his proposal, but over the next day she will experience a level of excitement and intimacy, she has never experienced before, and this could change her life all of sudden.

Aka: Aein, The Intimate
Year: 2005
Directed: Eun-tae Kim
Genre: Romance
Runtime: 98 mins
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English
Cast: Dong-hyuk Jo, Ye-ryeong Kim, Hyeon-a Seong