Released Date:
1997-10-25
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
91 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.7 (181 Reviews)
Director:
Ki-yong ParkGenres:
DramaMotel Cactus consists of four episodes, all of which take place in Room 407 of Motel Cactus, a love hotel in Seoul: (1.) A girl celebrates her birthday with her boyfriend, because it is the only place she feels entirely secure with him. (2.) A student has rented room 407 for several hours to shoot a scene with a girl for his video film, a college project. (3.) A salesman meets a woman in a bar. Both very drunk, they arrive in room 407. Afterwards he is back in the room, alone. (4.) He is soon joined by his old love from his college days. Both are vaguely hoping to rekindle their old relationship.
Released Date:
1997-05-03
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
115 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (373 Reviews)
Director:
Sung-su KimThis movie follows the story of three friends in Korea, all three of whom drop out of school. The main character is Min, a tough guy whose widowed mother is a drunk. The story traces his journey from high school to the underworld as one of his friends introduces him to life in the mob. Complicating Min's life further is his romance with Romi, a girl from an upper-class family with dreams of going to a prestigious college.
Released Date:
2001-09-07
Languages:
Mandarin, Korean
Countries:
South Korea, China
Runtime:
158 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (9860 Reviews)
Director:
Sung-su KimIn 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldiers and a silent slave to make peace with the new Chinese government. However, this delegation got charged as spies and sent in exile to a remote desert. On the way the group came across a Yuan troop, and the Coryo soldiers managed to survive the battle. They began the journey toward the faraway home country, where they met the Yuan troop again. When they found out the Yuan troop kidnapped a Ming princess, they decided to rescue her so that they could get a ship to go home. Then the battle began...
Released Date:
2001-09-07
Languages:
Mandarin, Korean
Countries:
South Korea, China
Runtime:
158 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (9847 Reviews)
Director:
Sung-su KimIn 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldiers and a silent slave to make peace with the new Chinese government. However, this delegation got charged as spies and sent in exile to a remote desert. On the way the group came across a Yuan troop, and the Coryo soldiers managed to survive the battle. They began the journey toward the faraway home country, where they met the Yuan troop again. When they found out the Yuan troop kidnapped a Ming princess, they decided to rescue her so that they could get a ship to go home. Then the battle began...
Released Date:
2004-11-05
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
117 min
IMDB Ratings:
8.3 (14538 Reviews)
Director:
John H. LeeA Korean love story about a young couple's enduring love, which is tested when 27 year old Sun-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
Released Date:
2006-03-09
Languages:
Korean, Mandarin, English
Countries:
South Korea, Hong Kong
Runtime:
110 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (4183 Reviews)
Director:
Wai-Keung LauGordon Chan
Felix Chong
Jae-young Kwak
Set in Amsterdam, DAISY tells the story of a love triangle between a young girl and the two men in her life. Hye-young (Jeon Ji-hyun) is a painter in Amsterdam who looks after her grandfather's antique shop during the week and earns extra money as a street painter on weekends. It's through her painting that she meets Jeong-woo (Lee Sung-jae), an Interpol cop who is chasing a criminal, but keeps Hye-young in the dark about his real work.
Released Date:
2008-07-17
Languages:
Korean, Mandarin, Japanese
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
130 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (24066 Reviews)
Director:
Jee-woon KimJee-woon Kim (screenplay)
Min-suk Kim (screenplay)
A guksu western. Three Korean gunslingers are in Manchuria circa World War II: Do-wan, an upright bounty hunter, Chang-yi, a thin-skinned and ruthless killer, and Tae-goo, a train robber with nine lives. Tae-goo finds a map he's convinced leads to buried treasure; Chang-yi wants it as well for less clear reasons. Do-wan tracks the map knowing it will bring him to Chang-yi, Tae-goo, and reward money. Occupying Japanese forces and their Manchurian collaborators also want the map, as does the Ghost Market Gang who hangs out at a thieves' bazaar. These enemies cross paths frequently and dead bodies pile up. Will anyone find the map's destination and survive to tell the tale?
Released Date:
2006-12-20
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
105 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.3 (1452 Reviews)
Director:
Dong-oh JoIt is AD 924, at the end of the United Shilla Dynasty. Continuous riots sweep the land ruled by a corrupted government. Evil forces are rampant and malicious demons roam the land. YI Kwak, born with the powers to see spirits, joins the royal demon hunting squad, 'Chuh-yong-dae' after losing his fiancèe, Yon-hwa to evil demons. YI Kwak excels as the most talented warrior of Chuh-yong-dae and the royal squad seems to gain momentum as powerful fighters against the forces of darkness. Then one day, YI Kwak drifts into Joongcheon, the world of the dead through a strange shrine. Joongcheon, the intermediate world between Heaven and Earth, a place souls remain for 49 days, preparing for reincarnation.
Released Date:
2010-09-28
Languages:
Mandarin, English
Countries:
China, Taiwan, Hong Kong
Runtime:
117 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (5661 Reviews)
Director:
Chao-Bin SuGenres:
ActionSet in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places herself in mortal danger because a team of assassins is in a deadly pursuit to possess the remains which holds an ancient power-wielding secret.
Released Date:
2013-07-03
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
119 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (2656 Reviews)
Kin-Yee Au (original screenplay)
Ui-seok Jo
Nai-Hoi Yau (original screenplay)
A high-tech police surveillance team attempts to take down a gang of ruthless bank robbers.
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