10 Movies Directed by Jee-woon Kim

The Quiet Family

The Quiet Family

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-04-25

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

101 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (2727 Reviews)

Director:

Jee-woon Kim

Fullplot:

A family decides to buy a lodge in a remote hiking area. Their first customer commits suicide and the distraught family buries his body to avoid the bad publicity. But their luck gets worse, the bodies start piling up, and the family becomes frantic to rectify the situation.

The Foul King

The Foul King

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-01-29

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1289 Reviews)

Director:

Jee-woon Kim

Genres:

ComedySport

Fullplot:

Dae-Ho is an unproductive bank clerk who is late to work every morning and the object of his manager's frustrations. He was a fan of TV wrestling as a child, but can't get out of a headlock. He finds a local wrestling trainer and through a series of events eventually starts to train. He is slowly transformed as he begins his second job as the cheating villain wrestler known as the Foul King. He starts to stand up for himself in odd ways that are not really in his own best interest. Events get out of hand as conflicting influences come together.

The Foul King

The Foul King

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-01-29

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1301 Reviews)

Director:

Jee-woon Kim

Genres:

ComedySport

Fullplot:

Dae-Ho is an unproductive bank clerk who is late to work every morning and the object of his manager's frustrations. He was a fan of TV wrestling as a child, but can't get out of a headlock. He finds a local wrestling trainer and through a series of events eventually starts to train. He is slowly transformed as he begins his second job as the cheating villain wrestler known as the Foul King. He starts to stand up for himself in odd ways that are not really in his own best interest. Events get out of hand as conflicting influences come together.

3 Extremes II

3 Extremes II

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-07-12

Languages:

Korean, English, Mandarin, Thai, Cantonese

Countries:

Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand

Runtime:

140 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (2606 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Teddy Chan (story)

Matt Chow (screenplay)

Yuet-Jan Hui (screenplay)

Ek Iemchuen (story)

Jee-woon Kim (screenplay)

Nonzee Nimibutr (story)

Nitas Singhamat (screenplay)

Chao-Bin Su (story)

Bobby White (subtitles)

Fullplot:

Three constitutes an omnibus package of three short horror films made by Asian directors. "Memories," made by Kim Ji-Woon, is about a woman (Kim Hye-Soo) who disappears from the home she shares with her husband (Jung Bo-Seog) and children, and ends up in a futuristic city filled with many disturbing hindrances to her finding her way back home. Nonzee Nimibutr's "The Wheel" contains a puppeteer who is unsuccessful in warning a dance troupe about using cursed puppets. Peter Ho-Sun Chan's "Coming Home" stars Eric Tsang as a policeman who becomes involved with his neighbors, a married couple who are involved in with some mysterious herbal medications.

A Tale of Two Sisters

A Tale of Two Sisters

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-06-13

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (39761 Reviews)

Director:

Jee-woon Kim

Cast:

Writer:

Jee-woon Kim (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Two sisters who, after spending time in a mental institution, return to the home of their father and cruel stepmother. Once there, in addition to dealing with their stepmother's obsessive and unbalanced ways, an interfering ghost also affects their recovery.

A Bittersweet Life

A Bittersweet Life

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-04-01

Languages:

Korean, Russian

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (22811 Reviews)

Director:

Jee-woon Kim

Fullplot:

Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't proceed by his boss's orders.

The Good, the Bad, the Weird

The Good, the Bad, the Weird

Basic Info:

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 Kim

Cast:

Writer:

Jee-woon Kim (screenplay)

Min-suk Kim (screenplay)

Fullplot:

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?

The Last Stand

The Last Stand

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-01-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (107603 Reviews)

Director:

Jee-woon Kim

Fullplot:

Sheriff Owens is a man who has resigned himself to a life of fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction after leaving his LAPD post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with failure and defeat after his partner was crippled. After a spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy, the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the hemisphere is hurtling toward the border at 200 mph in a specially outfitted car with a hostage and a fierce army of gang members. He is headed, it turns out, straight for Summerton Junction, where the whole of U.S. law enforcement will have their last opportunity to make a stand and intercept him before he slips across the border forever. At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small town force, Owens ultimately accepts responsibility for the face off.

I Saw the Devil

I Saw the Devil

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-08-12

Languages:

Korean

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

141 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (63241 Reviews)

Director:

Jee-woon Kim

Cast:

Writer:

Jee-woon Kim (adaptation)

Hoon-jung Park (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Jang Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) is a dangerous psychopath who kills for human meat. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state. Her fiancè Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun), a top secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get this monstrous and inhumane killer.

Doomsday Book

Doomsday Book

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-04-11

Languages:

Korean, English, Russian

Countries:

South Korea

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (2438 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Jee-woon Kim

Pil-sung Yim

Fullplot:

The First Chapter of The Anthology Film- In A Brave New World, a mysterious virus brings the city to ruins and zombies flood the streets of Seoul. The Chapter 2, The Heavenly Creature, a robot reaches enlightenment on its own while working at a temple. Its creators regard this phenomenon as a threat to mankind and decide to terminate the robot. The Last Chapter- Happy Birthday, a little girl logs into a strange website and puts in an order for a new pool ball for her billiards-obsessed father. Soon an unidentified meteor heads toward Earth and all human beings flee to underground bomb shelters.

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