Two men have returned to their hometown (the titular island) from Seoul to bury the father of one of them, but the islanders vehemently refuse their request, triggering memories of their childhood before and during the Korean War.
Kang Ho-chan is studying and preparing for his dream job as a TV station producer. Barely scraping by since his father's retirement, his family has high hopes for him. However, he fails time and time again to get into the station and eventually ends up getting a part-time job at a government office...
‘Gangwon-do’ consists of two irregularly intersecting stories happening in winter, in Gangwon province. A young man who is about to join the military travels from Cheolwon to Sokcho in search of his father. In the meantime, a woman who has escaped from her oppressive husband returns to her home...
One day, his mother who had sacrificed everything to a church to cure his elder brother's illness, kills herself. His good-for-nothing father has long been out of the picture, evading debtors. Siwan, left alone, goes to a provincial town and finds a young but revered minister of the church who has...
A man in a borrowed SUV picks up a woman outside Seoul’s domestic airport and drives her to a small enclave of restaurants, nightclubs and motels on the west coast. Both are middle-aged and married to other people, and know little about each other’s lives. After a seafood dinner and a visit to...
Yeongil is the main city for China's two million Korean population. A documentary depicts a dark side of capitalism amongst the mixed up Koreans, North Korean defectors and Korean Mongolians.
Divided into chapters, the documentary examines Jang's career and films from many different angles and includes the voices not only of those who have worked with Jang but also of numerous ordinary Koreans who have been affected by his work. Individual chapters are devoted to such topics as Jang's...
Akihiro, who lives in an old apartment building in Tokyo, makes songs and sings on the streets; Fei, a street musician who makes a living making a living by making the Iranian traditional instrument 'Daf', but does not neglect to play every night; A film director who travels around Seoul with a...
Prominent film critic Tony Rayns has long been a supporter of Korean cinema. This film illustrates Rayns’ affection for Korean cinema through interviews of Korean cineastes that have a special affinity for him, including JANG Sun-woo, LEE Chang-dong and HONG Sang-soo among others.
Dumped by his girlfriend without an explanation why, Cheolsu seeks the help of a psychiatrist who tells him that to reunite with his ex, he needs to break free of the Korean male stereotypes that are holding him back.
This documentary film is about immigrant workers who live in Garibong-dong. The place is packed with desire, frustration and silence drawn by them. The camera lingers on them closely, but indifferently.
On a winter day, a man and a woman, once college sweethearts, chance to meet at Incheon Airport after 25 years. When they meet again a week later, they realize their old flame still burns, feeling a romantic thrill and confusion at the same time.
The director vaguely thinks that he should try to find something new. He is captured by the obsession to find something new because it is digital. For the moment he gets out on the streets with his digital camera and he snoops around. While he explores the digital world capturing street girls under...
A college student trudges to the home of a student she tutors. When she arrives, the home is empty and the family tells her over the phone that they’re on vacation. Filmed in real time, the film lets us experience everything just as she does. And something horrible awaits.
