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61
7.1
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70
/62/
3.6
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83
/42/
77
/49/
78
/21/

Painted Fire (2002)
In a time of political and social unrest in 19th century Korea, uncouth, self-taught painter Jang Seung-up explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.
poster
72
54
7.1
/1874/
65
/26/
65
/39/
3.5
/1044/
86
/42/
74
/41/
79
/24/

Chunhyang (2000)
A courtesan's daughter's fidelity to her husband, the governor's son, is tested when he and his family leave for Seoul and the new governor attempts to possess her.
poster
77
52
7.6
/1212/
72
/25/
78
/36/
3.8
/2033/
88
/96/

Sopyonje (1993)
A former pansori performer travels across South Korea in search of the student he studied with.
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70
27
6.9
/245/
45
/5/
67
/10/
3.5
/204/
100

The Taebaek Mountains (1994)
Based on the great river story, The Taebaek Mountains chronicles the lasting generational conflict between proprietors and peasants in South Korea.
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62
11
6.4
/297/
58
/6/
56
/17/
3.4
/278/

General's Son (1990)
In Japanese-occupied South Korea, a young man, newly-released from prison, is accepted into a gang for his fighting skills and quickly rises to the top. Based on the life of South Korean mobster and politician Kim Du-han.
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62
10
6.3
/165/
50
/5/
65
/10/
3.5
/446/

The Road to the Racetrack (1991)
R returns from studying in France and reunites with J, whom he used to live with in Paris.
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59
9
6.3
/203/
50
/7/
56
/13/
3.4
/245/

Mulberry (1986)
Sam-po is a gambler living without concern for how his wife will manage their houselhold without his earning money. In order to get food and provisions, his wife An-hyeob, sleeps with various merchants in the village. One of the few men she does not sleep with, a lustful servant named Sam-dol, decides to reveal her activities to her husband for revenge.
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61
9
6.0
/301/
61
/8/
58
/12/
3.3
/246/

Low Life (2004)
A sprawling story of one man's tumultuous life within the context of the South Korean political situation during the second half of the 20th century.
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64
9
6.7
/186/
43
/6/
69
/13/
80
/2/

Come Come Come Upward (1989)
In 1980s South Korea, two young nuns-in-training at the same monastery embark on very different journeys towards enlightenment.
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7.5
/24/
10
/1/
70
/2/

The Dream (1990)
A monk rapes a beautiful young woman who visits his monastery. He quits the monastery, marries the woman, and they have kids. But she despises him all the while and devotes herself to tormenting him.
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7.3
/8/
10
/1/
50
/1/

Love is Oh Yeah! (1993)
N/A
poster
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6.8
/15/
10
/1/

Long After That (1989)
Sun Woo Sumi is a lecturer at a French-language school after studying in France, but she has not forgotten the nightmare from seven years ago. She was assaulted by five men during her first year of college with Jin Woo. At that time, Sumi decided to study abroad. Jin Woo, a police officer, tries to recover her mental and physical injuries.
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6.4
/9/
40
/2/
60
/1/

Seventeen (1998)
First story. Ye-jin is a high school junior from a wealthy family who also does very well in school. But her secret aspiration is to be a back dancer. Although her boyfriend Sang-rok is the class president and a good student, he is very passive. Ye-jin gives up her dreams of back dancing and decides to leave for Canada. Before she does, she gives Sang-rok a farewell kiss. Jun-tae is a problem student with a heart of gold. He quits school for good after he gets into a fight with the Dae-gon the top student at school. Second story. Jun-tae becomes a street kid hustling customers for a local bar. He develops a crush on a fellow street kid named Gigi. Jong-su, born poor and illegitimate, carries a giant chip on his shoulder. He is part of a motorcycle gang and is going out with Titi who works at the local gas station. The two couples take off to the East Sea for a getaway but are tracked down by men sent by Jong-su's father.
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57
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5.5
/93/
67
/21/
50
/5/

Between the Knees (1984)
Ja-young is a flutist. When her father has a child out of wedlock, her mother regards sex as a sin out of anger towards him. Ja-young grows up under her mother's exceedingly oppressive notions.
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3.6
/13/
10
/1/

The Home of Two Women (1987)
Resentment rages between two sisters, one of whom was indirectly responsible for her husband's death and the other who secretly loved him.
poster
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10
/1/
50
/1/

Straight (1990)
N/A
poster
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6.6
/5/
30
/2/

Ambiguous Man (1996)
A well-known womanizer is set to marry the daughter of wealthy business man. However, on the day of the wedding, he goes missing. The police are called and begin an investigation, only to see some surprising witnesses come forward.
poster
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6.6
/96/
10
/1/
49
/4/

Sadae Shaolin Temple (1984)
A general goes on a search for a book that reveals the names of revolutionaries in the area, leading to a showdown at a Shaolin temple where he faces off against the revolutionaries.
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10
/1/

Grown-ups Just Don't Understand (1988)
Jun, who was once an amateur boxer, becomes acquainted with Min-Yong by chance. Jun wants to help him and sends him to a kindergarten. Min-Yong makes the kindergarten fussy and makes the teacher Yu-Ra in trouble. Jun meets Yu-Ra to discuss about Min-Yong, and they fall in love with each other. Jun leaves for hard training, and Min-Yong is sent to Children's Welfare Institute for adoption, but he runs away from there. Min-Yong meets Dal-Kom in secret, but Dal-Kom asks Yu-Ra for help. Consequently, they bring Min-Yong, who loses consciousness, to the hospital. On the other hand, Jun wins in the title match with the Thai's champion Okampo. He celebrates his victory with Yu-Ra and Min-Yong. Finally, Min-Yong says goodbye to them and heads for the airport.
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6.1
/108/
10
/1/
54
/9/

General's Son 2 (1991)
Upon being released from prison, Kim Du-han begins rebuilding his street gang in the face of Hayashi's Yakuzas and increasing Japanese influence.
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5.4
/96/
10
/1/
63
/6/

General's Son 3 (1992)
Following the final events of General's Son 2, Kim Du-han is forced to go on the lam but eventually returns to Jongro where he attempts to rebuild his gang with the brothers that are still alive and loyal and defeat Hayashi's Yakuzas once and for all.
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5.3
/16/
10
/1/

Karma (1988)
Governor Heo, worried over the plague that's sweeping the country, rebukes the Kus who make amulets to ward off evil. Heo castrates the husband when he makes superstitious claims and takes the wife as his mistress. Heo continues to be tormented by hallucinations and nightmares and begins to blame it on the Kus' curse. He kills the couple at their reunion and unable to ward off his bad karma, dies from leprosy.
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6.5
/31/
20
/2/
70
/3/

The Oldest Son (1985)
Forced to leave their home because of the construction of a new dam which will flood their village, the eldest son in the family prepares land and money to construct a new house in Seoul for his family. However, he shirks his duty shortly after and leaves overseeing the construction of the house to his younger brother while he goes to live seperately.
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56
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6.4
/181/
55
/15/
47
/12/

Downfall (1997)
A young woman is tricked into prostitution, thinking she is going to sell beverages at a village store. She soon learns about the dark world of Korea's red-light districts, where their pimps and society exploit her.
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6.0
/53/
40
/2/
65
/2/

Passion Portrait (1991)
Failing to enter the university of his choice, a young man is forced to enter a local college, but a series of disappointments causes him to give up his studies and begin a life of aimless travel.
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6.0
/63/
36
/3/
57
/6/

Our Sweet Days of Youth (1987)
Young-min secretly admires Hye-rin whom he saw in a play and sends her flowers anonymously every performance of hers. However, Hye-rin marries a gynecologist Oh Seong-wu and leaves for New York.
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6.1
/67/
53
/3/
55
/2/

Rosy Life (1994)
A comic book store in Garibong-dong is run by a beautiful woman better known as Madam. This store stays open late into the night, thus attracting varied types of people such as gangsters and hustlers.
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57
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6.1
/116/
50
/4/
62
/9/

Gagman (1989)
Lee Jong-se is a third-rate comedian who believes himself to be a creative genius. He desires nothing more than to be a movie director.
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64
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6.7
/164/
55
/6/
71
/9/

Passage to Buddha (1993)
A young boy mourns the death of his father, and begins a quest to find his mother. He encounters many people on the way who quote Buddhist precepts: an eccentric monk, a girl who grows up into a young woman, a prison inmate, a foul-mouthed doctor and the young son of a hard drinking astronomer. Each of them tell the boy to seek someone to help him find the truth and his mother.
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5.7
/29/
25
/2/
63
/3/

My Dear Keum-hong (1995)
The story takes place during the period of Japanese Imperialism in Korea. It tells the tale of the life and loves of one peculiar poet. In 1932, Bon-wwong returned from studying fine arts in Japan. He is known as a painter of the Fauvism school of the Art. At the first successful exhibition of his works, he meets a young man, Lee Sang, a poet with really queer character. Soon Lee Sang and Bon-woong become close friends, and they meet almost every day and enjoy all kinds of interesting and usual events. Lee Sang goes to visit Bakchon (a health resort) for medical treatment. Bon-woong follow him. At Bakchon, Lee and Bon-woong meet Keum-hong (a famous waitress) and both fall in love with her. Lee loves Keum-hong physically, vulgarly, and indecently. On the contrary, Bon-woong loves her spiritually and platonically with respect. So, he can do nothing but watch the torrid love affair between Lee and Keum-hong.
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5.6
/60/
40
/3/
48
/4/

Er Woo Dong: The Entertainer (1985)
Er Woo Dong translates to "entertainer," a rough approximation of the duties of 14th-century Korean courtesan Er Yoon Chang. After a lifetime "in service," Er Yoon Chang retires to a faraway village. Meanwhile, her powerful father, ashamed of his daughter's lifestyle, dispatches an assassin to do her in. Er Yoon Chang is protected by her faithful deaf-mute bodyguard, but only up to a point.
poster
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7.1
/21/
10
/1/
50
/1/

Oseam (1990)
N/A
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37
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5.8
/119/
20
/1/
35
/2/

End of the Century (1999)
An intricately put together story that brings to the screen Korea's most sensitive issues. Through the lives of various Seoulites, the film features an unfettered look into Korea's modern society by presenting them into four chapters - Moratorium, Amorality, Moral Hazard, and Y2K.
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5.1
/31/
10
/1/
25
/2/

Imbecile (1985)
They're a five-member girl group, Thriller. They might have chosen different paths in life but when it comes to music, they share the same ideals, led by their manager Seok. Taking after his policeman father, Seok is a man's man, helping the girls through their failures and sharing their happiness in success. He's a righteous, strong man ready to protect them whenever they fall in danger. And, sure enough, danger comes! Driven away by their conflicts and different personalities, the girls find themselves in trouble, one of them becoming a victim of rape. But fear not, Seok will try to get every single one of those responsible for such a crime. And when Seok gets angry, he becomes a Crazy Boy.
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67
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7.3
/202/
50
/3/
73
/7/
3.6
/237/

Festival (1996)
While awaiting the publication of his fairytale about his dementia-stricken octogenarian mother, an acclaimed South Korean novelist receives news that she has passed away, so he leaves the city and returns to her village to take part in the funeral.
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Bhiksuni (2017)
A partially restored version of Director Im Kwon-taek's Bhiksuni, which was halted in 1984 due to opposition from the Buddhist community. It contains the agony of a woman who has converted to Buddhism. The documentary, which is shown together with the partially restored version, contains the story of the production of Bhiksuni told by actress Kim Ji-mi, director Im Kwon-taek, cinematographer Jung Il-sung, and writer Song Gil-han.


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