While in medieval Korea, a young girl sets out to revenge the betrayal and the death of her mother. But therefore she must face one of the most powerful men and warriors of the Goryo Dynasty. Director: Heung-sik Park | Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Kim Go-eun, Su-an Kim, Jun-Ho Lee. Votes: 2,049 | …
A successful lawyer who, in order to save her daughter, is pressured into defending the innocence of a man slated to receive the death penalty. Director: Shin-yeon Won | Stars: Yunjin Kim , Kim Mi-Sook , Hee-soon Park , Moo-Seong Choi
Crown Prince Yi gak finds that he has been transported from Chosun Dynasty to modern-day Seoul. He meets Hong Se Na, who bears a striking resemblance to his dead wife, and is determined to ... See full summary » Stars: Choi Woo-sik, Han Ji …
Elite attorney Kang Seong-Hee goes up against a top prosecutor over a case involving a man accused of killing his wife. Director: Young-Sung Sohn | Stars: Ha Jung-woo , Hee-soon Park , Jang Hyuk , Dong-il Sung
Ha Jae Yi ( Seo Ye Ji) is a young lawyer who believes the law is sacred and fights for justice. But her license gets suspended when she hits a judge over an unjust ruling during a trial. Jae Yi ends up going to work for Sang Pil so that she can continue to pay off her father’s debts.
Bong Sang Pil (Lee Joon Gi) grew up living the gangster life, full of tough physical fights and evading the law. When his mother dies a tragic death, he is determined to avenge her death.
Chunhyang. Pansori is an ancient form of Korean musical theater with one man accompanying himself while singing an epic tale. The story of this film, about a beautiful girl who refuses to betray her husband with the governor even under torture, is a centuries-old story that has been made into more than 15 films.
The Thai villain (Thanayong Wongtrakul) is a fascinating bad guy, too, a sharp dresser who’s fluent in both Korean and English, can filet someone with a knife, and gives good advice that his Korean bosses don’t heed. 20. Tazza: One-Eyed Jack.
Ryoo Seung-wan managed to piss off both the Israelis and the Palestinians with this spy thriller about a Korean agent in Germany who foils an Arab terrorist plot while also blackmailing a Mossad agent with a video that would torch Israel’s relationship with America.
Kim Ji-woon’s best film is this hair-raising horror film based on an ancient Korean folk tale about two children dealing with a beautiful but evil stepmother (Yeom Jung-ah). She cuts a terrifying figure as she says, “I think you girls need to be taught a lesson.”.
The Good, the Bad, the Weird. Call this a kimchee Western. This Sergio Leone-inspired film takes place on the barren deserts of Manchuria in the 1940s, as two outlaws and a bounty hunter fight each other (plus the Chinese and the Japanese) for possession of a treasure map.
Hong Sang-soo’s movies aren’t the most accessible, but it’s easier if you think of this film as a version of Sliding Doors, with a famous film director (Jung Jae-young) coming to a festival in a small Korean town and having a chance meeting with a young woman (Kim Min-hee) come to both disaster and bliss. 29. 301/302.
It’s certainly the only one from a woman’s point of view, as Lee Yeong-ae plays an ex-convict who goes free from prison and swears revenge on the people who put her there.
Synopsis. Gyeong-Sook ( Kim Hye-ri) married a wealthy older man when she was 19-years-old. Her mother-in-law, who gave her a hard time, died and so did her husband a couple of years ago. She only depends on her son Jung-Soo (Lee Yong-Joon) who is a doctor. Her son Jung-Soo brings his girlfriend, Hyun-Joo (Shim Yi-Young).
Gyeong-Sook gives Hyun-Joo a hard time. Then, Jung-Soo dies in a car accident. Gyeong-Sook and Hyun-Joo are no longer family. Gyeong-Sook and Hyun-Joo eventually both marry again. Through a twist of fate, Gyeong-Sook becomes Hyun-Joo's daughter-in-law.
The series is also aired in the Philippines by GMA Network premiering on June 27, 2016 under the title Mamaw-in-Law, it re-aired on GMA News TV from February 5 to June 29, 2018.