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Christmas in August

Korean Panorama

Christmas in August
  • Korea
  • 1998
  • 97min

Drinking with friends, writing instructions on operating the photo machine for his father and making his last portraits - all are last acts for the terminally ill photographer Jung-Won. In the midst of closing the last chapter of ...

The Power of Kangwon Province

Korean Panorama

The Power of Kangwon Province
  • Korea
  • 1998
  • 108min

Reality is to director Hong Sangsoo what alcohol is to an alchemist. The harmony and cacophony of his world combine with a cold view of reality which actually reveals a warm concern toward life - this is perhaps the "power" of Kan...

The Happenings

Korean Panorama

The Happenings
  • Korea
  • 1998
  • 108min

An unlucky criminal, a suicidal young man, and two seemingly foolish convicts compose the motley crew of men who get entangled in a serial murder case. In contrast, the police officers after these suspects consider themselves to b...

Scent of a Man

Korean Panorama

Scent of a Man
  • Korea
  • 1998
  • 106min

This is the fourth feature by Jang Hyun-Soo known for conventional action melodramas such as Walking All the Way to Heaven and Born to Kill. In this theatrical adaptation of Ha Byung-Mu′s novel, depicted a star-crossed love betwee...

Bee Fly

Korean Panorama

Bee Fly
  • Korea
  • 1998
  • 90min

Made outside the geographical and metaphorical confines of Chungmuro (the heart of film production in Korea) this film gives audiences the change to encounter the legends and the beauty of the Tadzhikistan people in Central Asia. ...

Bedroom & Courtroom

Korean Panorama

Bedroom & Courtroom
  • Korea
  • 1998
  • 116min

Kang Woo-Suk is a director and executive producer who has led the mainstream of Korean commercial cinema with films noted for their humorous situations and dialogue. His comedies have enabled Korean audiences to rediscover the hum...

Spring in My Hometown

Korean Panorama

Spring in My Hometown
  • Korea
  • 1998
  • 121min

The subject of the Korean War imposes great weight on a story. This film succeeds in maintaining the balance between lyricism and minimalism, between realism and modernity. Revisiting the past, the film raises fundamental questio...

Whispering Corridors

Korean Panorama

Whispering Corridors
  • Korea
  • 1998
  • 105min

In Korea, this film has been in the midst of scandal. While uniform-clad students flocked to the theaters lending their full support, TV did not hesitate to reproduce imitations. Furthermore, conservative education groups attempte...

Taekwondo

Korean Panorama

Taekwondo
  • Korea
  • 1998
  • 90min

With the exception of the main character and the director, this films used primarily Polish actors and crew, and was made in Poland. Nevertheless, this film refuses to be an exotic spectacle or a depiction of self-made Korean expa...

An Affair

Korean Panorama

An Affair
  • Korea
  • 1998
  • 98min

While house-sitting for Ji-Hyun, her sister who is away visiting America, Seo-Hyun becomes entangled in a fateful love affair with her sister′s fiancee, Woo-In. Feeling hemmed in by the routine and monotony of married life, she is...

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