Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2020
• 142min

President of South Korea (Jung Woo-sung), North Korean leader (Yoo Yeon-seok), and U.S. President (Angus Macfadyen) gather in Wonsan, North Korea, to sign a peace treaty between the U.S. and North Korea. But negotiations are slow....

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2020
• 119min

Even if only a man and woman, a street, and an ant are given to director Park Hong-min, he can create a mysterious world of infinite possibilities. It is an extraordinary feature of Park’s films and the charm of his new film Beyon...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2020
• 114min

Chanhui and Seyeong, a couple in a long-term relationship, find themselves tiring of each other as life becomes difficult. Chanhui wanted to become a photographer, but is now a salesperson in a camera store. Meanwhile, Seyeong wor...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2020
• 113min

On October 26, 1979, Kim Gyu-pyeong (Lee Byung-hun), the head of KCIA, assassinated President Park (Lee Sung-min). The Man Standing Next reconstructs what happened 40 days before the assassination. Based on the non-fiction bestsel...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2020
• 108min

Trace while being chased. In-nam (Hwang Jung Min), a former special agent and hitman now asks around the whereabouts of his daughter who disappeared in Thailand. Ray (Lee Jung Jae), whose brother was murdered by In-nam, follows hi...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2020
• 70min

Vestige is an omnibus of two shorts by directors Kim and Jang, which both lead to making a feature film. Being part 1, director Kim depicts a shabby middle-aged woman wandering into an abandoned house at the foot of a mountain tha...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2020
• 82min

During a high school music exam to assess the singing abilities of students, Songju shows off his rapping skills despite the blackboard in the background stating that pop and rap songs are not allowed. The teacher gives him an F o...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2020
• 122min

CICADA is the feature film debut for director Lee Chungryoul who directed the documentary Old Partner (2009). The story revolves around a master of the traditional funeral play called Jindo Dasiraegi. One day, his daughter returns...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2020
• 115min

4 years after Train to Busan, which caused a K-zombie craze around the world, another story begins on the devastated Korean Peninsula. If Train to Busan was a direct narrative to escape to Busan under the limited setting of the KT...

• Cannes 2020

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2020
• 97min

Jeju is an enviable island to everyone, but we cannot forget the deep pain that exists. Over half a century ago, tens of thousands were slaughtered under the specter of ideology; only a few years ago, in April, so many students we...