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The Final SemesterThe Final Semester is the extraordinary story of an ordinary student named Chang-woo, who is in the final semester at a vocational high school. Chang-woo is doing an internship at a small to medium-sized company’s factory and find...
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You Are the Apple of My EyeJinwoo (Jin-young) and his friends, who are each experiencing the peak of their puberty, have their own unique interests and causes of trouble. The one common interest among them is Seon-ah (Da-hyun), the model student who embodie...
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Journey to Face ThemSu-yeon stands in a dark alley and swipes ‘like’ on a dating app. She meets a man, drinks with him, and then they go to a motel. She is a romance novelist. One day, a senior colleague visits Su-yeon and asks her to join in filing ...
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Merely Known as Something ElseThere are four characters: Jeong-ho, Su-jin, In-ju, and Yu-jeong. They are all involved in the arts. Jeong-ho and Su-jin are lovers, but Su-jin is seeing another man without Jeong-ho’s knowledge. In-ju has a crush on Jeong-ho and ...
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The KillersErnest Hemingway’s influential short story The Killers (1927), has been adapted to film by Robert Siodmak and Andrei Tarkovsky, while Edward Hopper’s painting Nighthawks (1942) is also said to have been inspired by the story. The ...
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DIRTY MONEYDIRTY MONEY follows the rampage of two detectives who mistakenly cross a criminal organization. Myeong-deuk (Jung Woo) and Dong-hyeok (Kim Dae-myung) are capable cops who survive through petty corruption. They take bribes after in...
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RevolverIt’s not a bloody revenge story. Revolver is rather a film that strives to avoid unnecessary sacrifices. Police officer Ha Su-yeong (Jeon Do-yeon) served a two-year sentence for being involved in corruption. She agreed to take all...
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Method ActingMethod Acting is a film that deliberately aims to be funny, and its deadpan approach makes it even more amusing and poignant. The star in this remarkable comic film is, ironically, Actor Lee Donghwi (played by himself), who hates ...
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Bogota: City of the LostFrom the deepest depths to the highest heights, a tumultuous life unfolds in this film. After their family business collapses due to the IMF crisis, Guk-hui (Song Joong-ki) and his family flee Korea and arrive in Bogota, Colombia....
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A Normal FamilyDirector Hur Jin-ho’s film, A Normal Family, is based on the best-selling novel The Dinner by Dutch author Herman Koch. Here, two couples gather for a conversation. Jae-wan (Sul Kyung-gu), a lawyer driven by success, and Jae-gyu (...