Korean Cinema Retrospective
The March of FoolsAfter two failures, Ha Kil-chong tries a new genre featuring youth. Several scenes have been censored, but it still is an important film which shows the culture of 70s college stud...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
I Am Looking for a WifeThe first scene, where the street at Ehwa Women’s University and the female students are shown in a documentary style, shows Ha Kil-chong’s style of projecting desire and ideal of ...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
The Ascension of Han-neDuring a village shaman exorcism, Hane-ne tried to commit suicide, but was saved by a farmhand, Man-young. As Pil-joo is added to the equation of two people, a complicated history ...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
The Home of Stars (Sequel)It is said that Ha Kil-chong was not inclined to produce a sequel. The film is straightforwardly a cliche film featuring the love between a painter and a prostitute, but, he bluntl...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
Byung-tae and Young-jaThis is a sequel to [The March of Fools]. The famous scene where Byung-tae, who just came back to school from his military duty, plays for high stakes to hold on to Young-ja who is...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
An Aimless BulletThrough an indigent family living a destitute life, he reveals the difficulties of postwar Korean society. Accountant clerk Chul-Ho, his disabled vet brother and the rest of the fa...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
MartyrOut of fourteen ministers taken away by the communist troop, only two comes back alive. The mystery behind their survival is at the issue here. Told through one of the survivor’s t...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
Bun-Rye′s StoryThis is another film which deals with the suffering of women. Eldest daughter Bun-rye is deeply distressed after she is raped by Yong-pal. To make things worse, she is treated cold...
Korean Cinema Retrospective
Black HairThe nickname of Yeon-shil, the lover of Dong-il, is “black hair.” She’s been suffering since she gave a handle to Manho, one of Dong-il’s staff. When Dong-il discovers this he repe...
World Cinema
Bright StarJane Campion returns with her first feature in six years, the gorgeously romantic, sweeping love story [Bright Star]. Campion tells the tale of the brief but intense affair between...