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Foundation date 1 september 2003
Lotte Entertainment (Hangul: 롯데 엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean film production and distribution company. Established in the Republic of Korea, the company has distributed films throughout South Korea since their founding in September 2003. It is a subsidiary company of Lotte Group.
Filmography of Lotte Cultureworks (86 films)
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Doomsday Book (2012)
, 1h53Directed by Kim Jee-woon, Yim Pil-sung
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Films about Buddhism, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Kang Dong-won, Ryoo Seung-bum, Kim Kang-woo, Kim Yoon-seok, Park Hae-il, Im Soo-jeong
(Hangul: 멋진 신세계; RR: Mutjin Sinsegye) Left alone after his parents go abroad on a holiday with his sister, geeky research scientist Yoon Seok-woo (Ryoo Seung-bum) disposes of the accumulated rubbish in the family flat, which includes a rotten apple. Via the waste disposal system, the apple enters the food chain via recycled feed for cows. Seok-woo and his date, Kim Yoo-min (Go Joon-hee), end up eating the toxic beef during a barbecue one evening, and soon they and the rest of the population become flesh-eating zombies.
Papa (2012)
, 1h58Genres Drama
Actors Park Yong-woo, Go Ara, Daniel Henney, Shim Hye-jin, Jiyul
Choon-sub (Park Yong-woo) is a talent manager from South Korea who flies to America to chase after his client who ran away with another manager. He soon learns that she is with child and would be unable to pursue her career. To avoid returning to Korea and face his boss, he gets a residency permit through a contract marriage with a Korean-American woman. When his wife dies in a car accident, he is left with her 6 children, all of different races, from her previous marriages. He discovers that the eldest daughter, June (Go Ara), is a talented singer and dancer. Now in need of money, he convinces her to take part in a reality TV show contest. Because the children need Choon-sub to keep the family together and not be relocated to different homes, June agrees.
Pacemaker (2012)
, 2h4Genres Drama
Actors Kim Myung-min, Go Ara, Ahn Sung-ki, Choi Tae-joon, Lee El
Joo Man-ho, a boy from an impoverished family, has a talent for long-distance running but always finishes second place in a race — on purpose, in order to win the box of instant noodles given to runners-up. He grows up to become a national marathoner, but because of an injury, he never becomes a premier athlete and instead hold himself back as he did in his childhood. He is relegated to the role of "pacemaker" – someone who runs alongside the star athletes for three-quarters of the marathon (30 of 42.195 kilometers), making sure they stay on winning pace, but then letting them finish the race alone. Later in life, a cold-hearted marathon coach scouts Joo to run again, this time pacing for Korea's star marathoner at the 2012 London Olympics. This creates an opportunity for Joo to complete his lifetime goal of actually running a full Olympic marathon, but he must first summon the courage and drive to fulfill his dream and run for himself and no one else.
War of the Arrows (2011)
, 2h2Directed by Kim Han-min
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Historical
Actors Park Hae-il, Moon Chae-won, Kim Mu-yeol, Ryoo Seung-ryong, Lee Geung-young, Ryohei Otani
The film begins with two children Nam-yi and Ja-in being chased by King Injo's guards and saved by their father Choi Pyeong-ryung, an officer of King Gwanghae and a skilled archer. He sends his own children to find a place of refuge with his best friend Kim Mu-seon. As they escape crying, Ja-in begs her brother to go back to their father but their father is killed in front of Nam-yi. Nam-yi, though bitten by the guard dogs, kills them and escapes with Ja-in. Nam-yi becomes the only family Ja-in has. 13 years later Nam-yi (Park Hae-il) is now a skilled archer and hunter. He learns from Mu-seon's son Seo-goon (Kim Mu-yeol) that he and Ja-in (Moon Chae-won) plan to get married, with the approval of Mu-seon who is also Ja-in's godfather.
Heartbeat (2011)
, 1h54Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Kim Yoon-jin, Park Hae-il, Kim Sang-ho, Lee Hee-joon, Kang Shin-il, Lee Han-wi
Yeon-hee (Kim Yunjin) is the principal of a prestigious English-teaching preschool in Gangnam. She is a godly, well-off widow. Yeon-hee remains hopeful in her faith that her daughter Ye-eun will be able to get a heart transplant surgery.
Perfect Game (2011)
, 2h7Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Yang Dong-geun, Jo Seung-woo, Choi Jung-won, Hyun Jyu-ni, Jo Jin-woong, Ma Dong-seok
A Reason to Live (2011)
, 1h59Genres Drama
Actors Song Hye-kyo, Nam Ji-hyun, Song Chang-eui, Kim Ji-young, Ki Tae-young, Jin Kyung
Documentary filmmaker Da-hae (Song Hye-kyo) loses her fiancé by a hit and run accident on her birthday. But she forgives the criminal who was a 15-year-old boy based on her belief as a Catholic and signs a petition for him to revoke the juvenile's death penalty. One year later, Da-hae is commissioned by the Catholic Church to make a documentary on the inhumanity of capital punishment. However, her moral convictions and desire to be compassionate are seriously questioned when she finds out that the teenage driver killed a classmate, not long after his reprieve.
Children... (2011)
, 2h12Directed by Lee Kyo-man
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Ryoo Seung-ryong, Park Yong-woo, Sung Dong-il, Kim Yeo-jin, Sung Ji-ru, Ra Mi-ran
On March 26, 1991, five boys went to Mount Waryong to catch frogs but never returned. Eleven years later, police discover the bodies of the five children, and television producer Kang Ji-seung tries to solve the mystery.
Leafie, a Hen Into the Wild (2011)
, 1h33Genres Drama, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds, Children's films
Actors Moon So-ri, Yoo Seung-ho, Choi Min-sik, Um Sang-hyun, Park Chul-min
Leafie (잎싹, leaf (잎) + sprout (싹)) lives on a chicken farm where she is in a cage with many other egg-laying hens. However, she can't incubate the eggs even though they are her own. Dreaming of having her own young, she plans to escape from the farm. While escaping, a one eyed weasel known as One-Eye threatens Leafie, but Wanderer (a mallard duck, 나그네 "Nagnae") helps her to escape. Leafie makes friends with Wanderer, but the guard duck leaves without a word. Leafie goes back to the Farm to join the group of farm animals who reside outside the egg farm in the yard, but Rooster argues with Leafie and refuses to allow her into his flock, wanting her to return laying eggs.
Battlefield Heroes (2011)
, 1h58Directed by Lee Joon-ik
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Historical
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Jung Jin-young, Lee Moon-sik, Ryoo Seung-ryong, Yoon Je-moon, Lee Kwang-soo, Lee Won-jong
In Korea, AD 668. Kim Beob-min (Hwang Jung-min) is the king of the small southern Korean state of Shilla and makes a deal with China's Tang dynasty officials to have a combined strike against the larger northern Korean state of Goguryeo. The conditions of the agreement involve Shilla being given back the Korean state of Baekje. The combined troops march to Pyongyang Castle, where Goguryeo's Yeon Gaesomun (Lee Won-jong) dies and hands over command of the army to his second son Yeon Nam-geon (Ryu Seung-ryong). This action upsets his first son, Yeon Namsaeng (Yoon Je-moon) who is not as war-hungry as Nam-geon.
S.I.U. (2011)
, 1h51Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Uhm Tae-woong, Joo Won, Jung Jin-young, Lee Tae-im, Kim Jung-tae, Kim Young-jae
Seong-beom is a foul-mouthed, hot-tempered detective with uncanny animal instincts in the violent crimes section who has never failed to solve a case. While he is on an undercover operation, he hears that a colleague of his has been brutally murdered by an unknown assailant. Seong-beom and the police agency instinctively know there is something behind this murder case. They set up a Special Investigations Unit (S.I.U.), and profiler Ho-ryong, a former FBI agent, is assigned as Seong-beom's partner. As the police dragnet begins to close in, the suspect is always faster than the police. They then receive a suspicious shoot to kill order from high-ranking police officials once the suspect is found. The team must fight against conspiring powers responsible for the crime, all the while dealing with tension and mistrust that begin to build within the police force itself as more information about the case begins to surface that may implicate corrupt detectives within their ranks.
I Am a Father (2011)
, 1h39Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Kim Seung-woo, Kim Sae-ron, Im Ha-ryong, Choi Jung-yoon, Lee Won-jong
Han Jong-sik (Kim Seung-woo) is a corrupt detective who frames innocent people to further his career. One of his victims takes his revenge on Jong-sik by killing his wife and injuring his daughter, Min-ji (Kim Sae-ron), who is now in need of a heart transplant. To help his sick daughter, he starts working for a mob boss who deals in organ trafficking. Na Sang-man (Son Byung-ho), a magician and one of the people he falsely accused of murder, discovers that his daughter is dead and his wife is in a coma because of a suicide attempt. Now, the only thing on his mind is vengeance. He is released after two years behind bars when the officials find out by accident that he is innocent. He tracks down Detective Kim (Im Ha-ryong), Jong-sik's colleague, to re-open the murder case. Meanwhile, Soo-kyung (Choi Jung-yoon), the organ transplant coordinator, locates a heart for Min-ji, but Jong-sik finds out that the heart is from Sang-man's wife. Realizing that Sang-man would not allow the transplant, he finds a way to get rid of him. Sang-man discovers his plans and kidnaps his daughter.
Meet the In-Laws (2011)
, 1h58Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Song Sae-byeok, Lee Si-young, Baek Yun-shik, Kim Soo-mi, Kim Eung-soo, Park Chul-min
Naive, pure-hearted Hyun-joon writes romance comics under the pseudonym "Hyun-ji." He becomes pen pals with Da-hong, and the two fall in love and begin dating. When Da-hong reveals that her father is forcing her to go on matchmaking dates with other men, Hyun-joon impulsively decides to propose to her. But Hyun-joon hails from humble roots in South Jeolla Province, and the couple knows that Da-hong's wealthy Gyeongsang family will instantly disapprove of him because of this. Unbeknownst to them, their respective fathers were also bitter rivals in high school baseball. So when Hyun-joon goes to Busan to ask for Da-hong's hand in marriage, he hides his accent and pretends to be from Apgujeong, the ritziest area in Seoul. As her relatives scrutinize, intimidate and spy on him, Hyun-joon is determined to overcome all their obstacles and marry Da-hong.
71: Into the Fire (2010)
, 1h57Directed by Lee Jae-han
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Cha Seung-won, T.O.P, Kwon Sang-woo, Kim Seung-woo, Kim Hye-seong, Park Jin-hee
The film is based on a true story of a group of 71 undertrained and underarmed, outgunned student-soldiers of South Korea during the Korean War, who were mostly killed on August 11, 1950, during the Battle of P'ohang-dong. For 11 hours, they defended the local P'ohang girls' middle school, a strategic point for safeguarding the struggling Nakdong River perimeter, from an attack by overwhelming North Korean forces, specifically the feared 766th Unit.
, 1h59Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Cooking films
Actors Kim Jeong-eun, Jin Goo, Wang Ji-hye, Lee Bo-hee, Choi Jong-won, Lee Byung-joon
During a state visit to Japan the Korean president gets involved in a heated debate with the Japanese prime minister over the origins of kimchi, with the latter boldly claiming that kimchi was originally from Japan, thus an original Japanese dish. This does not please the Korean president, so he vows to market the dish to the world as the originator. Upon his return to Korea, he announces a national "Kimchi Contest" to reaffirm its position as a Korean product.