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Foundation date 1 january 2002
Showbox (hangeul : 쇼박스) ou Showbox Mediaplex Co., Inc. (hangeul : 쇼박스 ㈜미디어플렉스), filiale du Orion Group, est une société de Production et distribution cinématographique sud-coréenne, créée en 2002.
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Unstoppable (2018)
, 1h56Origin Coree du sud
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Ma Dong-seok, Song Ji-hyo, Jung In-gi
Dong-cheol (Ma Dong-seok), un ancien voyou aujourd'hui rangé et travaillant comme vendeur de poissons sur les marchés, vit heureux avec sa femme Ji-soo (Song Ji-hyo). Après l'enlèvement de cette-dernière par la pègre, il se lance dans une violente opération de sauvetage.
A Taxi Driver (2017)
, 2h17Directed by Jang Hoon
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Action, Historical
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles
Actors Song Kang-ho, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hae-jin, Ryu Jun-yeol, Ko Chang-seok, Jung Jin-young
En 1980, un journaliste allemand travaille au Japon pour une chaîne de télévision allemande. Au mois de mai de la même année a lieu, en Corée du Sud, le soulèvement de Gwangju. Ce mouvement, principalement étudiant et syndical, s’oppose à la dictature de Chun Doo-hwan, mise en place après l’assassinat de Park Chung-hee. Il décide alors de se rendre dans le pays. Il prend un taxi de Séoul à Gwangju et filme tout ce qu’il voit. Son retour jusqu'à Séoul sera éminemment compliqué puisqu'il leur faut échapper à la surveillance aérienne. De retour au Japon, il envoie son film en Allemagne.
The Prison (2017)
, 2h5Directed by Na Hyun
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Han Suk-kyu, Kim Rae-won, Jung Woong-in, Jo Jae-yoon, Shin Sung-rok, Lee Geung-young
Un ancien policier nommé Song Yoo-gun (Kim Rae-won) se fait incarcérer dans une prison en tant que détenu pour rencontrer un prisonnier connu sous le nom du « Roi » afin qu'il lui révèle la vérité sur la mort de son jeune frère.
Memoir of a Murderer (2017)
, 1h58Directed by Won Shin-yeon
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Sol Kyung-gu, Kim Nam-gil, Seolhyun, Oh Dal-soo, Jo Jae-yoon
Kim Byeong-soo (Seol Kyeong-gu), un ancien tueur en série souffrant aujourd'hui d'Alzheimer, a autrefois enlevé une petite fille nommée Eun-hee (Kim Seol-hyun) à l'une de ses victimes et l'a élevé comme sa propre fille. Devenue adulte, elle est la proie de son petit-ami (Kim Nam-gil ) aux pulsions meurtrières. Pour la protéger, Byeong-soo se bat pour garder sa mémoire et se souvenir de son plan pour tuer Tae-joo. Il s'avère cependant que ses souvenirs ne sont pas aussi fiables qu'il ne le pense.
A Violent Prosecutor (2016)
, 2h6Origin Coree du sud
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Hwang Jeong-min, Kang Dong-won, Lee Sung-min, Park Sung-woong, Sungmin, Kim Eung-soo
Un enquêteur au caractère bien trempé (Hwang Jeong-min), ayant été faussement accusé pour quinze ans, rencontre en prison un détenu (Kang Dong-won) qu'il tente d'acquitter avant de compter sur lui pour s'évader afin de se venger une fois sorti…
, 2h9Directed by Eom Tae-hwa
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Kang Dong-won, Kim Hee-won, Kwon Hae-hyo, Moon So-ri
Soo-rin, quatorze ans, vient de perdre sa mère, et c’est pour cette raison qu’elle accompagne son beau-père sur une île. Elle s’y fait ami avec l’orphelin Seong-min qui vit dans un monde où répandent mystères et phénomènes étranges. Un jour, ils partent avec deux autres garçons dans la forêt où a lieu une explosion prévue pour l’installation d’un tunnel : tout va bousculer leur existence au moment où ils découvrent un objet dans une grotte…
Luck-Key (2016)
, 1h52Directed by Lee Gae-byok
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Yoo Hae-jin, Jo Yoon-hee, Lim Ji-yeon
Jae-sung (Lee Joon), un acteur en herbe dont la carrière est au point mort, se prépare à se suicider. Mais après que sa propriétaire l’aie insulté, il décide d’abord d'aller se laver dans un bain public. Hyung-wook (Yoo Hae-jin), un tueur à gage, se nettoie dans le même établissement après avoir rempli un contrat. Il glisse sur un savon que Jae-sung avait fait tomber et perd connaissance. Envieux des beaux vêtements que Hyung-wook portait quand il est entré, Jae-sung échange sa clé de casier avec la sienne et vole sa voiture et son argent. Se sentant coupable, il se rend aux urgences pour tout rendre à Hyung-wook, qui se réveille sur place. Quand Jae-sung constate que Hyung-wook est devenu amnésique, il rebrousse chemin.
The Throne (2015)
, 2h5Directed by Lee Joon-ik
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Song Kang-ho, Yoo Ah-in, Moon Geun-young, Jin Ji-hee, Kim Hae-sook, Seo Ye-ji
Durant le règne du roi Yeongjo, le prince héritier du trône, Sado, 27 ans, est jugé inapte à gouverner et est condamné à mort par son propre père. Il est enfermé dans une caisse de riz pendant huit jours jusqu'à ce qu'il meure affamé et étouffé.
Inside Men (2015)
, 2h10Directed by Woo Min-ho
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about journalists
Actors Lee Byung-hun, Jo Seung-woo, Baek Yun-shik, Lee Geung-young, Jo Jae-yoon, Kim Dae-myung
Lee Kang-hee, an editor at an influential conservative newspaper, raises congressman Jang Pil-woo to the position of leading Presidential candidate using the power of the press; behind this is his secret deal with the paper's biggest sponsor. Ahn Sang-goo, a political henchman who supported Lee and Jang, gets caught pocketing the record of the sponsor's slush fund, resulting in a dismembered hand. Woo Jang-hoon, an ambitious prosecutor, starts to investigate the relationship between Jang and the sponsor, believing that it's his only chance to make it to the top. While getting down to the brass tacks of the case, Woo meets Ahn, who has been methodically planning his revenge. Now the war between the one blinded with power, the one hell-bent on vengeance, and the one eager for success begins.
Gangnam Blues (2015)
, 2h15Directed by Yoo Ha
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Lee Min-ho, Kim Rae-won, Seolhyun, Jung Jin-young, Kim Ji-soo, Yu Seung-Mok
In the 1970s, during the height of political corruption, Gangnam, the southern part of Seoul is starting to be transformed into a developed area. Childhood friends Jong-dae and Yong-ki struggle to get by, until their shanty homes are demolished by local thugs. Desperate for cash, they get involved in violent political clashes, and are separated during one of the skirmishes. Three years later, Jong-dae lives as an honest man with former gang leader Gil-soo. Meanwhile, Yong-ki has joined Seoul's most powerful criminal organization, the Myeongdong-pa. As a gangster, Yong-ki is entangled in a high-stakes battle over land in Gangnam, all in the name of putting together secret presidential election funds that drive up the value of the city. As the gangs fight over the rights to various plots of land, Yong-ki is captured and interrogated by a rival gang.
Love Clinic (2015)
, 1h41Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Oh Ji-ho, Kang Ye-won, Kim Min-kyo, Hong Seok-cheon, Oh Min-suk, Cha Tae-hyun
Wang Seong-ki is a male obstetrician/gynecologist and Gil Sin-seol is a female urologist. Handsome Seong-ki is loved by all his female patients, but he secretly struggles with impotence after he fails to deliver a baby via Caesarean section. Meanwhile, the equally attractive Sin-seol is an expert on men's bodies, but is actually a virgin with an abysmal dating history. When Seong-ki opens his clinic on the same floor in the same building as Sin-seol's clinic, the two romantically-challenged doctors begin to constantly bump into each other and bicker.
Assassination (2015)
, 2h20Directed by Choi Dong-hoon
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Historical
Themes Spy films
Actors Jeon Ji-hyeon, Lee Jung-jae, Ha Jeong-woo, Oh Dal-soo, Jo Jin-woong, Lee Geung-young
Set in the 1930s during Japan's colonial rule of Korea, many Korean resistance activists are based in Manchuria, northeastern China while hiding from Japanese authorities. In 1933, orders are given to assassinate Kawaguchi Mamoru, the governor of the Japanese garrison in Gyeongseong, and Kang In-gook, a pro-Japanese Korean business tycoon. For this covert mission, Yeom Seok-jin, an agent of the provisional Korean government who had broken out of prison in 1911, is tasked to do the same for three people and bring them to Shanghai: topnotch sniper Ahn Ok-yun, who's in a Manchurian jail for shooting her superior; Chu Sang-ok (nicknamed "Big Gun"), one of the last graduates of the Independence Military School and in prison after stealing guns from Chiang Kai-shek's army then selling them; and Chu's cellmate Hwang Deok-sam, an explosives specialist imprisoned for selling faulty product. The squad arrives in Gyeongseong, not knowing that one of them is secretly working for the Japanese and has hired freelance assassin Hawaii Pistol and his sidekick Old Man to kill members of the team.
, 2h4Origin Coree du sud
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Kim Myung-min, Oh Dal-soo, Lee Yeon-hee, Hyun Woo
Set in Joseon in the year 1795, nobleman, inventor and master sleuth Kim Min and his sidekick Seo-pil investigate a silver counterfeiting ring, which may be linked to the disappearance of hundreds of girls.
The Classified File (2015)
, 1h48Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Kim Yoon-seok, Yoo Hae-jin, Jang Young-nam, Lee Jae-yong, Park Hyo-joo
A young girl named Eun-joo has gone missing in Busan in 1978. Without any contact from the kidnapper in the past two weeks and no further leads or clues, the police assume that she's dead. Eun-joo's desperate mother turns to renowned fortune-teller Kim Joong-san, who tells her that her daughter is still alive and that she can be saved if they enlist the help of veteran detective Gong Gil-yong. Despite his skepticism, Gil-yong accepts the case. When one of Joong-san's premonitions about the investigation comes true, Gil-yong begins to believe in his psychic abilities, and the two men team up in an unlikely partnership to find Eun-joo and bring her home.
The Huntresses (2014)
, 1h47Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors Ha Ji-won, Kang Ye-won, Gain, Joo Sang-wook, Ko Chang-seok, Jin Ji-hee
The intelligent and talented martial arts swordswoman Jin-ok (Ha Ji-won), housewife and fighter Hong-dan (Kang Ye-won), and Ga-bi (Son Ga-in), the youngest of the trio: These three women are the Joseon dynasty's top bounty hunters, and they never fail to capture a target, no matter the criminal or the crime. They set out on a secret mission commissioned by the king to search for the stauroscope, and in doing so, prevent a powerful group from gaining absolute power and overturning the royal family.