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My Hometown is a sud coréen film of genre Drama directed by Im Kwon-taek with Shin Seong-il
My Hometown (1976)
왕십리
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Gilsodom (1986)
, 1h45Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama
Actors Kim Ji-mee, Ahn Sung-ki, Shin Seong-il, Kim Ji-young, Choi Bool-am, Jeon Moo-song
Rating68%
In 1983 KBS launched a campaign to reunite families torn apart in the Korean War three decades earlier. In an expert dissection of the social and familial rifts in modern Korea, director Im Kwon-taek integrates footage from the campaign into the story of Hwa-yeong, who leaves her middle-class life in Busan to search for the son she lost in Gilsotteum during the war.
Femme Fatale, Jang Hee Bin (1968)
, 2hDirected by Im Kwon-taek
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Nam Jeong-im, Shin Seong-il, Tae Hyun-sil, Do Kum-bong, Heo Jang-kang
Rating61%
A concubine, Jang ok jung, is made queen by King Sukjong, and plots to drive the old queen into exile. After her plot fails due to the intervention of nobles loyal to the old queen, Jang is enraged and murders her rival. She attempts to assert her influence over Sukjong, but is undone by her ambitions and executed in public.
General's Son (1990)
, 1h48Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Shin Hyun-joon, Bang Eun-jin, Bang Eun-hee, Hwang Jeong-min, Jeong Doo-hong, Kim Seung-woo
Rating63%
Kim Du-han lost his mother at the age of eight, and he survives on the streets as a singing beggar. His natural-born fighting skills places him on the mean streets of Jongno with the kisaeng house Wumigwan at the center. He is soon recognized for his incredible strength and ability. He finds out through Shin Ma-jeok, the head of a student gang, that he is the son of General Kim Jwa-jin who fought against the Japanese army. Meanwhile, the Yakuzas expand their sphere of influence and try to take over the Jongno streets but Du-han protects the Korean vendors of Jongno and wins their respect. When the head of Wumigwan, Kim Gi-hwan is arrested, Du-han becomes the leader of the Jongno gang.
Chunhyang (2000)
, 2hDirected by Im Kwon-taek
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musiques du monde, Musical films
Actors Jo Seung-woo, Park Chul-min
Rating70%
The film is told through pansori, a traditional Korean form of storytelling that seeks to narrate through song. It is based on Chunhyangga, a traditional Korean legend and is set in 18th century Korea.
Sopyonje (1993)
, 1h52Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Musiques du monde, Musical films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Kim Myung-gon, Kim Kyu-chul, Choi Jong-won
Rating75%
In a jumak (a tavern) on a small pass called Soritjae of Boseong County, South Jeolla Province, during the early 1960s, Dong-ho who is in his 30s, recalls his past as he is listening to a rendition of "pansori" sung by the jumak owner. Dong-ho and his sister were raised by the pansori singer Yu-bong, who treats them sternly and with a strict training regimen in his attempts to make serious artists of them as Yu-bong feels that a truly great pansori artist must suffer. Eventually Dong-ho runs away but his sister stays behind. Some critics have stated that this movie glorifies the father's patriarchal power as he seeks to limit his daughter's sexuality.
Genealogy (1979)
, 1h50Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama
Actors Hah Myung-joong, Han Hye-sook, Kim Ji-young
Rating72%
During the era of Japanese occupation, Sol Jin-young, a Korean patriarch refuses to obey the law to change the family's name to a Japanese name. Tani, a member of the Japanese occupation forces, is sent to persuade Sol to comply with the order. Tani is conflicted between his duty, his respect for Korean culture and his attraction to Sol's daughter.
The Hidden Hero (1980)
, 1h36Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Genres Drama
Actors Hah Myung-joong, Kim Young-ae, Go Doo-shim, Song Jae-ho, Joo Hyun, Park Am
An anti-communist film about a reporter torn between political ideologies during the days after the Korean liberation from Japan.
Mandala (1981)
, 1h57Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Buddhism
Actors Ahn Sung-ki, Jeon Moo-song, Park Am
Rating73%
The film follows the differing lives of two Buddhist monks in Korea. By following their lives and their interaction throughout the film, Im creates a contemplation of the nature of individualism, religious belief and enlightenment.
Adada (1987)
, 1h58Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Jeon Moo-song, Lee Geung-young, Kim Ji-young
Rating64%
The film tells the story of a deaf-mute woman living in a small village in Korea during the 1920s.
The Diary of King Yonsan (1988)
, 1h58Directed by Im Kwon-taek
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Kim Young-ae, Ban Hyo-jung
Rating56%
A historical drama on the life of Yeonsangun of Joseon, who was the subject of director Shin Sang-ok's award-winning Prince Yeonsan (1961).