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Boomerang Family (2013)

, 1h52
Directed by Song Hae-seong
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Park Hae-il, Yoon Je-moon, Gong Hyo-jin, Youn Yuh-jung, Jin Ji-hee, Ye Ji-won
Rating64%

Film director In-mo (Park Hae-il) is a 40-year-old movie director who's been jobless for the past decade after his debut film was a commercial and artistic flop. Mired in poverty and depressed at his wife's affair, he decides to hang himself. But a well-timed call from his mother (Youn Yuh-jung) inviting him to dinner results in a change of plans. Instead of killing himself, he decides to move in to his mother's home, where his older brother Han-mo (Yoon Je-moon) also lives. A 44-year-old unemployed ex-gangster with five criminal convictions, Han-mo is not particularly pleased at this development. But more trouble lies ahead: younger sister Mi-yeon (Gong Hyo-jin) arrives with her bratty, rebellious 15-year-old daughter Min-kyung (Jin Ji-hee). 35-year-old Mi-yeon announces that she is leaving her second husband, and that she needs to stay with them for the immediate future. In this way, fate has reunited this dysfunctional and rather quirky family, with their petty conflicts, sibling rivalries and largely unexpressed affection, as they struggle with the challenges of middle age.

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A Better Tomorrow (2010)

, 2h4
Directed by Song Hae-seong
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Joo Jin-mo, Song Seung-heon, Kim Kang-woo, Jo Han-sun, Lee Geung-young, Kim Ji-young
Rating57%

Kim Hyuk (Joo Jin-mo) is a detective in the South Korean National Police Agency, having escaped from North Korea as a teenager. Unbeknownst to his superiors, he also works as an illegal arms smuggler with his best friend and partner in crime, Lee Young-choon (Song Seung-heon), who also defected from the North.

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Maundy Thursday (2006)

, 2h
Directed by Song Hae-seong
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Films about capital punishment
Actors Kang Dong-won, Lee Na-young, Youn Yuh-jung, Oh Jung-se, Jang Hyun-sung, Kang Shin-il
Rating73%

Yu-jeong (Lee Na-young) has now attempted to commit suicide three times. Her disdain for her mother and indifference to the rest of the world, isolates her from any chance for happiness. Yu-jeong's aunt Sister Monica is a nun, and she often goes to the prison to visit death row inmates. Sister Monica meets a new death row inmate who asks if he could meet her niece. Yu-jeong reluctantly agrees.

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Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire (2004)

, 2h17
Directed by Song Hae-seong
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films
Actors Sol Kyung-gu, Miki Nakatani, Tatsuya Fuji, Keiko Kishi, Masato Hagiwara, Park Chul-min
Rating66%

Dans les années 1950, Rikidōzan, immigré coréen au Japon, commence sa carrière comme sumotori, mais se fait rapidement exclure de la ligue à cause de ses origines ethniques. Faisant par la suite connaissance d'un catcheur étranger, ce nouveau sport sera pour lui une révélation et il décidera de l'apprendre, de devenir le meilleur et de l'imposer au Japon.

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Failan (2001)

, 1h55
Directed by Song Hae-seong
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Choi Min-sik, Cecilia Cheung, Gong Hyung-jin, Kim Ji-young, Kim Kwang-sik, Kim Min-hee
Rating74%

After losing both her parents, Failan (Cecilia Cheung) immigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency. Kang-jae (Choi Min-sik) is an old and outdated gangster who has no respect from his peers. Short on money, Kang-jae decides to take on the arranged marriage. Having nothing more than a picture of Kang-jae, Failan spends her days dreaming and wishing that Kang-jae would come to visit her. Failan often writes to Kang-jae in sorrow about how much she misses and thinks about him, but never has the nerve to give the letters to Kang-jae. Things take a turn when Kang-jae is asked by his boss to take the fall for a murder in exchange for some money. The only hope in his worthless life is the wife he never met.

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Calla (1999)

, 1h45
Directed by Song Hae-seong
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Time travel films
Actors Song Seung-heon, Kim Hee-sun김희선, Kim Hyun-joo, Choi Cheol-ho
Rating60%

Every morning, Sun-woo receives a calla lily with a musical note attached to it, and he wants to find out who his secret admirer is. One day he meets the beautiful Ji-hee on the bus and connects her with the daily anonymous gift when he notices the same music from the musical note coming from the flower shop she works at. He falls in love with her at first sight, thinking she is the one who is sending him flowers. Wanting to confess his feelings for her, he asks her out on a date at a local hotel, and she agrees. At the hotel, though, he arrives to find Ji-hee taken hostage, and, to his horror, tragically murdered before his eyes.

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The Fortress (2017)

, 2h19
Directed by Hwang Dong-hyeok
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Actors Lee Byung-hun, Kim Yoon-seok, Park Hae-il, Go Soo
Roles Adaptation
Rating67%

Durant l'hiver 1636, alors que les Qings conquièrent la Chine, ils se tournent vers le royaume vassal de Joseon, en Corée, resté fidèle aux Mings. Le roi Injo et ses hommes refusent de se soumettre, retranchés dans une forteresse dans les montagnes de Namhansanseong. Tandis que l'ennemi est à ses portes, prêt à l'envahir, le roi est confronté aux avis divergents de deux de ses ministres. Alors que l'un, le ministre de l'intérieur Choi Myung-kil, le supplie de se remettre à l'envahisseur, Kim Sang-hun, chargé des rites préfère éviter l'humiliation de sa nation et se battre jusqu'au bout. Dans un hiver glacial, alors que le roi est malade et ses hommes souffrent du froid et de la faim, l'ultime bataille va se jouer autour de cette forteresse.

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Boomerang Family (2013)

, 1h52
Directed by Song Hae-seong
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Park Hae-il, Yoon Je-moon, Gong Hyo-jin, Youn Yuh-jung, Jin Ji-hee, Ye Ji-won
Roles Writer
Rating64%

Film director In-mo (Park Hae-il) is a 40-year-old movie director who's been jobless for the past decade after his debut film was a commercial and artistic flop. Mired in poverty and depressed at his wife's affair, he decides to hang himself. But a well-timed call from his mother (Youn Yuh-jung) inviting him to dinner results in a change of plans. Instead of killing himself, he decides to move in to his mother's home, where his older brother Han-mo (Yoon Je-moon) also lives. A 44-year-old unemployed ex-gangster with five criminal convictions, Han-mo is not particularly pleased at this development. But more trouble lies ahead: younger sister Mi-yeon (Gong Hyo-jin) arrives with her bratty, rebellious 15-year-old daughter Min-kyung (Jin Ji-hee). 35-year-old Mi-yeon announces that she is leaving her second husband, and that she needs to stay with them for the immediate future. In this way, fate has reunited this dysfunctional and rather quirky family, with their petty conflicts, sibling rivalries and largely unexpressed affection, as they struggle with the challenges of middle age.

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Rikidozan: A Hero Extraordinaire (2004)

, 2h17
Directed by Song Hae-seong
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films
Actors Sol Kyung-gu, Miki Nakatani, Tatsuya Fuji, Keiko Kishi, Masato Hagiwara, Park Chul-min
Roles Writer
Rating66%

Dans les années 1950, Rikidōzan, immigré coréen au Japon, commence sa carrière comme sumotori, mais se fait rapidement exclure de la ligue à cause de ses origines ethniques. Faisant par la suite connaissance d'un catcheur étranger, ce nouveau sport sera pour lui une révélation et il décidera de l'apprendre, de devenir le meilleur et de l'imposer au Japon.

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Failan (2001)

, 1h55
Directed by Song Hae-seong
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Choi Min-sik, Cecilia Cheung, Gong Hyung-jin, Kim Ji-young, Kim Kwang-sik, Kim Min-hee
Roles Writer
Rating74%

After losing both her parents, Failan (Cecilia Cheung) immigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency. Kang-jae (Choi Min-sik) is an old and outdated gangster who has no respect from his peers. Short on money, Kang-jae decides to take on the arranged marriage. Having nothing more than a picture of Kang-jae, Failan spends her days dreaming and wishing that Kang-jae would come to visit her. Failan often writes to Kang-jae in sorrow about how much she misses and thinks about him, but never has the nerve to give the letters to Kang-jae. Things take a turn when Kang-jae is asked by his boss to take the fall for a murder in exchange for some money. The only hope in his worthless life is the wife he never met.

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