The Road to Sampo

The Road to Sampo 1975

5.80

Passing through a jail and a construction site, a young laborer meets a middle-aged man returning to Sampo after ten years' absence. Together, they track down a young woman who ran away from the restaurant she was waitressing at, but instead of turning her in for a reward, the trio decide to go on an adventure together.

1975

Madame Aema

Madame Aema 1982

3.30

Oh Su-bi's husband, Shin Hyun-wu, is in jail for involuntary homicide. For the past two years, Su-bi has visited her husband every week. Though she is anguished by Hyun-wu's affairs, Su-bi is unable to divorce him even though everyone thinks she should. While visiting her husband, Su-bi meets Kim Dong-yub, a student of art, and feels his sincerity. One day, Su-bi runs into an old boyfriend, Kim Mun-ho, who lives in the same apartment complex. They engage in an affair. However, Su-bi is unable to bear the perverted sexual preferences of Mun-ho. She goes to Dong-yub and engages in a pure love. Hyun-wu asks for a divorce. When Su-bi is in the country, Dong-yub comes to her and promises to take her to France. However, the day they are supposed to leave for France, Hyun-wu is released from jail on a special pardon. Though she was on her way to Dong-yub, Su-bi finds herself greeting Hyun-wu, unable to free herself from the shackles of marriage.

1982

The Great Hero Yi Sun Shin

The Great Hero Yi Sun Shin 1971

1

A famous general who defeated Japanese invaders with the world's first iron ship, 'Turtle battleship' during Chosun dynasty, was intrigued against by many villainous retainers. Even when he was reduced to a much lower rank, he served in the war worrying about the nation's wellbeing. This film depicts General Lee Sun-Shin who is probably the most famous general in Korean history, based on his 'Wartime Diary.'

1971

Yalkae, a Joker in High School

Yalkae, a Joker in High School 1976

6.50

Nicknamed Yalkae, notorious high school prankster Du Su (Lee Seung Hyun) is always up to no good with his buddy Yong Ho (Jin Woo Young). Both of them have been held back a year, but instead of studying they continue to cause trouble for their teachers and classmates. Du Su gleefully pulls a prank on his tattling classmate Ho Cheol, but he has a change of heart when he finds out Ho Cheol gets injured as a result.

1976

Ghost Story

Ghost Story 1968

1

An omnibus of the story of three women. In the first, a ghost takes revenge on the man who killed her sister. In story two, a woman decides it's payback time for a sexual predator. The final story tells the tale of a woman's opium addiction leading to a gruesome death.

1968

Woman Is Better

Woman Is Better 1965

1

A feminine man, Kyuch'il, works at a hagwon. After meeting his female roommate's doctor uncle to request her hand in marriage, he is made to transition to being a woman. As a result, his female roommate marries another man. To get revenge, he goes into service as a maid at her rich father-in-law's home.

1965

The Tiger Moth

The Tiger Moth 1965

1

A young bride becomes the prime suspect in a series of grisly murders. However, her dashing young lawyer decides to come to her rescue and begins his own investigation into the crimes in an effort to clear his client's name.

1965

Madame Aema 9

Madame Aema 9 1993

1.00

Aema is a bored housewife married to a successful, workaholic businessman. She begins an affair with Jean, a business associate of her husband's. Her husband suspects and begins tormenting Aema, while not letting on that he knows, to protect a business deal. Aema leaves her husband, but is persuaded to return after heeding advice from a friend.

1993

Madame Aema 4

Madame Aema 4 1990

1

In this entry in the long-running Madame Aema series, Aema's husband becomes romantically involved with a Japanese woman after taking a job at a Japanese company. Aema must also contend with two men who are making romantic advances towards her.

1990

The Rain at Night

The Rain at Night 1979

1

A 1979 Korean movie directed by Park Chul-soo about a teacher who falls in love with a boxer who attacked her.

1979

Fiery Wind

Fiery Wind 1983

1

Suh Jung-hwan is the head of marketing at a cosmetics company. A year ago, masked robbers raped his wife, Oh Hye-ryung, in front of him. Hye-ryung lives in torment from the memories. Jung-hwan tries to overcome this through his great love for his wife but they're not able to reclaim a normal sex life. Jung-hwan meets a woman named Noh Sung-ah. She is hot for him but Jung-hwan works desperately to stay true to his poor wife. Jang-suk, a young man who likes Sung-ah, decides to go after Hye-ryung after losing Sung-ah. His intentions are money. Ultimately, there is infidelity at the end of Jang-suk's knife and the adulterers fall. Jang-suk also falls to the knife that he himself holds.

1983

Remodelled Beauty

Remodelled Beauty 1975

1

An obstetrician Jeon Dong-Kuk' wife gives birth to a cat baby. Taken a pessimistic view of this, he replaces the baby with a newborn baby in the hospital. Nineteen years later, developing a new remodeling technology, Dong-Kuk comes back to Korea and has his daughter's birthday party. At that time, a cat woman, Yun-Ok comes to Dong-Kuk and he undergoes a plastic operation on her face. Then, his daughter, So-Young's face turns into a cat's. When Dong-Kuk operates on Yun-Ok's face again, So-Young gets back her face. Yun-Ok tries to kill Dong-Kuk. Finally, Dong-Kuk and his real daughter Yun-Ok die together.

1975