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The Mayor
2017
Byeon (CHOI Min-sik), the Mayor of Seoul who is in his second term, announces his plans to run for mayor again while hinting his political party of his ultimate goal to run for the presidency. A heavily-resourced campaign team is formed, headed by the campaign manager Shim (KWAK Do-won) who is known as a crafty politician, while Park (SHIM Eun-kyung), a young prodigy from advertising, is recruited for fresh perspectives in the re-election campaign. But one obstacle after another is thrown their way while his opposing candidate is in the lead. And soon, the dirty realities of politics soil everyone's hands.
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High Society
2019
Jang, professor of economics at the National University of Seoul, respected and beloved by students becomes a hero in the eyes of the public on a TV debate and when he saves a burning man. In the wake of popularity, he decides to go into politics, participate in parliamentary elections and oversee the creation of a social bank. Meanwhile, his wife Oh Soo-yeon, deputy director of the gallery of contemporary art, tries in every possible way to take the place of her female manager. For this she begs Shin Ji-ho, a popular photograph artist to make an exhibition with them and has an affair with him. Both spouses enter high society, where politicians, bandits and heirs of wealthy families make secret transactions- both do everything to get through to the elite. And they pay the price.
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Red Family
2013
Based on a screenplay by the prolific Kim Ki-duk. Two families live next door to each other in identical suburban white houses with green lawns. One family is from South Korea, the other is a fake family assembled from North Korean spies. The North Koreans must strictly obey every order from their regime, who holds their real families hostage. The problem is that the families affect each other and after a while, the political rift in the North Korean house becomes apparent. Naturally, there also occurs cross-border romantic entanglements between old and young alike.
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Come Rain, Come Shine
2011
As an architect drives his woman, who is a publisher, to the airport, he tells her he intends to move to her place and have his office in her basement to save money. She, however, tells him she is leaving him because she has met another man. They are surprised by a storm and they stay trapped in her apartment. They find a cat in a hole in front of the apartment and the man rescues it. Soon their neighbors arrive looking for the cat, but it is hidden. Meanwhile, they prepare dinner together.
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Way Back Home
2013
Jeong Yoon is a caring wife and mother and a sensitive woman who finds herself plunged into a legal ordeal thousands of miles from home. After years of planning, she and her husband Jong Bae open an auto body repair shop, only to see everything they've worked for stripped away when a loan Jong Bae had guaranteed defaults. Facing financial despondency, the couple gets into a vicious fight about money, sending Jeong Yeon away, leaving only a cryptic note saying she'll be back in a few days. When she turns up looking nervous at Orly Airport in Paris with over 30 kilograms of cocaine in her luggage, it is the beginning of a globe-spanning nightmare that began with an old friend and a tempting proposition.
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Wedding Dress
2010
Go Eun (Song Yoon Ah), a wedding dress designer and single mom, has only a limited number of days to live. Before parting from her young daughter So Ra (Kim Hyang Gi), Go Eun wants to do everything she can for her, including making a beautiful wedding dress for So Ra for the future. As her condition worsens, So Ra finds out about the cancer and tries to fulfill her mother's wishes one by one, in secret...
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Saeng-il
2019
After April 2014 - A story of those left behind Jung-il and Soon-nam miss their son, Su-ho, who passed away in a terrible accident. His family's longing for him only gets bigger as his birthday approaches. Su-ho's birthday without Su-ho - Family and friends plan to gather and present their special memories of him as gifts. One day a year, where we all come together for you - "We will never forget you."
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A Brand New Life
2009
Young Jinhee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jinhee desperately believes her father will come back for her and take her on a trip. The film is based on the experiences of the director, an ethnic Korean who was adopted by a French couple in the 1970s.
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Canola
2016
Elderly and hard working Gye Choon is single-candidly raising her grand daughter Hye-Ji after her parents death. One day Gye Choon loses her grand daughter at the market and goes searching for her. Twelve years later Gye Choon is reunited with her grand daughter, whom has been living a hard life on the streets with crime and troubles.
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The Royal Tailor
2014
Story of a rivalry between two tailors Dol-Seok, who is the best master artisan in charge of royal attire and Kong-Jin - genius like designer, born with dexterity and an excellent sense, plunges the court into scandal and tragedy.
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A Girl at My Door
2014
Young-nam was a promising graduate of the police academy before she was transferred to the small seaside village, as a result of misconduct. On her first day in the village, she encounters Dohee, a girl living in the town with a gloomy looking face. As Young-nam tries to acclimate to her new surroundings, Dohee's grandma died in a car accident. To protect the girl from her stepfather's abuse, Young-nam lets Dohee stay at her place, but things become more mysterious as she gets to know her.
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Hope
2013
Story of an 8 year old girl coping with a gruesome rape damaging her internally and affecting emotionally, trying to overcome all obstacles in the aftermath of the incident with a good support from those around her.
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Chronicle of a Blood Merchant
2015
Set in the 1960's, this film is a story about a man without money or plans and his struggles with reality, based on the bestselling novel 'Chronicle of a Blood Merchant'.
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My Brilliant Life
2014
16 year old boy, A-Reum has Progeria Syndrome, a rare genetic defect that will cause the baby to show rapid aging from an early age. Although A-Reum has struggled again the disease, he was raised as a brilliant young child than anyone else. Young parents, Mira (SONG Hye-kyo) and Dae-su (KANG Dong-won) are still in their early 30s who had A-Ruem when they both were 17 year old, sometimes act immature but they never expressed their sorrow. A-Ruem only has few month to live, and Mira and Dae-su want to denied the reality. Although knowing that he does not have much time left, they appear on a fundraising TV show in hopes of raising enough money for his medical care. A-Ruem's appearance on a TV brings everyone's attention, and he becomes pen pal with a teenager girl who's also suffering from a disease watching the show. Exchanging letters with her becomes the joy of his days. But his body becomes more weary from aging, and he even loses his vision.
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Jibeuro
2002
Seven-year-old Sang-woo is left with his grandmother in a remote village while his mother looks for work. Born and raised in the city, Sang-woo quickly comes into conflict with his old-fashioned grandmother and his new rural surroundings. Disrespectful and selfish, Sang-woo lashes out in anger, perceiving that he has been abandoned. He tries to trade his grandmother's only treasure, a hairpin, for a video game batteries; he throws his food and he throws tantrums. When Sang-woo's mother finds work and finally returns for him, Sang-woo has become a different boy. Through his grandmother's boundless patience and devotion, he learns to embrace empathy, humility and the importance of family.
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Shoot Me in the Heart
2015
Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, this dramedy follows two psychiatric patients- one schizophrenic, the other sane and committed against his will - who forge a bond of friendship and hatch a plan to escape.
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Kim Ji-young: Born 1982
2019
Kim Ji-young, an ordinary woman in her 30s, suddenly shows signs of being inhabited by others such as her late mother and older sister, and the stories of the people connected to her.
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Spirits' Homecoming
2016
Two Korean girls, Jung-Min (14) and Young-hee (15) are kidnapped by the Japanese Imperial Army and taken to a 'Comfort Station' in China. There, they join other kidnapped girls in serving Japanese soldiers as sexual slaves known as 'Comfort Woman'. By the end of the war, only one of the girls survives. Decades later, an elderly lady attempts to reunite with the spirit of her lost friend. Inspired by the testimony of Kang Il-chul.
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