#495 – Burning, (버닝), 2018, Lee Chang-dong
Deliveryman Jongsu is out on a job when he runs into Haemi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he’d mind looking after her cat while she’s away on a trip to Africa. On her return she introduces to Jongsu an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. And one day Ben tells Jongsu about his most unusual hobby…
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#559 – Poetry, (시), 2010, Lee Chang-dong
Grandmother Mi Ja works part-time as a caretaker, and struggles to raise a teen grandson by herself. Despite her tough situation, she speaks softly, dresses fashionably, and approaches the world with child-like curiosity. Enrolling in a poetry class, she endeavors to capture life in verse form, but her simple dream of completing a poem is stalled by the early signs of Alzheimer’s disease and the heavy financial and emotional burden of her grandson’s shocking wrongdoing.
#663 – 3-Iron, (빈집), 2004, Kim Ki-duk
A young man, whose only possession is a motorcycle, spends his time riding around the city looking for empty apartments. After finding one, he hangs out for a while, fixing himself something to eat, washing laundry or making small repairs in return. He always tries to leave before the owners get back but in one ostensibly empty mansion he meets the abused wife of a rich man and she escapes with him…
#665 – Aimless Bullet, (오발탄), 1961, Yu Hyun-mok
Two brothers—Chul-ho, an accountant with a toothache and a pregnant wife, and Yong-ho, an unemployed ex-soldier wounded in battle—navigate life in post-war Korea.
#666 – Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?, (달마가 동쪽으로 간 까닭은), 1989, Bae Yong-kyun
Three people live in a remote Buddhist monastery near Mount Chonan: Hyegok, the old master; Yong Nan, a young man who has left his extended family in the city to seek enlightenment – Hyegok calls him Kibong!; and, an orphan lad Haejin, whom Hyegok has brought to the monastery to raise as a monk. The story is mostly Yong Nan’s, told in flashbacks: how he came to the monastery, his brief return to the city, his vacillation between the turbulence of the world and his hope to overcome passions and escape the idea of self. We also see Hyegok as a teacher, a protector, and a father figure, and we watch Haejin make his way as a curious and nearly self-sufficient child.
#673 – Mother, (마더), 2009, Bong Joon-ho
A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it’s his mother’s mission to prove him innocent.
#679 – Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring, (봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄), 2003, Kim Ki-duk
An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.
#694 – The Road to Racetrack, (경마장 가는 길), 1991, Jang Sun-woo
R returns from studying in France and reunites with J, whom he used to live with in Paris.
#696 – A Tale of Two Sisters, (장화, 홍련), 2003, Kim Jee-woon
A recently released patient from a mental institution returns home with her sister, only to face disturbing events between her stepmother and the ghosts haunting their house- all of which are connected to a dark past in the family’s history.
#699 – A Day Off, (휴일), 1968, Lee Man-hui
Two lovers face a bleak future in 1960s Seoul.
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