#495: Burning

eck7mcopj2uplq9z9pgcu6sdmt2#495 – Burning, (버닝), 2018, Lee Chang-dong
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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

5rs3zovybhdpzqlqyeor24qwkwf#559 – Poetry, (), 2010, Lee Chang-dong
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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

sosrg0mul13nihhrcahjzjtvljg#663 – 3-Iron, (빈집), 2004, Kim Ki-duk
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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…

#666: Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

vkdklysfizr1imackmqdjmtscky#666 – Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?, (달마가 동쪽으로 간 까닭은), 1989, Bae Yong-kyun
kr

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.