Korean Film Festival on Tour
22 October-20 December 2004
Korean cinema has never had such a high profile in the UK with the recent release of films such as Spring Summer and Memories of Murder and up and coming product such as Cannes success Old Boy and new anime feature Sky Blue.
The Korean Film Festival is an initiative of the Showroom cinema in Sheffield and the ICO is very excited to be touring the festival for the first time between 19 November and 31 December 2004.
The Korean Film Festival on Tour features the following titles.
Untold Scandal
E J Yong | Korea | 2003 | 120 mins
Lady Cho (Lee Mi-Suk) asks her younger cousin, the caddish Jo-won (Bae Yong-Jun), to seduce the innocent young Soh-ok (Lee So-Yeon), who is to become her husband's concubine. But his attentions soon shift elsewhere...
If You Were Me
Various directors | Korea | 2003 | 110 mins
An anthology of shorts by six leading Korean directors, each focusing on the issue of discrimination, commissioned by the National Human Rights Commission of Korea.
A Smile
Park Kyung-hee | Korea | 2003 | 98 mins
A new direction in realism for the Korean Cinema, heralding the arrival of a talented new woman director.
A Hilarious Morning
Lee Yoon-taek | Korea | 2003 | 90 mins
Theatre director Lee makes his film debut with a drama about the struggle between an elderly shaman and the messengers of death.
2009 Lost Memories
Lee Sy-myung | Korea | 2002 | 135 mins
Lee's futuristic thriller pits two agents of the Japanese Bureau of Investigation against terrorists bents on underminding the 'Japanese Empire'.
Failan
Song Hae-sung | Korea | 2002
Director Song Hae-sung seems to have found himself in his second feature. His directing style never overshadows the film, but provides space for this remarkable story to develop.
Saving My Hubby
Nam-Seop Hyeon | Korea | 2002 | 91 mins
A former volleyball star turned bored housewife must rescue her hapless husband from a band of miscreant kidnappers who are holding him hostage on the rough side of town – all that and have the housework done before the inlaws arrive.
Short Film Programme
Various directors | Korea | 2001-03
Repatriation
Dong-won Kim | Korea | 2003 | 149 mins
Documentary filmmaker Dong-won Kim follows the plight of two North Koreans covicted of spying by the South Korean authorities.