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Title: The Beating Woman, aka Lady Furious
Hangul: ?? ?? (Pae-neun Yeo-ja)
Genre: Action
Release Date: 19 October 2012 (South Korea)
Director: Kim Choon-sik (???)
Runtime: 1h 28mn
Country: S. Korea
Audio: Korean
Synopsis
An action movie about female detective who does everything she can to mop up the drug mess that was brought into Korea by Hong Kong drugs lords, that accidentally ends up in the hands of two men and a killer.
AKA: ?? ??? | Jongeun Chingoodeul
HanCinema: (Coming Soon)
Cast: Yeon Jeong-hoon, Lee Ji-hoon, Kazuki Kitamura, Choi Jeong-won, Cha Hyeon-woo, Seong Hyeok
Director: Jin Hyeong-tae
Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Gangster
Runtime: 87 min.
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Plot:
K (Yeon Jeong-Hun), Tatsuya (Kazuki Kitamura), Joon-Oh (Lee Ji-Hoon) and Yuuji (Kim Young-Hoon) are best friends. They work for Sung-Ho’s gang in a Korean neighborhood in Japan. A power struggle over their territory erupts between their gang and the yakuza.
K, Tatsuya, Joon-Oh and Yuuji try to revenge the death of a gang member, but they are soon chased by the police. As a result, Tatsuya is arrested and the relationship between Joon-Oh and K becomes frosty.
Meanwhile, K robs the yakuza to bail out Tatsuya and Joon-Oh tries to find the snitch in Sung-Ho’s gang. They learn that someone is behind the series of deaths of their members. A plan for revenge is set forth.
Movie: Breathless
Revised romanization: Ddongpari
Hangul: ???
Director: Yang Ik-June
Writer: Yang Ik-June
Producer: Jang Seong-Jin
Cinematographer: Yun Jong-Ho
World Premiere: October, 2008 (Pusan Int. Film Fest.)
Theatrical Release Date: April 16, 2009
Runtime: 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Gangster / Indie
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea
Cast:
Yang Ik-june as Sang-hoon
Kim Kkot-bi as Yeon-hee
Jung Man-shik as Man-shik
Lee Hwan as Young-jae
Yun Seung-hun as Hwan-kyu
Kim Hee-su as Yeong-in
Plot:
Sang-Hoon (Yang Ik-June) works as a low-level gangster collecting money for his longtime loan shark friend. Sang-Hoon seethes with rage due to his troubled childhood and abusive father. At any moment, Sang-Hoon can lash out at relatives, friends & strangers with the only way he knows how to solve problems – savage violence.
Movie: Boy (English title) / Goodbye, Boy (literal title)
Revised romanization: Gootbayi Boyi
Hangul: ??? ??
Director: Roh Hong-Jin
Writer: Roh Hong-Jin
Producer: Choi Soon-Sik, Kwak Kyoung-Taek, Song Joon-Hyoung
Cinematographer: Lee In-Won
World Premiere: October 2010 (Pusan International Film Festival)
Release Date: June 2, 2011
Runtime: 112 min.
Distributor: Indiestory
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea
Plot:
Winter 1988 – Middle school student Jin-Woo (Yeon Jun-Seok) lives with his unemployed alcoholic father (Ahn Nae-Sang) and his unhappy mother (Kim So-Hee) who frequently attempts to runaway from home due to her unhappiness with her husband. Jin-Woo’s older sister (Ryu Hyun-Kyung) does whatever she wants and fumes at her mother for the life she lives. Jin-Woo feels sorry for his mom who has to support the family alone and starts to work as a newspaper delivery boy. At the newspaper distribution plant, he meets another boy named Chang-Geun (Kim Dong-Young) who works hard to save money. Jin-Woo learns from Chang-Geun things like how to smoke, drink alcohol and how to deal with girls. Jin-Woo learns about life through Chang-Geun.
Revised romanization: Naega Salinbeomida
Director: Jung Byoung-Gil
Writer: Jung Byoung-Gil
Producer: Lee Yong-Hee
Cinematographer: Jung Yong-Kyeon
Release Date: November 8, 2012
Runtime: 119 min.
Distributor: Showbox/Mediaplex
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea
Cast: Jung Jae-Young Park Si-Hoo Kim Young-Ae Jang Gwang Jo Eun-Ji
Plot:
After the expiration of the statute of limitations, serial killer Lee Doo-Suk (Park Si-Hoo) publishes his book “I’m A Killer” which becomes a best seller. The book depicts crimes he committed in the past. Meanwhile, Det. Choi Hyung-Goo (Jung Jae-Young) attempts to capture the serial killer he missed 15 years ago
Movie: An Ethics Lesson (English title) / Ethics of Anger (literal title)
Revised romanization: Boonnoui Yoonrihak
Hangul: ??? ???
Director: Park Myung-Rang
Writer: Park Myung-Rang
Cinematographer: Kim Woo-Hyung
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Runtime: 110 min.
Genre: Crime / Noir / Drama
Distributor: Lotte Entertainment
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea
Plot:
By day, Jung-Hoon (Lee Je-Hoon) is a hard working police officer and by night Jung-Hoon spies on his beautiful college student neighbor Jin-A (Ko Sung-Hee). Jung-Hoon’s life outside of work revolves around his beautiful neighbor. He has her apartment bugged with surveillance cameras and he watches her whenever he is not at work. One evening, Jung-Hoon witnesses a horrifying event. He witnesses Jin-A being strangled to death by her former lover. Jung-Hoon becomes frozen and is unable to call the police due to his own illegal taping activities. Soon, Jung-Hoon becomes entangled with the three other men involved in the life and death of Jin-A.
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