Korean Movie Night at Home: Part II
Enjoy a selection of 10 hit Korean films available for a limited screening online!
December 1 – December 31, 2020
Korean Movie Night New York, one of the most beloved film series hosted by the Korean Cultural Center New York, returns in online form! With the success and continued demand for online films after our successful Korean Movie Night At Home Part I this summer, we’re excited to present Part II!
As we support the efforts of social distancing the Korean Movie Night at Home online platform brings audiences a cinematic experience of 10 recent Korean films from the past three years ranging from award-winning festival hits to feel-good family comedies.
In this unique revamp of Korean Movie Night, we’ve partnered with JBG Pictures to provide FREE access to these films online until the end of December, 2020.
Since its inception in 2010, Korean Movie Night New York presented free film screenings that introduced the full spectrum of contemporary and classic Korean cinema to New York audiences, including popular blockbusters, independent films, documentaries, animation, and more.
[Movie List] (Click the poster image to watch)
* All films are in Korean with English subtitles
* These ratings are by the Korea Media Rating Board
OK! MADAM
(오케이 마담)
Director: Lee Chul-ha (이철하)
Cast: Uhm Jung-Hwa, Park Sung-Woong, Lee Sang-Yoon, Bae Jeong-Nam
Running Time: 100 min
Genre: Comedy, Action
Release Year: 2020
Rating: Film intended for audiences 15 and over (15세 관람가)
(Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.)
Mi-Young runs a shop at a traditional market, where she makes and sells twisted breadsticks. Her husband Seok-Hwan works as a computer repairman. One day, Seok-Hwan wins a free trip to Hawaii. Mi-Young and Seok-Hwan will go on their first international trip together. When they get on the airplane to Hawaii, things don't go as expected; terrorists, including Cheol-Seung, who is chasing after a secret agent, get on the same airplane and the passengers soon become hostages. Suddenly, Mi-Young and Seok-Hwan begin to rescue the passengers.
Beasts Clawing at Straws
(지푸라기라도 잡고 싶은 짐승들)
Director: Kim Yong-hoon (김용훈)
Cast: Jeon Doyeon, Jung Woosung, Bae Seongwoo, Shin Hyunbeen, Youn Yuhjung, Jung Mansik, Jin Gyeong
Running Time: 108 min
Genre: Thriller
Release Year: 2020
Rating: No one under 18 is allowed to watch this Film (청소년 관람불가)
The destinies of hard-luck lowlifes slowly converge and come crashing down: Jung-man barely gets by working at a sauna and taking care of his sick mother until he finds a bag full of cash in the locker room; Tae-young is in trouble after his girlfriend runs away with the money he borrowed from a loan shark. Soon, a dead body mysteriously turns up; Mi-ran, caught between her husband’s violence and a dead-end job as a bar hostess, she finds a young lover Jin-tae, who offers to kill her husband… And now their dog-eat-dog game starts.
Hit and Run Squad
(뺑반)
Director: Han Jun-hee (한준희)
Cast: Gong Hyo-jin, Ryu Jun-yeol, Jo Jung-suk, Yum Jung-ah, Jeon Hye-jin
Running Time: 133 min
Genre: Action
Release Year: 2019
Rating: Film intended for audiences 15 and over (15세 관람가)
(Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.)
A car-chasing action movie about an ace policeman in the hit and run department with a knack for cars, a detective who was demoted, and a man who is crazy about cars and speed.
Juror 8
(배심원들)
Director: Hong Seung-hwan (홍성환)
Cast: Moon So-ri, Park Hyung-sik, Baek Soo-jang, Kim Mi-kyung, Yoon Kyung-ho
Running Time: 114 min
Genre: Drama
Release Year: 2019
Rating: Film intended for audiences 12 and over (12세이상 관람가)
(Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.)
The story of South Korea’s first trial by jury in 2008, it follows the case of a son brutally murdering his mother, with all factors seeming to point to a guilty ruling. However, the trial does not go as smoothly as expected. The eighth juror, young entrepreneur Kwon Nam Woo questions the defendant’s self-declaration of guilt. As a result, the judge calls for a new debate to establish a guilty or not guilty verdict.
Forbidden Dream
(천문)
Director: Hur Jin-ho (허진호)
Cast: Sul Kyoung-gu, Jo Jin-woong, Huh Joon-ho, Jin Seon-gyu, Kim Sa-rang
Running Time: 132 min
Genre: Drama, Period Piece
Release Year: 2019
Rating: Film intended for audiences 12 and over (12세이상 관람가)
(Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.)
Sejong, the 4th king of Chosun, has been interested in advancing science and technology. He appoints Jang Young-sil, a slave and scientific genius, to be a low-level officer despite a bitter opposition of the court. Jang blossoms his talents by making the most accurate water clock that has ever made. Sejong wants to create a new calendar that can replace the Chinese one from the Ming Dynasty.
Little Forest
(리틀포레스트)
Director: Yim Soon-rye (임순례)
Cast: Kim Tae-ri, Ryu Jun-yeol, Moon So-ri
Running Time: 103 min
Genre: Drama
Release Year: 2018
Rating: Film suitable for all ages (전체관람가)
Hye-won grows tired of life in the city and returns to her hometown in the countryside. After a year of living in the countryside with her old friends, Hye-won finally realizes what she has always been searching for. Based on an original story by Igarashi Daisuke, which has been nominated for the Tetsuka Osamu Culture Award, one of the top 3 comic awards in Japan, this adaptation is created in director Yim Soon-rye's warm conceptualization of Korea's beautiful nature and various foods.
Miss Baek
(미쓰백)
Director: Lee Ji-won (이지원)
Cast: Han Ji-min, Kim Shi-A, Lee Hee-joon
Running Time: 98 min
Genre: Drama
Release Year: 2018
Rating: Film intended for audiences 15 and over (15세 관람가)
(Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.)
A woman's (Han Ji-Min) past as a convict follows her everywhere and, because of this, she doesn't open up to others. The woman meets a girl and decides to save her from the cruel world. A man (Lee Hee-Joon), who holds feelings for the woman, tries to protect her in his own way.
What A Man Wants
(바람 바람 바람)
Director: Lee Byung-heon (이병헌)
Cast: Lee Sung-min, Shin Ha-kyun, Song Ji-hyo, Lee El
Running Time: 100 min
Genre: Comedy
Release Year: 2018
Rating: No one under 18 is allowed to watch this Film (청소년 관람불가)
Seok-geun is a middle-aged taxi driver who loves his wife but constantly cheats on her. His younger sister Mi-young and her husband Bong-soo live right next door to Seok-geun and his wife, and Bong-soo doesn’t understand why his brother-in-law keeps having affairs. However, everything changes when Bong-soo meets Jenny, a woman with irresistible charm.
Sunset in my Hometown
(변산)
Director: Lee Joon-ik (이준익)
Cast: Park Jung-min, Kim Go-eun
Running Time: 123 min
Genre: Drama
Release Year: 2018
Rating: Film intended for audiences 15 and over (15세 관람가)
(Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.)
Hak-soo has challenged TV audition programs for 6 years but never gets into the finals. On the day he fails his 7th audition, he receives a call from his hometown that his father is in the hospital. He rushes to his hometown Byeon-san, only to find it his father lied to bring him to Byeon-san. He heads back to Seoul, but he is suspected as a phishing scam criminal there.
Fengshui
(명당)
Director: Park Hee-gon
Cast: Cho Seung-woo, Ji Sung, Kim Sung-kyun, Moon Chae-won
Running Time: 126min
Genre: Drama, Period Piece
Release Year: 2018
Rating: Film intended for audiences 12 and over (12세이상 관람가)
(Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.)
In Joseon, geomancers help people find lucky sites for houses, stores and even graves. Park, a royal geomancer, loses his family because he exposed the powerful Kim’s conspiracy. Park plans revenge and learns that Kim is looking for the grave site that would make his son the King. Heung-seon, a faithful friend of the King, joins Park to prevent Kim from usurping the throne by finding it first.