Choi Dong-joon

Blood Rain (2005)

In 1808, an imperial investigator arrives on an idyllic island to investigate a series of grisly murders. The locals believe that a ghost is responsible, taking revenge for a wrongful execution seven years ago. But the investigator suspects that something ...

Until We Meet (1999)

Downfall (1997)

A young woman is tricked into prostitution, thinking she is going to sell beverages at a village store. She soon learns about the dark world of Korea's red-light districts, where their pimps and society exploit her. ...

Boss (1996)

Jo Yang-eun was a leading mob boss in Korea in the 1970's leading the Yang-eun family. He was eventually arrested and charged under an internal security act and served 15 years in prison. This film, based on truth, is the story of his life in and outside o ...

The Taebaek Mountains (1994)

Based on the great river story, The Taebaek Mountains chronicles the lasting generational conflict between proprietors and peasants in South Korea. ...

Rosy Life (1994)

A comic book store in Garibong-dong is run by a beautiful woman better known as Madam. This store stays open late into the night, thus attracting varied types of people such as gangsters and hustlers. ...

Love is Oh Yeah! (1993)

Sopyonje (1993)

The 1930s. Wishing to pass down his knowledge, the father teaches his children to sing Pansori. The elder daughter and the younger son become professional singers but time has changed and people are no longer interested in folk singing. The younger boy giv ...

Cutting the Sorrow With a Knife Stuck in the Chest (1992)

A man accepts a job on a shrimp fishing boat unaware that he is being set up for slave labor along with the rest of the crew of social outcasts. ...

Fly High, Run Far (1991)

In mid-19th Century Korea, the people of Joseon Dynasty embrace the new religion Donghak. After the founder is executed, Choi Si-hyeong becomes Donghak's second-generation leader and successfully propagates the religion, but in doing so becomes the object ...

Madame Aema 5 (1991)

Selling Body Part II (1989)

A Migrant Bird in a Nest (1988)

Swamp of the Goddess (1985)

Hyeran is from an orphan, but attends college with the care of the orphanage director. One day she has her body stolen by her manager, who has a black heart, and Hye-ran steals her manager's bankbook and she leaves the orphanage. ...

You Can't Stop a Flowing River (1984)

In Korea during the Joseon Dynasty, a young man is forced to marry the king's daughter despite being betrothed to another woman, triggering a series of tragic events. ...

Crying in a Butterfly's Embrace (1983)

A beleaguered cabbie accompanies a mysterious and moody woman on an eventful journey across South Korea to find her long-lost lover. ...

The Village of Mist (1983)

A young South Korean woman moves to an isolated mountain village, where all of the villagers are related except for a mysterious vagabond, to take up her first teaching post. ...

Sa-ho Martial Arts (1979)

In the Taebong dynasty towards end of King Gungye's reign in the deep ravines, a thousand year old pair of foxes lived. They were father and daughter practicing asceticism to become humans. Lee Mu-gi, a snake skilled at the martial arts, changes into a hum ...

Legend of the White Snake (1978)

Based on the reincarnation theory of Buddhism, Heo Sun rescued a little white snake. Afterwards, a thousand-year-old white snake comes out to watch the May Festival when he discovers Heo Sun living in poverty. In order to thank him, the white snake takes t ...