Kim Hyun

Burning (2018)

Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, 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 Jong-su an enigmatic young man named ...

The Cat (2011)

So-yeon suffers from claustrophobia and inherits a Persian cat when its owner dies. She begins having nightmares and people around her begin dying as she searches for the truth. ...

Poetry (2010)

A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing. ...

The Divine Weapon (2008)

During the reign of King Sejong in the 15th century, the Joseon Dynasty was the embodiment of the perfect state. To the Ming China, the aspiring imperial power, Joseon presented an obstacle to territorial expansion. To protect themselves from war, King Sej ...

Secret Sunshine (2007)

Shin-ae moves to her recently late husband's hometown. Despite her efforts to settle in this unfamiliar and too-normal place, she finds that she can't fit in. After a sudden tragedy, Shin-ae turns to Christianity to relieve her pain, but when even this is ...

Wedding Campaign (2005)

A 38-year-old single man, Hong Man-Taek is a petty farmer still living with his mother. Seeing a neighbor married to an Uzbekistan bride and frightened by the fact that his own grandson will never get married, Man-Taek's grandfather decides to send Man-tek ...

Princess Aurora (2005)

A woman gets killed in a department store. No one imagines this could lead to serial murders, but two days after the first murder, another homicide occurs. A woman is suffocated to death and the only evidence left at the crime scene is a sticker of the car ...

The President's Barber (2004)

A well-meaning but politically naive barber gets pulled into the inner circle of the South Korean dictator Park Chung-Hee, with rather baleful consequences for his hapless family. This sharp political satire covers roughly twenty years in South Korean poli ...

When I Turned Nine (2004)

Yeo-min is a matured and thoughtful 9 year old boy who lives in a small mountain village. Even at his young age, he has too many things to take care of. First, he has to protect his friends from the neighborhood bully Black Bird and keep peace in his neigh ...

Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2002)

A young man is on a quest to beat the game and rescue the Little Match Girl from the hands of the corporation that operates the game, but can he succeed? ...

Oasis (2002)

A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving and becomes infatuated with his cerebral palsy-stricken daughter. ...

One Fine Spring Day (2001)

A recording engineer falls for a radio announcer after they work together to capture sounds of the natural world. ...

The Warrior (2001)

In 1375, China was in chaos between Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Coryo (an ancient kingdom of Korea then) sent a delegation of many diplomats, soldiers and a silent slave to make peace with the new Chinese government. However, this delegation got charged ...

Peppermint Candy (2000)

In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho's depression becomes apparent when he cl ...

Happy End (1999)

When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life. ...

The Uprising (1999)

In the late 19th century Catholicism was gaining a foothold on Jeju island, much to the horror of the Confucian community, who were seeing their influence diminishing as well as getting increased taxes from Catholic-friendly government officers. The confli ...

Deep Blue (1997)

Push! Push! (1997)

Two female doctors – and close friends – work in an obstetrics and gynecology clinic. Jung-yeon is fed up with delivering and aborting babies all day while Hae-seok treats various gynecological diseases. ...

He Asked Me If I Knew Zither (1997)

Father (1997)

Beat (1997)

Min, a tough guy whose widowed mother is a drunk. The story traces his journey from high school to the underworld as one of his friends introduces him to life in the mob. Complicating Min's life further is his romance with Romi, a girl from an upper-class ...

Green Fish (1997)

Returning home and finding his town drastically changed, a former soldier falls in with gangsters. ...

Their Last Love Affair (1996)

Youngmin is a professor of literature and the father of two children. He is in love with a journalist who is an admirer of his poetry. They first meet when Youngmin invites her to a dinner thanking her for an article that she has written about him. Since t ...

Two Cops 2 (1996)

An unlikely pair of cops take part in a massive crackdown against the local mob. ...

Run Away (1995)

Video game producer Lee Dong-ho and freelance artist Choi Mi-ran are both young, ambitious people who are passionate about their life and work. They meet by chance one night on the road, and end up spending the night together. On their way home, they witne ...

Mom Has a New Boyfriend (1995)

Eun-jae, a children's book illustrator, runs into Jin-woo at a bookstore. Jin-woo and Eun-jae met years ago on a train. Although each has a family to go home to, both believe that their meeting is more than coincidence and begin to see each other. ...

Bitter and Sweet (1995)

A group of people whose lives suffer from stagnation, are working together in the same company and their lives are scutinized by those who see them. There is the development manager whose last new idea was five years earlier; a procrastinating office clerk ...

Marriage Story 2 (1994)

Sun-ju and Jin-woo plan a romantic second honeymoon to celebrate their anniversary. Sun-ju accidently comes into possession of a doll filled with smuggled microfilm. She becomes the target of foreign agents who follow the couple throughout their tour of Au ...

Rules of the Game (1994)

A car wash attendant Yong-dae decides move to Seoul with his girlfriend Tae-suk for join the most dangerous gang Yu Kwangcheon. On the way to Seoul they lost entire of savings to a swindler Man-su whom the most wanted by Yu Kwangcheon. ...

Out to the World (1994)

A satirical allegory of contemporary South Korean politics, the film follows the exploits of two convicts who accidentally escape while being transferred to another prison. Before they can turn themselves back into custody, they meet a female outlaw. She p ...

The Story of Two Women (1994)

To the Starry Island (1993)

Two men have returned to their hometown (the titular island) from Seoul to bury the father of one of them, but the islanders vehemently refuse their request, triggering memories of their childhood before and during the Korean War. ...

Love is Oh Yeah! (1993)

Passage to Buddha (1993)

A young boy mourns the death of his father, and begins a quest to find his mother. He encounters many people on the way who quote Buddhist precepts: an eccentric monk, a girl who grows up into a young woman, a prison inmate, a foul-mouthed doctor and the y ...

Western Avenue (1993)

A second-generation Korean-American woman, Jisoo, leaves her medical studies to pursue acting in New York. After experiencing trauma and alienation in LA's vibrant but harsh subcultures: including scenes involving drug use and body art; she returns to her ...

Dead End (1993)

Short film by Kim Sung-su. ...

Blue In You (1992)

Mister Mama (1992)

The Silence of Eros (1992)

Walking all the way to heaven (1992)

Two men fall in love with the same woman. One man is a thief and the other is a graduate student that wants to take her away from a tough environment. ...

The Road to the Racetrack (1991)

R returns from studying in France and reunites with J, whom he used to live with in Paris. ...

Beyond the Mountain (1991)

In a quite mountain temple Chim-hae follows a path of asceticism under the instruction of the High Priest, Pop-yon. One day, the high priest sends him on an errand to another mountain temple known as Sowondang. Sowondang was widely renowned for the beautif ...

Berlin Report (1991)

A reporter investigates a case in which a Korean woman, who has been living in Europe since she was 3 years old, is accused of murdering her adopted father. This is complicated by the fact that she is suffering from traumatic memory loss. ...

Seoul Evita (1991)

Activist Kim Min-soo is a fugitive from the law as a result of his political campaigns. As he goes into hiding, he meets and falls in love with Lee Sun-young, a music graduate with plans to study abroad. But not long after, they begin to face obstacles. Be ...

A Small Autocratic Republic (1991)

After losing his only son, Old Kim establishes Haksagol, an all-male boarding house. Admission requires a strict exam and interview, and anyone who breaks its ten rules—such as bans on drinking or protests—is immediately expelled. This year's top entra ...

Who Saw The Dragon's Claws? (1991)

Ji-won, a news anchor woman, witnesses Jung Yong-wook, an emerging leader of the ruling party, being terrorized. She sees the incident from car parked on a deserted road as she was enjoying a secret redez-vous with Park In-gyu, the presidential candidate o ...

Passion Portrait (1991)

Failing to enter the university of his choice, a young man is forced to enter a local college, but a series of disappointments causes him to give up his studies and begin a life of aimless travel. ...

My Love, My Bride (1990)

Young-min and Mi-young graduated from the same college and fell in love. They finally got married. As time goes by, they bicker over even the tiniest of issues. One day, at a coffee shop, Mi-young waits for Young-min and meets her ex-boss. Young-min sees t ...

Black Republic (1990)

A social drama about a young student activist who hides from the authorities by working in a small mining town. ...

The Dream (1990)

A monk rapes a beautiful young woman who visits his monastery. He quits the monastery, marries the woman, and they have kids. But she despises him all the while and devotes herself to tormenting him. ...

Because You Are a Woman (1990)

A 1990 Korean film about a woman who gets involved in a court case after retaliating against her attackers. ...

The Woman Who Walks on Water (1990)

Nan-hee and Min-hee are best friends who also went to the same college. Nan-hee came from a poor family while Min-hee comes from a wealthy background. But their friendship overcomes these obvious difference. Nan-hee begins to work in the fashion industry s ...

Let's Look at the Sky Sometimes (1990)

Hye-joo and Eun-kyung vie for 1st place in school. Tae-ho, who's tormented by his parents who incessantly nag about grades, has a crush on Hye-joo. The two girls begin an earnest struggle for the top score as they prepare for the final exams. But when Eun- ...

Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist (1990)

Two North Korean terrorists posing as Japanese tourists under the names of Shin Icho and Ma Yumi, blow up a Korean Airline flight enroute to Baghdad. When investigators catch up with the two in Bahrain, they take suicide pills but Ma Yumi is revived and fo ...

North Korean Partisan in South Korea (1990)

Reporter for a North Korean news service joins the partisans when the Americans and UN forces invade South Korea. ...

Oseam (1990)

Rooster (1990)

Doo-chil, a 46 Year old small poultry farm owner, is the head of the family, yet with no authority rather intimidated by aggressive wife, mother-in-law, and three daughters. One day, Doo-chil makes delivery of chickens to a slaughter house and meets Ok-ja ...

Happiness Does Not Come in Grades (1989)

In a high school second grade classroom, Bonggu (Gyu Seok) and Genija (Choi Soo-hoon), whose grades are low, love each other (Yi Yeon Yeon) and Niho teacher. The hard - luck Changshu helps his mother to clean the liquor, but the Eun - joo, who grew up in a ...

Miss Rhino and Mr Korando (1989)

A singer's walkman is accidently exchanged with that of a stranger who later turns up dead. ...

Gagman (1989)

Lee Jong-se is a third-rate comedian who believes himself to be a creative genius. He desires nothing more than to be a movie director. ...

Chilsu and Mansu (1988)

An aimless young man and his sign-painter friend draw a crowd when they climb to the top of a high-rise billboard. ...

Sa Bang-ji (1988)

Sa Bangji was an intersex person who according to historical records lived during Korea's Joseon Dynasty. Taken in by a kindly benefactor, Sa Bangji lives in a monastery that is one day visited by a young widow, Lee So-sa, who is in mourn ...

The Age of Success (1988)

Kim Pan-chok is assigned to work in the sales promotion department of Yumi Inc., a sweetener manufacturer. He falls ill after a heated sales war with Gammi Inc., a leading competitor and is hospitalized. He devises a genius plan while in the hospital. ...

Hello, God (1987)

Byung-tae who has cerebral paralysis goes to the wrong destination and then meets Min-wu and suicidal Chun-ja in the station office and joins their journey. Chun-ja causes a lot of trouble such as stealing Byung-tae's wallet and running away. Chun-ja, who ...

Flower Blooms Even on a Windy Day (1987)

After a performance depicting the lives of jesters during the Joseon era, the cast, led by director Byungsoo, immerses themselves in rehearsing a new play. ...

Our Joyful Young Days (1987)

Young-min secretly admires Hye-rin whom he saw in a play and sends her flowers anonymously every performance of hers. However, Hye-rin marries a gynecologist Oh Seong-wu and leaves for New York. ...

Pillar of Mist (1987)

A woman marries the man of her dreams and bears his child but, as the years pass, they grow more distant from each other. While her husband's career flurishes, he forces her to quit her job which only adds to their marital stress. ...

Foggy after Clouds in Mujin (1986)

Hwang Jin Yi (1986)

Magistrate Hwang's daughter Jin-yi, is jilted before her wedding because a shoe maker was smitten with her and commits suicide. Jin-yi becomes a courtesan, and becomes famous for her wits and beauty. She falls for Byuk Kye-su, but he's chosen to be an envo ...

Whale Hunting 2 (1985)

As the woman he has a crush on gets married, Byung-tae is heartbroken and tries to kill himself. At a mental hospital, Byung-tae meets a gang boss. By chance, Byung-tae saves a pickpocket girl from the den of evil. ...

Whale Hunting (1984)

A disillusioned student meets a eccentric beggar and a mute prostitute he falls in love with. Together, without money, they cross South Korea to help the girl go home. ...

Wife (1983)

Wild Dogs (1983)

A painter and a novelist share an abandoned apartment building. The painter takes in 99 stray dogs as the subjects of his next work but, as he does not have enough resources to feed them, the dogs turn feral. ...

Shall Cuckoo Sing at Night (1980)

Sooni is the daughter of a strolling male entertainer. After her mother left her, Sooni was raised by Dori's mother and is engaged to Dori. But Dori's friend Chil-sung also has crush on her. One day, Dori wins the wrestling game at the marketplace and earn ...

Love My Whole Body (1973)

Nobody Knows (1977)

Eun-ah is distressed when her volleyball coach asks her mother to marry him. ...