Archive for the 'Korea' Category

Typhoon

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475750/ 
Typhoon aka Taepung (2005) is a Korean action drama. Another big budget film from the end of last year, which is not as good as much it costed but still a decent movie. As many times before, it is about a North-Korean terrorist, who’s chased on sea and in many countries. The story seems to be simple but […]

Romance

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0778020/
Korean drama, romance - 2006. Yoon-hee is harrassed by her rich husband, and one day decides to kill herself, but then she’s saved by a similarly unfortunate policeman. As the movie title suggests, they develop a romantic relationship which leads to further complications…
The unhappy marrige and aggressive husband drives Yoon-hee into the arms of a patheric policeman, […]

Hypnotized

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419730  
This is an amazing movie, the kind that reminds us that cinema is not only a background entertainment for eating popcorn but a (complex) form of Art. It has unique, beautiful visuals (won best cinematography prize at MIFF), and captivating soundtrack that perfectly suits the pictures, mood and story. The aching but beautiful, thrilling and sometimes […]