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아메리카 아메리카 (1988)
Character: N/A
A young Korean-American accidently kills someone and spends the next 7 years in prison. When released, she joins up with a middle-aged Korean man looking for his wife and an illegal immigrant on the run. Together they travel to Lake Tahoe and find redemption along the way.
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下宿生 (1966)
Character: Hwang Jae-sook
A melodrama about a man whose girlfriend leaves him for another man after his face is disfigured. The man gets plastic surgery, then tracks down his old girlfriend to make her regret her past actions.
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국경 아닌 국경선 (1964)
Character: N/A
A Korean family is separated during the Japanese colonial period and end up in different parts of Asia, and on different sides of the Korean Civil War.
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서울로 가는 길 (1962)
Character: Myungshin
A major of the South Korean army is taken prisoner during the Korean War (1950-1953). He attempts to escape but a guard shoots him. But a woman appears to save him. She is a student studying at Kim Il-Sung University. While his wound gets healed, he falls in love with her. She is also an anti-Communist. When he becomes healthy again, he sneaks into the Pyeongyang concentration camp to rescue three South Korean soldiers even though she strongly objects. He successfully carries out his mission and they set out for Seoul. But there are a lot of dangers waiting for them on their way.
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가로수의 합창 (1968)
Character: N/A
Cheol-woo, a Korean law student at Waseda University in Tokyo, secretly leads a student reading club that doubles as an independence movement. He falls in love with Yumiko, daughter of Miike, a Japanese official behind colonial policies, and struggles with their forbidden romance.
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혈맥 (1963)
Character: Ok-hwi
The story takes place on a mountain slope where defectors from North Korea live. These families sell cheap things such as socks and pens to make a living and there is a serious gap between the parents and their children. A widower Kim Deok-sam nags his son Geo-buk to join the American army. Ok-Mae who lives next door teaches her daughter Bok-soon traditional Korean folksongs and forces her to become a gisaeng.
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골목안 風景 (1962)
Character: Eun-mi
One father finds life nearly impossible to live as he attempts to raise his nine children on a pitifully small salary.
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황토 (1975)
Character: N/A
At the end of the Japanese rule, Jeom-Rye, a daughter of a poor farmer, bares a son of a Japanese policeman Yamada, but she gets married to Park Hang-Koo and lives a happy life with their daughter, Se-Yeon, after Yamada and his son run away after Liberation of Korea. During the Korean War, Hang dies and then, she happens to meet Flanders, a lieutenant of the U.S. Army. She bears a mixed-blood son but lets him go with Flanders returning to U.S. Yamada's son and Flanders II, who became American soldiers, come to Jeom-Rye, who is working on a farm with Se-Yeon who grows up now. Accepting the past and present situations, Jeom-Rye behaves wisely. While Se-Yeon is meeting Flanders II, she cries with rage for the Communist Party.
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명자 아끼꼬 쏘냐 (1992)
Character: N/A
The life of a woman through the tumultuous years of Korea's modern history.
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육체의 길 (1959)
Character: N/A
A man accused of embezzlement starts a life as first a vagabound and later a thief. He feels he is unable to return to his family and home.
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메밀꽃 필 무렵 (1967)
Character: N/A
Heo, an itinerary market dealer, had a short and passionate love with a girl called Bun when he was young and still cherishes that memory in his heart. One day, he happens to meet a young market dealer who is left-handed like him. While talking to him, he finds out that the man is actually his son.
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갈망 (1968)
Character: N/A
A doctor is shocked to learn that his girlfriend had formerly been the mistress of a married man.
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너의 이름은 여자 (1969)
Character: N/A
An architect has an accident which leaves him uninterested in sex and unable to perform. His wife feels she cannot love with forced celibacy and takes up with a college student.
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여(女) (1968)
Character: N/A
A man meets a woman on his hiking trip to Mountain Seorak, but she suffers from incurable diseases. He becomes infatuated with her hair. When he tells her about his feeling she promises him that she would leave her hair after she dies as part his heritage for the man. But when he looks for her later she is already dead, and her hair was already sold to another person. He meets another woman he becomes intimate with, but finds that she is his biological mother.
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직녀성 (1968)
Character: 아내
As the daughter-in-law of a prestigious family, she had to live in a tearful marriage with strict mother-in-law and a young husband. Her husband, who had grown up in the meantime, returned home with a Japanese woman on her way home from studying abroad, and demanded a divorce from her. Her wife complies with her husband's request and agrees to her divorce, but when the Japanese woman learns that he is her husband, she returns to Japan. He is not healthy from drinking too much, but her wife is devoted to her husband, and only then does her husband shed tears of penance in front of her.
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민검사와 여선생 (1966)
Character: N/A
Jangson, a devoted student to Teacher Park, overcomes hardship to support his ailing grandmother. Teacher Park's life takes a tragic turn due to rumors of an affair and an accidental death. In a powerful twist, Jangson quits his prosecutor job to become her defense lawyer, ultimately clearing her of the murder charge. The film conveys a message of mutual support and the power of warmth in challenging times.
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악의 꽃 (1961)
Character: N/A
A doctor of biology succeeds in making a flower of evil. He has dedicated long years to the research for revenge. When he orders, the flower drinks human blood and resumes its shape as a flower. He uses the flower to take his revenge.
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妖花殿 (1969)
Character: N/A
South Korean martial arts.
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남자식모 (1968)
Character: N/A
A woman hires a male cook, being afraid that her lewd husband may have an affair with a female cook. Hyeong-gu, who thinks about how to collect money for his brother's research, starts working in her house. While he serves as a cook there, a lot of funny episodes happen. Finally, his brother finishes his research successfully and he gets out of the house to work for his brother's company as a managing director. He also gets married to a cook maid of the neighbor next door. It turns out that the maid is the daughter of the land lord, not a hired servant.
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화녀 '82 (1982)
Character: Jeong-suk
Intrigue and murder on a small poultry farm outside of Seoul when a young maid starts working on the farm and is seduced by the local farm hand.
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영화판 (2012)
Character: Self
Director Chung Ji-Young criticizes the thought that older directors have difficulties in making certain movies. Actress Yoon Jin-Seo agonizes over her identity as an actress. In 2009, before the movie "Unbowed" was made, they met and planned a documentary about Korean movies, including the processes a Korean movie goes through and difficulites. "Ari Ari the Korean Cinema" is a documentary with interviews of Korean directors, actors and actresses.
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지옥문 (1962)
Character: N/A
Two thousand and nine hundred years ago, Buddha is deeply touched by Mongryeon's love for his parents. Lady Cheongche falls to hell because she betrayed her husband. Buddha saves her and helps her go to heaven.
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대원군 (1968)
Character: Queen Min
When King Cheol-jang dies, the throne passes to his son King Ko-jang but, because he is considered to be too inexperienced, his ambitious uncle rules as regent. The rightful king's wife, the politically brilliant Queen Min, refuses to accept this situation and brings about the uncle's exile in order to secure the throne.
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마지막 황후 윤비 (1966)
Character: Queen Yun
Queen Yun reigned with King Sunjong since she was just 13 years old. She hid the royal seals needed to complete an agreement between Korea and Japan which would lead to Korea's annexation. However, her patriotic display wins her many enemies.
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불나비 (1965)
Character: N/A
A young bride becomes the prime suspect in a series of grisly murders. However, her dashing young lawyer decides to come to her rescue and begins his own investigation into the crimes in an effort to clear his client's name.
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춘향전 (1961)
Character: Chun-hyang
Wolmae is a gisaeng living in Namwon. Her daughter, Chun-hyang, is secretly engaged to marry Lee Mong-ryong. Lee leaves for Seoul with his father and the new governor, Byeon Hak-do, begins coveting Chun-hyang.
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비오는 날의 오후3시 (1959)
Character: N/A
Upon hearing that her fiance has been killed in battle, a woman makes her way to the Park Pagoda to seek comfort from the monument. There she becomes acquainted with Henry Jang, a Korean-American whom she eventually marries. There is no happy ending for the two, however, because her fiance shows up alive and well, but bitter over his lover's fickle nature
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5인의 해병 (1961)
Character: Soonyi
A brigade of five marines are sent on a dangerous mission to capture an enemy stronghold during the Korean War.
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성웅 이순신 (1971)
Character: N/A
A famous general who defeated Japanese invaders with the world's first iron ship, 'Turtle battleship' during Chosun dynasty, was intrigued against by many villainous retainers. Even when he was reduced to a much lower rank, he served in the war worrying about the nation's wellbeing. This film depicts General Lee Sun-Shin who is probably the most famous general in Korean history, based on his 'Wartime Diary.'
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두견새 우는 사연 (1967)
Character: N/A
The only son of a government official Yun loves Ok-hwa, the daughter of former gisaeng Gye-seon. But his father doesn't feel good about having a daughter of a former gisaeng as his daughter-in-law. He matches him instead with the only daughter of another official. Soon, Ok-hwa dies of lovesickness missing Yun so much. The ghost of her appears to Yun, who betrayed her and married another woman, to make him repent for his fault.
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인간 사표를 써라 (1971)
Character: N/A
In the coal mine of the North Manchuria in the Japanese colonial period, Dhiho (Park, Sik) and Jinsu (Kim Hee-la), who made the ceremony, are accused of stealing gold from the Dalgyo (Hurjanggang) crowd. In the end, he returned to Seoul to pay for the injustice of the innocent and deadly victim, hoping for a chance to revenge around Dalgy, the company's president, as a stolen gold bullion. On the other hand, Hyeon-joo's wife, Yong-sook (Kim Ji-mi), who lives alone as a blind person, can not tell her husband's death and reassures her that she is innocent. In the sadness of Yong - suk, he writes a corneal transplant consent to donate his eye to her, and then infiltrates his house to avenge her. However, Young-suk is kidnapped by his subordinates, and his plans are ruined. In the end, he kills Dalguy at the end of his battles with Dalguy's men, but he suffers from severe injuries and dies with his consent to transfer the cornea.
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이조여인잔혹사 (1969)
Character: N/A
Four short stories examing the lives of women in the last 18th and 19th century Story 1: 'Wives Should Be Submissive'--A father tries to marry his daughter into a wealthy family. Story 2: 'A Daughter-In-Law Is No Better Than A Stranger'--A woman thinks that her daughter-in-law has turned her son against her so she tries to kill the younger woman. Story 3: '7 Grounds For Divorce'--A wife begins an affair with her servant because of her husband's impotency Story 4: 'Prohibit Sex In Court'--A concubine's life is at risk when it is revealed that her infant child is not the king's.
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바람아 말하라 (1965)
Character: N/A
Wanho and Kyunghui go camping, but Gwisun secretly loves Wanho. After an accident, Wanho and Gwisun fall in love. When they return to Seoul, Gwisun's life takes a drastic turn. Just as she contemplates suicide, an unexpected twist alters her fate.
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태조 왕건 (1970)
Character: N/A
General Wang-gun marches on the capitol and overthrows the usurper Ku-jin who had slain the last king of the Shilla Dynasty. Wang-gun becomes king and begins a new era in Korean History--the Koryo Dynasty.
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석가모니 (1964)
Character: N/A
A prince in India learns that his birth was responsible for his mother's death. He makes up his mind to relieve the suffering of his people and begins studying to become a Buddhist priest
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전설따라 삼천리 (1968)
Character: N/A
Three traditional Korean folktales. Story 1: The kindness and good deeds of a poor couple earns them a bag of gold from heaven. Story 2: A brave man battles a bloodthirsty ghost. Story 3: A man must choose between devotion to his lover or duty to his parents.
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렌의 애가 (1969)
Character: Ren
Simon, a painter, regains the use of his hands thanks to therapy administered by Ren. Later, when Simon is kidnapped by communists and forced to paint a portrait of Stalin, Ren again helps him by assisting in his escape. Simon's wife, however, is less than pleased at their growing friendship and becomes determined to keep them apart.
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상사초 (1968)
Character: N/A
Two traditional stories. In the first, a girl marries the bravest man in the village so she can send him into a monster's lair to collect an mystic herb which can save her father's life. In the second story, even death cannot prevent a devoted wife from helping in her husband's success.
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비전 (1970)
Character: Queen Heonae
With the king's death, Queen Heon-ae becomes the queen mother. Young Heon-ae misses Wang-uk whom she loved before rising to the throne. Wang-uk, however, is indifferent towards her.
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육체의 약속 (1975)
Character: Sook-young
Mild-mannered and modest Sook-young looks like your usual middle-aged woman, but happens to be a man-killing murderess. On a train trip to Mokpo, she remembers an earlier trip as a prisoner on furlough accompanied by a menacing but kind butch female guard. On the train they meet Hoon, a young man who falls for Sook-young. The guard lets them be alone at a bizarre marriage in a hill-top graveyard.
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황혼열차 (1957)
Character: N/A
The rivalry between two families prevents budding love from being realized in the younger generation.
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현해탄은 알고 있다 (1961)
Character: Kyunghee Han
A Korean man, forced into service in the Japanese army during WWII, marries his Japanese girlfriend despite everyone's objections. Later, he becomes the sole survivor when the Americans attack.
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잡초 (1973)
Character: Bun-rye
A depiction of the life and fate of a physically weak woman who has strong maternal love.
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원효대사 (1962)
Character: N/A
After losing his best friend in a fierce battle against Baekje in the first year of Queen Jindeok's reign, Hwarang Won-hyo questions life and death and becomes a monk. Despite being courted by countless women, from Queen Jindeok to Princess Yoseok, Sammo, and Asaga, Won-hyo resists all temptations. Until one day, when he is moved by Princess Yoseok's desperate prayers, he wanders the streets, feeling guilty for his disloyal behavior.
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길소뜸 (1986)
Character: Min Hwa-yong
A middle-aged woman in Busan searches for the son she lost in Gilsodom during the Korean War.
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30년만의 대결 (1971)
Character: Seol Ok-hee
Best friends Dae-gyu and Dal-su fight over Ok-hi. When Ok-hui marries and goes to Seoul the fight ends. After many years, Ok-hi is widowed and brings her daughter Ji-hyang to her home village, and the fight between Dae-gyu and Dal-su begins again. Ok-hui borrows some money from Dal-su when she is short of money while building a reservoir for the village. Dal-su lends money on the condition that she marry him if she cannot pay him back until the ground-breaking ceremony. And Dal-su's wife leaves. As Ok-hui fails to return the money, she tries to run away with Dae-gyu, but they run into Min, Dal-su's son, who demands them to pay back his father's money. Finally Dae-gyu and Dal-su meet and have a fight, but at last Dal-su sends him to Ok-hi, and he is happy to do so.
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비구니 (2017)
Character: Su-gyeong / Self
A partially restored version of Director Im Kwon-taek's Bhiksuni, which was halted in 1984 due to opposition from the Buddhist community. It contains the agony of a woman who has converted to Buddhism. The documentary, which is shown together with the partially restored version, contains the story of the production of Bhiksuni told by actress Kim Ji-mi, director Im Kwon-taek, cinematographer Jung Il-sung, and writer Song Gil-han.
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을화 (1979)
Character: N/A
Eul-hwa discovers that she has a talent for shamanism. She sends her son away to be raised by monks while she delves into shamanistic rituals and spells. Eventually she becomes a powerful shaman. However, with Christianity taking hold in Korea, Eul-hwa finds her way of life threatened and herself at odds with her religious son.
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두고온 산하 (1962)
Character: Kim Jeong-suk
Before the Korean War (1950-1953), a daughter of a Russian soldier stationed at Heungnam falls in love with a young Korean anti-Communist. Their love story shows how cruel the Russian soldiers were and how badly many North Koreans craved for freedom.
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둘째 어머니 (1972)
Character: Nam-ok
Nam-Ok who has Yun-Ho and Yun-Suk remarries widowed Heung-Yeol who has Hyeong-Tae and Hyeong-Ja. Nam-Ok are concerned about frequent quarrels between half brothers and sisters, but manages to deal with them wisely. As Yun-Ho who went to fishing with him falls into the water, Heung-Yeol tries to save him only to drown himself to death. Fifteen years later, Hyeong-Tae goes abroad to study while Hyeong-Ja lives in extravagance in Seoul. Yun-Suk gets to know Dong-Oh on the train, and Dong-Ho gets to like her, but later misunderstands her due to Hyeong-Ja's scheme, which causes Yun-Suk to commit suicide.
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평양폭격대 (1972)
Character: Jeong-suk
Major Jo Jin-hyang is assigned to training the air force cadets for dangerous bombing runs to Pyeongyang. His sister, a communication officer, falls in love with one of the cadets despite Jin-hyang's warnings that her lover may not survive even his first mission.
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토지 (1974)
Character: N/A
Ha Dong, Kyung Nam Province in 1890. Choi Chi-Su's family is a grand land lord of the region from generation to generation. His mother Mrs. Yoon gives birth to another son Hwan after she was raped by Kim Gae-Ju when he is 10 years old. Later Hwan becomes a servant of Choi family but he falls in love with Chi-Su's wife and they flee by night. Meanwhile after a reign of 40 years of King Ko Jong, cholera prevails all over the country and years of famine follows it. While people suffer from natural disasters and diseases, one of Chi-Su's maternal relative Cho Jun-Ku and his wife make a plot to take Choi family's enormous wealth and strengthen the foundation for his status. In this chaos some villagers and Seo-Hee, Chi-Su's daughter leave their village for Buk Kan Do.
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티켓 (1986)
Character: Sei-young
The lives of the women working in a "café" in a South Korean port town, where customers exchange tickets for services.
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장희빈 (1961)
Character: Jang Hui-bin
King Sukjong exalts a greedy concubine to the status of Bin, which is next to that of the Queen. The new Bin, who is now called Jang Hui-bin, drives out the Queen through a coup and takes her place. But thanks to loyal court officials, the King finds out what has been going on. He demotes Jang to Bin again and reinstates his Queen. Jang, now vindictive, conspires with her mother to kill the queen and reclaim her place. But the conspiracy is brought to light, and Jang is executed.
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