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The Housemaid
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Korean Cinema Retrospective
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Director :
KIM Ki-Young
 Entry Year :
2008 (13)
Country :
Korea
Running Time :
108min
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Commemorating the 10th anniversary of filmmaker Kim Ki-young, PIFF will screen The Housemaid in a digitally restored version by the World Cinema Foundation and Korean Federation of Film Archives. The Housemaid was first screened at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. A...
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Ban Geum-ryun
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Korean Cinema Retrospective
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Director :
KIM Ki-Young
Entry Year :
2008 (13)
Country :
Korea
Running Time :
93min
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Ban Geum-ryun is an adaptation of the Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei(The Golden Lotus) which took several years to produce. Due to censorship, this four year project
was abridged to ninety minutes, and its original message was drastically altered. Thus, the feud between Ban Geum-...
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The Hand of Destiny
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Korean Cinema Retrospective
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Director :
HAN Hyung-mo
Entry Year :
2008 (13)
Country :
KOREA
Running Time :
89min
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Although The Hand of Destiny was not successful in the box office, it received major attention for having the first kiss scene in the history of Korean cinema. Also actress Yoon In-ja appears as the first female spy. The film unfolds as the secret agent Margaret hides Young-ch...
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Love to Death
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Korean Cinema Retrospective
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Director :
HAN Hyung-mo
Entry Year :
2008 (13)
Country :
Korea
Running Time :
105min
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Choi Moon-sun, an artist, saves the flight attendant In-soon from drowning. In-soon falls in love with Moon-sun, but Moon-sun falls in love with his childhood friend Myunghee.
An adaptation of Park Gye-ju’s novel, the film shows the fateful triangular love affair. The title L...
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My Sister Is a Hussy
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Korean Cinema Retrospective
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Director :
HAN Hyung-mo
Entry Year :
2008 (13)
Country :
Korea
Running Time :
98min
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A film about the judo sisters and their men. Yoo Ahn Soon-ae, who learned judo from her father, has never had a boyfriend. With help from her younger sister Sun-hee, she meets Na Joo-oh, but continues to be untamable after their marriage. The cast of the film such as Moon Jung...
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Madame Freedom
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Korean Cinema Retrospective
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Director :
HAN Hyung-mo
Entry Year :
2008 (13)
Country :
Korea
Running Time :
124min
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`A Korean melodrama classic. With her husband's help, Oh Sun-young starts working at Han Tae-seok’s tailor shop. Chun-ho, a college student who lives next door, approaches Sun-young and teaches her dancing, infecting her with a Western lifestyle. The film, which is an adaptati...
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Hyperbolae of Youth
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Korean Cinema Retrospective
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Director :
HAN Hyung-mo
Entry Year :
2008 (13)
Country :
Korea
Running Time :
94min
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Myungho, a son from a poor family, meets Bunam, his classmate. Both Myungho and Bunam have been sick; for Myungho, it was because of lack of nutrition; for Bunam, it was because of overeating. The doctor suggests them to switch their lives for two weeks.
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The Female Boss
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Korean Cinema Retrospective
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Director :
HAN Hyung-mo
Entry Year :
2008 (13)
Country :
Korea
Running Time :
104min
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Similar to Madame Freedom, The Female Boss portrays the new Korean lifestyle of that time. Yohanna, a female CEO, is a single woman who is faithful to her desires. She coincidentally meets Yong-ho at a telephone booth and their destiny unfolds. The scene of the two fighting is...
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A Dream of Fortune
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Korean Cinema Retrospective
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Director :
HAN Hyung-mo
Entry Year :
2008 (13)
Country :
KOREA
Running Time :
114min
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A Dream of Fortune is one of the masterpieces of the 1960s. While the majority of Han Hyung-mo’s protagonists are middle or high class, A Dream of Fortune embodies realism by approaching the common. Although the plot of the swindler Charlie Hong cheating a naive middle school ...
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