Money Show
"Short! Short! Short! 2009" is an anthology film commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The film consists of 10 short films centered around the theme of "Money," made by 10 up & coming directors in South Korea.
Kim Young-nam
Yang Hae-hun
Choi Equan
Kwon Jong-kwan
Kim Sung-ho
Leesong Hee-il
Yoon Seong-ho
Eun-kyung Kim
Nam Da-jung
Chegy
Casts & Crew
Oh Dal-su
Im Won-hee
Park Won-sang
Koo Kyo-hwan
Park Mi-hyeon
Yoo Yeon-seok
So Yoo-jin
Yoon Dong-hwan
Lee Min-woong
Jeon Ji-ae
Kim Eun-ju
Kim Ye-eun
Seo Min-sung
Jay
Kim Won-hee
Joo Eun
No Hyeong-uk
Yoon Young-sam
Kwon Da-hyun
Joe Won-sun
Ryu Hyung-kun
Park Hyun-joon
Heo Ji-woong
Jo Eun-ji
Also Directed by Kim Young-nam
Jung-Hee (Kim Hye-Na) is a 21-year-old dancer who struggles with insecurities and other problems after her father abandoned her family 15 years ago. One day, Jung-Hee's brings back their father. Keun-Woo (Lee Sang-Woo) is a 25-year-old low level telephone technician. One day, his friend shows him a picture of a woman he is trying to extort money from. The woman is having an affair with a married man. Keun-Woo taps into the woman's telephone line and begins to eavesdrop on her conversations. After a few evenings, Keun-Woo falls in love with the woman, but the woman doesn't even know he exits. In-Ho (Kim Tae-Woo) is a 30-year-old soldier. He is about to be discharged from the military after serving for 2 years. In-Ho then gets his last leave of absence and decides to give his wife a surprise visit. When he arrives his wife isn't home. When he does finally see her his wife has changed and seems distant.
Hyeong-gu (Ha Jung-Woo), a young Korean, visits Japan by boat three or four times a month to help with middle-aged Bo-gyung’s smuggling business. It is always Tooru (Satoshi Tsumabuki), a young Japanese man, who welcomes him there. Hyung-gu and Touru sacrifice themselves for the sake of their families, money, and friendship. One day, Bo-gyung orders them to kidnap a woman named Ji-su (Cha Su-Yeon) and take her to Japan, and this changes their future in an unexpected way.
Also Directed by Yang Hae-hun
There are five lonely souls: Je-hwi, who hides himself from the world. Jang-hui, who is obsessed with certificates of qualification; Byeong-cheol, who believes that he has a fatal disease; and the lovers, Pyo and Romi. One day, a woman who committed suicide suddenly appears before them.
Also Directed by Choi Equan
Four different stories are told, united by a common apartment building in Seoul.
Short film directed by Equan Choi.
The first story is about a mother who devotes her life to taking care of her son, who suffers from a chronic disease. When the son, who can barely walk, realizes his mother has also fallen ill, he decides to care for her as she has done for him. The second story depicts the troubled relationship between a mother and daughter. The mother, the top soprano in the nation, is far from a typical devoted Korean mother and always wants to be pampered. Her daughter, a high school dropout whose experience has been the opposite of her mother’s, works as her manager. The two are always fighting and struggle to find a way to navigate their relationship. The third episode centers upon a gangster. When he hears that his mother has been diagnosed with breast cancer, he strives to fulfill his mother’s wish to reunite with her first love before she dies.
An omnibus movie consisting of three shorts by CHOI Ikhwan, SHIN Yeonsik, and LEE Gwangguk. A delightful dissection of human rights in this day and age through a student who gets punished for wanting to eat deokbokki, a man with delusions of grandeur, an insurance agent who spends a strange day.
Il-gon is back in Korea after studying in the U.S. to find a bride to return with him, and asks his best friends, Tae-young and Sung-hoon, for help. When Il-gon finds the right woman, the other two friends' passions awaken, and they cannot help but find themselves drawn to her. Roto-scoping technique used.
While training after hours in her high-school, the aspirant singer Park Young-Eon is mysteriously killed and her body vanishes. Her ghost is invisible and trapped in the school, but her best friend Kang Sun-min, who broadcast in the lunchtime in school, is able to hear her voice. After the suicide of their music teacher, Sun-min, aided by her mate Cho-Ah, finds that another student, Hyo-Jung, died in the same elevator trunk some time ago. Meanwhile Young-Eon recalls details of her life, disclosing why she died.
Also Directed by Kwon Jong-kwan
It is the day after President Park's death. Four children are left at home alone while their parents visit relatives in the country. A small dose of responsibility turns into an abuse of power as the older sisters start bossing their younger brothers around. The boys attempt to entertain themselves, and keep from starving, until their parents return.
This film follows the lives of four very different couples as they deal with love, loss and life in these romantic, loosely interconnected tales. A 30-year-old firefighter is looking for just the right ring for his fiancée. A guy who cannot find a job is in a long-term relationship with a wonderful, long-suffering woman who is beginning to grow tired of their situation. An 8-year-old boy desperately misses his busy mom. A deaf girl with a terrible burn on her face falls in love with a painter, dreaming of a perfect love. Love ends so that love can begin again.
A cute Korean story about a girl Jini and her memories of first loves. Her mom gave her a diary at coming of age and in the movie she goes through her past boyfriends and reflects on how they've given her memories.
Soon-tae is a proudly law abiding citizen of Korea, then one day he is wrongly accused and arrested as the main suspect behind the murder of the daughter-in-law of a major company. Despite Soon-tae’s pleads of innocence, he is sentenced death and his daughter is forced to endure the hardships of being a child of a murderer.
Also Directed by Kim Sung-ho
Show hostess Yeon-jeong, who has been pushed out from works in her workplace, and overwhelmed by her junior colleagues because of her pregnancy with her second child, eventually decides to have an abortion since both her body and mind have been devastated. Then, her husband Min-hyeok drops a bombshell: he will take care of childbirth and child rearing himself.
A young girl lives in a van with her little brother & her mom. Tired of the embarrassing situation which was promised to be temporary, she decides to try to fix it all on her own. But how to get the money needed first? One day, the girl comes across a flyer offering a reward for a lost dog. Under the mistaken impression that a house could also really cost just that much, she then plots to do exactly that- with the additional help of her best friend, little brother & some others, they'll find a "missing" spoiled pup, return him & get a new home just in time for her birthday! Or at least, that's the plan.. what could go wrong?
A diligent mother who runs a side-dish store keeps calling her son, a part time teacher, incompetent. The son resents his mother’s prickliness, but he isn’t very sweet to her either. One day, all of a sudden, his mother gets dementia.
In an insurance company, Yoon, who is an outsider, has a power to see people’s past and read their minds. Mr. Park, Yoon’s boss, assumes that she has some kind of special power, decides to test her ability. At very late night when everyone has gone home, Mr. Park brings Yoon to a storage room where there are full of case reports. Among them, Mr. Park picks three doubtful cases. He asks Yoon to tell him what exactly happened. Yoon, who senses some dark aura wandering around him, tells the story of each case. Every time Yoon finishes each case, the dark aura gets darker and bigger and Yoon tries to warn Mr. Park about it. Would Mr. Park able to escape from the dark aura?
“Useless High School” is a school renowned for its sexual aberrations and sexually ambiguous teenagers, The student president and vice-present flaunt their taste for S&M. Independent study and supplementary classes are done on homosexuality and transgenderism, and teachers and students alike leave school early because of sexually-transmitted diseases. Dasepo Girl Series features a brother with only one eye and his transgender sister, plus a poor girl literally wearing poverty on her back and her escapades into the world of sex with adults - and those are just a few of the many unique characters populating Mosseulmo ("Useless") High.
The delinquent prosecutor destroys everything corrupted with wealth and power. His face-off with evil begins.
Fantastic Parasuicides is an omnibus film consisting of three short films that come together under the common theme of suicide. The three stories are Hanging Tough, Fly Away Chicken and Happy Birthday by indie directors Chang-ho Cho, Sung-ho Kim and Soo-young Park.
An omnibus of four films by Korean directors exploring the meaning of family
Also Directed by Leesong Hee-il
Flight attendant Won-Gyu left Korea 2 years ago with painful memories and now comes back. Won-Gyu meets Tae-Joon, who is a quick service delivery man and has a special night with him.
Three teenage boys who were once close friends grow apart when they reach high school: Yong-ju lives hiding his true sexual identity, Gi-woong becomes the leader of the school gang, and Gi-taek an obsessive manga fan. Tired of the constant malicious bullying by Gi-woong’s gang, Gi-taek betrays them by disclosing that Yong-ju has loved Gi-woong for years. Surrounded by an insecure boundary of the school and wounded by betrayals, the boys are driven into catastrophe.
It intermittently captures a delicate moment of emotional breakdown. Absconding soldiers with an unfair story to tell, and a woman helping them, all come to a point at the end of the film.
Gi-tae who is going to terminate his military service goes on a road trip with Jun-young by drugging him with a sleeping pill. They learn more about each other and come to terms with their sexuality.
Sang-woo knows his teacher's secret: a visit to a gay bar. Kyeong-hoon and Sang-woo embark on a journey about their sexuality and their relationship and their place in society.
Sumin is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at an art college and an evening job. One night, a rich young businessman makes an advance on him during one of his driving jobs.
In a month, Mi-hyeon visits Weon-kyu, who lives in the provinces. Mi-hyeon, 33, and Weon-kyu, 18. In the inn, the uneasiness of their relationship explodes, but they realize each other's affection.
An omnibus of short films about gay men’s relationships and partings. Kim Chuja is a fantasy musical about two men who were lovers in the past and meet by chance. Floating Island is a quiet, sad love story about a man who wants to leave and a man who wants to hold him back. In La Traviata, a woman comes to Bogil Island to meet her dead husband’s lover. She’s angry when she sees him happy. She sees the red camellia flowers and she comes to terms with her husband’s homosexuality while recovering from the hurt.
Also Directed by Yoon Seong-ho
A love-action comedy about Hyun-chul, a man who expresses his love in earnest to enter a full-fledged relationship, and Hee-bon, a woman who believed that love was all lies.
Won-sik is kicked out by her roommate Woo-jung and becomes obsessed with winning her back. She begins to practice pole jumping when Woo-jung proposes that she might change her mind if he shows her something skillful about herself. Young-rok, a former athletic coach makes the incredible recommendation that Won-sik might impress Woo-jung by pole vaulting up to the their roof-top apartment. Meanwhile, idol wannabe and former athlete of Young-rok, joins this crazy adventure at Young-rok's behest, drawn in by Won-sik's determination.
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A drama based on a webtoon which depicts and builds a connection through the story of young women who work at a mobile game company.
Every episode has one dialogue with two characters in one place. The six dialogues are for beginners who should still learn (?) from the realities of how we rule out people around us not only reasonably but smoothly.
In the hypothetical 1970s when parallel universes have been discovered, a comedian has an affair with his wife in a parallel universe. When his actual wife threatens divorce, he embarks on an adventure with his divorce lawyer.
The members of Jin Entertainment are struggling to protect their star. The 12 episodes of the web drama series will be screened at once for this showing.
Writer's block may be the least of rookie filmmaker Ryu Young Jae's problems. His girlfriend ditched him, his first feature production is falling apart, and things are looking like they'll only get worse in this absurd adventure from one of South Korea 's edgiest young filmmakers.
Includes shorts: Girl on the Run, The Theory & Practice of Teenage Dream, Relay, U and Me and Blue Birds on the Desk.
Also Directed by Eun-kyung Kim
Roommates Yoo-jin, Eun-soo, Bo-ram, and Da-young are cramming for a college entrance exam. It's difficult for them to adapt to the stifling atmosphere of the women's lodging institute - and to get along with each other due to their differing personalities. Yoo-jin has the most difficulty with the stuffy institute life. she begins to have visions of events that took place at the institute in the past - like the tragic fire that occurred years ago. Yoo-jin gradually becomes consumed with fear, and the relationship among the four intimate friends begins to suffer.
The series follows the daily life of a teenage girl named Youngshim. She is an innocent yet zany girl who is suffering from princess syndrome. The story also tells about her family, friendship, and travel to unfamiliar places. She has a boyfriend named Wang Gyeong Tae, who loves her very much and always follows her. However, he is considered ugly and stutters when he speaks. Although she treats him coldly; she shows considerable jealousy when he finds out Gyeong Tae is with another girl. The upcoming adaptation drama “Oh! Youngshim” will follow Youngshim in her 30s. It will tell about how she spent her puberty in a raging rage. She fell in love with life and love even though no one told her to. Moreover, it will also tell the story of Youngshim and Kyung-Tae Wang.
Also Directed by Nam Da-jung
The film, Play, tells the story of how three young men met in chance encounters, formed a band and got discovered. It chronicles the creative struggles, relational vicissitudes and professional mis-steps the band goes through while under the pressure of trying to attract a label to sign them. Just at the moment when all seems lost, the boys are offered a chance to busk in the lobby where fans are waiting to see the indie folk rock band, The Swell Season. Glen Hansard, its guitarist and singer, catches their performance and invites them to join him on stage. Upon learning that the band has not chosen a name, he introduces them as his mates. Thus, the band, Mate, is named.
Also Directed by Chegy
A man works for the Universe Management Corporation. The man usually works on the earth. One day he goes off to another planet on business. A man gets a job in an architectural magazine company. However, he cannot see the boss who interviewed him for his first three days at work. During this time, he goes through not-so-ordinary experiences in his everyday life at the workplace. The boss comes to him out of the blue and takes him to Wonju with another female employee without notice. Although the boss wants to stay there together for the night, he comes back. A woman takes a trip to Jeju Island by herself.
Two women and two men move around somewhere. They are all just someone.