The Ring of Death

The Ring of Death 1980

1

This story tells a story of an underdog mistreated by his family, given kung fu instruction from an unlikely source, and reddeemed when he comes back to take on foreign champions in a tournament staged before an imperial audience.

1980

A Ball Shot by a Midget

A Ball Shot by a Midget 1981

5.00

A dwarf and his poor, but loving, family who are forced out of their house by a real estate agent.

1981

Monkey War

Monkey War 1982

1

In the Chinese martial arts/fantasy opus Monkey War: New Pilgrims to the West - a sequel to the original Monkey War - the brave Monkey King launches out on a quest to build a new life for himself. But as he marches westward, he encounters a series of nearly insurmountable foes (including a pig demon and a horde of angry demonic spirits who attempt to eat his monastic tutor) and trials that he must overcome to reach a state of tranquility. (Rotten Tomatoes)

1982

Crocodile Fangs

Crocodile Fangs 1978

3.00

A giant crocodile is terrorizing Thai villagers. A group of adventurers set out by boat to track it down and kill it.

1978

Evil Under the Moon

Evil Under the Moon 1981

1

Won Sa-yong kills his friend to take the latter's girlfriend, Seol-hie. Seol-hie is not happy with this situation and bites her own tongue off and bleeds to death. Ten years later, she reappears as a vampire and attempts to destroy Sa-yong and his family.

1981

Love Me Once Again

Love Me Once Again 1968

5.20

Hye-yeong had no idea that her lover, Shin-ho, was a married man until Shin-ho's wife and children arrive in town. She leaves him but reappears 8 years later asking him to take responsibilty for their child.

1968

Special Investigation Unit: The Life of Miss Kim Su-im

Special Investigation Unit: The Life of Miss Kim Su-im 1974

9.00

Kim Su-im, the mistress of an American colonel, is arrested and charged with being a North Korean spy. While not denying the charge, Miss Kim takes the trial as an opportunity to relate her life as an explanation of why she committed treason as a spy.

1974

Festival of Fear

Festival of Fear 1986

1

Keum-ji was born with a hideous face due to some medicine her mother took while she was pregnant with her. Keum-ji grew up under much abuse while she watched her twin sister, Mi-kyung, receives all their parents' love. Her resentment is strong. Keum-ji develops a high level of concentration until it grows into a supernatural power which she uses to try to find her life. One day, Keum-ji has some plastic surgery done. She looks like Mi-kyung but Mi-kyung ends up looking hideous like Keum-ji once did. The two twin sisters are psychologically and physically linked, sharing a single fate. With their mother, Hye-won, begging her husband to return Mi-kyung to her former self, the husband is very conflicted but chooses Mi-kyung in the end.

1986

Oh My Love Part II

Oh My Love Part II 1984

1

Yeong-ju, now an unwed mother working in a hospital, contracts TB. Her young child, now in the custody of her ex-lover, runs away from home and tries to find the remote island where his mother is living to be at her bedside.

1984

Oh My Love

Oh My Love 1981

1.00

Young-ju's wedding is cancelled when it is revealed that her mother was a prostitute for American soldiers. Young-ju, pregnant by her fiance, gives birth to a child, but her ex demands that she give up custody to him as she has no future.

1981

The Silver Stallion Will Never Come

The Silver Stallion Will Never Come 1991

3.00

Soldiers with the U.N. forces that entered Korea during the Korean War rape a village girl named Eon-rae. The villagers ostracize Eon-rae and her son. Unable to make a living, Eon-rae joins the brothel district that has been set up near the U.N. base on the other side of the river from the village. The war and the introduction of U.S. culture break down the social order of the village. After several village children have died, the villagers put the blame on the prostitutes. Eventually the villagers, unable to maintain the village, leave their homes one by one. Eon-rae and her son also leave

1991

Forbidden Love

Forbidden Love 1976

1

Choi Seok, the principal of a girl's high school, adopts Jeong-nim, a Japanese student there. However, they develop a disturbing relationship that scandalizes the local region. His family is disgusted and sends the girl back to Tokyo whil Choi Seok loses his job, but the two cannot stop thinking about each other

1976

A Bold Woman

A Bold Woman 1987

1

The film centers on independence and intelligence of a woman who makes active choices regardless of social norms and ethics. The main character is a divorcee, Eul-hye, and the story unfolds as she encounters different men and experiences with dramatic incidents and conflicts.

1987

Life After Death

Life After Death 1982

1

Prior to his world title match, In-du dies in a car accident. When his spirit reaches the afterworld, they send him back to the real world because it's not his time yet. In-du is reborn as President Choi Mun-oh who was poisoned by the executive director Sam-ryong and his wife Chun-sim. When the resurrected President Choi suddenly starts to box, Sam-ryong believes that President Choi knows of his plotting and is trying to kill him.

1982

Human Affairs Are Nothing

Human Affairs Are Nothing 1975

1

Lim Mun-Young running a Tae-Kwondo gymnasium in Manila starts finding his uncle, who disappeared with his jewel bag in the Borneo forest by the airplane crash. In the forest, there are tribes that worship snakes. His uncle was killed by a shaman Adura. Saved by Wangbina, a beautiful shaman, just before being killed, Mun-Young falls in love with her. When Mun-Young comes back to Manila, every woman he meets is killed by snakes. In Borneo, Mun-Young gets a secret to kill Adura from an old man and then, kills Adura after several crises. Finally, he comes back to Manila with Wangbina.

1975

A War Diary

A War Diary 1978

1

Admiral Lee Sun-shin designs and builds the 'Turtle Ships' in preparation of the Japanese invasion during the Injin War. He is promoted after his victories, but due to his expanding influence and increased popularity in military circles, the king comes to fear him and has him imprisoned. A year later, the Japanese navy attempts another invasion and the king is required to enter the prison and beg the admiral's assistance.

1978

The World Without a Mother

The World Without a Mother 1977

6.00

His mother having died while giving birth to his younger brother, and his father mentally incapacitated due to a serious car accident, 13-year old Yeong-cheol must look after his yoyng siblings. His neighbors, however, feel that it would be a kindness to have the children sent to an orphanage.

1977

Kim's War

Kim's War 1992

1

This is the true story of Kim Hee-ro and his fight for justice in Japan. On February 20, 1968, two Japanese gangsters were killed in a cabaret in Shizuoka, Japan. Kim Hee-개, a Korean resident of Japan, was accused of th crime. Kim held 13 people hostage in a nearby hotel, trying to have his story of constant intimidation and threats by the gangsters told, but eventually he was captured and sentenced to life imprisonment.

1992

The Ascension of Han-ne

The Ascension of Han-ne 1977

7.00

In 19th century Korea, a woman is saved from a suicide attempt and brought back to the village of her rescuer. Here, she is regarded with fear and suspicion, with many believing she will bring them bad luck owing to the pronouncements of a corrupt shaman.

1977