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Featuring the latest Korean films, from historical dramas to thrillers to romance and fantasy. In addition to showcasing recent movies, this section focuses on emerging trends in Korean film. This year, the concept of ‘borders’ is a common thread in ...
Read more6/45 / 육사오
Sergeant Chun-woo, soon to be discharged from military service, comes across a winning lottery ticket, but his joy doesn’t last long as the ticket, worth billions, is picked up by the wind and blown over the demarcation line. He decides he must get his act together and find it again at all costs. Meanwhile, Yong-ho, a North Korean soldier, accidentally finds and picks up the winning lottery ticket that has appeared from south of the border. Is this game really called 6/45, and is the prize really 5.7 billion South Korean won? Chun-woo faces losing the prize money from under his feet while Yong-ho must somehow find a way to transform a piece of paper into lottery winnings. In the battle to win a fabulous fortune, they are unexpectedly joined by fellow soldiers, further complicating the situation.
Director:
Gyu-tae Park
Cast:
Kyoung-pyo Ko
Yi-kyung Lee
Mun-suk Um
Se-wan Park
2022
comedy
113 minutes
English and Hungarian subtitles
A Birth / 탄생
Kim Dae-geon is an inquisitive young man whose actions speak louder words. He gladly accepts his fate to become the first priest of the Kingdom of Joseon and leaves for Macau to study with his fellow theology classmates, Choi Yang-eop and Choi Bang-je. It is a time of constant invasions from foreign countries surrounding Korea, whilst the Opium War drags on. Traveling across the sea and the land, Kim Dae-geon plays his crucial role in opening up the modern era of Joseon.
Director:
Heung-sik Park
Cast:
Si-yun Yun
Seong-ki Ahn
Gyeong-ho Yun
2022
Historical drama
151 minutes
English and Hungarian subtitles
SCREENING
| Budapest, Corvin Mozi | 10/17/2023, 20:00 | Booking |
A Man of Reason / 보호자
At the end of serving a ten year prison sentence, Su-hyuk learns that he has a daughter and decides to leave the crime syndicate he called home to live a normal life. Boss Eung-kook, who had been waiting for Su-hyuk's release, feels betrayed and orders his second-in-command, Kang, to keep a watchful eye on him.
Filled with a sense of inferiority towards Su-hyuk, Kang approaches a duo of assassins known as Woo-jin and Jin-ah (nicknamed ‘The Washer’), to eliminate Su-hyuk. These merciless assassins are renowned for the brutal ways they dispatch their targets, and they are getting closer and closer to killing Su-hyuk.
Director:
Woo-sung Jung
Cast:
Woo-sung Jung
Nam-gil Kim
Sung-woong Park
2023
Action
97 minutes
English and Hungarian subtitles
Confession / 자백
Min-ho's adulterous lover Se-hee is murdered in the hotel where the two of them had been spending time together. Aside from Min-ho, there is no trace of anyone else having been there.
Immediately singled out as the prime suspect, Min-ho maintains his innocence, and he hires the lawyer Shin-ae, who has a 100% record of victory in court, to defend him. In order to prove his innocence, she asks Min-ho to confess to her the entire truth. He reveals that a car accident that they were in the day before the murder may be somehow connected to Se-hee's death.
Director:
Jong-seok Yoon
Cast:
Ji-sub So
Yun-jin Kim
Nana
2022
Mystery thriller
105 minutes
English and Hungarian subtitles
SCREENING
| Budapest, Corvin Mozi | 10/14/2023, 14:15 | Booking |
Ditto / 동감
On the night of a total lunar eclipse, a stranger’s voice from the future echoes through the antique radio in Yong’s room. “Can you hear me?” it asks. The mysterious radio connects the two college students living twenty years apart. They begin to chat every night, sharing and supporting each other’s love stories.
Director:
Eun-young Seo
Cast:
Jin-goo Yeo
Yi-hyun Cho
Hye-yoon Kim
2022
Romance
114 minutes
English and Hungarian subtitles
SCREENING
| Budapest, Corvin Mozi | 10/15/2023, 16:45 | Booking |
Honey Sweet / 달짝지근해: 7510
Despite being a successful confectionary developer responsible for countless hit products thanks to his gifted palate, Chi-ho has grown sick of his monotonous daily routine. One day, he visits a loan company on behalf of his heavily indebted brother and meets Il-yeong, a remarkably passionate and optimistic loan company spam-caller. Coincidence brings the two together for a meal, and they begin sharing a taste of life they never knew existed.
Director:
Han Lee
Cast:
Hae-jin Yu
Hee-seon Kim
In-pyo Cha
2023
Romantic comedy
119 minutes
English and Hungarian subtitles
Killing Romance / 킬링 로맨스
A former top celebrity, Yeo-rae, meets and marries Jonathan, seemingly the most perfect man one could ever ask for. The marriage soon turns out to be a fraud as Jonathan’s toxic behaviors worsen and torment Yeo-rae. One day, Yeo-rae bumps into a fan who happens to be her neighbor. Ignited by the encounter with her fan, she schemes to devise a “killer” plan with him that will retrieve her freedom and fame.
Director:
Won-suk Lee
Cast:
Ha-nee Lee
Sun-kyun Lee
2023
Comedy
107 minutes
English and Hungarian subtitles
SCREENING
| Budapest, Corvin Mozi | 10/14/2023, 12:00 | Booking |
Ransomed / 비공식작전
A young diplomat is assigned the task of carrying ransom-money to rescue an abducted diplomat. In Beirut, during the Lebanese civil war in 1986, a Korean diplomat is taken hostage without a trace. Two years pass and and after the case is long forgotten, a young diplomat Min-jun receives a phone call proving that the hostage is still alive. Min-jun is sent to Beirut to save the hostage with a bag of ransom-money. However, he gets into trouble as soon as he sets foot in Beirut. As luck would have it, Min-jun manages to flee the airport with help from a local taxi driver Pan-su. Despite feeling distrust toward Pan-su and his obvious mischievousness, the two unlikely allies must navigate the demolished, war-ravaged streets of Beirut to bring the long sought-after hostage back home.
Director:
Seong-hun Kim
Cast:
Jung-woo Ha
Ji-hoon Ju
2023
Drama,Action
132 minutes
English and Hungarian subtitles
SCREENING
| Budapest, Corvin Mozi | 10/19/2023, 18:00 | Booking |
The Point Men / 교섭
A group of Korean tourists is taken hostage by an extremist Taliban group in Afghanistan. The Korean government dispatches Jae-ho, known as one of Korea’s most skilled diplomats, in order to handle the situation. Once he arrives, he asks for the Afghan government’s cooperation and uses every means possible to free the hostages. However, his efforts are in vain. As a result of his failure, he’s forced to work alongside Dae-sik, a special agent who is an expert on the Middle East. As they begin making their moves to target the Taliban, the first hostage is killed. With nowhere else to turn, the two become unlikely allies in a race against time to save the rest of the hostages.
Director:
Soon-rye Yim
Cast:
Jung-min Hwang
Bin Hyun
Ki-young Kang
2023
Drama
108 minutes
English and Hungarian subtitles
SCREENING
| Budapest, Corvin Mozi | 10/18/2023, 18:00 | Booking |
The Roundup: No way out / 범죄도시3
Seven years after the events of The Roundup in Vietnam, Ma Seok-do joins a new squad tasked with investigating a murder case. Soon enough, he finds out this case involves busting a synthetic drug cartel and he starts to dig deeper. Meanwhile, the guy behind it all - Joo Sung-chul - can’t stop looking for trouble, and the Japanese drug distributors, Ricky and his gang, come to Korea to add to the chaos. Things are about to get seriously out of hand...
Director:
Sang-yong Lee
Cast:
Dong-seok Ma
Jun-hyuk Lee
Munetaka Aoki
2023
Action
105 minutes
English and Hungarian subtitles
