Ji-mee Kim Movies

Oki's Mother

A woman working under terrible conditions in a textile mill marries a rich young man and bears a child. Her husband is killed in an accident and her baby daughter also dies. Her kindly old ... See full summary »

Fire Moth

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.

An Older Woman

A widow falls in love with her daughter's tutor. Her daughter is shocked that her mother would take up with a man so much younger than she so she tries her best to break up the romance.

The Fool and the Princess

The Bridge of Separation

Based on the true story of a brother and sister who go to Seoul to make their fortune. They part at Yeomchun Bridge, promising to meet in one year as successes. They fail miserably and ... See full summary »

Ibok hyeongje

A younger brother is the target of abuse at the hands of his older brother. Unable to tolerate his living conditions any longer, he runs away from home

When the Camellias Bloom and Die

Obokmun

Someone is killing off all the Confucian scholars of the king's court. Fearing that he is next, Scholar Kim An-guk enlists a general to protect him and help root out the murderer.

Seouleun manwonida

Kil-nyeo goes to Seoul to find work but it proves to be more difficult than she imagined and she is forced to earn money as a prostitute. Sang-hyeon also goes to Seoul but winds up among ... See full summary »

Woman

Monarch

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, ... See full summary »

Wind, Please Tell Me

A girl from the country falls deeply in love with a man from Seoul. However, he refuses to have anything to do with her as he has been promised in marriage since he was a child

I Will Not Regret

The melodramatic life of a widow raising her daughter alone and maintaining a long time crush on her former highschool classmate

On the Eve of Liberation

Imperial Japan makes a last ditch effort to hold onto the annexed Korea near the end of World War II, but the Korean people, seeing that independence is near, rise up in riots around the ... See full summary »

Aesang

A love triangle develops between a young student, an older barmaid, and a married artist.

Tiger of Tokyo

Kim Jong-su, a Korean man living in Japan, loses his parents in the bombing of Hiroshima. He becomes a gangster in Tokyo...

Mrs Seoul

A woman, deserted by her husband, gets a job in the city. Her mother takes care of her son in the country. She often sends the boy presents which his grandmother claim come from a fictitious fairy-godmother type character named Mrs Seoul.

Hunjangeun nokseulji anhneunda

After finishing his military training, a young private is sent to the DMZ where he makes close friends with two other enlisted men from different walks of life in this propaganda film used ... See full summary »

Vile Days

The Mountains and Rivers Left Behind

Propaganda film depicting the North Koreans as desperately trying to escape from the boundries of their nation but being forced to stay by soviet troops.

The Shanghai Provisional Government

Following the Japanese invasion and colonization of Korea, the Korean government, led by freedom fighter Kim Ku, relocates to Shanghai to continue fighting for their country.

The House of Gaya

Two warlords battle over possession of Ilwol fortress with the fate of the tiny kingdom of Gaya in the balance.

Wanderer from Shanghai

As children, two brothers barely escape death when their village is plundered and razed by bandits from Manchuria. Now adults, they lead rival gangs in Shanghai unware that they are brothers.

I Give You Everything

Amhaengeosa Park Mun-su

Forced to retire because of shifting politics, Park Mun-su nevertheless finds himself called upon to root out a plot against the king