Ji-mee Kim Movies

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

Wang-Gun the Great

General Wang-gun marches on the capitol and overthrows the usurper Ku-jin who had slain the last king of the Shilla Dynasty. Wang-gun becomes king and begins a new era in Korean History--the Koryo Dynasty.

Yeokbui dal

Min Kwan-oh is extremely traditional. So much so that he is opposed to his two daughters dating, convinced instead that he should be the one to choose their future husbands

Until the Day Comes

Three men conspire to kill their company's CEO and his daughter. Afther his death, they take control of the company. The daughter did not hie, however, but was in a coma and has suffered ... See full summary »

Aesue jajeun toyoil

Forced into prostitution to survive the hardships of the Korean War, Ji-mi agonizes over her fate. However, when her boyfriend whom she thought killed in battle shows up in the red light ... See full summary »

Neujeodo geu nalgaji

Ruler of the Underworld

Jin-hun kills Massita, the man who had killed his father years earlier. Massita's adopted son, Kassio, swears vengeance and the two duel to the death

Those Were the Days

Highschool sweethearts, forced to marry other people, cling to their past romance through the child they bore between them and who continues to act as their go-between

Ilheum jawa chateun ja

A man aids the North Korean army during the Korean War and then tries to flee to the north upon its conclusion.

Free Madam

Following the fashion, a professor's wife begins to go out dancing each night. At first an innocent activity, she soon falls under the spell of a young gigolo. Her husband, out of loneliness, begins an affair with one of his students

When We Meet Again

Han-shin and Ok-seo's marriage is strained when Han-shin's father refuses to bless it. Instead he kicks them out of the house. The couple live together for a while, but slowly drift apart. ... See full summary »

A Secretive Woman

Jung-hie, blindly devoted to her husband, ignores all evidence of his cheating until she witnesses him with Mi-na. At first, full of contempt for the other woman, she decides to get to know her better and to try to understand the situation

Bioneun nalui ohu seshi

Upon hearing that her fiance has been killed in battle, a woman makes her way to the Park Pagoda to seek comfort from the monument. There she becomes acquainted with Henry Jang, a ... See full summary »

Barber of Jangmaru

A barber is injured during the Korean War. He is ashamed to tell his wife the nature of his injury which has left him impotent. His wife, in turn, thinks that he is trying to drive her away... See full summary »