Kung-won Nam Movies

The Demilitarized Zone

82/100

The film exposes the atrocities of war through the eyes of two children who are stranded in the DMZ after the end of the Korean War. The DMZ, strewn with abandoned tanks, dead bodies, land ... See full summary »

Fire Woman

71/100

The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household.

Chungyo

68/100

A schoolgirl goes from braids to bouffant when her mother makes her a bar hostess/prostitute. She cures...

Salinnabileul ggotneun yeoja

64/100

A dour student, Young-gul, crosses paths with an elderly book salesman obsessed with Hitler and Nietzsche, a two-thousand year-old female corpse, and a mad scientist. Young-gul wants to ... See full summary »

Jeogdoeui ggot

38/100

Flower on the Equator is a suspense film with a hint of the classic Hitchcock film Rear Window, with its theme about the isolation of alienated people living in the city.

Abenko Green Berets

42/100

The Secret of Wonsan

27/100

Dozens of people begin dying daily in the city of Wonsan shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War. Fearing a plague, the United Nations asks that the situation be investigated before they will commit troops.

King Yeonsan

62/100

The sudden execution of his mother leaves a deep scar on the psyche of young Prince Yeongsan. When he ascends to the throne, he becomes attracted to a woman based on her resemblance to his ... See full summary »

Ujugoe-in wangmagwi

62/100

Aliens from another world seeking the conquest of Earth invade with flying saucers. They unleash a gigantic monster called Wang Ma Gwi, who destroys everything in its path with a powerful death ray.

A Woman Sailor

With her father crippled with arthritis, an extremely elderly mother, and five siblings to care for, Hwang Suk takes a job as a fisherman in order to help her family survive.

The White Crow

The Secret of Affection

While trying to escape from North Korea during the division of the Korean Peninsula, a woman is captured by northern soldiers and seperated from her family. They train her as a spy using ... See full summary »

Dying to See You

Two lovers escape from North Korea but become seperated in the south. The man becomes a newspaper reporter and the woman, a pickpocket. When they meet again, she is unable to be truthful ... See full summary »

Woman in the Wall 2

Mi-ji discovers that being married to a doctor is not all its cracked up to be because of the long work hours. Bored and feeling neglected, she begins an affair with a handsome stranger

War and Humanity

Jin-ho marries Sakiko, the daughter of a Japanese colonel. When his father-in-law learns that Jin-ho is Korean, he sends the young man to serve in the army in Manchuria where he hopes the ... See full summary »

The Secret Court

Queen Heon-ae becomes the regent and rules the country after the death of the king. However she is lonely and attempts to seduce her brother-in-law. Failing that, she has him arrested and tortured as she gradually becomes mad with power

Yukcheui mun

Going to Seoul with dreams of opening her own beauty salon, but with no money to start out with, a young woman is befriended by an old madam who plans to make her a prostitute. Escaping ... See full summary »

Night in Yeongdeungpo

In the midst of the Korean War, lovers are separated. She gives birth and suffers the hardships of being a single mother, but keeps the hope that they will meet again. Will she ever see the... See full summary »

Dolmuji

The villagers of Dolmuji in Hwanghae Province suffer terribly under the cruelty of their oppressors in North Korea. Armed with crude farming implements, they rise up against the heavily ... See full summary »

Bae Jeong-ja: Femme Fatale

Korean by birth, Bae Jeong-ja was adopted by a Japanese official and assisted in the annexation of Korea until she met freedom fighter Hong-jun who restored her sense of patriotism.

Rice

The poor farmers of Muju in Cheonbuk Province cannot get enough water to irrigate their rice. They attempt many times to build a canal to the Geum River, but fail each time. After the military coup of 1962 however, the government gives its full support and helps the villagers succeed

The Pollen of Flowers

68/100

Assassin

61/100

Infighting breaks out between factions of the Communist Party over whether to back the U.N. Trusteeship...

The Old Jar Craftsman

74/100

A lonely old potter saves the life of a young woman. She is grateful to him, but does not return the love he feels for her...

Break the Chain

34/100