The Old Garden / Orae-doen jeongwon (2007)
Drama | History | Romance
Blending politics with romance, noted director of "The Housewife" weaves a story of two activists in hiding in a remote shack. The intimate setting proves to be fertile ground for hidden desires.
Starring: Jung-ah Yum, Jin-hee Ji, Eun-seong Lee, Hee-seok Yun, Hyo-jeong Ban
Director: Sang-soo Im
Geuddae geusaramdeul / The President's Last Bang (2005)
Comedy | Crime | Drama | History | Thriller
On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung Hee, who had ruled South Korea since a 1961 coup, was assassinated by Kim Jae Kyu, his director of intelligence. The film depicts the events of that night, with a coda about the fate of each conspirator. While Park dines in the Blue House with two associates and two young women, Kim carries out his plot. He talks briefly of bringing democracy; mostly he seems irritated. The other assassins seem without motive beyond following orders. The killings are bloody, the aftermath equally disorderly and haphazard. Can major events of history be so mundane, so nearly comic?
Starring: Jae-ho Song, Suk-kyu Han, Yun-shik Baek, Won-joong Jung
Director: Sang-soo Im
The Taste of Money / Do-nui mat (2012)
Drama
"The Taste of Money" deals with the world of the wealthiest of "Chaebul" families and their desires, love, hatred, sex and murder… Young-Jak (Kim Kang-Woo) has worked for CEO Yoon (Baek Yun-Shik) for the past 10 years. He graduated from a prestigious university, but beckons at the call of CEO Yoon everyday. CEO Yoon is married to Baek Geum-Ok (Yoon Yeo-Jung), the daughter of the wealthiest man in Korea. They have a daughter Na-Mi (Kim Hyo-Jin) and a son Cheol (On Joo-Wan). Due to their extreme wealth, the family wields virtually unlimited power in Korea. Their daughter Na-Mi is the only person that disagrees with her family's actions. Meanwhile, CEO Yoon did not marry Geum-Ok because of love, but rather because of her wealth. For virtually his entire life he has worked for Geum-Ok and her father. Throughout this time, CEO Yoon has felt humiliated. Now, CEO Yoon wants to leave Geum-Ok and her family. Yoon is in love with their Filipino housemaid Eva (Maui Taylor) and wants to spend the rest of his life with her. Geum-Ok has no doubt that she will have her husband back. After CEO Yoon leaves, Young-Jak takes over his role in the family. He too soon becomes addicted to the taste of money…
Starring: Yun-shik Baek, Hyo-jin Kim, Kang-woo Kim, Ju-wan On, Maui Taylor, Yeo-Jung Yoon
Director: Sang-soo Im
The Housemaid / Hanyo(2010)
Thriller
A man's affair with his family's housemaid leads to a dark consequences.
Starring: Do-yeon Jeon, Jung-Jae Lee, Seo Woo, Yeo-Jong Yun, Seo-Hyeon Ahn
Director: Sang-soo Im
