Movie of the Month: “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring”
The movie of the month for January will be Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring. It is the story of a Buddhist monk who lives in a small floating temple in the middle of an isolated lake. The monk is raising and teaching a young boy, and the film follows his life from childhood to becoming an adult. The seasons are symbolic of the stages he goes through during his life.
◈Date & Time: Thursday January 20th at 6:30pm
◈Place: Itaewon/Hannam Global Village Center
◈Participants: Foreign residents
(Only suitable for those aged 15 or over)
◈ Participation Fee: Free of Charge
(Snacks and drinks will be provided)
Please visit the center in person, send us an email, or call to register.
The movie of the month for November is called ‘The Way Home’ or 집으로 (jib-eu-ro) in Korean. The movie is written and directed by Jeong-hyang Lee and it is a story about a young spoiled city boy who has to come and live with his mute and illiterate grandmother in a small rural town. This movie shows another side of Korea that you do not see living in Seoul, the slow moving simple life of people in the countryside. The performance of the grandmother in this film is remarkable considering she had never even seen a movie before acting in this one!
When: November 25th at 6:30 pm
Who: anyone (suitable for all ages)
Fee: free of charge (snacks and drinks will be provided)
You can sign up by visiting the center, or by telephone or email. Be sure to sign up before you come, you may not be able to get a seat if you just show up.
Email: itaewon@sba.seoul.kr
Tel: 02) 2199-8883~5
This movie is about two groups of Korean soldiers, one from the South and one from the North, and an American pilot, who find themselves stranded together in a strange remote village during the Korean War. Although the setting is during a war that actually happened, the story is fictional and it has elements of a fantasy movie.
◈ Date & Time: Wednesday September 29th at 6:30pm
◈ Place: Itaewon-Hannam Global Village Center
◈ Participants: Foreign residents
(This movie is not suitable for younger viewers)
◈ Participation Fee: Free of Charge
* Snacks and drinks will be provided.
You can register in person, by telephone, or by email.
Tel: 02)796-2459~60 Email: itaewon@sba.seoul.kr
Venue: Cinemas/Movie theatres around Chungmuro, Jung-gu, Seoul (see directions below)
Tickets:
General screenings – 5,000 won/
Opening ceremony – Free/
Closing ceremony – 10,000 won
Tickets for movie can be purchased at the box office of each cinema
Directions to Cinemas for Chungmuro film festival.
Daehan Cinema,
Direction: Subway to Chungmuro station (line no. 3 or 4) Exit 1, connected to the cinema directly.
CGV Myeongdong
Direction: Subway to Euljiroipgu station (line no. 2) From exit6, walk straight, passing KB bank, turn right at Hana Bank. The cinema is on your right side.
Megabox Dongdaemun
Direction: Subway to Dongdaemun History Culture Park station (line no. 2,4,5) From exit 14, walk 20m then turn left at Lotteria. Good-morning-city building is on your right side. The cinema is from 9th floor of the building.
For more information about CHIFFS 2010, please visit: http://www.chiffs.kr
Synopsis Having once done time behind bars, CHA Tae-sik now leads a quiet life. His only connection to the rest of the world is a little girl, So-mi, who lives nearby. So-mi’s mother, Hyo-jeong, smuggles drugs for a drug trafficking organization and entrusts Tae-sik with the product. When the traffickers find out they kidnap both Hyo-jeong and So-mi. Mistaking Tae-sik for another mule, the brothers that lead the gang—Man-sik and Jong-sik—promise to release Hyo-jeong and So-mi if Tae-sik makes a delivery for them. Tae-sik makes the decision to face the outside world in order to rescue So-mi. However, the delivery was part of a larger plot to eliminate a rival drug ring leader, Mr. Oh, and Tae-sik is arrested. At the same time, Hyo-jeong’s disemboweled body is discovered, and Tae-sik realizes that So-mi’s life may also be in danger. He fights off half a dozen detectives and escapes from the police station. Now on the run, Tae-sik pursues Man-sik and Jong-sik. In the process, he discovers that their drug ring operates around kidnapped children. Stumbling upon a factory where the brothers have children’s organs removed to accommodate the drugs, Tae-sik rescues one child just before surgery and becomes enraged at the prospect So-mi may already be dead. Tae-sik prepares for a battle with Man-sik and Jong-sik, putting his own life at risk…source Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
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Synopsis
In a follow-up to popular horror film, “Death Bell” (2008), Se-hee is haunted by her step sister Tae-yeon who used to be a promising swimmer but suddenly killed herself in a swimming pool 2 years ago. During the summer vacation, she joins the study camp at school for upcoming college entrance exam with other 30 elite students. On the first night, when Se-hee finds a riddling passage scribbled in the desk, she soon sees a dead girl’s body hung upside down. Then the TV monitors are on and the students watch another friend crushed by his bike in the corridor. Since then, the succession of cruel killings occurs whenever they fail to answer the given questions in time. Meanwhile, the hidden truth behind Tae-yeon’s suicide is slowly revealed and terrified students struggle to death to undo the puzzle before they become the next victim. Source http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr
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Also, looks like I was wrong, there are some final showings (though they are really trickling out) of Moss coming up in the next couple of days:
Movie of the Month “Mother”
The movie of the month for August is called Mother. It was directed by Jung-ho Bong and screened at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It is considered by many to be the best Korean film of last year.
It is the story of a widow who lives alone with her only son. The son is 28 years old but he is very shy and quiet. A murder is committed, and, although there is no real evidence against him, he is considered the prime suspect. The boy’s mother is determined to protect him and prove his innocence.
◈ Date & Time: Wednesday August 25th at 6:30pm
◈ Place: Itaewon ∙ Hannam Global Village Center
◈ Participants: Open to anyone (not suitable for youger viewers)
◈ Participation Fee: Free of Charge * Snacks and drinks will be provided.
You can sign up by visiting the center, or by telephone or email.
Tel: 02)796-2459~60 / Email: itaewon@sba.seoul.kr
Plot: Source http://www.hancinema.net
Movie remade from a popular internet cartoon. The story of the few people who live in a village, and a man who comes to the village for his father’s funeral. He tries to figure out the mystery of his father’s death, but the villagers watch his every move. Ryu, Mok-hyeong, a member of a small prayer house located in a remote mountain village, is well-respected for his leadership and gift of speech. In order to build a new prayer house Mok- hyeong leaves the mountains to build a new village with the help of his friend, Yong-duk. Many years pass and Mok-hyeong is discovered dead after sharing a bottle of rice wine with Yong-duk. Mok-hyeong’s good for nothing son, Ryu Hae-guk, arrives from Seoul to attend his father’s funeral. Hae-guk soon realizes that the villagers are trying to hide something from him leading him to seek the help of Park, Min-uk, the public prosecutor responsible for his demotion to a local branch during his more reckless past. Hae-guk plans to conduct his father’s autopsy himself, but arrives at his father’s grave only to find his corpse missing. Hae-guk suspects that Yong-duk is responsible.
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Plot: Source http://www.hancinema.net
Movie remade from a popular internet cartoon. The story of the few people who live in a village, and a man who comes to the village for his father’s funeral. He tries to figure out the mystery of his father’s death, but the villagers watch his every move. Ryu, Mok-hyeong, a member of a small prayer house located in a remote mountain village, is well-respected for his leadership and gift of speech. In order to build a new prayer house Mok- hyeong leaves the mountains to build a new village with the help of his friend, Yong-duk. Many years pass and Mok-hyeong is discovered dead after sharing a bottle of rice wine with Yong-duk. Mok-hyeong’s good for nothing son, Ryu Hae-guk, arrives from Seoul to attend his father’s funeral. Hae-guk soon realizes that the villagers are trying to hide something from him leading him to seek the help of Park, Min-uk, the public prosecutor responsible for his demotion to a local branch during his more reckless past. Hae-guk plans to conduct his father’s autopsy himself, but arrives at his father’s grave only to find his corpse missing. Hae-guk suspects that Yong-duk is responsible.
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Korean Movie of the Month “Crossing” with English Subtitles!
The movie of the month for July is called Crossing. The story is about a man named Yong-soo and his family who live in a small mining town in North Korea. They are very poor and when his pregnant wife becomes ill he decides he has to cross the North Korean border with China to search for medicine for her.
Eventually winding up in South Korea, he is unable to return to his family. His young son then sets out on his own journey to find his father having no idea where he is or how to find him.
◈ Date & Time: July 28th (Wed.), 6:30pm~8:30pm
◈ Place: Itaewon-Hannam Global Village Center
◈ Participants: Open to everyone
◈ Participation Fee: Free of Charge * Snacks and drinks will be provided.
You can sign up for this movie by visiting the center, or by telephone or email.
Tel: 02) 796-2459~60 Email: itaewon@sba.seoul.kr
