London Korean Film Festival 2010

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I Saw The Devil I Saw The Devil
I Saw The Devil and The Housemaid
71 Into The Fire (Country: South Korea; Year: 2010; Director: John H. Lee; Stars: Choi Seung-hyeon, David Lee McInnis, Christina Cha), Trailer
The film deals with the real events and people involved when 71 students found themselves fighting back numerous waves of soldiers from the North at the start of the Korean War.
Bedevilled (Country: South Korea; Year: 2010; Director: Jang Cheol-so; Writer: Jang Cheol-so; Stars: Seo Young-hee, Ji Sung-won), Trailer
A woman heads to a remote island, where she finds her childhood friend is stretched to murderous breaking point.
Bestseller (Be-seu-teu-sel-leo) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2010; Director: Lee Jeong-ho; Writer: Lee Jeong-ho; Stars: Eom Jeong-hwa, Choi Kang-hee, Jo Jin-woong, Kim Hwa-yeong Kim), Trailer
A best-selling author rocked by plagiarism tries to rebuild her life, but when she turns her daughter's reported tales from an imaginary friend into a story, she faces more trouble.
Blades Of Blood (Goo-reu-meul beo-eo-nan dal-cheo-reom) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2010; Director: Lee Joon-Ik; Writer: ChoiSeok-Hwan, Jo Cheol-Hyeon, Oh Seung-Hyeon; Stars: Baek Seong-hyeon, Kim Chang-Wan, Seung-won Cha, Ji-hye Han, Jeong-min Hwang), Trailer
An exiled politician tries to raise an army to fend of a Japanese invasion, leaving blood in his path.
Green Days (Country: South Korea; Year: 2010; Director: An Jae-Hoon, Han Hye-Jin; Writer: An Jae-Hoon, Han Hye-Jin)
Animation about a term in the life of a group of school pupils.
Green Days Green Days
Green Days and Paju
Harmony (Hamoni) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2010; Director: Dae-gyu Kang; Writer: Seung-yeon Lee; Stars: Kim Yoon Jin), Official Site, Trailer
A woman who gives birth in jail forms a choir to help her gain access to him.
The Housemaid (Hanyo) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2010; Director: Im Sang-soo; Writer: Im Sang-soo, Kim Ki-young; Stars: Jeon Do-yeon, Lee Jung-Jae, Ahn Seo-Hyeon), Official Site, Trailer
Remake of the 1960 classic about a man's affair with the family's servant.
I Saw The Devil (Akmareul boattda) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2010; Director: Kim Ji-woon; Stars: Lee Byung-hun, Choi Min-sik), Official Site, Trailer
After the daughter of a police chief is murdered by a serial killer, her fiance vows to hunt him down.
A Little Pond (Jageun Yeonmot) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2010; Director: Lee Sang-woo; Writer: Lee Sang-woo; Stars: Moon Seung-geun, Kim Roe-ha, Jeon Hye-jin,), Trailer
True story concerning one of the worst civilian massacres in the Korean War.
The Man From Nowhere (This Man) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2010; Director: Lee Jeong-beom; Writer: Lee Jeong-beom; Stars: Won Bin, Kim Sae-Ron), Trailer
An ex-con is drawn back into drug smuggling after a family is kidnapped.
The Man From Nowhere The Man From Nowhere
The Man From Nowhere and Mise-En-Scene 2
Mise-En-Scene 2 (Brass Quintet, Last Homecoming, Frozen Land) (Director: Yoo Dae-Eol, Kim Joon-sung, Kim Tae-yong , Choi Ji-yeong)
Collection of South Korean shorts.
Moss (Country: South Korea; Year: 2010; Director: Kang Woo-Suk; Stars: Jeong Jae-yeong, Kim Joon-bae, Kim Sang-ho, Park Hae-il), Trailer
A man stumbles on a conspiracy when he returns to his home town for his father's funeral.
Paju (Country: South Korea; Year: 2009; Director: Park Chan-ok; Writer: Park Chan-ok; Stars: Seo Woo, Lee Seon-gyun, Shim Yi-young), Trailer
A study of one man's fraught relationships.
The Secret Reunion (Ui-hyeong-je) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2010; Director: Hun Jang; Writer: Min-seok Jang, Joo-ho Kim, Kwang-young Choi, Hun Jang; Stars: Song Kang-ho, Kang Dong-won), Official Site, Trailer
Buddy actioner sees a North Korean spy forge an unlikely partnership with a South Korean special agent.
The Servant (Country: South Korea; Year: 2010; Director: Kim Dae-woo; Writer: Kim Dae-woo; Stars: Jo Yeo-jung, Kim Joo-hyuck, Ryoo Seung-bum), Trailer
Erotic comedy dealing with the class divide and tangled romance.
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