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King And The Clown (Wang-ui Namja) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2005; Director: Lee Joon-ik; Writer: Choi Seok-Hwan, Kim Tae-woong; Stars: Kam Woo-seong, Jung Jin-young, Kang Seong-Yeon, Lee Joon-gi)
Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play which satirises royal behaviour. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.
Memento Mori (Yeogo goedam II) (Country: South Korea; Year: 1999; Director: Kim Tae-Yong , Min Kyu-Dong; Writer: Kim Tae-Yong, Min Kyu-Dong; Stars: Gyu-ri Kim, Yeh-jin Park, Young-jin Lee, Jong-hak Baek, Min Han, Seung-Yeon Han, Jae-in Kim, Hyo-jin Kong, Hye-mi Lee, Seong-Eon Lim, Ji-Yeon Park), Official Site
The story of a secret relationship uncovered by Min-Ah in a classmate's diary proves even more enthralling than she could imagine.
A Man And A Gisaeng (Country: South Korea; Year: 1969; Director: Shin Sang-ok, Shim Wu-Soeb; Writer: Kim Mun-Yeop, Shin Sang-ok; Stars: Do Kum-Bong, Heo Chang-kang, Kim Cheong-ja, Ku Bong-seo)
A young man who was fired from his job for being unmanly decides to dress as a woman and work as a gisaeng. He gets proposals from several of his male clients including his former boss, Heo.
Peafowl (Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Byun Sung-bin; Stars: Hae-jun, Kim U-gyeom)
Steely Shin Myung is a fierce trans queen on the Seoul nightclub scene who reconnects with her Buddhist heritage after the death of her father.
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Sa Bangji (Country: South Korea; Year: 1988; Director: Song Kyeong-shik; Writer: Ahn Tae-geun, Chi Sang-hak; Stars: Lee Hye-yeong, Bang Hie, Kwak Jeong-hie, Park Am, Lee Kyeong-Hie)
An intersex person is raised in a monastery after their mother proves to be mentally unstable. However, their confusing sexual desires prove to be too much for them bear, and they begin to slip into insanity.
Stateless Things (Country: South Korea; Year: 2011; Director: Kim Kyung-Mook; Writer: Kim Kyung-Mook; Stars: Paul Lee, Saebyuk Kim, Im Hyung-kook, Hyunjoon Yeom)
Kim Kyung-Mook's sparky indie feature crosscuts between the lives of two young men, one an illegal immigrant from North Korea stuck in dead-end jobs, the other the kept boy of a married businessman stifling in a swanky apartment.
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