Virtual Korean Movie Night (June)
Cinema
Tuesday, June 02, 2020
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The Throne
Director: Lee Joon-ik
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Yu Ah-in, Moon Geun-young, Jeon Hye-jin, Kim Hae-sook
Running Time: 125min
Genre: Drama/History
Release Year: 2015
Rating: Film intended for audiences 12 and over
(Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.)
In the year of 1762, when King Yeongjo of the Joseon dynasty's been ruling for 35 years already, Crown prince Sado is accused of plotting treason by his biological mother lady Yi. Yeongjo falls into a dilemma since he could not penalize his own son as a traitor as it would mean that he would become the father of a traitor threatening his throne, and ends up ordering Sado to take his own life. As Sado’s lieges oppose Yeongjo’s decision by putting their own lives at risk, Yeongjo locks Sado in a wooden rice chest. Locked up without being given a single drop of water, Sado is also deprived from succeeding the throne, having his son take his place as an heir. On the 8th day inside the chest, Sado faces death. The movie follows the most tragic and iconic 8 days in the history of Joseon Dynasty disclosing what forced a father to kill his own son.
Inside Men
Director: Woo Min-ho (우민호)
Cast: Lee Byung-hun, Cho Seung-woo, Baek Yoon-sik, Lee Geung-young, KIM Hong-pa, I El, JUNG Man-sik, Kim Byung-oc, Kim Eui-sung, Jo Jae-yun, Park Jin-u
Running Time: 130min
Genre: Action/Crime/Drama
Release Year: 2015
Rating: No one under 18 is allowed to watch this Film (청소년 관람불가)
Lee Kang-hee, an editor at an influential conservative newspaper raises congressman Jang Pilwoo to the position of a leading candidate for President using the power of the press. Behind this, there was his secret deal with the paper’s biggest sponsor. Ahn Sang-goo, a political henchman who supported Lee and Jang, gets his hand cut when he is caught pocketing the record of the sponsor’s slush fund. Woo Jang-hoon, an ambitious prosecutor, starts to investigate the relationship with Jang and the sponsor believing it is the only chance he can make it to the top. While getting down to the grass roots on the case, Woo meets Ahn who has been deliberately planning his revenge. Now the war among the one blind for power, the one hell bent for vengeance and the one eager for success starts.
*Please note this film has strong bloody violence, disturbing behavior, language and sexual images
MAN OF MEN
Director: Yong Soo
Cast: Sul Kyoung-gu, Jo Jin-woong, Huh Joon-ho, Jin Seon-gyu, Kim Sa-rang
Genre: COMEDY
Release Year: 2019
Runtime: 117 minutes
Rating: Film intended for audiences 15 and over
"If I die naturally, beneficiary gets paid $1.2. If I die because of an accident, beneficiary gets paid $2.7. You help me out and I'll make you my beneficiary"
"Youngki", a gangster dreaming of a life changing jackpot - embezzles $700,000 of his boss's money and invests into supposedly "slam-dunk" stocks....it was a total scam and he losses them all. Now he needs to come up with $700,000 somehow or he's a dead-meat. Then, he runs into a cocky hot shot lawyer, Jangsu, whose got a late stage cancer with only two months to live.
Jangsu offers Youngki the life changing jackpot Youngki always dreamed of - becoming the beneficiary of his death benefits in exchange of helping him out before he dies...
A humorous chemistry between an arrogant and cocky rich lawyer and a dumb-headed gangster will blow you away this fall!
A Violent Prosecutor
(Geom-sa-oe-jeon, 검사외전)
Director: Lee Il-hyeong (이일형)
Cast: Hwang Jung-min, Gang Dong-won, Lee Seong-min, Park Seong-ung, Kim Eung-soo, Joo Jin-mo, Han Jae-yeong, Kim Won-hae, Jeon Bae-su, SHIN So-yul, Pak Jong-hwan
Running Time: 126min
Genre: Crime/Thriller?
Release Year: 2016
Rating: Film intended for audiences 15 and over (15세 관람가)
(Underage audiences accompanied with a parent or guardian is allowed.)
Jae-wook, a prosecutor specializing in violent crimes. While interrogating a shady suspect one day, he loses his temper and lashes out at him. But when he returns to the room he finds the suspect dead and he is promptly charged with murder. Keen to avoid any trouble, he is left to dry by his colleagues and finds himself slapped with a ten-year prison sentence. After incarceration, Jae-wook meets small time hoodlum Chi-won and begins to piece together evidence that will prove that the murder wrap was a setup. But in order to complete his plan, he needs the help of Chi-won, whom he trains to aid him in his quest for revenge.