London Korean Film Night: Madame Freedom (1956)
In 1950s Korea a college professor exchanges harmless affection with a female pupil while his wife and her married lady friends become hooked on the latest American dance crazes while meeting other men. Director: Hyeong-mo Han Running Time: 125m (cert 18, Eng Sub) Screening Date: 7pm May 23, 2013 Theatre: Digital Archive, KCCUK
My Dear Enemy (2008)
Single, jobless and broke, 30-something Hee-soo is miserable. To get back on her feet she comes up with a plan to track down her ex, Byoung-woon, and re-claim the 3 ½ million won he owes her. Byoung-woon is also penniless but surprisingly happy for he knows the girls who are willing to give him money….
A View of the Korean Society and Women through Films
“Women on Screen: Understanding Korean Society and Women through Films” will allow you to look at the past and present pictures of Korean society. The films that were made from the modern times to the present will allow to peak on the diversity of Korean society. 8 Korean films in this project show a new…
London Korean Film Night: My Mother, The Mermaid (2004)
Na-Young works at a post office and is sick and tired of being around her shamefully unyielding mother and her pushover father who’s excessively nice. The only thing that she can look forward to is her trip abroad in a few days. But one day, her father leaves home without any notice.Na-Young has no choice…
Films at the Embassy of Japan: Happy Flight
At an airport, a great variety of aviation professionals, such as pilots, flight attendants, ground crew, mechanics, dispatch controllers and bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers! Today was supposed to be any other day on the job, departing on schedule and…
The Harmonium in My Memory (1999)
The film is set in South Korea, 1962. Kang Soo-ha, a 21 year-old teacher from Seoul, takes his first job at a village school in Gangwon Province. One of his older students, 17 year-old Yun Hong-yeon, develops a crush on him, though her efforts to catch his attention seem to go unnoticed. Meanwhile, Soo-ha has…
London Korean Film Night: ‘HAHAHA’ Screening with Moon So-ri
Director: Hong Sangsoo Running Time: 115 (Eng sub, Cert 18) Screening Date: 7pm April 04, 2013 Theatre: British Acadmey of Film and Television Arts (195 Piccadilly, London W1J 9LN) Synopsis: Movie director Moon-kyeong Jo, who recently decided to emmigrate to Canada, takes a trip down to the small sea-side town of Tongyeong. There he meets…
Films at the Embassy of Japan: Our Mother
Back in 1940, while Japan is heading for the darkest time in its history – the Second World War, the Nogami family lives frugally but happily in Tokyo. However, Shigeru, a researcher in German literature with anti-war ideas, is arrested for violating the Peace Preservation Law, and the life of his family drastically changes. Kayo…
London Korean Film Night: Sa-kwa (2008)
After seven years, Hyeon-jeong is dumped by Min-Seok. Broken and teetering on the brink of and emotional collapse she dedicates herself to finding a new suitor and to get married as soon as possible. She meets Sang-hoo, an awkward man, who Hyeon-jeong is attracted by his shy demeanour, and makes the conscious decision to marry…
