A lifetime on the streets of Japanese-occupied Seoul has made Kim Doo-han (Park Sang-min) an aimless brawler. But when he learns he's the son of a legendary general, Kim rises to defend local merchants from
boss Hayashi (Shin Hyeon-joon). Master filmmaker Im Kwon-taek directs this award-winning action classic. (1990. 108 min. Korean with English subtitles)
This screening is on the fourth Thursday of January, but future films will continue on the third Thursday of each month.
Lee
Mi-sook won best actress at the 31st Asian Pacific Film Festival for
her role as a neglected wife who seeks fulfillment from other women's
husbands. Set in rural, Japanese-occupied Korea, this erotic,
cautionary tale is based on a story by Na Do-hyang. Contains mature
themes.(1986. 107 min. Korean with English subtitles)
Thursday, March 19 at 6:30PM
YMCA Baseball Team YMCA 야구단
Overcoming disapproval from their elders, class tensions and uncertain
times, the unlikely heroes of the YMCA Baseball Team bring hope to a
Korea on the cusp of subjugation by Japan. Director Hyeon-seok Kim
(writer of JSA)
directs audience-favorite Song Kang-ho in this funny and heartwarming
paean to baseball and the nation. (2002. 104 min. Korean with English
subtitles)
Thursday, April 16 at 6:30 PM
The General's Son II 장군의 아들II
1991, 103 minutes
Director: Im Kwon-taek
Cast: Lee Ill-jae, Park Sang-min, Shin Hyeon-joon and Song Chae-hwan
After the remarkable success of
The General's Son,
director Im Kwon-taek returned a year later with this action–packed
sequel. Park Sang-min reprises his role as Kim Doo-han, the son of a
legendary general struggling to keep the
yakuza out of a Seoul
neighborhood. With his band of fighters still reeling from its last
encounter with the Japanese thugs, Doo-han struggles to unite the
city's fractious Korean gangs into a force capable of defeating his old
enemy,
yakuza boss Hayashi.
Thursday, June 18 at 6:30 PM
A Public Cemetery of Wol-ha
(월하의 공동묘지)
1967, 88 minutes
Director: Kwon Chul-hwi
Cast: Kang Mi-ae, Park No-sik, Do Geum-bong
Korean with English Subtitles
Beautiful
kisaeng Wol-ha returns from the
dead to wreak a terrible vengeance on the stepmother and housemaid who
opposed her marriage. A tremendous box-office success when released in
1967,
A Public Cemetery of Wol-ha (also known as
The Public Cemetery Under the Moon)
inspired
a generation of filmmakers who emulated this horror classic by director
Kwon Chul-hwi. The film is a fascinating forerunner to Nakata Hideo's
Sadako and the raven-haired female ghosts that haunt contemporary East
Asian cinema.
