Kim Jong-kwan

Movie meets humanities! This talk show/variety show for movie enthusiasts features interesting discussions by a writer and two movie directors where film and humanities intertwine.

An exploration of different personas in an eclectic collection of four works by critically acclaimed Korean directors.

Young-seok, who feels overwhelmed and lonely in what should be his glorious youth, meets a woman who introduces herself as Josée, and they share a once-in-a-lifetime romance.

Four master helmers from Korea reload the hitman flick. Vampire sleaze, assassin slapstick, neo-noir, and an avant-garde mind-bender to die (kill) for!

Chang-seok's marriage failed and he is about to publish a novel based on his own experience. After he meets various people, Chang-seok changes his mind and starts weaving yet another story.

Eun-hee is an actress who also plays in her real life. One day, she meets three different men and changes her own character each time she dates them, just like taking a role in the play. One is clever and polite, another is boyish and honest, and the last seems elegant and mature. Though each of her performances full of lies seems going smoothly, everything is about to be messed up at the end.

An omnibus film of the romances and breakups of five couples: Soo-jin works in a cafe in Seoul. One day, she receives a call at work from a Polish man in Rotterdam, who tells her the story of his missing fiance. Eun-hee shows up one night and blames her ex-boyfriend Hyun-oh for ruining her life. Although she has a new relationship, she is still upset that Hyun-oh breaks up with her. Se-yeon seduces Young-soo, who is rumoured to be dating a man. Young-soo's long-time lover Woon-chul is heartbroken when he makes a confession and decides to end their relationship. Indie bandmates Hye-young and Joo-young discuss about love while taking a walk in Namsan park.

In Seoul's Seochon neighborhood, stories unfold across seasons. On an autumn day, Han-kyung, an artist, meets women while seeking love. In summer, Bo-ra finishes work at a nail salon and uses a man to attract another at her favorite bar. In winter, Ma-ri, an actor with memory loss, joins a film director's ambiguous story. Their lives intersect, weaving a tapestry of hope, desire, and reality within the same space over time.

Hyun-oh, who has the ability to remember dreams, meets new actress Joo-eun in his dream. The amazing truth that they come across...

Episode 1. Mie comes to Korea in search for a keepsake, which her grandpa left behind when going back to Japan from Jeju Island due to Korean Liberation. She and her friend, Eiko meet a variety of Korean on their journey to Jeju Island. Episode 2. Jong-hwan defrauds people of money with a laptop-computer to make money for meeting his mother who lives in Japan. Episode 3. On arriving at the airport, Ishida starts running to catch the flight to Japan. He ends up missing his flight by bumping against Go-ny, working at a duty-free shop at the airport. After a while, they get to meet up once again at the airport and spend some time together.

A woman talks to Hyun-o with pleasure, but he has no recollection of meeting her. Leaving her embarrassed, he finds a pebble in the pocket of his old coat, which makes him remember her appearance from behind.

11 days since the breakup with her loving boyfriend. A woman is in tears, suffering from misery. Her life turned into a mess after the shocking breakup. She finally made up her mind to let him go after finding a haggard woman in the mirror. From the Internet, she finds advice on how to mend a broken heart. She decides to calmly follow the suggested methods such as “Have a haircut,” “Bask in the sun,” “Erase the traces of your love.” Then she stumbles upon a matchbox packed with memories of Young-jae. She follows the traces of the matchbox to a cafe in Baek-ma station and tries erasing the remnants of her love.

Four different couples' love stories are told as they each visit a cafe in a quiet alley. Their romances are in different stages, from sweet to bitter, like the different varieties of coffee available at the cafe.

Four different women discuss life, love and marriage with people from their past and present during the course of one day at a café in Seoul.

It was produced to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Korean Film Archive.

Part I : A middle-aged woman gets off a bus at Muju Terminal. She passes through the town and walks into a forest. She starts to search for the vestiges of her life from beyond the grave. Part II : A young woman, Minjae, returns to her hometown of Muju and starts to work at the county office. Her mother is displeased that her daughter has returned to the hometown. One day, Minjae’s friend from college, Kyungyoon, who hadn’t been in touch for a while, comes to see her.

Unique sensibility of independent film being ' Triple Treats ' omnibus melodrama tied a piece of 11 short films director .

A couple reminisce on their relationship over images of a snowy Hakodate.

3.6 million search engine hits, 46 million views on YouTube, Shin Se-kyung, an actress well-known by everyone

Like someone. Flushed face. Can’t hear anything. Helpless. Sad. Learned how to operate a polaroid camera.