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GlowStickGirl · Joined: 22 Aug 2003

I just watched "My Sassy Girl" for the first time last night. It was so great. I totally didn't expect a Korean film to be so good. I'd rank it as one of my all time favorites.

Can anyone recommend any other korean movies with similar caliber?

masuro · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 7:59 pm Post subject:

"Oasis" was brilliant. So was "Peppermint Candy." Both have the same star. "Shiri" (or however it's spelt in English) is a good action flick. The movie "Teacher Kim Bong-du" was both funny and moving and had better acting than most Korean films. There's an older film called "A Flower Petal" that's very excellent and very sad. I cried a few times while watching.

On the other hand · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue

If you like atmospheric horror, THE PHONE is quite good.

camel96 · Guest

Not similar and it's a little old but JSA rocks.
It's actually on OCN a lot these days (in Korean)
But you could get it on DVD if you're really motivated.

just because · Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Location: Changwon - 4964

My wife is a gangstar was pretty good.
Also, for low brow sex comedies Sex is Zero was funny along with Jungle Juice.

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf

"Chingu" was pretty good. Consensus is it's one of the best Korean films, according to my students.

Joe Thanks · Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Location: Dudleyville

Recommendations with their English titles:

CHEOL SOO & MAN SOO
TO THE STARRY ISLAND
A SINGLE SPARK
NOWHRE TO HIDE
TELL ME SOMETHING
FRIEND
THE GINKO BED
ATTACK THE GAS STATION
THE TAEBAEK MOUNTAINS
SAPYONJE
PHANTOM: THE SUBMARINE
LIES
THE BAD MOVIE
TWO COPS 2 and 3
THE ISLE
THE FOUL KING
THREE (a Hong Kong/ SKorean/Thai horror trilogy)
RHEE CHEOL-JIN THE SPY
THE RING VIRUS (the first RING remake)
JSA
THE QUIET FAMILY
BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE
COME TO ME
PORNO MAN (a comedy)
LIBRE ME
ON THE GO
THE HOLLYWOOD KID
SILVER STALLION NEVER COMES
A PETAL
A DAY AT THE RACE TRACK
MANDALA
SPRING IN MY HOMETOWN
BLOODY BEACH
BEAT
ART MUSEUM BY THE ZOO
HELLO, DHARMA
WAE-IN GUDAN 1 & 2 (insane baseball movies from the early eighties that are based on insane Korean comics)
HAPPY END
THE HARMONY IN MY HEART

Happy hunting,

Joe

kylehawkins2000 · Joined: 08 Apr 2003

I enjoyed "Jungle Juice" although it is a little low brow. My girlfriend refused to watch it with me.....

indiercj · Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

Check this out.

www.thedvdforums.com (registration needed)

www.koreanfilm.org

ulsanchris · Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Location: take a wild guess

I liked
korea's first amendment. Prostitute runs for congress after a coworker is brutally raped. Challenges people not to look down on prositutes and to treat them like human beings.

the tutor uni girl tutors a boy who is the same age but in highschool.
At first they hate eachother but then fall in love.

Jingu (Friend) Supposedly true life gangster movie.

amensty day (?) two men break out of jail only to find out they were given amensty. Spend the rest of the movie trying to get back in. This and tutor were the funniest korean movies i have seen so far.

I married the mafia. Two sons of a godfather trick the hero into marrying their sister. I was told this movie was sold to hollywood. Its rumoured that Deniro will play the part of the godfather.

Jensen · Joined: 30 Mar 2003 Location: hippie hell

kangnamdragon · Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea

"Classic" was very good...."Sex is Zero" was funny until the serious stuff happened, then the movie became bad

Zyzyfer · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 10:17 pm Post subject:

I liked Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance(Boksunun naui Geot) myself, but it's definitely a cultish kind of movie. Felt to me more like Requiem For a Dream Korean style(especially with that eerie soundtrack) than any of these lovey-dovey comedy things.

Speaking of those, there's a real romantic's movie in "Byeol"; it's very simple and doesn't offer a whole lot of innovation, but it's the same simplicity that makes it a good "feel-good" movie. It also stars that famous dude who was also in Chingu and The Champion.

Ddong-ge(Mutt, to put it nicely) has one of the stupidest fight scenes in existence. The fight scene in the jail was just sloppy.

The Tutor was alright, as is Jopok Manura(My Wife is a Gangster), JSA, et cetera. There's a lot of decent movies, but they usually seem oddly paced to me.

Dan · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Sunny Glendale, CA

Dude, I loved My Tutor Friend, but you have to enjoy the cute korean thing.

and I liked when Sex is Zero, because the sad parts give it replay value, instead of just watch it once and forget about it

hojucandy · Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Location: In a better place

Chip-eu-ro (???) is wonderful. it is the story of an old woman and a young boy. the old woman is not an actor - just an old village woman. it is filmed in her real house. very touching, funny - a must see. shows how rude the young korean generation is.

another must see is -

Ch'ui-hwa-seon (???) - an historical story based on the life of an artist at the end of the Choseon dynasty - late 1800's.