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A young girl is asked by strangers to impersonate a prodigal daughter to fulfill a father's dying wish, and in doing so tests the fragility of family bonds.
Nov 2006
Jong-bun, in her eighties, is one of the last surviving 'Comfort Women' victims forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Army during World War II. Back in 1944, at the end of the Japanese occupation in Korea, Jong-bun was a poor but energetic girl while Young-ae was the smart rich clerk's daughter. One day, Jong-bun gets abducted and finds herself on a train for Manchuria. To her surprise, she also finds Young-ae on the train facing the same fate to become a comfort woman. Jong-bun and Young-ae help each other go through the living hell and as the war comes to an end, they finally escape from the comfort women camp, only to face two different paths of life. Decades later, Jong-bun helps out a teenaged girl who is disoriented in life, reminded of her own painful past.
Mar 2015
Gong Hyo-jin, Korea's greatest rom-com queen Lee Chun-hee, an actor reborn as a furniture businessman Jeon Hye-jin, a housewife with 11 years of experience as a child actress Three people from different backgrounds with different intentions unite for the sake of the Earth! They attempt to live a carbon-free life at Jukdo, the only energy-independent island that's left! After discovering a lot of plastic bottles on the beach, they call the water bottle company and start inviting unexpected people to the island! Gong Hyo-jin X Lee Chun-hee X Jeon Hye-jin's Zero Carbon Project! How are they so sincere about the Earth?! (Source : Hancinema)
Jun 2022
A popular high school student, who is the top student of her class, mysteriously dies. Six of her friends who graduated from the same elementary school attempt to track down the reasons for her death. While the six friends try to find the truth behind her death, they struggle with teenage hardships and academic pressures.
Mar 2011
A closeted middle aged man named Suh Moon Gi is unsatisfied with his wife Suh Jung Hye. He meets a young homosexual employee Shin Joon Young at his company and falls in love.
Dec 1999
Aimless after failing in several public tenders, a young man ends up meeting the best chef in the region and falls in love with the world of cuisine that he shows him.
Dec 2023
Major corporations and the financial industry are thought to be the case of growth in exports and also the dangers of the IMF. The realities of the '97 Asian Financial Crisis and the IMF bailout are looked into in detail. While the government-led economic growth was being replaced by a neo-liberalistic one represented by a ‘global standard,’ there was an expert bureaucratic body. Meanwhile, Korea’s first general trading company was turned into the 4th largest major corporation by Kim Woochoong, who criticized the government and pushed for greater focus on international exports. With the old order of Korean economics facing the new, the summer of ’99 tells the story of the ticking time bomb of Daewoo.
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It depicts the Buddhist philosophy that humans gain eternal life by transcending time by killing their own bodies. This is Kim Dong-ri’s representative work. It describes the process by which "I", who had rejected the ugly appearance of Deungsinbul, gradually approached it through spiritual exploration and identified with it.
May 1981
The story of the Crown Prince who tries to erase history in order to become the king, and the young officer who tries to stop him.
Nov 2024
'Nirvana' is a special drama on Buddha's Birthday that aired on KBS 1TV on May 15, 1986. It is a drama that tells the story of a seeker's life of perseverance and the nobility of his spirit.
May 1986
Ae-ran, a mother who is proud with her son hears a shocking news that her son, Dohoon, who left the military has developed schizophrenia. Afraid of losing her perfect daily life, Ae-ran decided to hide his son's illness. But her secret life that seemed to be smooth started to change when Kyeong-hwa, the only person who knows her secret appeared, gradually turning her anxiety into madness.
Oct 2021
Joon Ho is a third year high school student who just finished taking his university exam. His main interest is to sleep with Seo Yeong, his girlfriend, but, so far, she has turned him down.
Oct 2016
Aug 2022
Sin Ae has been struggling with cancer for ten years now. Once again, she ends up being hospitalized for treatment. She starts sharing a hospital room with another girl who is looked after by her boyfriend. Little by little, the boyfriend begins to show interest to Sin Ae.
Aug 2012
A crime thriller about a man who spent a night with a strange woman who doesn't even know his name before getting married.
Nov 2022
In Joseon-era Korea, three childhood friends face forbidden feelings as Yoon Ho falls for someone he can't confess to—testing love, loyalty, and tradition.
Nov 2023
The drama is about a first-class impersonator of a trot singer named Lilac, and his daughter Shin-hye in the process of getting away from the deceptive acting and finding real happiness.
Nov 2020
Young Jung quit midway through while becoming a Catholic priest. He now makes a living by driving cars for people who drank alcohol. One day, he meets a customer who asks to go to Pyongyang, North Korea. On that night, Young Jung meets Catholic priest Joon Young and they have a drink together. Then, a mysterious woman named So Won joins them. Young Jung becomes interested in So Won.
Young-Joo (Park Yoo-Na) is a member of the national female curling team. She begins to experience ringing in her ears and this causes her to become a substitute player. Young-Joo travels back to her hometown. There, she meets Sung-Chan (Kim Min-Suk). Young-Joo had a crush on him in the past. Sung-Chan is a former member of the national male curling team. They become partners in mixed doubles curling.
Nov 2018
Man Sik is a single father who raises his 7-years-old daughter Ye Na alone. He has yet to register her birth, because he wants her birth certificate to be the same as the other kids, which is to have a mother and father. In order to do so, he offers a deal to a woman from Vietnam: he will pay her 20 million won to put her name on a marriage certificate as his wife and Ye Na's birth certificate as her mother. She declines the offer and Man Sik becomes devastated. Mi Hee then appears.