The best Jung Woon-taek’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Jung Woon-taek’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Jung Woon-taek.
Friend
7.2/10
The film follows the lives of four childhood friends: Joon-seok, the leader, whose father is a powerful mob boss; Dong-su, whose father is an undertaker; class clown Jung-ho; and Sang-taek, an exemplary student. The story is the director's experience about his friends, a semi-autobiography set in his hometown, Busan. When it was released it was the highest-grossing Korean movie of all time.
My Boss, My Hero
6.2/10
A series of embarrassing incidents force a mobster to go back to high school to finally graduate.
My Boss, My Teacher
5.6/10
A mobster must complete college and spend some time as an ethics teacher in order to receive a promotion to a coveted territory.
City of Damnation
6.2/10
Jang Choon-dong is a traffic officer who aspires to become a homicide detective. He is assigned to go undercover to infiltrate a gangster network. Meanwhile, Lee Joong-dae, a member of Kwang-seob's gang, goes undercover himself by joining the police force. Joong-dae tries hard to gain favor with his squad leader in an effort to expose Choon-dong's identity.
Clown of a Salesman
Il-bum works hard to pay off his daughter’s hospital bills but one day gets fired for being wrongly accused as a molester. After series of failures, Il-bum finds a job at a PR company which provides free entertainment to old women in exchange for buying their products. Il-bum feels shameful to play dirty tricks on old women but he has no other choice. Despite his initial concerns, Il-bum starts to feel a sense of worth entertaining old women. A new team member, Ok-nim joins and Il-bum becomes a good friend to her, making her feel warm and safe which she never gets from her own son. But, the joy of their friendship won’t hold long when Il-bum’s debt reaches beyond help.
4 Days
11 members of an internet suicide site gathered in an abandoned school. They included a former baseball player who retired because of his injuries, a cancer patient whose death was declared, and a high school girl being pessimistic of her school score. While having the last supper after completely preparing the equipment and method for their suicide, they listen to each other's stories.
Boss X File
4.3/10
In order to bust a money laundering ring, the cops must work undercover at a hostess bar. Zaniness ensues as we witness policewomen masquerading as hostesses, detectives masquerading as waiters, and other similarly awkward role-reversals.
