The best Kim Ji-young’s movies

Kim Ji-young

Kim Ji-young

25/09/1938- 17/02/2017
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The Treacherous

The Treacherous
6/10
  • Genre: DramaHistory
  • Release: 21/05/2015
  • Character: Mother of Deposed Queen Lady Yun
The story of Joseon's tyrant king Yeonsan who exploits the populace for his own carnal pleasures, his seemingly loyal retainer who controls him and all court dealings, and a woman who seeks vengeance.

Tidal Wave

Tidal Wave
5.5/10
On Haeundae Beach, a guilt-ridden fisherman takes care of a woman whose father accidentally got killed. A scientist reunites with his ex-wife and a daughter who doesn't even remember his face. And a poor rescue worker falls in love with a rich city girl. When they all find out a gigantic tsunami will hit the beach, they realize they only have 10 minutes to escape.

Arahan

Arahan
6.6/10
Sang-hwan became a cop in order to help the downtrodden, but he doesn't get much respect. All that changes when he meets the Seven Masters.

A Better Tomorrow

A Better Tomorrow
5.7/10
A Korean remake of the John Woo Classic. One brother is a criminal. One brother is a cop. Both will fight to the death.

Too Beautiful to Lie

Too Beautiful to Lie
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 20/02/2004
  • Character: Hee-chul's grandma
A professional lady con makes herself the pharmacist's fiancée overnight, and faces a disastrous blemish in her impeccable con-woman career.

Declaration of Fools

Declaration of Fools
6.4/10
Beginning with the suicide of a film director, this work represents the Korean New Wave Cinema movement that focused on criticizing the Korean society in the 1980s through satire and humor. The journey taken by the characters, who lead low lives at the margins of the society, award them with a sense of liberation, however brief.

Marriage Blue

Marriage Blue
6.1/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 21/11/2013
  • Character: Dae-bok's mom
Some may dream of, some may be afraid of, some may look forward to, and some may want to avoid THE NIGHT BEFORE MARRIAGE! 4 different couples disclose 4 different stories all about marriage.

Mapado 2: Back to the Island

Mapado 2: Back to the Island
7.3/10
  • Release: 01/01/2007
Detective Chung-su takes a secret mission from a dying president of a big company. The businessman wants to see his first love before he dies.The only information the detective has is that her name is Kkotnim and she now lives on an island called Tongbaek, off one of the country's southern ports. He rides on a private boat to the island with an anonymous passenger, dreaming of the big bucks he will get when he completes his mission.But the boat is wrecked in a fierce storm, and Chung-su and the passenger find themselves lying on the shore of a strange island. In the struggle to escape from the island, Chung-su meets up with five grandmothers who will not let him or the other men escape. During his captivity, he investigates if one of the grandmothers is indeed the love interest. Will he find out and escape from the island alive?

The Last Blossom

The Last Blossom
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 20/04/2011
  • Character: Grandmother
Middle aged housewife Kim In-Hee's mother-in-law has Alzheimer's disease, her physician husband is always tired and indifferent to her needs and her children has become wayward. For her family, Kim In-Hee has devoted her life as a daughter-in-law, wife and mother. Kim In-Hee then learns that she has terminal cancer and is dying. The mother accepts her fate and sets up the most beautiful goodbye to her family.

My Son

My Son
7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/05/2007
  • Character: Kang-Sik's mother
Lee Gang-sik sits in jail with a life sentence because of murder. His good behavior the last 15 years earns him the opportunity to be released for one day & visit his family. But how will his son, whom he let down for 15 years, react?

Swindler in My Mom's House

Swindler in My Mom's House
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 08/08/2007
  • Character: grandmother
An attractive single mother rents a room in her house to a mysterious drifter who has nefarious plans to swindle her.

Wedding Campaign

Wedding Campaign
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 23/11/2005
  • Character: Man-taek's mother
A 38-year-old single man, Hong Man-Taek is a petty farmer still living with his mother. Seeing a neighbor married to an Uzbekistan bride and frightened by the fact that his own grandson will never get married, Man-Taek's grandfather decides to send Man-tek to Uzbekistan to find a bride.

Adada

Adada
6.4/10
  • Release: 19/03/1987
  • Character: Adada's mother-in-law
The life of a mute woman.

My 11th Mother

My 11th Mother
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 29/11/2007
  • Character: Baek-joong's mother
A cynical young boy gets to know the latest girlfriend of his ne'er-do-well father and begins to hope that this new relationship actually sticks.

Genealogy

Genealogy
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/09/1979
During the era of Japanese occupation, Sol Jin-young, a Korean patriarch refuses to obey the law to change the family's name to a Japanese name. Tani, a member of the Japanese occupation forces, is sent to persuade Sol to comply with the order. Tani is conflicted between his duty, his respect for Korean culture and his attraction to Sol's daughter.

Woman and Rain

Woman and Rain
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/09/1982
Two friends fall in love with the same woman, but when she chooses one over the other, the spurned lover decides to blackmail her.

Happy Funeral Director

Happy Funeral Director
6.5/10
Three teenagers from different backgrounds, each for different reasons, accept positions as undertakers. There's only one problem, no one in their town has died for over a decade! With no chances to get in any practice, it all comes down to the line one day when a widow commits suicide, and the three undertakers are put to the test!

All That Falls Has Wings

All That Falls Has Wings
4.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 26/01/1990
  • Character: Host woman
This youth melodrama tells the story of a law student from a small village in Korea, and the irresponsible girl with whom he falls in love. The girl leads a reckless life, working in bars in Itaewon, and in the U.S., while the law student follows her. Their relationship ends in tragedy with the man shooting the woman, and her confessing her true love before dying.

Noriko Goes to Seoul

Noriko Goes to Seoul
6.8/10
Mori Noriko is a Japanese housewife with a taciturn husband, Hiroshi, and a teenage daughter, Miyuki, neither of whom can understand her interest in the Hallyu star Kim Hyun Jae. When Noriko receives the news one day that she has lung cancer, she decides to gather her courage to travel to Seoul and see Hyun Jae, who's judging a music audition. There, she meets Kim Min Ha, a young man who continually fails auditions despite his talent and passion for music. The two develop a friendship, with Noriko helping Min Ha overcome obstacles to achieve his dream.

Village of Haze

Village of Haze
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 12/02/1983
Su-ok, a young teacher, moves into an isolated mountain village whose inhabitants are all related except for a mysterious dimwitted vagabond.

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