The best Son Sook’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Son Sook’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Son Sook.
Champion
6.4/10
A Korean American arm wrestler goes to South Korea for a competition, and finds a sister that he didn't know about.
I Can Speak
7.5/10
A grumpy old woman befriends a young civil servant and learns English from him. She then reveals to him her shocking past.
Familyhood
6.3/10
An aging actress is desperate to become a mother. In menopause and too controversial for legal adoption, she decides to illegally adopt from a pregnant teenager while publicly faking pregnancy. The ensuing media circus at first revitalizes her career but then threatens to grow out of control and destroy everything she cares about.
Tale of Cinema
6.9/10
In Seoul, the paths of two men and one woman intersect and move apart from one another, centering on their love for cinema. A suicidal student meets a young woman who decides to follow him in his fatal gesture. Coming out of a cinema, Tongsu, an unsuccessful filmmaker, spots a beautiful young woman, and recognizes her : she is the main actress in the film he has just seen. The life of this wavering and distressed young man strangely echoes the one of the young man from the beginning...
Spirits' Homecoming
6.7/10
Two Korean girls, Jung-Min (14) and Young-hee (15) are kidnapped by the Japanese Imperial Army and taken to a 'Comfort Station' in China. There, they join other kidnapped girls in serving Japanese soldiers as sexual slaves known as 'Comfort Women'. Decades later, an elderly lady attempts to reunite with the spirit of her lost friend. Inspired by the testimony of Kang Il-chul.
Rehearsal
4.9/10
Min-su meets beautiful actress Seung-hae when he goes on a job to take care of a financial matter with the local theater. Min-su seduces her and they make passionate love. But their physical relationship begins to take a toll on them. Seung-hae decides that Min-su is a distraction to her budding career. She tries to end things with him so that she can concentrate on her performance in “Hiroshima Mon Amour” . But Min-su is not so easy to get rid of.
A Hot Roof
7.1/10
A Korean film about a group of women who end up barricaded on the roof of their apartment building in the middle of a heat wave.
The Singer
6.6/10
In the era of corruption, Hak-gyu sings songs and tells stories on the street with his band. One day, Hak-gyu's wife Gan-nan is kidnapped by gangsters and his daughter Cheong loses her eyesight after the incident. He decides to travel in search of his missing wife and learns that corrupted noblemen are behind the mob.
Awaiting
7.3/10
A young woman named Yeon-hee is traveling to Pyongyang with a coach full of elderly people. As she flips through old photographs, she remembers telling her husband Min-woo that she wouldn't allow him to "cross over" to North Korea given the political situation of the day. But Min-woo left anyway and never returned home, and their marriage was torn apart by the Korean War. Now, sixty years after the division of Korea, she looks forward to reuniting with her beloved Min-woo again.
Flower Hands
Jury
6.8/10
After the film screening, five people hold a meeting. Director Jeong asserts that a film should move the heart. Actress Soo-yeon emphasizes on the message of the film, Film critic Tony just discusses about the current trend of Korean cinema. Tomiyama cannot fully express her thoughts because of the language barrier. And, the head of jury, Sung-ki can’t control the situation. Will this jury reach an agreement against all odds? A satire for those who make, watch, and criticize films is about to begin.
Because You Are a Woman
6.4/10
A 1990 Korean film about a woman who gets involved in a court case after retaliating against her attackers.
A Hot Roof
