Based on the short life of Lee Byeok who was born the son of a general in 1754. He converted to Catholicism and attempted to spread the faith with the help of missionaries from China. King Yong-jo brought an end to this with the extermination of Catholics in Korea, martyring Lee Byeok in 1785
Synopsis
Su-dong (Cho Yong-su) and Ok-rang (Kim Sam-hwa) have been betrothed since before they were born. When Scholar Kim's son Mu-ryeong (Park Am)recently returned from Hanyangbegins to lust after Ok-rang, her mother, who considers Su-dong unworthy of her daughter's hand, takes advantage of this fact to strike a promise of marriage with Scholar Kim's wife. Su-dong's mother (K...
A female teacher, who failed to retreat to the South during the Korean War (1950-1953), secretly observes the moves of the North Korean Army and then defects to the South to report the information. She helps prevent a planned attack by the major force of North Korean Army. A real story of a teacher at the Goesan Elementary in Chungcheongbuk-do province.
“Break Through the Limits of Eroticism!” So read the title of one newspaper advertisement for SABANGJI, set during the Chosn dynasty (1392-1910) and undeniably catering to heterosexual male desire to gaze into the realm of female homoeroticism. In classic exploitation form, the title character of the film possesses both male and female genitalia, leading Sabangji to suffer an ...
Ji, an officer in the North Korean army during the war, is given charge over a POW camp. There he meets his brother, a prisoner. He tries to convince his brother to accept the communist ideology in order to save his life, but his brother refuses. A high-ranking officer, visiting the camp notices the influence the POW has on Ji, and he orders the prisoner killed. Ji obeys the co...