The Asian Studies Center has an extensive collection of fiction and non‑fiction films available to borrow. Visit the center or contact us for more information.
Description: The animation tells the story of a boy named Namoo who lives in a seaside village. Several years after the death of his father, Namoo finds himself faced with further struggles: his grandmother is ill, his mother has a new boyfriend, and his best friend will move to Seoul at the end of the summer. Struggling with the prospect of further loss, Namoo begins to lose himself in fantasy, dreaming of a mysterious girl named Mari who leads him to another world.
Description: Backtracking from his suicide as a broken and depressed man, this film recounts the life of Yong-ho (Kyung-gu Sol), from his tragic demise to his innocent and idealistic youth, in reverse order. In between, he is a student with photography aspirations, a solider, a police officer and eventually an investor who losses a small fortune in the stock market. He is also a husband, but his marriage to Hong-ja (Yejin Kim) leaves them both unhappy as Yong-ho continues to obsess over someone else.
Description: Recently separated lovers (Baek Jong-hak, Oh Yun-hong) have a series of close encounters at a popular mountain retreat.
Description: A deadly assassin resurfaces while two Korean agents try to prevent a terrorist plot involving a liquid explosive.
Description: After seeing his mother with an American soldier, a young boy becomes a suspect for arson and disappears.
Description: Two warriors (Choi Min-su, Jo Jae-hyeon), sworn brothers, find themselves on opposing sides after circumstances separate them.
Description: Five girls in the South Korean port city of Incheon graduate from high school and struggle to keep their friendship alive, even as adulthood forces them down separate paths. Hae-Jo (Ji-young Ok) takes a job in the financial world, while Ji-young becomes withdrawn following a family tragedy. Twin sisters are satisfied peddling junk jewelry on the street. And despite the best efforts of Tae-hee (Bae Doo-na) to keep everyone together, the girls become increasingly distant.
Description: Wealthy Jae-hoon (Bo-seok Jeong) meets attractive writer Soo-jung (Lee Eun-ju) through their mutual friend, filmmaker Young-soo (Mun Seong-keun). While Jae-hoon tries to pursue a romance with Soo-jung, things get complicated when it becomes apparent that Young-soo also has feelings for the young woman. Jae-hoon grows jealous, but eventually convinces Soo-jung to meet him at a lavish hotel for a tryst; however, when she mysteriously phones to cancel, the love triangle takes a bitter turn.
Description: Little Sang-woo (Yu Seung-ho) doesn't want to leave Seoul, South Korea, to live with his mute grandmother (Kim Eul-boon) in the countryside, but his mother (Dong Hyo-heui) compels him, as she needs to look for a new job. Fractious and ill-mannered, Sang-woo variously ignores and taunts his grandmother with insulting epithets. When she won't buy batteries for his toy, he even steals from her. But over time, and in the face of her unquestioning love, he comes to admire and respect her.
Description: An elderly man (Jeon Sung-hwan) lives a quiet, monastic life on his fishing boat with a beautiful teenage girl (Han Yeo-reum) he has raised since taking her in as a small child. The pair plan to marry on her upcoming 17th birthday. The old man protects the girl from his leering fishing-trip customers with his treasured bow, a combination weapon and musical instrument. But one day a young man (Seo Ji-seok) appears, and for the first time, the girl imagines life away from the boat.