Seoul Emperor

The Host

2006 · ★ 7

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

Seoul Tour

2017

Two friends get more than they bargained for as they try to help a friend find his way home. What ensues is an unwilling night tour through the streets of Seoul(Korea) to help their friend, while testing the limits of their friendship.

Tasty Ending

2021 · ★ 5

An anthology of three short films by Kim Jeong-in, Jung So-young, and Hwang Seul-gi. It uses food and people to capture the warmth of everyday life that everyone can relate to.

72

2023

"In the midst of mourning her husband recently deceased of a heart condition, Ji Yeon encounters Hyung Seok, a desperate man about to end his life by jumping off a bridge. She decides to save him. They spend the next 72 hours together..."

Past Lives

2023 · ★ 7.7

After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

The Young Man

1994 · ★ 6.3

A young male model twists and manipulates people around him in his unending quest for money and pleasure. He is convinced that he is untouchable and can bend anyone to his will, so not even murder is an obstacle to his ambitions.

Night Journey

1977 · ★ 6.5

A bank employee dissatisfied with the casualness and secrecy of her relationship with her boyfriend, a superior at work, is suddenly given a few days of vacation.

Rosy Life

1994 · ★ 6.7

A comic book store in Garibong-dong is run by a beautiful woman better known as Madam. This store stays open late into the night, thus attracting varied types of people such as gangsters and hustlers.

Castaway on the Moon

2009 · ★ 7.9

Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River – only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-river island. He soon abandons thoughts of suicide or rescue and begins a new life as a castaway. His antics catch the attention of a young woman whose apartment overlooks the river. Her discovery changes both their lives.

Midnight in Seoul

2016 · ★ 5

Comic / romance / fantasy film, which is a 116-minute comic that two men and women meet for the first time in the evening and spend 10 hours together, the realities of the city's people and winners' takes all society.

Chun Tae-il: A Flame That Lives On

2021 · ★ 7

When Taeil gets hired as a tailor's assistant, he dreams of becoming a fully-fledged tailor to be able to financially support his family. But he finds himself constantly reminded of the laborers' inferior working conditions. The young 22-year-old Taeil decides to confront the reality and become the flame of hope himself.

MISFIT [SEOUL]

In Seoul, Jibin, a female courier, moves through the city delivering packages she never questions, while Eddie orders a gun out of boredom. They cross paths only once, unaware of the invisible transaction that connects them.