[Guest's Post] Artists' Choice: Director Eom Tae-hwa lists his 10 Favorite Korean Movies

2018/06/16 | Permalink

Eom Tae-hwa (born 1980) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. His directorial feature debut "Ingtoogi" (2013) - a graduation project for the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA) - was nominated for Best Film, Best Director and Best New Director at the 1st Wildflower Film Awards and Best New Director (Film) at the 50th Baeksang Arts Awards in 2014. His second film, "Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned" was even more succesful, netting him the Best New Director Award at the 54th Grand Bell Awards.

Here are his 10 favorite Korean films, in random order

1. "Old Boy" (Park Chan-wook, 2003)

2. "Memories of Murder" (Bong Joon-ho, 2003)

3. "The Host" (Bong Joon-ho, 2006)

4. "The Wailing" (Na Hong-jin, 2016)

5. "Christmas in August" (Heo Jin-ho, 1998)

6. "Peppermint Candy" (Lee Chang-dong, 19990

7. "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" (Park Cahn-wook, 2002)

8. "Mother - 2009" (Bong Joon-ho, 2009)

9. "A Bittersweet Life" ( Kim Jee-woon, 2005)

10. "1987: When the Day Comes" (Jang Joon-hwan, 2017)

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Related movies/dramas

1987: When the Day Comes (1987 - 2017)	Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned (가려진 시간 - 2015)	The Wailing (곡성 - 2016)	Ingtoogi (잉투기 - 2013)
Mother - 2009 (마더 - 2009)	The Host (괴물 - 2006)	A Bittersweet Life (달콤한 인생 - 2005)	Old Boy (올드보이 - 2003)
Memories of Murder (살인의 추억 - 2003)	Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (복수는 나의 것 - 2002)	Peppermint Candy (박하사탕 - 1999)	Christmas in August (8월의 크리스마스 - 1998)

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