Korean Movies Opening Today 2023/06/21 in Korea

Korean movies opening today 2023/06/21 in Korea: "The Childe", "In Dream", "The Hand", "Salon de Seoul", "Sura: A Love Song", "206: Unearthed", "MAMAMOO: MY CON THE MOVIE" and "Musical Alice"

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"The Childe" (2022)

Directed by Park Hoon-jung

With Kim Seon-ho, Kang Tae-ju, Kim Kang-woo, Go Ara, Kwon Hyuk-hyun,...

Formerly known as "Sad Tropics" (슬픈열대, seul-peun-yeol-dae)
Synopsis
In a desperate attempt to secure funds for his mother's surgery, an amateur boxer searches for the wealthy estranged father he's never met. But after a lead takes him from the Philippines to Korea, he is relentlessly pursued by a quirky yet highly dangerous man. As additional entities join in his pursuit and cause chaos, he will be forced to confront a shocking truth that may cost him his life.

"In Dream" (2022)

Directed by Shin Jai-ho

With Seo Hyo-rim, Oh Ji-ho, Kim Seung-soo, Lee Sol-gu, Yoon Chae-kyung, No Ji-yoo,...

Synopsis
The story of an ordinary woman with dream walking ability to control other people's dreams against the backdrop of a noisy city in a serial murder case and a serial killer who can control other people's dreams.

"The Hand" (2020)

Directed by Choi Yun-ho

With Lee Jae-won-I, Park Sang-wook, Jeong Seo-ha, Heo Woong, Ahn Soo-ho,...

Synopsis
Help!
A hand came out of the toilet in my house!

'A hand came out of the toilet', what kind of absurdity is that?
I drank a little too much last night... But it's real, believe me!
My wife faints in surprise and the security guard also suspects me to be a kid.
What should I do now? The only thing I can trust is 119!

Ugh!
The hand started to move by itself!
By chance... is this killing people?

What should I do now?
Can I get away from this dreadful hand?

"Salon de Seoul" (2020)

Directed by Lee Ja-min-I

With Kang Tae-je, Hong Bi-ra, Kang Sung-hwa, Ryu Jong-won,...

Synopsis
Soo-jin, who works as a karaoke helper at 'Salon', a press office in Seoul's entertainment district, asks Ji-yeon, a college student who lives with her, to go out for work instead of her for one day when her dad suddenly asks her to meet him. Soo-jin meets Ji-yeon's boyfriend Seung-yeong at the college elective class that she attends instead of Ji-yeon and feels attracted to him, while Ji-yeon becomes an ace at the karaoke helper job that she started by accident and dreams of a trip to Hawaii.

"Sura: A Love Song" (2022)

Directed by Hwang Yoon

With Hwang Yoon,...

Synopsis
Director Hwang Yoon is interested in environmental issue and searches for ways in which humans can coexist with non-human beings. After quitting filmmaking about the tidal flat that underwent Saemangeum Seawall Project a few years ago, she moved to Gunsan-si, a city of Saemangeum, as she seemed destined to. "Sura: A Love Song" delivers the course of rediscovering the beauty of the tidal flat working together with the Citizens' Survey Group on Saemangeum that has continued its research for nearly twenty years. It is filled with magnificent images, rivaling even those of National Geographic. It also offers a wonderful experience of watching small yet beautiful living creatures in the tidal flat with the guidance of an honest and friendly firstperson voiceover. Most important of all, the film asks the audience to recognize the urgent and desperate cries of the things left, a message that makes the group dance of the shorebirds in the end so unforgettable. (KANG Sowon)

"206: Unearthed" (2021)

Directed by Huh Chul-nyoung

"206: Unearthed" is South Korean-Thai co-production
Synopsis
After the dissolution of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which was launched as a South Korean government organization in 2005, civic groups and bereaved families wishing to complete the mission the government had failed to accomplish formed a joint organization to investigate the remains of civilians who were massacred during the Korean War. A three-year-long documentary about the organization′s three-year-long excavation efforts, 206: Unearthed is a record of sunlight, dirt, and sweat. The film begins with the director′s letter to his grandmother, who waited for her husband to return after he was taken by the police during the Korean War. She has been waiting for 70 years, as neither he nor his remains returned home. And so the director′s long journey began, and there is no end in sight. "We don't forget"-the film ends with a line from Barthes' Mourning Diary, dedicated to a picture of the excavated remains and the grandmother′s obituary. This is a documentary that witnesses the wounds of history and a director′s mourning diary. KANG Sowon

26th Busan International Film Festival

"MAMAMOO: MY CON THE MOVIE" (2023)

Directed by Lim Jae-kyung-I

With Solar,...

Synopsis
"One two three, hey!" MAMAMOO shows the power of the titles 'reliable and listenable MAMAMOO' and 'trustworthy MAMAMOO'. And the movie MAMAMOO: MY CON THE MOVIE contains the start of their first world tour. MAMAMOO's perfect harmony was born into a movie. The four artists 'Solar, Moonbyul, Wheein, and Hwasa' not only present an overwhelming performance that captivates the eyes and ears in MAMAMOO: MY CON THE MOVIE, but also tell their passionate and sincere stories behind the stage that have not been seen anywhere else. Time for their charms, whose name 'MAMAMOO' is an icon, to unfold on the global stage. MAMAMOO: MY CON THE MOVIE invites the audience to that special and thrilling journey. Starting with MAMAMOO WORLD TOUR - SEOUL, MAMAMOO continues.

"Musical Alice" (2023)

Directed by Yoon Sang-won

With Lee Hyoo, Park Young-soo-II,...

Synopsis
Na-yeong, a 17-year-old student with autism spectrum disorder, who loves her dad the most in the world, loves to draw. In order to adapt to society, Na-yeong, who is still sensitive to external stimuli such as sound, often screams and hides in her room, sets rules of behavior, acts in order, and conducts social training. Then one day, Na-yeong, who was preparing to go to a special school, hides in her room, surprised by the sound of thunder. The father, who would have comforted and hugged Na-yeong normally, calms her down firmly that moment. And when you grow up, you have to say goodbye to your dad, so you can't skip school anymore. Na-yeong, sad at her father's words, asks her friend rabbit, "How to live together for the rest of her life without breaking up with her father". The rabbit tells Na-yeong that she doesn't have to say goodbye to her father because she can turn back time when she goes to a strange country. Na-yeong follows the rabbit on an adventure to a strange country...