Korean Grand Bell and Blue Dragon Award Best Film Nominees
Korean Grand Bell and Blue Dragon Award Best Film Nominees
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- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsShin Yeong-gyunShin Seong-ilDong-won Kim
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsChoi Eun-hieShin Yeong-gyunDong-won KimThe widow of a nobleman bears a son after having an affair with her servant. The servant and the baby are driven from the home by the woman's irate in-laws when the truth is discovered. Even after the child is grown, no contact is allowed between he and his mother who now denies the events of her past.
- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsSeung-ho KimJeong-sun HwangJi-mee KimThe story takes place on a mountain slope where defectors from North Korea live. These families have a serious gap between the parents and their children.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsKim Jin-kyuChoi Eun-hiePark No-shikDeaf Samryong works as a farmhand. He loves the landlord's daughter-in-law. This film describes his true love and humanity to resist old customs.
- DirectorYu Hyun-mokStarsKim Jin-kyuShin Yeong-gyunKum-Bong DoIn a hospital waiting room, a group of men arrive and meet one another. Choe, is the upbeat fellow who always thinks of the nation and its people. Cheon was wounded in the war and has fallen into despair. Then there's the dentist, run ragged by his hectic life. They commiserate over each man's lot in life and exchange stories about their love affairs.
- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsShin Yeong-gyunEun-a KoJeong-sun HwangAt an ocean side village, many fishing boats never return from the high sea, and many of the women in the village assume they are widows when their husbands never return. One of them, Seongku, begins an affair with a coal worker.
- DirectorLee Man-heeStarsShin Yeong-gyunJeong-suk MoonSeung-ho Kim
- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsShin Yeong-gyunKum-Bong DoJeung-nyeo JuIn the early 1950s when Korea is still at war, Kyu Bok who escaped from the North Korean People's Army secretly sneaks into a small village in the mountainside. This village has turned into a widowed village due to the war and widows Jum Rye and Sa Wol live across from one another. Jum Rye had to take care of her mother-in-law who was also a widow, a dote grandfather-in-law, and a sister-in-law. Sawol lives with her mother. Sawol's husband was a soldier from the South and Jum Rye's was a soldier from the North, making the two women hostile towards one another.Blu-ray [KOR Blue Kino: ENG subs]
- DirectorLee Man-heeStarsKim Jin-kyuJeong-suk MoonGye-hyeon JeonA writer who was disabled during the Korean War (1950-1953) is now contributing a serial to a newspaper. His wife, who once adored him, is tempted by a young man she happens to know. But he overlooks her affair thanking her for her utmost care up until that time. Then the young man asks her to leave with him for a faraway place.
- DirectorYu Hyun-mokStarsKim Jin-kyuPark No-shikHie MunFilm depicting North Koreans extorting the land and property of civilians in the name of revolution after the liberation from Japan in 1945.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsShin Yeong-gyunJi-mee KimNam-hyeon ChoiWhen King Cheol-jang dies, the throne passes to his son King Ko-jang but, because he is considered to be too inexperienced, his ambitious uncle rules as regent. The rightful king's wife, the politically brilliant Queen Min, refuses to accept this situation and brings about the uncle's exile in order to secure the throne.
- DirectorHa Won ChoiStarsHae HwangYun Jeong-hieWon NamkungA lonely old potter saves the life of a young woman. She is grateful to him, but does not return the love he feels for her. However she feels obligated to marry him. In time, her former boyfriend finds her and takes a job working with the potter until he can convince her to run away with him.
- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsJi-mee KimYun Jeong-hie
- DirectorDong-jin JuStarsKim Jin-kyuJeong-suk Moon
- DirectorJung Jin-wooStarsIl-bong YunYun Jeong-hieThe villagers of a remote fishing village on the west coast of Korea have a belief that if someone drowns in the sea, his spirit cannot depart until the next person dies. The drowning of one fisherman sets in motion a series of tragic events.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsShin Yeong-gyunShin Seong-ilYun Jeong-hieIn 1884, conflicts arose between two factions in the king's court. One group wanted to maintain the trade treaties with China while the other wanted Korea to ally with Japan. As the confusion becomes more severe, Kim Ok-hyeon takes adavantage of the chaos to declare himself king.
- DirectorLee Doo-yongStarsHae HwangEun-a KoKum-Bong DoGeneral Kwak, despite having retired from military service, organizes a small army to resist the onslaught of an invasion from Japan in the early Chosun Dynasty
- DirectorKim Soo-yongStarsJi-mee KimLee Soon-jaeHie So
- DirectorYu Hyun-mokStarsHa Myeong-jungKim Jin-kyuEun-a KoYoung man hiding from the Korean War learns about his father's death while fighting the Japanese. By telling him the family history, his mother inspires him to fight the North Korean communists.Missing: Mother [Omoni] (1976): Im Won-shik
- DirectorIl-Ho JangStarsKim Jin-kyuDong-hwi JangHae HwangAdmiral Lee Sun-shin designs and builds the 'Turtle Ships' in preparation of the Japanese invasion during the Injin War. He is promoted after his victories, but due to his expanding influence and increased popularity in military circles, the king comes to fear him and has him imprisoned. A year later, the Japanese navy attempts another invasion and the king is required to enter the prison and beg the admiral's assistance.
- DirectorLee Doo-yongStarsDong-hwi JangSo-ryong HanJi-in YuChoi, Mun-oh decides to become a police officer over the objections of his girlfriend. He hopes to serve his country and is determined to fight the prejudices and stereotypes the public holds of the police through nobility and honesty
- DirectorIm Kwon-taekStarsHa Myeong-jungKim Yeong-aeKo Du-shimA reporter finds himself torn between differing political beliefs after the Korean liberation from Japan.
- DirectorYu Hyun-mokStarsHa Myeong-jungTae-Ki KangBool-am ChoiThe body of Min Yo-sup is found in a church. Hwang the evangelist gives detective Nam Kyoung-ho a clue. In a note, Yo-sup named Jo Dong-pal as her stalker. The detective discovers from Dong-pal's father and a prostitute, that he had been seeking traditional gods and denying Christ. Did Yo-sup turning to Christ get her killed? Will the detective deliver justice to Dong-pal or will he turn out to be a coward?
- DirectorHa Won ChoiStarsYeong-ha LeeMi-kyeong WonAm ParkWith the introduction of Catholicism to Korea in 1784 came social upheaval. People who practiced the new religion were tortured into renouncing it or executed. However, these conditions do not deter Seung-hun and her brother from attempting to spread the religion.