Barking Dogs Never Bite (Flandersui gae)
This film showed at:
London BFI
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Year: 2000
Cast: Sung-jae Lee, Du-na Bae, Hie-bong Byeon
The film spans over seven adventurous days inside an apartment building. Yoon-joo is a college lecturer with plenty of time on his hands. He gets annoyed at the sound of a dog barking and tries to find out where it’s coming from. Coincidentally, he discovers a dog in front of his neighbor’s door, and thinking it’s the culprit, he kidnaps the dog and locks it in the basement.
Memories of Murder (Salinui chueok)
This film showed at:
London BFI
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Year: 2003
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This is the story of the detectives who were at the frontlines of the investigation. A young woman who left for a blind date is later found naked in a drainpipe… As the murder spree continues, women avoid leaving their homes after dark. In a rural village in 1986, a young woman is found brutally raped and murdered. Two months later, a similar crime occurs, attracting the nation’s attention. The unfamiliar crime of serial murder soon engulfs the whole region in its terror.
The Host
This film showed at:
London BFI
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Year: 2006
Cast: SONG Kang-ho, BYUN Hee-bong, PARK Hae-il, BAE Doo-na, KO A-sung
On the banks of the Han River, a crowd gathers to watch an unidentified object hanging onto a bridge. In an instant, the object reveals itself as a terrifying creature, turning the riverbank into a gruesome sea of blood.
Amid the chaos, a little girl, Hyun-seo is snatched up by the creature right before her father, Gang-du’s eyes. After receiving a mobile phone call from his daughter confirming that she has miraculously survived, the once-ordinary citizen Gang-du and his family decide to wage war against the creature, despite both the Korean authorities’ and U.S. army’s every efforts to stop them.
White Man
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Tokyo!
This film showed at:
London BFI
Director: Joon-ho Bong, Leos Carax & Michel Gondry
Year: 2008
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The Greek word "rhapsody" designates "a work composed of several pieces presented one after the other". This project, from three of the most cutting edge and visionary directors working today, is a fantasy in three movements, three directors interpreting a single motif: TOKYO. when they are put together, they form a unique work. A "Tokyo rhapsody", to be precise.
Incoherence
This film showed at:
London BFI
Director: BONG Joon-ho
Year: 1994
Cast: YOO Yeon-soo, YOON Il-joo, KIM Lei-ha, IM Sang-hyo
A newspaper writer who steals milk from in front of someone else's home, an elite prosecutor who pisses on the street after drinking, and a professor who loves to look through pornographic magazines... these three people discuss social problems on a TV program.
Influenza
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The Memories In My Frame
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Director: Bong Joon-ho
Year: 1994
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