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6.7

♡ 1

38%

comfort women

world war ii

Cho Jung-Rae Director

Kim Si-eun as Boon-sook, comfort woman Choi Ri

Choi Ri as Eun-Kyung

Jung Moo-Song as Kinoshita

Hong Se-na as Ok-boon

After the Japanese kidnap two Korean teenagers and take them to a comfort station to join other girls who are serving as sex slaves, only one of them survives. Decades later, the elderly woman tries to reunite with her friend's spirit.

Anarchist from Colony

2017

6.6

♡ 6

88%

Joon-ik Lee Director

Ha-Joon Wi as Korean Prisoner

Kwon Yul as Lee Seok

Lee Jehoon as Park Yeol

Ha Do-kwon as Rickshaw runner

Based on the life of the Korean anarchist Park Yeol, the film shows his struggle to counter the massacre of Koreans by the government during the 1923 great Kanto earthquake, focusing on his activities as the leader of the anti-Japanese organization Bulryeongsa and his relationship with Japanese comrade Fumiko Kaneko.

The Secret Mission

2019

6.9

♡ 13

letter

word

Yu-na Eom Director

Sung-Wook Lee as Jang Choon-Sam

Tae-hoon Kim as Park-Hoon

Young-chang Song as Ryoo Wan-Taek

Hong-Fa Kim as Teacher Jo

During the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Japanese Empire seeks to eradicate the Korean language and identity. In retaliation, a small group of Korean patriots try to protect their language by compiling the first Korean language dictionary.

My Way

2011

7.6

♡ 31

21%

77%

world war ii

Je-kyu Kang Director

Bingbing Fan as Shirai

Shingo Tsurumi as Takakura

Shirô Sano as Tatsuo's Father

Kumi Nakamura as Tatsuo's mother

During the invasion of Normandy the photograph of a slim Korean man in German uniform was found. It transpired that the man had served as a soldier in the Japanese, Russian and German armies. His incredible story inspired director Kang Je-Gyu to create this epic war drama.

YMCA Baseball Team

2002

6.3

10%

baseball

Hyun-seok Kim Director

Kazuma Suzuki as Hideo

Kang-ho Song as Lee Ho-chang

Jeong-min Hwang as Ryu Kwang-tae

Seung-woo Cho as Young coachman

Hochang accidentally sees missionaries and Jeongrim play baseball at the YMCA hall. He falls in love with Jeongrim, and takes interest in baseball. As a result, he gathers people to form the first YMCA baseball team of Joseon.

The General's Son

1990

6.4

♡ 5

Crime

seoul, south korea

Kwon-taek Im Director

Hyeong-il Kim as

Jeong-min Hwang as (as Jeong-min Hwang)

Eun-hee Bang as Hwa-ja

Sang-min Park as Kim Doo-han

In Japanese-occupied South Korea, a young man, newly-released from prison, is accepted into a gang for his fighting skills and quickly rises to the top. Based on the life of South Korean mobster and politician Kim Du-han.

Dachimawa Lee

2008

5.2

♡ 3

32%

manchuria western

Western

Seung-wan Ryoo Director

Won-hui Lim as Dachimawa Lee

Sang-geon Jo as Kim Goo

Choon-ha Hwang as Tortured Man

Jeong-heon Lee as Yasi

Under Japanese imperialism, Korean national treasure Golden Buddha is stolen. More important to national security, the statue contains vital information concerning Korean freedom fighters and their whereabouts as well as their true identities. The interim Korean government appoints legendary Korean spy Agent Dachimawa Lee to recover the fabled statue and reveal the dark plot behind the theft.

A Resistance

2019

6.3

♡ 9

96%

women's prison

Min-ho Cho Director

Gyung-rok Kim as

Lee Sung Won as Kishi Shintaro

Ryu Kyung-Soo as Nishida Jiro / Jung Choon-young

Ah-sung Ko as Yu Gwan-Sun

17-year-old Yu Gwan-Sun participates in the Korean independence movement. The country is under the rule of Japan, which annexed the country in 1910.

Snowy Road

7.2

♡ 6

comfort women

History

war crimes

Lee Na-Jeong Director

Hyang-gi Kim as Choi Jong-Boon

Sae-ron Kim as Kang Young-Ae

Young-joo Seo as Kang Young-Joo

Myeong-hoon Park as Police Officer

Jong-bun, in her eighties, is one of the last surviving 'Comfort Women' victims forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Army during World War II. Back in 1944, at the end of the Japanese occupation in Korea, Jong-bun was a poor but energetic girl while Young-ae was the smart rich clerk's daughter. One day, Jong-bun gets abducted and finds herself on a train for Manchuria. To her surprise, she also finds Young-ae on the train facing the same fate to become a comfort woman. Jong-bun and Young-ae help each other go through the living hell and as the war comes to an end, they finally escape from the comfort women camp, only to face two different paths of life. Decades later, Jong-bun helps out a teenaged girl who is disoriented in life, reminded of her own painful past.

The Silenced

5.7

♡ 18

42%

1930s

girls' boarding school

Horror

Mystery

school

Hae-Young Lee Director

Kim Dong-Hyun as Driver

Ji-won Uhm as Headmistress

Bo-Young Park as Joo-ran

So-dam Park as Yeon-duk

A sickly girl Ju-ran transfers to a new sanitorium boarding school to regain health. But she discovers that students are disappearing and notices abnormal changes happening to her body. She suspects the school for what's happening and tries to discover what secret is hidden.

Assassination

7.2

♡ 61

83%

japanese invasion of korea

Dong-hoon Choi Director

Ji-hyun Jun as An Ok-yun

Jung-woo Ha as Hawaii Pistol

Seung-woo Cho as Kim Won-bong

Jung-jae Lee as Yeom Seok-jin

In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.

Remember

2022

6.8

♡ 21

political assassination

revenge

Il-Hyeong Lee Director

Park Se-hyun as Han Ok-seon

Joo-Hyuk Nam as In-gyu

Sung-min Lee as Pil-ju

Lee Seung-joon as Sergeant first class Park

Pil-ju, an Alzheimer's patient in his 80s, who lost all his family during the Japanese colonial era, and devotes his lifelong revenge before his memories disappear, and a young man in his 20s who helps him.

The Tiger

7.2

♡ 45

Hoon-jung Park Director

Min-sik Choi as Chun Man-duk

Ren Ôsugi as Government Official Maezono

Park In-Soo as Hunter Park

Ji-so Jung as Sun-yi

In 1925 Korea, Japanese rulers demand the last remaining tiger be killed. The tiger easily defeats his pursuers until a legendary hunter takes him on.

Road to Boston

2023

7.1

♡ 4

85%

marathon

Sport

Je-kyu Kang Director

Eun-bin Park as (as Eun-bin Park)

Ron Roggé as Harris

Jung-woo Ha as Kee-Jung Son

Si-wan Im as Yun-Bok Suh

A rousing tale of the Korean athletes who ran the 1947 Boston International Marathon, the first international marathon held since World War II.

Love, Lies

2016

6.9

♡ 11

53%

friendship

Music

Romance

Heung-Sik Park Director

Hyo-Joo Han as Jung So-yul

Yeon-Seok Yoo as Kim Yoon-woo

Cha Ji-Yeon as Lee Nan-young

Woo-hee Chun as Seo Yeon-hee

Two best friends, So-yool and Yeon-hee, dream of becoming the top artists in Seoul together. But their friendship doesn't last long as Yoon-woo, So-yool's first love and songwriter, falls in love with Yeon-hee and her voice. So-yool's feeling of jealousy and inferiority towards Yeon-hee grows by the day, and she eventually makes a drastic decision to bring the two lovers down.

Race to Freedom: Um Bok Dong

2019

5.8

♡ 1

resistance

Sport

Kim Yu Sung Director

Sung-je Cha as Boy in front of Ilmi Store

Lee Si-eon as Lee Hong-dae

Yoon Jong-goo as Poor farmer Rain

Rain as Uhm Bok-Dong

During the Japanese colonial rule of Korea, while people are in despair, Jae-ho tries to raise morale by winning cycle championship. Bok-dong, who started cycling with Jae-ho just to make a forture, becomes a symbol of hope for Koreans by defeating Japanese cyclists.

Fighter in the Wind

2004

6.9

♡ 6

zainichi

Yun-ho Yang Director

Masaya Katô as Kato

Shinzô Hotta as Kato's Father

Sachiko Kokubu as Ryoma's Wife

Aya Hirayama as Yoko

An account of karate competitor Choi Yeung-Eui who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country, defeating martial artists one after another. This film concentrates on the period when he is still young, and developing his famous karate style, Kyokushin.

The Battleship Island

2017

7.1

♡ 92

67%

Seung-wan Ryoo Director

Ji-seob So as Choi Chil-sung

Jeong-min Hwang as Lee Gang-ok

Joong-Ki Song as Park Mu-young

Jon Allen as Song Jong-Gu

During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.

Phantom

2023

6.2

♡ 17

1930s

based on novel or book

Crime

History

spy

Hae-Young Lee Director

Kyung-gu Sol as Junji Muramaya

Lee Hanee as Park Cha kyeong Esom

Esom as Yun Nan-yeong

So-dam Park as Yuriko

In 1933, when Korea was under Japanese occupation, five people in Gyeongseong are suspected to be "Phantom" spies of the anti-Japanese organization.

The Age of Shadows

2016

7.1

♡ 102

100%

japan