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Korean Tragedy Movies To Watch

Genre Mix - sorrow / suffering / misfortune / tragic past / pitiful / trauma / loss of human life / many terrible events

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설해

2015

병에 걸린 청년이 그녀를 외롭고 수줍어하게 놔둔 후, 한 젊은 여성은 친절한 수족관 직원과 친구가 됩니다. 그가 결혼을 제안했을 때, 그들의 사랑은 두 가지 큰 도전을 가져옵니다.

Pained

2011

Debt collector Nam-soon (Kwon Sang-woo) lost his sense of pain after a traumatic accident during his youth, and now regularly takes beatings for his job. Street vendor Dong-hyun (Jung Ryeo-won) suffers from severe hemophilia, a disorder that impedes the body's ability to stop bleeding. For Dong-hyun, even the most minor of injuries could be deadly. She's left homeless after Nam-soon collects the last of her money, so he decides to take her in. As the two grow closer, Nam-soon suddenly begins to lose his lifelong insensitivity to pain and the hurt of a lifetime washes over him. Together, these two lonely souls learn to hurt and hope again...

More Than Blue

2009

K and Cream first meet each other in high school & both are orphans; K was abandoned by his mother after his father died of cancer who nevertheless left him a sizable sum of money, while Cream lost her entire family in a traffic accident. The two become soulmates and come to share a home, though K watches Cream switch from boyfriend to boyfriend as he keeps his own feelings for her to himself. Knowing that Cream's biggest fear is to be left alone, K keeps the fact that he has terminal cancer a secret, and instead he urges her to marry a kind and healthy man. When Cream announces that she is in love with affluent doctor Joo-hwan, K is left heartbroken, but is satisfied that she has met her ideal partner.

The Classic

2003

The film tells the parallel love stories of a mother and daughter. The story of the mother is told partially in flashback (narrative)s.

기억의 밤

2017

진석은 청년으로 형 유석과 그에 대한 존경심에 대해 이야기한다. 그는 어머니, 아버지, 형제와 함께 새 집으로 차를 타고 있습니다.

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

2017

A firefighter dies and arrives in the afterlife, where Guardians take him through the seven trials and a perilous journey through different hells.

Juror 8

2019

"Juror 8" is about the justification of a court of jurors who discuss about an unexpected event. Moon So-ri plays the part of the judge.

Confession

2014

Hyun-tae, In-chul and Min-soo have been best friends since childhood. Hyun-tae is a paramedic with a daughter in kindergarten, In-chul is a con man who works at an insurance company, and Min-soo is a small business owner. Hyun-tae's mother, who owns an illegal gambling arcade, asks In-chul to stage a robbery/arson of her arcade to get an insurance settlement. But when it results in her accidental death, the friends have a falling out and their relationships with each other are forever changed.

A Resistance

2019

This is the story of Yu Gwan-sun who was more free than anybody and the women in cell No. 8 of the Seodaemun Prison after the March 1st Movement in 1919.

Veteran

2015

A honest cop seeks justice for a common man against all odds. A rich boy seeks revenge on the cop.

소리도 없이

2020

범죄 조직의 뒤처리를 하며 살아가는 ‘태인’(유아인)과 ‘창복’(유재명)이 예기치 못한 의뢰를 받고 사건의 소용돌이에 휘말리게 되는 이야기를 그린 영화

Default

2018

Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Si-hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea and is assigned to a crisis team.

Intruder

2020

A mystery thriller about Yoo-jin, who was missing for 25 years, returning home and her brother Seo-jin who feels suspicious of her and the things that happen within the family.

The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil

2019

A gangster and a detective work together to capture an evil murderer.

황해

2010

중국 북동부 연변조선족자치주 연길시에서 조선족 구남이 택시운전사로 일하고 있다. 일하지 않을 때는 도박장에서 자주 발견됩니다. 구남은 지금 심각한 빚을 지고 있다. 그의 아내는 한국으로 일하러 떠났고 돈을 돌려주겠다고 약속했다. 그는 아직 그녀의 소식을 듣지 못했고 그녀가 혼외 불륜을 저지르는 악몽에 시달리고 있습니다. 설상가상으로 구남은 직장에서 해고되고 퇴직금의 대부분을 채권추심자들이 가져가고 있다.

I Saw the Devil

2010

A secret agent exacts revenge on a serial killer through a series of captures and releases.

Commitment

2013

Nineteen-year-old Li Myung-hoon (T.O.P (entertainer)) never imagined he would become a killer. Born to a privileged life in North Korea, his dream was to become a pianist. But when his father, a North Korean spy, dies disgraced, Myung-hoon and his younger sister Hye-in (Kim Yoo-jung) are sent to a "guilt-by-association" Prisons in North Korea. Their father's superior, high-ranking military official Colonel Moon (Jo Sung-ha) proposes a deal to Myung-hoon: if he goes down to the South as a "technician" (an assassin) and finishes what his father had failed to accomplish, he and his sister will be released from the prison camp. Myung-hoon accepts the deal and undergoes two years of intense training.

은밀하게 위대하게

2013

북한의 남파특수공작 5446 부대. 20000:1의 경쟁률을 뚫은 최고 엘리트 요원 원류환, 공화국 최고위층 간부의 아들이자 류환 못지 않은 실력자 리해랑, 공화국 사상 최연소 남파간첩 리해진. 세 사람은 5446 부대의 전설 같은 존재이다. 하지만 조국통일이라는 원대한 사명을 안고 남파된 그들이 맡은 임무는 어처구니 없게도 달동네 바보, 가수지망생, 고등학생이다. 전달되는 명령도 없이 시간은 흘러만 가고 남한 최하층 달동네 사람들과 부대끼며 살아가는 일상에 익숙해져 간다. 그러던 어느 날 그들에게 전혀 뜻밖의 은밀하고 위대한 임무가 내려진다.

Tidal Wave

2009

Located on the southeastern tip of the Korean Peninsula, the Haeundae District of Busan draws one million visitors to its beaches every year. The film follows the stories of many characters who all get caught up in a terrible tsunami in which they must make life-or-death decisions.

A Company Man

2012

Hyeong-do (So Ji-sub) wears a suit and tie like any other rank-and-file white-collar worker... except his profession is a hitman. Seemingly a section chief in the sales division of a metal fabrication company that is actually a front for an organization of hit men, Hyeong-do is regarded as one of the best contract killers in the business and is up for promotion soon. One day, he meets a single mother named Mi-yeon (Lee Mi-yeon) and instantly falls in love. Feeling guilty about his bloody past, Hyeong-do tries to quit the "manufacturer" to the surprise of his colleagues and his enemies. Seen as a loose end, he is immediately hunted down by his former employers.

낙원의 밤

2021

Hiding out in Jeju Island following a brutal tragedy, a wronged mobster with a target on his back connects with a woman who has her own demons.

서복

2021

죽음을 앞둔 전직 정보국 요원 기헌(공유 분)이 영생의 비밀을 지닌 인류 최초 복제인간 서복(박보검 분)과 그를 차지하려는 여러 세력의 추적 속에서 위험한 사건에 휘말리며 벌어지는 일을 그린 작품