Movies: Lee Sang-woo

In the winter of 2013, Yong-jun and Jae-sung, a member of the Korean People’s Army, are caught having sex by a superior. After that, Yong-jun decides to defect from North Korea to the South leaving Jae-sung behind. Yong-jun risks his life to step on ...

Advent – a time of joyful anticipation. You will surely remember the feeling you had as a child, waking up on the first December morning. Rising early, ready to open a new door for 24 consecutive days....

Soon-young lives with her mentally handicapped father and younger sister Soon-ja. When an American man and his daughter Barbie arrive for an adoption, the family must decide who is to let go, Soon-young or Soon-ja....

Three grown sons have struggled to achieve some sort of normal routine after their father was sent off to prison for sexual assault on an underaged girl. Their lives are thrown into radical disarray when dad finishes his time and returns to the famil...

EXIT: Woo-hyun lives a small-time criminal life earning his life as a pick-pocket. He often pays attention to an arrow-shaped-tattoo of his girlfriend which is on the genital area. He calls it ‘the emergency exit.’ THE BODY: Jung-su and Young-sun ar...

An omnibus queer movie about three fathers with families. Part 1: ‘My Father’s Desire’ is about a father who feels desire because of his son. Part 2: ‘My Father’s Truth’ is about father and son, who are drawn to one man. Part 3, ‘My Father’s Secre...

Four high school friends maintain their ties but finds themselves in very different situations when they reach 21. Chu-won was a promising athlete but, drinking heavily and unable to get past an old flame, he ruins his prospects. Goo-rim became on id...

Young-taek is a high school student. One day, a boy visits his house. It turns out that this boy is his father's lover. He can't believe that his father is gay but eventually accepts the fact. After he graduates from high school and attends universit...

Tae-seong (Baek Seong-hyeon), who dreamt of a fancy life as a martial arts fighter, goes to Thailand with his brother Tae-gi (Lee Si-gang) who has no hopes or dreams and causes trouble wherever he goes. On Working Street where there are drugs and pro...

In a remote village, a guest house managed by two sisters Song-hwa and Mi-ran is always quiet. One summer day, a group of four guys who were grave robbers were tied up to the house... After that day, Song-hwa's knife only got sharper. Meanwhile, Mi...

A tale of an unconventional and illicit romance between a boy and girl suffering from handicaps....

Doo-sik, who fled from Korea to the Philippines, tries to go back to Korea to see his mother and his Kopino son, Philip, tries to stop him....

Defying his mother's wishes to become a lawyer, a young daydreamer pursues his dream of opening a coffee shop, only to find that life, too, can be bittersweet....

An impoverished HIV-positive man is forced to pimp out his 60-year-old mother to make ends meet....

Bukseong, Youngrim and Woosuck are dropouts living in a shanty town. One day, a spy from North Korea begins video-recording their hardscrabble lives. A complicated series of events happens between them....

Mi-ae, a middle aged woman is facing a midlife crisis not unlike those shared by countless others. A mother of three, the wife of a relatively prosperous bank executive, and a woman who enjoys a comfortably middle-class existence, Mi-ae grows increas...

Jae Hee and his brother Tae Kyung live quietly in Pattaya. They are one day visited by Min Ki, whose brother Min Hoon, committed suicide while on military leave. Convinced that Jae Hee is responsible, Min Ki comes to realize that Jae Hee was deeply i...

Ji-wol, a Buddist monk, is excommunicated because of an inappropriate affair with a female believer. He rapes and kills another woman and leaves with her ashes for the Philippines where her family lives. However, there he falls in love with her twin ...

A mother tries to appease the moods and demands of her borderline psychopathic son. When a new girl comes to town, her son falls quickly and deeply for the new girl and is determined to win her over possibly even against her will. When things take a ...

A mentally-handicapped young man, a sex-obsessed tortured artist, and their responsible but somewhat prideful brother are all grief-stricken in the wake of their mother's death. The three brothers live with their father, a withdrawn and abusive paren...