Movies by Kim Keum-soon

Sleep

Sleep

Hyun-su and Soo-jin have just gotten married. Seemingly out of nowhere, he starts talking in his sleep. 'Someone’s inside.' From that night forward, whenever he falls asleep, he transforms into someone else with no recollection of the night before. Soo-jin is overwhelmed with anxiety that he’d hurt her family while she sleeps and can barely sleep a wink because of this irrational fear. Despite sleep treatment, Hyun-su’s sleepwalking only intensifies, and she begins to feel that her unborn child may be in danger...

Josée

Josée

Young-seok, who feels overwhelmed and lonely in what should be his glorious youth, meets a woman who introduces herself as Josée, and they share a once-in-a-lifetime romance.

Vestige

Vestige

Part I : A middle-aged woman gets off a bus at Muju Terminal. She passes through the town and walks into a forest. She starts to search for the vestiges of her life from beyond the grave. Part II : A young woman, Minjae, returns to her hometown of Muju and starts to work at the county office. Her mother is displeased that her daughter has returned to the hometown. One day, Minjae’s friend from college, Kyungyoon, who hadn’t been in touch for a while, comes to see her.

Let Us Meet Now

Let Us Meet Now

In this Korean omnibus film, three stories and relationships between the North and South are explored - stories about a hopeless romance, an unknown future and an expected and coincidental comfort.

A Midday Picnic

A Midday Picnic

A family who are uncomfortable together, but worry about each other goes on a sudden camping trip. A group of youths who have no idea about their future and live crumpled lives go on a trip. A single person who thinks it's alright to be alone goes on a trip as well.

The Transfer Student

The Transfer Student

On the morning of her first day at a new school, a girl practices different ways to greet her teacher in order to make a good impression. A bundle of nerves, she heads off to school, and, contrary to her expectations, is met with indifference by the teacher.

Dangerous Marriage

Dangerous Marriage

Hyun-sung arrives at his girl friends house to ask for permission to marry from her parents. And then, He begins to find things strange.

Method Acting

Method Acting

Actor Lee Dong-hwi, who tries to change his image of a comedy actor, plays an anorexic king, but faces various difficulties and suffers humiliation.

Hello

Hello

Jeong-eun is embarrassed that her mother, who is suffering from dementia, wants to meet and call her sister from who was separated with due to the Korean War. However, Jeongeun accidentally receives a wrong call from a North Korean woman and is asked a favor.

Tasty Ending

Tasty Ending

An anthology of three short films by Kim Jeong-in, Jung So-young, and Hwang Seul-gi. It uses food and people to capture the warmth of everyday life that everyone can relate to.

God's Daughter Dances

God's Daughter Dances

A transgender female dancer, Shin-mi, gets a call from the Military Manpower Administration, to attend the Military Service Examination.

A French Woman

A French Woman

Mira in her late 40's has been living in Paris for around 20 years. Having just divorced her French husband, she decides to visit Korea, and meets her old friends Young-eun and Sung-woo. While having a cheerful time in the bar, Mira goes to the toilet and after she returns, time is reversed back to 19 years ago. It is the day of Mira’s farewell party, before she left to France.

Jeong-sun

Jeong-sun

Jeong-sun as her name lives an uncluttered life with modest behavior even though working at a food factory. Young-soo, a factory colleague, approaches her. As they get closer, they enjoy their secret relationship, and he takes candid shots in beds with his mobile camera. One day, she gets inappropriate stares from others.

Empty

Empty

Ja-ok, a middle-aged woman who works part-time at a pub, finds out that she is pregnant one day. She has mixed feelings about being a first-time mom.

Blades

Blades

Kidong accompanies his mother Ehwa, a renowned Shaman, on a spiritual journey where Ehwa summons gods for her disciple Jiwon, who is to become a shaman with a television documentary crew.

My Little Television

My Little Television

A TV producer from a broadcasting station in Yanji, China visits so-called Chinatown of Seoul, Daerim-dong, to interview a Chinese Korea family. The producer spends a day with them while shooting their daily lives.

Another Self

Another Self

Nothing seems to work out for Cha Jicheon. One day, he goes to a convenient store in a drunken state, and purchases a ‘buy one get one free’ deal. The next morning, there’s a naked man in his room who looks just like him. Jicheon leaves his alter ego at home, and takes his girlfriend on their first holiday together. Now, Jicheon’s family spends a night with his alter ego… “I wish there were another me.”

Beloved

Beloved

In addition to the burden of caring for her mother whose mental condition is deteriorating, Hyo-jeong feels oppressed by the sheer weight of life itself. She finally decides to send her mother, who now has full blown dementia, to a mental health care facility.

Good Girl

Good Girl

Boon-nyeo is a nice girl who works to pay off the debt her father left behind before he disappeared. The only light in her miserable life is Kang, the teacher at the house she keeps. Then one day, co-worker Myeong-joon confesses his love for her and goes after her body. However, she enjoys the intimacy of skin touching skin. She thinks about Myeong-joon's hands but she's not satisfied. In the end, she starts to seduce Man-gap, the richest man in the market, Cheon-soo, a man working for him and Kang who she has longed for so long...

MM, UH, OH, AH

MM, UH, OH, AH

Bockey LEE, President of “Tong Hal Tong (go through,)” Communication, is a linguist and anthropologist who created the “MM, UH, OH, AH” conversational method for modern people. And now he's celebrating the 13th anniversary of the MM, UH, OH, AH dialectic with a series of private lectures. Sing along to “MM, UH, OH, AH,” a magical dialog for modern people who are tormented by the sounds of others, and it will bring peace to your soul.