Movies by Ahn Nae-sang

12.12: The Day

12.12: The Day

After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d’état bursts out by Defense Security Commander Chun Doo-gwang and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander Lee Tae-shin, an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against Chun Doo-gwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their decision and Defense Minister is gone. In the midst of chaos, the spring of Seoul that everyone longed for heads to ...

The Last Princess

The Last Princess

Under the oppressive Japanese colonial rule, Deok-hye, the last Princess of the declining Joseon Dynasty, is forced to move to Japan. She spends her days missing home, while struggling to maintain dignity as a princess. After a series of failed tries, Deok-hye makes her final attempt to return home with help of her childhood sweetheart, Jang-han.

Poetry

Poetry

A sexagenarian South Korean woman enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.

Killed My Wife

Killed My Wife

Jung-ho, whose estranged wife is found dead, is suspected of murder but remembers nothing about the evening. Will his memory return? Is he innocent?

Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club

Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club

This intimate documentary explores a bygone era of cinematic passion and the emergence of young film enthusiasts in South Korea, including Bong Joon Ho.

Forbidden Quest

Forbidden Quest

A noble, high-class scholar starts to write erotic novels in 18th century of Chosun dynasty and falls in love with a king's woman.

Thirsty, Thirsty

Thirsty, Thirsty

GU Chang-sik is a debt collector working day and night to reform Korea’s fiscal order and dreaming of becoming the ‘King of debt collecting’, so that he can earn a tremendous salary. Unfortunately, he is the last man in the race for three months in a row. One day he meets three debtors, which leads to the comedy of the film: KWAK Seon-ju, a young debtor who is struggling hard to raise a child alone; CHO Eul-sang, who goes bankrupt after his company collapsed but tries to keep his house for his soon-to-be-married daughter; and SHIM Su-gyo, wh...

Sanbok Road

Sanbok Road

The hungry friends in a poor village of Ami-dong have nothing but their fists and like to battle in other neighborhoods every day. In order to eat until they feel full, they start boxing with a dream to become the world champion. But one friend pursuing his dream of being the world champion by enduring hard training becomes a gang member of the dark world and another friend dreaming of being a prosecutor lives as an ordinary citizen after barely passing the 9th grade civil service exam. Joy, anger, sorrow and pleasure of the people living in...

White Man

White Man

A white-collar South Korean man discovers a severed human finger and keeps it.

The Soup

The Soup

An ex-con enters a house without being invited to live with a married couple with intellectual disabilities and their seven-year-old daughter.

Desire

Desire

A couple is set in their monotonous life until the husband has a homosexual affair with a young male prostitute. Suspicious of her husband, the wife seeks the truth and eventually ends up in bed with the same young man. Their desire has a new meaning.

The Diary of Heong Yeong-dang

The Diary of Heong Yeong-dang

A historical drama based in the Joseon times about a person who falls in love with his stepsister.