Korean Movies Opening Today 2022/05/26 in Korea

Korean movies opening today 2022/05/26 in Korea: "Hommage", "Night Watch", "An Uncomfortable Relationship", "Hot Blooded" (Director's Cut release) and "Apres Girl"

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"Hommage" (2021)

Directed by Shin Su-won

With Lee Jung-eun, Kwon Hae-hyo, Tang Jun-sang, Lee Joo-sil, Kim Ho-jung,...

Synopsis
"Hommage" which means respect in French is a movie about a middle-aged woman who struggled with her dreams and her daily life as a film director as she unfolds her journey of restoring a film of a female director from the 60s. It is a movie that raises the question of what a film is.

"Night Watch" (2022)

Directed by Ryu Deok-hwan

With Lee Suk-hyeong,...

Thu 16:00
Part of "All Viewers+: Short Buster" (전체관람가+: 숏버스터) series
Synopsis
The story of private "Dae-soo" who is on night watch the day before his first vacation, and of a mysterious man who appeared in front of him, making it difficult to take a vacation.

"An Uncomfortable Relationship" (2022)

Directed by Lee Jung-sub-II

With Kim Ji-young, Cho Eun-sook, Jung Young-sook, Jung Ui-kap, Yang Jae-won, Son Soo-ah,...

Synopsis
A movie about two daughters-in-law who are on a journey to take their mother-in-law with dementia to a nursing home.

"Hot Blooded" (2021, Director's Cut release)

Directed by Cheon Myeong-gwan

With Jung Woo, Kim Kap-soo, Choi Moo-sung, Ji Seung-hyun, Kim Hae-gon, Yoon Ji-hye,...

Started filming: 2019/03/28
Wrapped up filming: 2019/07/22
Original release date: 2022/03/23
Director's Cut: "Hot Blooded: The Original" (뜨거운 피: 디 오리지널, ddeu-geo-un pi: di o-ri-ji-neol)
Synopsis
In writer Cheon Myeong-gwan's directorial debut, a man born and raised in the outskirts of Busan gets involved in a gangster war for survival. It is based on the original novel by Kim Un-su, the 22nd Han Moo-sook Literature prize winner.

Kuam is a shabby port town in the shadow of stunning port city of Busan. Hee-soo is a third-rate gangster who has been acting like a hotel manager under Don Son for 20 years. Seemingly out of nowhere, Yong-kang, who fled the country as a murder suspect, returns home and begins causing trouble all over town, which only adds pressure to Hee-soo.

"Drugs? Port? What's going on?"

When he finally comes to, he's in the middle of this turmoil. What decisions can he make to save his pitiful soul?

"Apres Girl" (2022)

Directed by Kim Kwang-bo

With Lee So-yeon-III, Kim Ji-sook-I, Kim Mi-jin-I, Kim Su-in-I, Lee Kwang-bok, Cho Yoo-ah,...

Synopsis
The performance depicts Park Nam-ok's rough journey of making the movie "The Widow" while carrying a child on her back. It intersects Park Nam-ok's subjective and turbulent life where she did not lose her dream even in an environment where women's social activities were not easy, and the narrative of the only movie she left behind, shows the life and anguish of a human being ahead of her time in a three-dimensional world.