Korean movies opening today 2025/11/05 in Korea

Korean movies opening today 2025/11/05 in Korea: "The Favor", "Esper's Light", "SAVE", "404 Still Remain", "Spring Equinox", "Leaving Mom", "To Heaven" and "Words from the Wind"

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"The Favor" (2025)

Directed by Shin Joon

With Kim Byung-chul, Song Ji-hyo, Kim Hieora,...

Filming: ~2025/03
Formerly known as "Savior"
Synopsis
An occult film about a family's struggle to escape a terrible curse given to them in exchange for a desperately desired miracle.

"Esper's Light" (2024)

Directed by Jung Jae-hoon

With Ji Dae-han-I, Shin Seo-hee, Baek Sung-chul-I, Hong Ye-seo, Yoo Eun-mi, Natasha Vladena,...

Synopsis
"Esper's Light" is, above all, a film filled with sensory pleasures. The task of creating the visual pleasure in the film is carried out with the awareness that the nature of this pleasure includes not only enjoyment and joy but also pain and confusion in similar textures. This film, which draws a group of dozens of teenagers to the center, alternates between documentary footage that observes their daily lives and the fantastical world of a low-budget B-movie genre. The records collected directly from reality interlock with the fictional symbols of various genres (SF, fantasy, monster movies, adventure films, crime films), constructing an image of a world that cannot be reduced to traditional representation logic. In this stage, Jung Jae-hoon reconstructs the archetypal subject of 'the man with the camera' into the contemporary form of 'teenagers with smartphones'. The image of teenagers holding smartphones, looking at the light of display screens, and leaving posts on social media platforms transforms into adventurous subjects holding torches, looking at the light supplied to the entire city, and exploring forests and islands. "Esper's Light", with countless characters, scenes, and symbols appearing and disappearing abruptly, is an adventurous and bizarre work that renews the material form of cinema.

"SAVE" (2024)

Directed by Bang Mi-ri

With Kim Pu-reum, Song Seon-mi, Heo Jung-do,...

Synopsis
Se-jeong, who lives in an orphanage, becomes a young adult preparing for independence and receives a settlement support fund of 5 million won. She plans to use this money to live on her own.

Then, her lifesaver, Eun-sook comes to her, saying that she has a terminal illness and asks Se-jeong to contribute the 5 million won toward her surgery costs, pleading, "This time, can you save me?"

Se-jeong is thrown into confusion.

She begins to investigate: Is Eun-sook truly the one who saved her life? Is she really terminally ill?

"404 Still Remain" (2024)

Directed by Uhm Ha-neul

With Sim Hyun-seo, Hyeon Woo-seok, Gong Min-jung, Lee Dong-hwi, On Joo-wan, Lee Min-ju,...

Synopsis
In 2001, Kyeong-hwan, who transferred from Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, to Suseong-gu, Daegu, is a Japanese culture fanatic. He notices that Jae-min, the class president who sits next to him, also listens to Japanese music, and the two become close. Jae-min, who is always honest with himself, helps Kyeong-hwan adjust to life in Suseong-gu, and Kyeong-hwan follows Jae-min around. During this time, Kyeong-hwan overhears Jae-min's secret. Kyeong-hwan decides to tell Jae-min his secret, too. However, after Kyeong-hwan reveals his secret, Jae-min becomes cold to him, and his classmates begin to ostracize him. Despite this, Kyeong-hwan still wants to be friends with Jae-min.

"Spring Equinox" (2024)

Directed by Jang Tae-gu

With Lee Ji-bom, Bae Seon-hee, Lee Si-oh, Kim Gook-tae, Lee Seung-mi,...

Synopsis
Seon-hee's singing, Joon-sang's drawing, and Ji-bom's poetry.

Scattered pieces of clouds meet each other, becoming songs, paintings, and everyday life.

Leaving Mom" (2025)

Directed by Mo Hong-jin

With Tuan Tran, Hong Dao, Jung Il-woo, Bao Ngoc Doling Juliet,...

A Korean-Vietnamese co-production.
Synopsis
Hwan, a street barber, works as a single parent caring for his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's. He gradually loses his memory and becomes a mischievous child, but his loving mother is his only family and strength. Caring for a mother he doesn't even recognize, Hwan struggles to survive day to day. Eventually, his own health deteriorates, leaving him exhausted. Seeing his mother yearning for the Korea of ​​her youth, Hwan makes a decision...

From Ho Chi Minh City to Seoul...
To the brother he's never seen before...

"To Heaven" (2025)

Directed by Kim Sang-cheol

Synopsis
The final choice for believers in the resurrection

Christian funeral culture needs change. We are Christians who believe in the love of the cross and the resurrection. However, even believers who live with the hope of heaven sometimes choose the same funeral as non-believers in their final moments. Even those with a reputation for faith often end up with an unbelieving attitude.

Amidst this reality, one man has dedicated himself to reshaping Christian funeral culture for many years. He created the "Heavenly Farewell Service" and continues to spread the hope of resurrection. The film captures this man's efforts and story.

"Words from the Wind" (2024)

Directed by Yang Hee

Synopsis
Cho Yong-pil's "Leopard of Kilimanjaro", Park In-soo and Lee Dong-won's " Perfume", Yang Hee-eun's "White Magnolia", Lee Sun-hee's "I Want to Know", Hye Eun-i's "Passion", Choi Jin-hee's "Maze of Love", Kim Kook-hwan's "Tatata", Song Chang-sik's "Song of Ivory", Lim Hee-sook's "I Really Didn't Know", Jang Sa-ik's "Eyes", and "People, Arise" from the musical "Empress Myeongseong"

Behind these immortal masterpieces was the national composer Kim Hee-gap, who led the golden age of Korean popular music by leaving behind over 3,000 songs over 60 years. His music, through the greatest voices of the time including the king of singers Cho Yong-pil, Yang Hee-eun, Song Chang-sik, and Hye Eun-i, colored youth and sang of life, capturing the most brilliant melodies of an era's 'flowery years'. And his eternal musical partner and partner, national lyricist Yang In-ja, has been by his side. The songs of these two have made the entire nation laugh and cry, and have been loved across the years.

In the camera, records taken over 10 years, the warm comfort and song-like life of a master in the twilight of his life are brought to life anew on screen.