Korean Movies Opening Today 2026/05/14 in Korea

Korean movies opening today 2026/05/14 in Korea: "Born on the 18th of May" and "A Petal" (Re-release)

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"Born on the 18th of May" (2024)

Directed by Song Dong-yoon

With Nam So-yeon, Song Yeon, Hyun Seo-young, Jung Hyung-gi,...

Synopsis
The film covers the lives of four people.

A woman born at the Gwangju Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic on May 18, 1980, her mother, her father who was shot and killed while on his way to the clinic at the very time of her birth, and a paratrooper deployed to Gwangju as part of the martial law forces.

The film covers the lives they have lived from the 1970s to the present.

"A Petal" (1996)

Directed by Jang Sun-woo

With Lee Jung-hyun, Moon Sung-keun, Lee Young-ran, Chu Sang-mi, Sul Kyung-gu, Park Chul-min,...

Original release date: 1996/04/05
Synopsis
May, 1980 during the Gwangju uprising. A 15-year-old girl deserts her dying mother and runs away amid gunfire. Years late, the girl calls a construction site worker Jang and follows him everywhere. Jang knows that the girl has experienced something unimaginable. The girl never talks and always has a far-off gaze. Her mind seems to be torn into pieces which frustrates Jang. He becomes absorbed into the pain and sadness of the girl, and finds her one day in front of her mother's grave. There, she tells how she had to abandon her mother in order for her to live.