Korean Movies Opening Today 2021/10/21 in Korea

Published on 2021/10/21 | Source

Korean movies opening today 2021/10/21 in Korea: "In Front of Your Face", "A Leave", "Dongbaek", "Peach of Time - Movie", "Sasang: The Town on Sand", "The Birth of Resonance", "Stranger's Country" and "Yang Bang Ean and the National Orchestra of Korea-Into the Light"

"In Front of Your Face" (2021)

Directed by Hong Sang-soo

With Lee Hye-young-I, Jo Yoon-hee-I, Kwon Hae-hyo, Kim Sae-byuk, Shin Seok-ho, Ha Seong-guk,...

Synopsis
Never before had she been in a high-rise apartment. She's wondering how her younger sister is doing, living in a such a high place. From a few days ago, she's been living in her place, experiencing how it is to live in Korea again. Though there seems to be a secret that needs to be kept, she's still taking care of her mind and focus on living day by day. She got a call from a film director who wanted her to appear in a film and after meeting, they had a few drinks at a small old bar in downtown Seoul, and it rains and thunders.

"A Leave" (2020)

Directed by Lee Ran-hee

With Lee Bong-ha, Kim Ah-seok, Shin Woon-seob, Kim Jung-yeon, Lee Seung-ju, Seo Gwang-taek,...

Synopsis
A 49-year old fired worker Jae-bok has been holding a sit-in for 5 years with his colleagues. After the union lost the final lawsuit asking for the invalidation of his recent layoffs, they decided to take 10 days off. Jae-bok goes back to home and gets a part-time job at a furniture factory during a leave to earn money to pay for his daughter's college tuition deposits and long padding. At a time when he is satisfied with his re-starting labor and his small daily life with his daughters, Jae-bok is offered a full-time job...

"Dongbaek" (2021)

Directed by Shin Jun-young

With Park Geun-hyung, Jung Sun-il, Seo Jun-young, Shin Bok-sook, Kim Bo-mi, Joo Ah-reum,...

Synopsis
A movie about a family which suffered from the tragic Yeosu-Suncheon incident and their process of healing from the pain.

"Peach of Time - Movie" (2021)

Directed by Jang Eui-soon

With Choi Jae-hyun-I, Karn Kritsanaphan, Sittichok Pueakpoolpol, Jung Ae-yun,...

Synopsis
Peach arrived in Korea after receiving a call from her friend Yoon-oh. Apparently, Yoon-oh who welcomed Peach so warmly is a ghost? Peach met Mario, a wandering Thai ghost who has been unable to leave Korea for 25 years, finds out that Yoon-oh has become a banished spirit without even knowing that he has died. In order to be reborn safely without becoming an evil spirits, the resentments in this world should be resolved within 49 days from the day of death!
What on earth did Yoon-oh want so much?
As they discover his bucket list together, their feelings for each other grow and their time to part approaches fast...

"Sasang: The Town on Sand" (2021)

Directed by Park Bae-il

Synopsis
This is a film about workers, a film about the poor who were dragged out of homes and about his father. Director Park films his father who has lived as a laborer all his life, his weakened body, and nine years of time flowing over it. Park brings an impartial view of his father's life. His father does not try to impart a particular value in front of the camera. What remains is to wonder where this cruel reality comes from. KANG Sowon

"The Birth of Resonance" (2020)

Directed by Lee Jeongjun

Synopsis
Lim Seonbin is the Gyeonggi Intangible Cultural Asset No. 30 Akgijang. At his mentor's factory, he made drums all his life to produce drum sounds that resemble his mother's embrace. One day, Seonbin has a problem with his ear and realizes that he's running out of time. Then along with his kid, Dongguk, his successor, he takes out the timber he has kept for 20 years and starts making a big drum.

12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival

"Stranger's Country" (2020)

Directed by Kim Jung-min-XIV

With Yoo Hyun-I, Jang Ji-hun, Roh Sang-hyun, Jang Young-jae, Yang Hee-woo, Nam Jin-bok,...

Synopsis
Ahn Yong-seon, a Korean-Chinese woman was smuggled to Korea. She came to recover the left leg of her younger brother Ahn Yong-sik, who was illegally traded for a long time. However, contrary to expectations, the younger brother's legs depend on a poor high school student. The high school student did not know that the leg belonged to the younger brother.
[New Documentary] "Yang Bang Ean and the National Orchestra of Korea-Into the Light"
Korean documentary "Yang Bang Ean and the National Orchestra of Korea-Into the Light" added to HanCinema database

"Yang Bang Ean and the National Orchestra of Korea-Into the Light" (2019)

Directed by Yang Bang-ean

Synopsis
Yang Bang-ean opens a new horizon for Korean traditional music orchestra in partnership with the National Orchestra of Korean

Yang Bang-ean, the master of crossover who impressed the world by taking on the role of music director for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, along with the National Orchestra of Korea opens a new horizon in traditional orchestral music. His signature songs such as 'Frontier' and 'Prince of Jeju' have been arranged and performed frequently as Korean traditional music, but this is the first time Yang Bang-ean composes a Korean traditional orchestra piece.

In the first part, the symphony 'Arirang Road-Diaspora', which is commissioned by the National Orchestra of Korea, will be premiered. 'Diaspora' is a word that refers to scattered people, and it means the pain of having to leave one's hometown inevitably. The composer tells the story of the Goryeo people who lived in Russia and were forced to emigrate to Central Asia and so on, and unravel their journey in a symphony with six movements. It is planned to capture the hearts of the audience by unfolding like a painting in front of the eyes of many people who miss their homeland, the despondency and sadness of crossing vast Siberia. In addition, about 70 performers are expected to raise the sound of Korean traditional music to a world-class level by performing rich and colorful performances that have not been heard before.

In the second part, a collaboration with world music musicians will be presented. Together with Jia Peng Fang, who is called the master of erhu, and Oki Jin, a flamenco guitarist who is active in Spain and Asia, he plays the representative repertoire of both languages in a new arrangement. From the solo stage of the collaborators to the chamber music and the orchestra, the audience will experience a new light of our music.