Korean Movies Opening Today 2022/12/08 in Korea

Korean movies opening today 2022/12/08 in Korea: "Life of Hae-oak", "Tubepetcompany", "Route 1" and "Call Me Sis"

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"Life of Hae-oak" (2021)

Directed by Park Jung-hwan-I

With Lee Tae-kyoung, Jeon Guk-hyang, Jeong Sang-woo, Jo Joon-hee-I, Im Ho-kyoung, Kang Sook,...

Synopsis
Lee Ra-el is a student studying for a civil service exam that will transform her life, and is the sole meaning to her mother's existence. While working part-time at an all-you-can-eat restaurant that promises "premium Korean pork, or 100 thousand dollar compensation", an ill-mannered customer stubbornly asks for "premium Korean pork". Ra-el is repeatedly forced to bring on new meat to the unyielding customer who is demanding "premium" meat. What has led her life to this point? Will Ra-el make it through?

47th Seoul Independent Film Festival

"Tubepetcompany" (2021)

Directed by Kwak Ji-sung, Song Sang-min

With Kim Jin-geun, Jo Youngmin, Park Shi-an, Kim So-yool, Lee Bom-II, Kim Dae-sung,...

Synopsis
Ban Dae-gil, the chairman of the leather company, wants his son Ban-seok to take over the company, but when Ban-seok continued to refuse to take over by setting up a company called "Bantube", Ban Dae-gil tries to ruin Ban-seok's company with all kinds of tricks. In response, Ban-seok and its employees, along with Ban-seok's mascot dogs and cats, Laotteu and Choon-ja, begin to fight together.

"Route 1" (2021)

Directed by Kang Kyung-tae

With Ahn Hyun-ho, Baek Jong-hwan, Park Chan-woo, Min Tae-yul, Kim Geum-soon, Gam So-hyun,...

Synopsis
Il-doo who was hired by a loan shark, runs along Route 1 to sell the debtor's daughter, Yoon-seo, to a brothel. Yoon-seo who seemed to have given up her fate, follows Il-doo without resistance. Jong-beom, a mysterious man that they met on a broken road where they can't go anymore. Along Route 1, the three people travel together. As time goes by, Il-doo grows more and more unwilling to leave Yoon-seo behind.

The journey of those who have nowhere to go and no place to return to begins!

"Call Me Sis" (2018)

Directed by Lee Sang-woo-IV

With Jo Joo-kyung, Lee Ju-a, Kim Hee-chang, Ha Kyung, Choi Hong-joon, Kim Mi-ri-nae,...

Synopsis
There is a woman here. Waking up early in the morning, preparing breakfast for her family, waking up her son, a high school student, and ironing her husband's tie. A woman who lives everyday... She is a woman who has never felt the feeling of love for someone. Since she was born, she was hiding her inner feelings... The woman in her mid-40s, with her banker husband, two sons and a daughter, is tired of living a day-to-day routine. The woman has her second son, Gi-yeol, who is a studious student in high school, her first son, Gi-seong, who is serving in the military, her eldest daughter, Gi-bok, a lesbian who dreams of becoming a screenwriter, and her husband, Gwang-seok, who runs a bank.
Gi-seong is always an honor student who always takes first place in school, but he lacks humanity, and Gi-bok lives independently with his girlfriend but lacks livelihood, so he lives on the allowance given to him by his father. A woman who occasionally visits her daughter's house to cook food is envious of her daughter living with her girlfriend. She thinks that this woman is blunt but when she sees a devoted husband to her she would rather her husband cheat on her. This woman is blunt, but when she sees her husband who is devoted to her, she thinks that she would rather have an affair. When Gi-yeol's girlfriend comes to a woman like her, there was a stir in her stagnant daily life. She asks her to call her 'sister Mi-ae', not Madam or Mrs. The woman, who had never heard anyone call her name after marriage, felt that her name was Choi Mi-ae through Soon-im, and at the same time, she was able to bring out the feeling of love that she had buried deep in her heart for decades. Mi-ae can't approach Soon-im easily, but she approaches her very little by little and slowly, purely...