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Seo Do-cheol is a merciless police detective, who investigates the suicide of a truck driver named Bae, where he learns from Bae's son that Jo Tae-oh, the sadistic third-generation heir to powerful conglomerate Sinjin Group has assaulted Bae as the latter protested against the conglomerate for back-payment.
Firefighters (Korean: 소방관) is a 2024 South Korean drama film written and directed by Kwak Kyung-taek, starring Joo Won, Kwak Do-won, Yoo Jae-myung, Lee Yoo-young, Kim Min-jae, Oh Dae-hwan, Lee Joon-hyuk, and Jang Young-nam. It is based on the Hongje-dong arson incident. The film was released theatrically on December 4, 2024. [2]
South Korea has submitted films to compete for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] since 1962. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. [3]
The film premiered in South Korea on September 19, 2018, with age 12-rating. [17] The film was released alongside The Great Battle, The Negotiation, and The Nun, which considered as the most competitive week on Korean Box Office this year. [18] In North America, the film was released in limited theaters on September 21, 2018. [19]
The film opened in South Korea on December 14, 2017, and was later released worldwide on March 14, 2018, on Netflix. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] A standalone sequel titled Steel Rain 2: Summit was released in 2020, with Jung Woo-sung and Kwak Do-won returning to play the leading but different roles.
The film went on to win the Best Film and Best screenplay awards at the Grand Bell Awards, [6] the Oscar's equivalent in South Korea. It was also nominated for Best Asian Film at the 22nd Hong Kong Film Awards, but lost to My Sassy Girl, another South Korean film.
Oasis (Korean: 오아시스) is a 2002 South Korean psychological drama romance film directed by Lee Chang-dong.The film's plot tells about the difficult romance between a mildly mentally disabled man who has just been released from jail after a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter and a woman with severe cerebral palsy.
The Five (Korean: 더 파이브; RR: Deo Paibeu) is a 2013 South Korean horror thriller film written and directed by Jeong Yeon-shik based on his own webtoon The 5ive Hearts, which first appeared on internet portal Daum in April 2011.