After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.
I 1930´ernes Japansk-besatte Korea ansættes pigen Sookee som tjenestepige for den japanske rigmandsdatter, Hideko, der lever et tilbagetrukket liv på en stor landejendom med hendes dominerende onkel. Men Sookee har en hemmelighed. Hun er i virkeligheden en tyv og arbejder for en svindler, der håber at Sookee kan hjælpe ham med at forføre rigmandsdatteren, så han kan få del i familieformuen. Men ikke alt går som man regner med i Park Chan Wooks fortælling om intriger, bedrag og seksuel forblændelse.
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.
Pil-ju, an Alzheimer's patient in his 80s, who lost all his family during the Japanese colonial era, and devotes his lifelong revenge before his memories disappear, and a young man in his 20s who helps him.
In 1925 Korea, Japanese rulers demand the last remaining tiger be killed. The tiger easily defeats his pursuers until a legendary hunter takes him on.
Instruktøren Kang Je-Gyu - manden bag de fantastiske Shiri og Taegukgi - vender tilbage med endnu en storslået, dyr krigsfilm! Koreaneren Jun Sik arbejder på japaneren Tatsuos bedstefars gård, under den japanske besættelse af Korea. De to er begge maratonløbene og rivaler, men da de bliver sendt i krig sammen må de pludselig stå skulder ved skulder for at overleve på den brutale slagmark! Forvent storslåede actionscener, svulstig musik og masser af patos!
In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.
Dramaet udspiller sig imellem modstandfolk, der kæmper for Koreas uafhængighed, og de japanske agenter, der prøver at stoppe dem. Omdrejningspunktet er forsøget på at smugle sprængstoffer ind i Seoul for at ødelægge vigtige japanske installationer. Det er et livsfarligt foretagende. Japanerne er i lige i hælene på vores helte, og det er hele tiden usikkert, hvem de kan stole på. Der er dobbeltagenter overalt, og de moralske dilemmaer bliver mere og mere komplicerede.
An account of karate competitor Choi Yeung-Eui who went to Japan after World War II to become a fighter pilot but found a very different path instead. He changed his name to Masutatsu Oyama and went across the country, defeating martial artists one after another. This film concentrates on the period when he is still young, and developing his famous karate style, Kyokushin.
In 1933, when Korea was under Japanese occupation, five people in Gyeongseong are suspected to be "Phantom" spies of the anti-Japanese organization.
Over a 4 day period, a fierce battle takes place between Korean independence militias and imperialist Japanese forces in Manchuria, China. The militia includes a master swordsman and an expert marksman.
A sickly girl Ju-ran transfers to a new sanitorium boarding school to regain health. But she discovers that students are disappearing and notices abnormal changes happening to her body. She suspects the school for what's happening and tries to discover what secret is hidden.
Based on the life of the Korean anarchist Park Yeol, the film shows his struggle to counter the massacre of Koreans by the government during the 1923 great Kanto earthquake, focusing on his activities as the leader of the anti-Japanese organization Bulryeongsa and his relationship with Japanese comrade Fumiko Kaneko.
Under the oppressive Japanese colonial rule, Deok-hye, the last Princess of the declining Joseon Dynasty, is forced to move to Japan. She spends her days missing home, while struggling to maintain dignity as a princess. After a series of failed tries, Deok-hye makes her final attempt to return home with help of her childhood sweetheart, Jang-han.
During the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Japanese Empire seeks to eradicate the Korean language and identity. In retaliation, a small group of Korean patriots try to protect their language by compiling the first Korean language dictionary.
The story is about the Japanese occupation of Korea during World War II. A Korean patriot played by Carter Wong gets into a fight with some Japanese people and is chased into a church. The priest there is captured and tortured. Trying to secure his release, the leader of the resistance, Jhoon Rhee is himself captured and tortured by the Japanese. Carter Wong, Angela Mao and Anne Winton have to now try and rescue him. This leads to an explosive climax with the heroes having to fight the likes of Wong In Sik (Hwang In-Shik), Sammo Hung and Kenji Kazama.
A rousing tale of the Korean athletes who ran the 1947 Boston International Marathon, the first international marathon held since World War II.
During the Japanese colonial period, 22 Korean female workers were forced to work in a spinning mill in Osaka across the sea to support their families. Despite facing discrimination and violence, their testimonies and life-affirming songs of victory have endured.
Jongbun is sick of poverty and she admires Young-ae, a smart and pretty friend. Taking place at the end of Japanese colonialism, a sad but beautiful story about two girls begins.
Two Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their families.