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Drama | Director: Lim Seunghyun
A harrowing view of grief and its consequences, a heart-broken woman relentlessly searches a river for the remains of her granddaughter
Romance-Comedy | Director: Bang Woo-ri
Netflix’s latest is a nostalgic throwback to Korean rom-coms of yesteryear, as high school girls in 1999 pursues their crushes
Family-Drama | Director: Kim Min-ju
A fractured family find a common purpose as three sisters unearth their mother’s Japanese heritage
July Jung finally returns eight years after her debut, as a high school student struggles under the insufferable workplace pressure of her first corporate job
Drama | Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
The first Korean film from Japanese director Kore-eda follows the aftermath of a baby being stolen from a church drop-off box
Drama | Director: Park Chan-wook
Director Park returns with a noir-inspired outing filled with his characteristic visual aplomb but its lurching pace derails this tale of a cop falling for his suspect
Period-War | Director: Kim Han-min
The second instalment of Kim Han-min’s trilogy on admiral Yi Sun-sin provides another ear-blistering bout of naval national heroics
Mystery-Thriller | Director: Jung Ji-yeon
A prime time news anchor becomes ensnared in the circumstances surrounding a mysterious death in this tense but overplayed debut thriller
Drama | Director: Park Dong-hoon
Maths fetishisation meets odd-pairing buddy movie as a struggling student enlists the private tutoring of a numerically sage security guard