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한국의 대중 문화가 세계적으로 성장하는 가운데, 지금은 새로운 한국 영화의 거칠고 드세며 장르를 초월하는 즐거움을 즐기기에 완벽한 시기입니다.

봉준호 (괴물, 마더), 박찬욱 (친절한 금자씨), 김지운 (장화, 홍련), 류승완 (주먹이 운다) 등 메이저 디렉터의 필수 작품을 한자리에 모았습니다. 

현대 걸작 및 cult sampler는 1990년대 중반부터 2000년대 후반까지 상업적인 힘을 불어넣어 한국 영화 산업을 완전히 변화시키고 창의적 르네상스를 주도한 혁신적인 아티스트들을 조명합니다. 기존 장르의 독창적인 혼합과 전복, 예술영화와 상업적 감성의 혼합이 특징인 본능적이고 대담하게 구성된이 영화는 현대 한국 생활에 대한 짜릿한 스릴과 사회적 정치적 비판을 모두 전달합니다.

1. 조용한 가족(1998, 김지운)

The feature debut from Kim Jee-woon is an audaciously warped blend of horror-thriller and pitch-black comedy. At their newly opened mountain inn, recent Seoul transplants the Kang family find themselves with an unexpected problem on their hands: their guests keep turning up dead. Afraid of losing business, the clan must get creative in order to cover up the rapidly mounting body count. The inspiration for Takashi Miike’s THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS, THE QUIET FAMILY boasts a stellar ensemble cast that includes future superstars Song Kang-ho and Choi Min-sik.

2. 인정사정 볼 것 없다 (1999, 이명세)

This visually staggering policier adopts a dizzying array of styles—from film noir to slapstick comedy—as it follows two detectives (Park Joong-hoon and Jang Dong-gun) scouring the streets of Seoul in a brutal, extended hunt for a killer. The wisp of a narrative takes backseat to the hyperinventive optical pyrotechnics—jagged editing, slow motion, strobe effects, hallucinatory dissolves—and virtuosically choreographed action set pieces.

3. 공동경비구역 JSA (2000, 박찬욱)

Superstar director Park Chan-wook achieved his first major success with this masterful mystery thriller, which explores the complex relationship between North and South Korea with searing humanity. Sent to investigate a shooting that has left two North Korean officers dead in the demilitarized zone between the two countries, a Swiss-Korean envoy (Lee Yeong-ae) uncovers a tangled web of conflicting accounts that conceal a powerful, unexpected truth. Upon its release, JOINT SECURITY AREA shattered box office records in South Korea and became the country’s highest-grossing film of all time.

4. 플란다스의 개 (2000, 봉준호)

Bong Joon Ho’s entertainingly warped feature debut teems with the genre-bending tonal shifts, pitch-black humor, and astute social commentary that have become his trademarks. Ko Yun-ju (Lee Sung-jae), an unemployed grad student living with his pregnant wife, is driven to distraction by a yapping dog located somewhere in his sprawling apartment complex. Determined to eliminate the annoyance, he takes extreme action against his canine tormentor—the beginning of a startling chain reaction that will come back to haunt him. The brilliant Bae Doona costars in one of her earliest roles.

5. 반칙왕 (2000, 김지운)

A timid bank clerk transforms himself into a masked wrestling villain in this rousing and eccentric underdog comedy from director Kim Jee-woon. Dissatisfied with the drab routine of his corporate job, Dae-ho (the always fantastic Song Kang-ho, in his first leading role) finds a surprising outlet for his hidden talents in the wrestling ring—bringing about a transformation that affects his entire life. Putting an irresistibly offbeat spin on the typical sports-movie formula, THE FOUL KING was a smash hit that helped make Song (who did most of his own stunts) one of South Korea’s most in-demand stars.

6. 복수는 나의 것 (2002, 박찬욱)

The first film in Park Chan-wook’s bracing VENGEANCE TRILOGY is a morally complex human tragedy wrapped in the guise of a stylish, blood-spattered thriller. Unable to afford proper care for his sister dying from kidney failure, deaf-mute factory worker Ryu (Shin Ha-kyun) turns to the black market to sell his own organs, only to end up cheated of his life savings. His girlfriend (Bae Doona) urges Ryu to kidnap the daughter of wealthy industrialist Dong-jin (Song Kang-ho), who recently laid him off. Ryu agrees, but unforeseen twists turn an innocent con into a merciless quest for revenge.

7. 지구를 지켜라 (2003, 장준환)

Under the belief that Earth is being invaded by evil aliens who take the form of human beings, a seemingly unhinged amateur ufologist (Shin Ha-kyun) kidnaps a wealthy businessman (Baek Yun-shik) whom he believes to be a nefarious extraterrestrial—the beginning of a jaw-dropping, utterly unclassifiable sci-fi–horror–black-comedy thrill ride that spins off into increasingly insane, jaw-dropping realms. The visceral violence and genre-annihilating twists and turns gradually give way to something surprisingly humane and unexpectedly moving.

8. 장화, 홍련 (2003, 김지운)

Inspired by a popular Korean folktale, Kim Jee-woon’s dreamily disturbing, spectrally beautiful psychological puzzle helped to popularize K-horror abroad when it became the first of its genre to be distributed in the United States. Following an extended stay at a mental institution, disturbed sisters Su-mi (Lim Soo-jung) and Su-yeon (Moon Geun-young) return home. But it’s far from a happy family reunion, as the girls’ relationship with their icy stepmother (Yum Jung-ah) has taken a dark turn. A series of disturbing and unexplainable events roil the household. Could it be their stepmother trying to torment them, or is a more sinister supernatural force at work?

9. 주먹이 운다 (2005, 류승완)

Following the international triumph of OLDBOY, the great Choi Min-sik starred in this powerfully moving look at a desperate man’s search for redemption. Once a silver medalist in the Asian Games, Tae-shik (Choi) now gets paid to be beaten up in place of others in the middle of the street. Gambling debts and a factory fire have consumed everything he ever owned, leaving him beset by creditors. To make matters worse, his wife demands a divorce and he is in danger of no longer seeing the son he loves. With his back up against the wall and nothing left to lose, the old boxer decides to step back in the ring.

10. 친절한 금자씨 (2005, 박찬욱)

After being wrongfully convicted of kidnapping and murdering a young child, a beautiful young woman (Lee Young-ae) is imprisoned for thirteen years and forced to give up her own daughter. While in prison she gains the respect and loyalty of her cellmates, all the while plotting how to get even with the man responsible (Choi Min-sik). Upon her release she sets in motion an elaborate plan of retribution, but what she discovers is a truth so horrifying that simple revenge doesn’t seem punishment enough.

11. 괴물 (2006, 봉준호)

Equal parts creature-feature thrill ride and poignant human drama, Bong Joon Ho’s exhilarating international breakthrough jolted new life into the monster-movie formula with its bracing intelligence, audacious wit, and subversive political message. When a terrifying fish-like mutant emerges from the banks of Seoul’s Han River and snatches away his daughter, slow-witted snack-bar vendor Gang-du (Song Kang-ho) sets out to save her—but his quest grows even more perilous when he learns the truth about the origins of the creature known as the Host.

12. 마더 (2009, 봉준호)

Bong Joon Ho’s follow-up to his international triumph THE HOST uses a mother’s fierce, primal love for her son as the basis for singularly arresting, audacious murder mystery. Mother (a stunning Kim Hye-ja, playing off her longtime image as South Korea’s archetypal mother figure) is a devoted single parent to her cognitively disabled adult son, Do-joon (Won Bin). When Do-joon winds up accused of murdering a schoolgirl, his mother refuses to believe her beloved son is guilty and immediately undertakes her own investigation into the crime. In her obsessive quest to clear her son’s name, Mother steps into a world of unimaginable chaos and shocking revelations.

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