One Friday night, Kwon Tae-hoon received a call.
“Are you the brother of Mr. Kwon Dae-hee?” the caller asked. “Your brother is in the ER. Could you come to (the hospital) now?”
His brother’s condition “wasn’t that serious,” the hospital said. Kwon assumed his brother had gotten into a fight after drinking, and, as he took a taxi to the Seoul hospital, he prepared to scold him for getting into trouble.
But he never got the chance. When Kwon arrived, the 24-year-old was unconscious. After having a surgery to make his jawline more slender, his brother had bled so much that the bandage around his face had turned red.
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Synopsis
Tae-yeul (
Jang Hyuk), a swordsman in his thirties goes out to find his only daughter after losing one of his eyes. Min Seung-ho (
Jung Man-sik), The Joseon Dynasty s best swordsman chooses an ordinary simple life after perceiving the transient nature of power. Gurutai (
Joe Taslim), the best swordsman in Qing Dynasty aspires to become the best even in the Joseon Dynasty.
5 diverse Korean movies screened at Glasgow Film Festival
Posted : 2021-03-09 15:00
By Park Han-sol
Five Korean films were invited to this year s Glasgow Film Festival in Scotland, one of the leading annual cinematic events, as part of its Country Focus ― South Korea program.
Held from Feb. 24 to March 7, the festival screened Woo Min-ho s political thriller, The Man Standing Next, Hong Eui-jeong s debut feature, Voice of Silence, Choi Jae-hoon s period action film, The Swordsman, Shim Chan-yang s music drama, Da Capo, and Lim Jung-eun s black-and-white drama, Our Midnight. Bong Joon-ho s Oscar-winning triumph, Parasite, is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the glories of South Korean cinema, the festival organizers said on their website, introducing the Country Focus program. The selection captures the diversity and range of work from a country whose films deserve to be much better known and appreciated. Jeulgyeo (Enjoy)!
Synopsis
Tae-yeul (
Jang Hyuk), a swordsman in his thirties goes out to find his only daughter after losing one of his eyes. Min Seung-ho (
Jung Man-sik), The Joseon Dynasty s best swordsman chooses an ordinary simple life after perceiving the transient nature of power. Gurutai (
Joe Taslim), the best swordsman in Qing Dynasty aspires to become the best even in the Joseon Dynasty.