Kim Soo-jin

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992)

A Japanese salaryman finds his body transforming into a weapon through sheer rage after his son is kidnapped by a gang of violent thugs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Nobu Kanaoka  •  Kim Soo-jin

A Japanese salaryman finds his body transforming into a weapon through sheer rage after his son is kidnapped by a gang of violent thugs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Tomorowo Taguchi  •  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Nobu Kanaoka  •  Kim Soo-jin

Bullet Ballet (1998)

After his girlfriend commits suicide, a man becomes embroiled in gang warfare attempting to obtain a gun in hopes to kill himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Kirina Mano  •  Tatsuya Nakamura  •  Takahiro Murase

After his girlfriend commits suicide, a man becomes embroiled in gang warfare attempting to obtain a gun in hopes to kill himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Kirina Mano  •  Tatsuya Nakamura  •  Takahiro Murase

All Under the Moon (1993)

A Korean taxi-driver interacts both humorously and tragically with his customers and employers in '90s Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Sai
CAST:  Goro Kishitani  •  Ruby Moreno  •  Moeko Ezawa  •  Masato Furuoya

A Korean taxi-driver interacts both humorously and tragically with his customers and employers in '90s Tokyo.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Sai
CAST:  Goro Kishitani  •  Ruby Moreno  •  Moeko Ezawa  •  Masato Furuoya

MARKS (1995)

Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later in a similar manner, he begins to suspect that something bigger is going on...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Sai
CAST:  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Kiichi Nakai  •  Masato Furuoya  •  Masato Hagiwara

Assistant police inspector Aida is assigned to investigate the murder of a former gang member. When a justice ministry official is killed days later in a similar manner, he begins to suspect that something bigger is going on...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoichi Sai
CAST:  Ittoku Kishibe  •  Kiichi Nakai  •  Masato Furuoya  •  Masato Hagiwara

Through the Night (2002)

When poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the rubble of a destroyed shantytown they plan to haul it out for profit. Amidst this plan there is discrimination, war and an infatuation between a man and a woman, but like ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Soo-jin
CAST:  Jun Fubuki  •  Mansaku Fuwa  •  Kô Hiroshima  •  Juro Kara

When poverty-stricken Korean-Japanese (Zainichi) discover there is valuable iron ore in the rubble of a destroyed shantytown they plan to haul it out for profit. Amidst this plan there is discrimination, war and an infatuation between a man and a woman, but like ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Soo-jin
CAST:  Jun Fubuki  •  Mansaku Fuwa  •  Kô Hiroshima  •  Juro Kara

An Adolescent (2001)

Incredibly indolent cop Tomokawa spends his time making fun of his mentally challenged friend Sukemasa, riding his bike all over the city and sleeping with married women. But his whole world changes when he meets Yoko.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Okuda
CAST:  Mayu Ozawa  •  Mari Natsuki  •  Eiji Okuda  •  Akira Shoji

Incredibly indolent cop Tomokawa spends his time making fun of his mentally challenged friend Sukemasa, riding his bike all over the city and sleeping with married women. But his whole world changes when he meets Yoko.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eiji Okuda
CAST:  Mayu Ozawa  •  Mari Natsuki  •  Eiji Okuda  •  Akira Shoji

Anarchist from Colony (2017)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Joon-ik
CAST:  Lee Je-hoon  •  Choi Hee-seo  •  Kim In-woo  •  Kwon Yul

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lee Joon-ik
CAST:  Lee Je-hoon  •  Choi Hee-seo  •  Kim In-woo  •  Kwon Yul

The Wicked Reporter 3: The One That Got Away (1996)

A couple years have passed, Matsuzaki is divorced and has a daughter and is still up to his old compulsive gambling, boozing and womanizing even as he stares middle age in the face. At his daughter's school he meets a teacher who's similarily obsessed with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rokurō Mochizuki
CAST:  Kim Soo-jin  •  Juro Kara  •  Eiji Okuda  •  Noriko Hayami

A couple years have passed, Matsuzaki is divorced and has a daughter and is still up to his old compulsive gambling, boozing and womanizing even as he stares middle age in the face. At his daughter's school he meets a teacher who's similarily obsessed with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rokurō Mochizuki
CAST:  Kim Soo-jin  •  Juro Kara  •  Eiji Okuda  •  Noriko Hayami

Kazoku Cinema (1998)

A savage look at food and sex, helms this black comedy about Japan's sizable and often beleaguered Korean-Japanese community. Motomi Hayashi (Eri Yu), a producer who is thoroughly dedicated to her career, returns to her abode to discover that her porn star sister ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Cheol-su
CAST:  Eri Yu  •  Ichiho Matsuda  •  Sogil Yan  •  Hiroko Isayama

A savage look at food and sex, helms this black comedy about Japan's sizable and often beleaguered Korean-Japanese community. Motomi Hayashi (Eri Yu), a producer who is thoroughly dedicated to her career, returns to her abode to discover that her porn star sister ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Cheol-su
CAST:  Eri Yu  •  Ichiho Matsuda  •  Sogil Yan  •  Hiroko Isayama

Gemini (1999)

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Masahiro Motoki  •  Yasutaka Tsutsui  •  Masako Motai  •  Renji Ishibashi

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinya Tsukamoto
CAST:  Masahiro Motoki  •  Yasutaka Tsutsui  •  Masako Motai  •  Renji Ishibashi

Angel of the Wind (2008)

A Japanese tent theatre company tours from Tokyo to Melbourne and performs a play about the ghost of Kamikaze Pilots. Cambis has created a portal from this to the cinema screen that shows first hand the actor's art in the context of war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tahir Cambis
CAST:  Matthew Crosby  •  Kim Soo-jin  •  Miyuki Watanabe  •  Sakiko Okinaka

A Japanese tent theatre company tours from Tokyo to Melbourne and performs a play about the ghost of Kamikaze Pilots. Cambis has created a portal from this to the cinema screen that shows first hand the actor's art in the context of war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tahir Cambis
CAST:  Matthew Crosby  •  Kim Soo-jin  •  Miyuki Watanabe  •  Sakiko Okinaka