Park Ki-yong

Motel Cactus (1997)

The film consists of four episodes, all of which take place in Room 407 of Motel Cactus, a love hotel in Seoul.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Ki-yong
CAST:  Jin Hee-kyung  •  Park Shin-yang  •  Jung Woo-sung  •  Lee Mi-yeon

The film consists of four episodes, all of which take place in Room 407 of Motel Cactus, a love hotel in Seoul.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Ki-yong
CAST:  Jin Hee-kyung  •  Park Shin-yang  •  Jung Woo-sung  •  Lee Mi-yeon

Camel(s) (2002)

A man in a borrowed SUV picks up a woman outside Seoul’s domestic airport and drives her to a small enclave of restaurants, nightclubs and motels on the west coast. Both are middle-aged and married to other people, and know little about each other’s lives. After a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Ki-yong
CAST:  Lee Dae-yeon  •  Park Myung-shin

A man in a borrowed SUV picks up a woman outside Seoul’s domestic airport and drives her to a small enclave of restaurants, nightclubs and motels on the west coast. Both are middle-aged and married to other people, and know little about each other’s lives. After a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Ki-yong
CAST:  Lee Dae-yeon  •  Park Myung-shin

Old Love (2017)

On a winter day, a man and a woman, once college sweethearts, chance to meet at Incheon Airport after 25 years. When they meet again a week later, they realize their old flame still burns, feeling a romantic thrill and confusion at the same time.  (more)

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On a winter day, a man and a woman, once college sweethearts, chance to meet at Incheon Airport after 25 years. When they meet again a week later, they realize their old flame still burns, feeling a romantic thrill and confusion at the same time.  (more)

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Picture of Hell (2016)

A college student trudges to the home of a student she tutors. When she arrives, the home is empty and the family tells her over the phone that they’re on vacation. Filmed in real time, the film lets us experience everything just as she does. And something horrible ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Ki-yong
CAST:  Jung Jae-yoon

A college student trudges to the home of a student she tutors. When she arrives, the home is empty and the family tells her over the phone that they’re on vacation. Filmed in real time, the film lets us experience everything just as she does. And something horrible ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Ki-yong
CAST:  Jung Jae-yoon

Digital Search (2003)

The director vaguely thinks that he should try to find something new. He is captured by the obsession to find something new because it is digital. For the moment he gets out on the streets with his digital camera and he snoops around. While he explores the digital ...  (more)

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The director vaguely thinks that he should try to find something new. He is captured by the obsession to find something new because it is digital. For the moment he gets out on the streets with his digital camera and he snoops around. While he explores the digital ...  (more)

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Tony Rayns, the Not-So-Distant Observer (2012)

Prominent film critic Tony Rayns has long been a supporter of Korean cinema. This film illustrates Rayns’ affection for Korean cinema through interviews of Korean cineastes that have a special affinity for him, including JANG Sun-woo, LEE Chang-dong and HONG ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seo Won-tae
CAST:  Tony Rayns  •  Lee Chang-dong  •  Bong Joon-ho  •  Jang Sun-woo

Prominent film critic Tony Rayns has long been a supporter of Korean cinema. This film illustrates Rayns’ affection for Korean cinema through interviews of Korean cineastes that have a special affinity for him, including JANG Sun-woo, LEE Chang-dong and HONG ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seo Won-tae
CAST:  Tony Rayns  •  Lee Chang-dong  •  Bong Joon-ho  •  Jang Sun-woo

Garibong (2013)

This documentary film is about immigrant workers who live in Garibong-dong. The place is packed with desire, frustration and silence drawn by them. The camera lingers on them closely, but indifferently.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Ki-yong
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This documentary film is about immigrant workers who live in Garibong-dong. The place is packed with desire, frustration and silence drawn by them. The camera lingers on them closely, but indifferently.  (more)

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Yanji (2015)

Yeongil is the main city for China's two million Korean population. A documentary depicts a dark side of capitalism amongst the mixed up Koreans, North Korean defectors and Korean Mongolians.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Ki-yong
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Yeongil is the main city for China's two million Korean population. A documentary depicts a dark side of capitalism amongst the mixed up Koreans, North Korean defectors and Korean Mongolians.  (more)

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Searching for Meaning: Jeonju Digital Project (2003)

Akihiro, who lives in an old apartment building in Tokyo, makes songs and sings on the streets; Fei, a street musician who makes a living making a living by making the Iranian traditional instrument 'Daf', but does not neglect to play every night; A film director ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bahman Ghobadi  •  Shinji Aoyama  •  Park Ki-yong
CAST:  Yoichiro Saito  •  Yuko Nakamura  •  Taka Ohkubo

Akihiro, who lives in an old apartment building in Tokyo, makes songs and sings on the streets; Fei, a street musician who makes a living making a living by making the Iranian traditional instrument 'Daf', but does not neglect to play every night; A film director ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bahman Ghobadi  •  Shinji Aoyama  •  Park Ki-yong
CAST:  Yoichiro Saito  •  Yuko Nakamura  •  Taka Ohkubo

Fifties

I am in my fifties. One day, I ask me a fundamental question, "Who am I?". To find an answer, I go to see my friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Ki-yong
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I am in my fifties. One day, I ask me a fundamental question, "Who am I?". To find an answer, I go to see my friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Park Ki-yong
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