Seen in Jeonju

My Korean DVDs

10th October 2009

This is the list of the DVDs I own.  It will be updated regularly as I buy more. Previously, the list contained my VHS tapes as well. However, I recently donated those to the film department at Woosuk University. It was a hard decision made somewhat easier since I no longer have a VHS player. At least I know where they are and that I can watch the whenever I need to reference them.

Updated July 27, 2010

Aachi & Ssipak (2005), Acacia (2003), Action Boys (2008), Actresses (2009), Addicted (2002), Address Unknown (2000), Ad-lib Night (2007), Adventure of Mrs Park (1996), Aggressives (2005), Aimless Bullet (1961), All For Love (2005), Almost Love (2006), Angels on the Street (1941), Another Time Another Place (2008), Antarctic Journal (2004), Antique (2008), Apartment (2006), Arahan (2006), Arang (2006), Asshi (1970), Attack on the Pin-Up Boys (2007), Attack the Gas Station (1999), Ball Shot By a Midget (1981), Bandhobi (2009), Barking Dogs Never Bite (2000), Barefoot Youth (1964), Beastie Boys (2008), Beat (1997), Beautiful (2007), Beautiful Sunday (2007), Bet on My Disco (2002), Between (2006), Bewitching Attraction (2005), Beyond the Years (2007), Bichunmoo (2000), Big Swindle (2004), Birth of a Family (2006), Bittersweet Life (2004), Black House (2007), Black Republic (1990), Blackjack (1997), Blood Rain (2005), Bloodthirsty Killer (1965), Blue Seagull (1994), Blue Swallow (2005), Boat (2009), Born to Kill (1996), Boss X-File (2002), Boy Goes to Heaven (2005), Boy Meets Boy (2008), Boys of Tomorrow (2006), Bravo My Life (2007),  Breath (2007), Brothers Heungbu and Nolbu (1967), Bungee Jumping of Their Own (2001), Breathless (2008), Bunshinsaba (2004), Bye Jun (1998), Bystanders (2005), Camellia Project (2004), Castaway on the Moon (2009), Clementine (2003), Champion (2002), Charisma (1996), Charming Girl (2004), Chaser (2007), Chaw (2009), Chilsu and Mansu (1988), Chunhyang (1999), Cinderella (2006), Circle (2003), Classic (2002), Coachman (1961), Coastguard (2002), Coma (2005), Come Come Come Upwards (1989), Conduct Zero (2002), Confessions of an Actress (1967), Cool and Cold (1962), Court Lady (1972), Cracked Eggs and Noodles (2005), Crossing (2008), Crying Fist (2005), Cut (2007), D-Day (2006), D-War (2007), Dajjimawa Lee (2008), Dance Dance (1999), Dance of Time (2009), Dance With Solitude (2004), Dance With the Wind (2004), Dark Forest (2006), Dasepo Girls (2005), Dasepo Girls Series (2005), Daughters of Kim’s Pharmacy (1963), David and Goliath (1983), Day After (2008), Day Dream (1969), Day the Pig Fell in the Well (1996), Daytime Drinking (2007), Deaf Samryong (1964), Dear Soldier (1944), Deep Blue Night (1984), Dirty Carnival (2006), Dirty Mop (1984), Divine Weapon (2008), DMZ (1965), Do the Right Thing (1997), Dokgotak: Return to the Mound (1985), Dokgotak: Throw to the Sun (1983), Don’t Look Back (2006), Dolai (1984), Doll Master (2004), DoReMi… (2008), Double Agent (2002), Electric Man 337 (1977), Elephant on a Bicycle (2007), Eleventh Mother (2007), Elysium (2002), Epitaph (2007), ESP Couple (2008), Eternal Empire (1995), Everybody Has Secrets (2004), Evil Twin (2006), Executioner (2009), Eye for an Eye (2008), Face (2004), Failan (2001), Family (2004), Fantstic Parasuicides (2007), Farewell (1977), Fate (2007), Feathers in the Wind(2004), February 29th (2006), Femme Fatale (2007), Fighter in the Wind (2004), First Kiss (1998), Fisherman’s Fire (1939), Five Faces of Eros (2009),  Fly Penguin (2009), Forbidden Quest (2005), Forever the Moment (2007), Foul King (2000), Four Toes (2002), Freedom Virgin (1982),  Foreer With You (1958), Fox Family (2006), Frozen Flower (2008), Gagman (1988), Galgali Family and Dracula(2003), Gallant Men (1969), Game (2007), Gangster High (2006), General’s Son (1990), Geochilmaru (2005), Ghost (2004), Ghost House (2004), Gingko Bed (1996), Goblin’s Club (1986), GoGo 70s (2008), Good Lawyer’s Wife (2003), The Good the Bad and the Weird (2008) Goryeojang (1963), Gosu (1997), Green Chair (2003), Green Fish (1997), Guardpost (2007), The Guests Who Came on the Last Train (1967), Guns and Talks (2001), Haeundae (2009), Hallelujah (1997),  Hand of Destiny (1954), Handphone (2009), Hansel and Gretel (2007), Happiness (2007), Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng (1962), Happy End (1999), Harmonium in My Memory (1998), Harmony (2010), Heartbreak Library (2008), Hello God (1987), Hers (2007), Hi Dharma (2001), Hi Dharma 2 (2004), Hidden Floor (2006), Himallaya Where the Wind Dwells (2008), Hole (1997), Holiday (2005), Host (2005), Housemaid (1960), Hurrah For Freedom (1945), Hwang Jin-yi (1986), Hwang Jin-yi (2008), Hwaomkyung (1993), Hwimori (1994), Hyperbole of Youth (1956), Hypnotized (2004), I Hate You Once Again (1968), I Hate You Once Again 2 (1968), I Hate You Once Again 3 (1970), I Hate You Once Again (1980), I Hate You Once Again 2 (1980), I Hate You Once Again (2002), I Love You (2001), I Really Really Like You (1978), I Wish I Had a Wife (2000), Ieodo (1977), If (2000),  If You Want (1987), If You Were Me (2003), If You Were Me 3 (2006), If You Were Me 4 (2008), Il Mare (2000), I’m a Cyborg But That’s Ok (2006), Indian Summer (2001), Ing (2003), Insadong Scandal (2009), Insect Woman (1969), Installment Secretary (1969), Inventors (1984) , Iri (2008), Isle (2000), Jang-hwa and Hong-ryeon (1972), Jealousy is My Middle Name (2002), Jeonju Digital Project Set (various years), Jesus Is My Boss (2002), JSA (2000), Jungle Juice (2002), Kazuko Cinema (1998), King and the Clown (2005), Kitchen (2009), Knee to Knee (1984), KNUA 2005 Collection of Student’s Work (various years), Korean Short Film Queer Collection vol. 1 (various years), La Belle (2000), La Vie En Rose (1994), Lament (1997), Land of Scarecrow (2008), Last Banquet (2003), Last Witness (1980), Last Wolf (2004), Les Formidibles (2006), Let the Blue River Flow (2008), Lies (1999), Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid (1994), Life Track (2007), Lifting King Kong (2009), Light Sleep (2008), Lineage of the Voice (2008), Little Bride (2004), Little Monk (2002), Loner (2008), Looking for Bruce Lee (2001), Love (2002), Love Bakery (2000), Love Her (2001), Love in Magic (2005), M (2007), Madam Aema (1982), Madame Freedom (1956), Madeleine (2002), Make It Big (2002), Man Next Door (2009), Mandate (2008), Marachi and Arachi (1977), Marathon (2005), Marine Boy (2009), Marriage is a Crazy Thing (2002), May 18 (2007), Mayumi Virgin Terrorist (1990), Members of a Funeral (2008), Memento Mori (1999), Memory of Murder (2003), Men From Eight Provinces (1969), Meui (2007), Midnight Ballad for Ghost Theater (2006), Military Train (1938), Milky Way Liberation Front (2007), A Million (2009), Missing Person (2008), Mr. Butterfly (2002), Mr. Gam’s Victory (2004), Mr. Handy (2003), Mr. Whacky (2006), Modern Boy (2008), Mokpo: Ganster’s Paradise (2004), Mom’s Way (2005), Money Show (2009), Moodori (2006),  Motel Cactus (1997),  Mother (2009), Mother and the Houseguest (1961), Musa (2000), Mudang (2001), My Beautiful Girl Mari (2001), My Beautiful Short Films II (various years), My Beautiful Short Films III (various years), My Beautiful Short Films IV (various years), My Dear Enemy (2008), My Father (2009), My Friend and His Wife (2006), My Generation (2004), My Girlfriend is an Agent (2009), My Love (2007), My Name is Dokgotak (1984), My Right to Ravage Myself (2003), My Song Is… (2007), Mystery of the Cube (1999), Natural City (2004), Night on the Water (1998), Nightmare (2000), No Blood No Tears (2002), No Mercy for the Rude (2006),  No Mother Under the Sky (1977), No Need for Love (2006), No Regret (2006), Now and Forever (2006), Nowhere to Hide (1999), Number 3 (1997), Oasis (2002), Off Road (2006),  Oh! Brothers (2003), Old Garden (2006),  Old Partner (2008), Oldboy (2003), Once in a Summer (2007), Once Upon a Long Time Ago (1978), One Love (1981), One Million B.C. Ttoli (1981), One Thousand Year Old Fox (1969), Oolala Sisters (2002), Oseam (2003), Our High School Days (1978), Our Sweet Days (1987), Our Town (2007), Oyishi Man (2009), Paradise Murdered (2006), Paradise Villa (2002), Past is a Strange Country (2007), Peppermint Candy (1999), Phantom Submarine (1999), Phone (2002), Piagol (1955), Piano Man (1996), Please Teach Me English (2003), Plum Blossom (2000), Poison (1997), Potrait of Beauty (2009), Portrait of Fire (2001), Portrait of Youth (1990), Possessed (2009), Power of Kangwon Province (1997), Power of Sincerity (1935), President’s Last Bang (2004), Private Eye (2009), Promenade (2000), Promise of the Flesh (1975), Public Cemetery of Wolha (1967), Puzzle (2006), Quiet Family (1998), R-Point (2005), Radio Dayz (2007), Railroad (2006), Rainy Season (1979), Real Fiction (2000), Record (2000), Red Hawk (1995), Red Shoes (2005), Redeye (2004), Resurrection of the Butterfly (2007), Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2002), Return (2007), Righteous Fighter Kim Du-han (1975), Road (2004), Road Movie (2002), Road Taken (2003), Road to the Racetrack (1991), Robot Gundan and Meka 3 (1985), Robot Taekwon V (1976), Robot Taekwon V vs. Gold Wing (1978), Rocket Was Launched (1997), Romance Papa (1960), Romantic Assassin (2003), Romantic Island (2008), Room Nearby (2008), Rough Cut (2008),  RU Ready? (2002), Runaway From Home (2009), Running Turtle (2009), Running Wild (2006), Sadder Than Blue (2008), Saigon Too Far (1990), Samaria (2004), Save the Green Planet (2003), Scam (2009), Scandal Makers (2009), Scarlet Letter (2004), School Excursion (1969), Scout (2007), Searching for the Elephant (2009), Season in the Sun (2002), Secret of Troupe 77 (1978), Secret Reunion (2010), Secret Sunshine (2007), See You After School (2006), Seokgamoni (1964), Seong Chunhyang (1961), Seopyeonje (1993), Seven Days (2007), Shadows in the Palace (2007), Shark (2005), Shilmido (2003), Shim Cheong (1972), Shin Sung-il Is Lost (2005), Shiri (1998), Short Films Like a Jewel in my Heart (various years), Short Films Long Feelings (various years),  Shower (1978), Show Show Show (2002), Single Spark (1995), Singles (2004), Six Daughters (1967), Solar 1-2-3 (1982), Sorum (2001), Soul Guardians (1998), South Korean Parisans (1990), South of the Border (2006), Sparkman (1988), Spider Forest (2004), Spirit of Jeet-Geun-do (2004), Spring in My Hometown (1998), Spring on the Korean Peninsula (1941), Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring (2003), Ssunday Seoul (2006), Story of Mr. Sorry (2008), Straits of Chosun (1943), Summertime (2001), Sunflower (2006), Sunny (2008), Super Hong Gil-dong (1987), Super Hong Gil-dong 2 (1988), Super Taekwon V (1982), Super Titan 15 (1983), Surrogate Womb (1986), Sweet Dream (1936), Sweet Sex and Love (2003), Sword in the Moon (2003), Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005), Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), Taegeukgi (2003), Taekwon V (1984), Take Care of My Cat (2001), Tale of Two Sisters (2003), Tale of Cinema (2005), Tazza (2006), Teacher Kim Bong-du (2003), Tell Me Something (1999), Terrorist (1995), Texture of Skin (2005), Thirst (2009), Thirsty Thirsty (2007), 3 Extreme (2004), Three Guys (2006), 3 Iron (2004), Three Iron Musketeers (1983), Three Kingdoms (1980), Three Kingdoms2 (1980), 301/302 (1995), Time (2006), Time Between Dog and Wolf (2005), Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie (1997), To Catch a Virgin Ghost (2004), To Sir With Love (2006), Towards the High Place (1977), Treeless Mountain (2008), Truck (2008), Ttoli: Special Investigator for the King (1980), Ttoli and the Zeta Robot (1985), Turn It Up (2001), Turning Gate (2002), Twentidentity (2004), Two Hundred Pound Beauty (2006), 2003 Best 21 Korean Short Films (2003), Ulemae From Outer Space (1986), Ulemae From Outer Space 2 (1986), Ulemae From Outer Space 3 (1987), Ulemae From Outer Space 4 (1987), Ulemae From Outer Space 5 (1988), Ulemae From Outer Space 6 (1989), Ulemae From Outer Space 7 (1992), Ulemae From Outer Space 8 (1993), Ulemae From Outer Space 9 (1993), Unborn But Forgotten (2002), Under the Sky of Seoul (1961), Underground Rendezvous (2007), Unforgiven (2005), Uninvited (2003), Untold Scandal (2003), Vanishing Twin (2000), Virgin Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors (2000), Viva Love (2008), Volcano High (2001), Volunteer (1941), Wanderer in Winter (1986), Wanee and Junha (2001), Way Home (2002), Wedding Day (1956), Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005), Western Avenue (1993), Who’s That Knocking at My Door (2007), Whispering Corridors (1998), White Nights (2009), Wild Animals (1997), Windmill Palm Forest (205), Wishing Stairs (2003), With a Girl of Black Soil (2007), Wolf’s Curiosity Stole Pigeons (1988), Woman is the Future of Man (2003),  Woman of Fire (1982), Woochi (2009), World of Silence (2006), Written (2007), Yalgae: A Joker in High School (1976), Yellow Flower (1998), Yellow Hair 2 (2001), Yeongja’s Heyday (1975), Yeonsangun (1961), Yongary: Monster From the Deep (1967), Younggu and Ddaengchili (1989), Youth Sketch (1987)

5 Responses to “My Korean DVDs”

  1. Matthias Says:

    Hi Tom,

    it’s good to have you back! I’m glad that you could save some of your old reviews.

    I see you already got “Yalkae, A Joker in High School” (1976) – I did so as well.

    I’m not sure if you saw it, but “The Eternal Empire” (1995) was re-released on DVD with English subtitles. The video quality was not the best, sadly and sometimes the subtitles were missing. But I’m happy that I could see the film, though.

    Next week, KOFA will release “The Shower” (1978) on DVD with English subtitles. Next up is the Yoo Hyun-mok Collection in November with 4 films and surprisingly, “The Road to Sampo” (1975) will also be released in December. I was very happy to hear that!!

  2. Tom Says:

    That is great news about Yoo Hyun-mok! I can’t wait see that collection. I have several dvds on reserve for when they are released, but since I already have an earlier version of The Shower, I will probably skip the new one even though it is subtitled.

    It’s good to hear from you again!

  3. Lisa Says:

    Impressive list! I found your site while searching for “Hand of Destiny”… which is on your list. I haven’t been able to find a copy online, do you have any suggestions of where I can buy this DVD? Thank you!

  4. Tom Says:

    Seoul Selection carries it but does not have any in stock at the moment. http://www.seoulselection.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=872&category_id=28&keyword=fate&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=53

    BUT, it is worth contacting them directly through email. They are very helpful and will probably locate a copy for you. Good Luck!

  5. Lisa Says:

    Thanks! That’s a great resource, and I will keep it bookmarked. Can I ask you another question? I am looking for films set in Seoul (by Korean directors) for a class… do you have any suggestions of films which really feature the urban landscape? I was hoping to use Hand of Destiny as a Asian noir film set in Seoul. But I’m not very knowledgeable about Korean film, and I’ve yet to find anyone who is. But you certainly seem to be! It doesn’t have to Asian noir. The film could be about anything, but give a palpable sense of the city as an aspect of the film. If you have any suggestions, I would be very grateful.