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 February 2, 2010
Aachi & Ssipak (2005), Acacia (2003), Action Boys (2008), Addicted (2002), Address Unknown (2000), Adventure of Mrs Park (1996), Aggressives (2005), Aimless Bullet (1961), All For Love (2005), Angels on the Street (1941), Another Time Another Place (2008), Antarctic Journal (2004), Antique (2008), Apartment (2006), Arahan (2006), Arang (2006), 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), Bichunmoo (2000), Big Swindle (2004), Birth of a Family (2006), Bittersweet Life (2004), Black House (2007), Black Republic (1990), Blood Rain (2005), Bloodthirsty Killer (1965), Blue Seagull (1994), Blue Swallow (2005), Born to Kill (1996)Boss X-File (2002), Boy Meets Boy (2008), Boys of Tomorrow (2006), 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), Conduct Zero (2002), Confessions of an Actress (1967), 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 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 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), 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), Eleventh Mother (2007), Elysium (2002), Epitaph (2007), Eternal Empire (1995), Everybody Has Secrets (2004), Evil Twin (2006), Eye for an Eye (2008), Face (2004), Failan (2001), Family (2004), Fantstic Parasuicides (2007), 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), Forbidden Quest (2005), Forever the Moment (2007), Foul King (2000), Four Toes (2002), Freedom Virgin (1982), Foreer With You (1958), 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), 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), 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), 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 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), Indian Summer (2001), Ing (2003), Insadong Scandal (2009), Insect Woman (1969), Inventors (1984) , Iri (2008), Isle (2000), 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), Land of Scarecrow (2008), 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), 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), Marachi and Arachi (1977), Marathon (2005), Marine Boy (2009), 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), 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), 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 Father (2009), 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), Night on the Water (1998), Nightmare (2000), No Mercy for the Rude (2006), No Mother Under the Sky (1977), 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 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), 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), 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), Resurrection of the Little Match Girl (2002), Return (2007), Road (2004), Road Movie (2002), Road Taken (2003), Road to the Racetrack (1991), Robot Gundan and Meka 3 (1985), Robot Taekwon V (1976), Rocket Was Launched (1997), Romance Papa (1960), Romantic Assassin (2003), Romantic Island (2008), Room Nearby (2008), Rough Cut (2008), RU Ready? (2002), Running Turtle (2009), Running Wild (2006), Sadder Than Blue (2008), Saigon Too Far (1990), Save the Green Planet (2003), Scam (2009), Scandal Makers (2009), Scarlet Letter (2004), School Excursion (1969), Scout (2007), Secret of Troupe 77 (1978), 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), Shin Sung-il Is Lost (2005),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), 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), 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), 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), Unborn But Forgotten (2002), Under the Sky of Seoul (1961), Underground Rendezvous (2007), Unforgiven (2005), Uninvited (2003), Untold Scandal (2003), Virgin Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors (2000), 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), Whispering Corridors (1998), 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), World of Silence (2006), 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)
October 10th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
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!!
October 11th, 2009 at 9:35 am
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!
January 3rd, 2010 at 2:21 pm
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!
January 4th, 2010 at 6:55 pm
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!
January 4th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
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.