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            <title><![CDATA[All About My Wife]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20113554]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Doo-hyun’s (LEE) wife Jung-in (LIM) is the complete package -- a  beautiful woman and excellent cook -- but he simply cannot stand her endless nagging and complaining. Doo-hyun chances upon a way out this relationship when his company finally transfers him to another province. However, much to his dismay, Jung-in secretly moves into the house to be with him day and night. But when Doo-hyun sees his new neighbor Sung-gi (RYU) being chased by adoring women day in and day out, he hatches a new scheme, asking Sung-gi to seduce Jung-in. Confident as ever, Sung-gi begins his new conquest, not knowing what Jung-in has in store for him..

MIN Kyu-dong has been directing in Korea since the late 1990’s. His debut feature was the schoolhouse horror film <Memento Mori> (1999), both a cult favorite and critical darling. Since, he has shown versatility with the romantic dramas <All for Love> (2005) and <Antique> (2008), which took in over 2 million and 1 million audiences, respectively.<br/>poster : <img src='http://kobiz.korea.com/timthumb.php?src=http://fims.kofic.or.kr/common/mast/movie/2012/05/3b2e3d8c60014ad1af425af6f263510b.jpg&w=480&zc=1' alt='Thumbnail Image' /><br/>Genres : Romance, Comedy<br/>Release Date : May 17, 2012<br/>Director : <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10027774" title="Director">MIN Kyu-dong</a><br/>Main Cast : <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10058646" title="ACTOR">LIM Soo-jung</a>, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10055970" title="ACTOR">LEE Sun-kyun</a>, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10019065" title="ACTOR">RYU Seung-ryong</a>]]></description>
            <pubDate><![CDATA[20120515]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Eungyo]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20124066]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[A renowned old poet of Korea, LEE Jeok-yo (PARK) has adopted an untalented but devoted student, the young novelist SEO Ji-woo (KIM Moo-yul), as his protege. Their relationship is a complicated one, equal parts love and hate, admiration and criticism. It becomes further complicated when 17-year-old HAN Eun-gyo (KIM Go-eun) seeks out the aged poet. Despite an alarming age difference, Jeok-yo finds himself entranced by Eun-gyo’s charm and vibrancy. Ji-woo, a more appropriate suitor, also finds himself becoming slowly obsessed with the young girl. As this love triangle becomes more intense, resentment sets in between teacher and student, and Ji-woo must make a decision between love, lust and loyalty to his mentor.

A veteran of Korean film, JUNG Ji-woo broke out with his 1996 short film <A Bit Bitter> and soon after achieved stardom both at home and abroad with his controversial 1999 feature <Happy Ending>. Since then, he has contributed to the 2005 omnibus <If You Were Me 2>, directed the features <Blossom Again> (2005) and <Modern Boy> (2008), and helped write the script for the 2010 hit thriller <Moss>, which took in over 3 million admissions.<br/>poster : <img src='http://kobiz.korea.com/timthumb.php?src=http://fims.kofic.or.kr/common/mast/movie/2012/05/80dcb12c4cc949db8e1871b20ea5e4f6.jpg&w=480&zc=1' alt='Thumbnail Image' /><br/>Genres : Romance<br/>Release Date : Apr 25, 2012<br/>Director : <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10062256" title="Director">JUNG Ji-woo</a><br/>Main Cast : <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10029474" title="ACTOR">PARK Hae-il</a>, GIM Mu-yeol, KIM Go-eun]]></description>
            <pubDate><![CDATA[20120427]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[As One]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20124045]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Chinese table tennis pro DENG Yaping, nicknamed “The Ping Pong Witch,” has previously defeated the best players from both North and South Korea, LEE Bun-hee (BAE) and HYUN Jung-hwa (HA), respectively. When the two get a chance to play together on a Unified Korea doubles team at the 1991 Chiba International Table Tennis Championships -- the first post-war unified team for the two Koreas, in any sport -- they know their combined forces will finally beat DENG and the Chinese. However, politics and dissension unsurprisingly conspire to disband the Unified team before their final match against China. HYUN and LEE must now fight for the opportunity to compete as a unified team before they can face DENG in a final showdown.

<As One> is the debut feature from director MOON Hyun-sung. The film is based on the true story of the Unified Korean team’s performance at the 1991 Chiba Championships, and the real HYUN Jung-hwa makes a special appearance in the film as the Unified team’s coach.<br/>poster : <img src='http://kobiz.korea.com/timthumb.php?src=http://fims.kofic.or.kr/common/mast/movie/2012/05/7600b6a9dcdc4e0784d645795161072f.jpg&w=480&zc=1' alt='Thumbnail Image' /><br/>Genres : Drama<br/>Release Date : May 03, 2012<br/>Director : MOON Hyun-sung<br/>Main Cast : <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10087280" title="ACTOR">HA Ji-won</a>, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10030016" title="ACTOR">BAE Doo-na</a>, HAN Ye-ri, CHOI Yoon-young]]></description>
            <pubDate><![CDATA[20120402]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Thieves]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20124034]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[A band of infamous Korean thieves receives an irresistible offer from their former partner, Macao Park: steal <Tears of the Sun>, a 418-carat diamond, hidden in a Macao casino. Popai is the muscle and brain, Pepsy is the safecracker, Anicall is the wall-climber and Zampano is the tactician. Together they do not hesitate to take up the offer.
  
Upon their arrival in Hong Kong, they meet the Chinese crew; Poker Face Chen, Nerveless Andrew and Jonny, and undercover cop Julie. Once the team is assembled, Macao Park lets them in on the plan. Penetrating into the casino will require more than a miracle to break in, but miracles are their specialty. But troubles are aplenty as Popai and Macao Park butt heads. Macao Park is cold, never putting his emotion in front of the job. But Pepsy, reminiscing her past with Macao Park, has lingering feelings for him, which distracts her. And just like every other member of the team, Anicall has her own plan to keep the diamond for herself. Macao Park’s scheme, however, runs deeper and plans to capture Wei-Hong, the owner of the diamond and see his revenge. 
  
On the day of the heist, they walk into the casino not knowing that the cops are staking out in the vicinity on Julie’s tip. What is Macao Park’s real motive behind gathering the thieves in one place? Who will betray them all? And who will eventually possess the diamond? 
<br/>poster : <img src='http://kobiz.korea.com/timthumb.php?src=http://fims.kofic.or.kr/common/mast/movie/2012/02/5f217f7468564a33af632de1b4c3ea0f.JPG&w=480&zc=1' alt='Thumbnail Image' /><br/>Genres : Drama, Thriller, Action<br/>Release Date : <br/>Director : <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10072187" title="Director">CHOI Dong-hoon</a><br/>Main Cast : <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10005276" title="ACTOR">KIM Yun-seok</a>, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10006380" title="ACTOR">KIM Hye-soo</a>, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10057315" title="ACTOR">LEE Jung-jae</a>, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10061467" title="ACTOR">JUN Ji-hyun</a>]]></description>
            <pubDate><![CDATA[20120402]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[I AM.: SMTOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR in Madison Square Garden]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20113553]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[This music documentary follows the artists of SM TOWN as they prepare for their live performance at one of the world’s most prestigious concert venues: Madison Square Garden in New York. Though the unprecedented in South Korea documentary-concert film focuses on the live concert, the movie also sheds light on the performers who are living their dream and what defines them as people. Ultimately the movie is a touching coming-of-age story about the growing pains and glory of the young artists.
Juxtaposed against popular images of frivolous teen stars, the movie aims to illustrate the hardships the performers endure—from auditions to the training period—to get on stage and perform for just 4 minutes. 
I AM: SM TOWN LIVE WORLD TOUR in Madison Square Garden touchingly embodies youth and the evolution of the performers.
<br/>poster : <img src='http://kobiz.korea.com/timthumb.php?src=http://fims.kofic.or.kr/common/mast/movie/2012/03/bf994ac9132d43218b1b3d34d81be480.jpg&w=480&zc=1' alt='Thumbnail Image' /><br/>Genres : Documentary<br/>Release Date : <br/>Director : <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10072781" title="Director">CHOI Jin-sung</a><br/>Main Cast : ]]></description>
            <pubDate><![CDATA[20120402]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Circle Line]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20125329]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Sangwoo is a middle aged father with a pregnant wife and a teenage daughter. Hiding the fact that he was recently fired to his family, he spends his time on the subway all day. With his situation, his unborn baby being late is something to be thankful for rather than something to be worried about. 
He comes across a beggar lady with a baby and at first he feels sorry for her. But after seeing her begging without consequence he gets angry at her and shouts at her. However, he soon realizes that his anger is toward his difficult situation and feels sympathy for them.      
I tried to show the sorrow of an unemployed middle aged father Sangwoo with the circular railway as a medium. The baby is pushed out of his mother’s womb like train coming out of the tunnel but Sangwoo is afraid of baby's birth.<br/>poster : <img src='http://kobiz.korea.com/timthumb.php?src=http://fims.kofic.or.kr/common/mast/movie/2012/05/6aa8c30e610542af975f28f02a337d1e.jpg&w=480&zc=1' alt='Thumbnail Image' /><br/>Genres : Family, Drama, Fantasy<br/>Release Date : <br/>Director : SHIN Su-won<br/>Main Cast : ]]></description>
            <pubDate><![CDATA[20120319]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[In Another Country]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20124350]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[A young film student and her mother run away seaside town of Mohang to escape their mounting debt. The young woman begins writing a script for a short film in order to calm her nerves: 
Three women named Anne appear, and each woman consecutively visits the seaside town of Mohang. The first Anne is a successful film director. The second Anne is a married woman secretly in an affair with a Korean man. The third Anne is a divorce whose husband left her for a Korean woman. A young woman tends to the small hotel by the Mohang foreshore owned by her parents. A certain lifeguard can always be seen wandering up and down the beach that lies nearby. Each Anne stays at this small hotel, receives some assistance from the owner’s daughter, and ventures onto the beach where they meet the lifeguard.
<br/>poster : <img src='http://kobiz.korea.com/timthumb.php?src=http://fims.kofic.or.kr/common/mast/movie/2012/04/3df9f22fde4f450fa226276258fb370c.jpg&w=480&zc=1' alt='Thumbnail Image' /><br/>Genres : Drama<br/>Release Date : May 31, 2012<br/>Director : <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10089497" title="Director">HONG Sangsoo</a><br/>Main Cast : Isabelle Huppert, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10053981" title="ACTOR">YU Jun-sang</a>, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10062071" title="ACTOR">JEONG Yu-mi</a>, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10054391" title="ACTOR">YOUN Yuh-jung</a>]]></description>
            <pubDate><![CDATA[20120130]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Architecture 101]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20124074]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[In his college days, aspiring architect Seung-min (UHM) fell deeply in love with classmate Seo-yeon (HAN). However, fate denied them the opportunity to stay together forever. Now a successful architect, Seung-min has not spoken to Seo-yeon since that time. However, one day she suddenly reappears in his life, asking him to design a replica of her childhood home. Moving back and forth from past to present, the affections and heartaches between Seung-min and Seo-yeon slowly unfold, and it appears that fate may give their love a second chance.
 
LEE Yong-zoo both wrote and directed <Architecture 101>, his second feature. In 2009 he made his feature debut with the thriller <Living Death>, also based on his screenplay. In 2003, he worked in the directing department for BONG Joon-ho’s <Memories of Murder>.<br/>poster : <img src='http://kobiz.korea.com/timthumb.php?src=http://fims.kofic.or.kr/common/mast/movie/2012/03/8484ebb4e8a848a995342d86e50928c9.jpg&w=480&zc=1' alt='Thumbnail Image' /><br/>Genres : Drama, Romance<br/>Release Date : Mar 22, 2012<br/>Director : LEE Yong-zoo<br/>Main Cast : <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10047367" title="ACTOR">UHM Tae-woong</a>, HAN Ga-in, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10057349" title="ACTOR">LEE Je-hoon</a>, SU Ji]]></description>
            <pubDate><![CDATA[20120130]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Taste of Money]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20124064]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Young-jak who is a private secretary of madam BAEK, the center power of Korean conglomerate, deals with immoral private issues of her wealthy family. As his desire for money and power grows, he endures whatever he’s ordered to do and letting people around him get hurt is not a concern for him. Meanwhile, Young-jak reports to madam BAEK that madam BAEK’s husband, Mr. YOON is having an affair with a Filipino nanny, Eva. Madam BAEK is now despaired, then greedily seducing Young-jak for her sexual desire.
On the other hand, he begins to feel conflicted by madam BAEK’s daughter, the only family member who approaches him with the true heart. Lost between his morality and shortcut to successful life, he has to make the biggest decision he’s ever made to choose whom he will hang on to, in order to survive in this harsh world.<br/>poster : <img src='http://kobiz.korea.com/timthumb.php?src=http://fims.kofic.or.kr/common/mast/movie/2012/05/7e4a6fefc505406185e593580e23cc68.jpg&w=480&zc=1' alt='Thumbnail Image' /><br/>Genres : Drama<br/>Release Date : May 17, 2012<br/>Director : <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10058591" title="Director">IM Sang-soo</a><br/>Main Cast : <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10003507" title="ACTOR">KIM Gang-woo</a>, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10030351" title="ACTOR">BAEK Yun-shick</a>, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10054391" title="ACTOR">YOUN Yuh-jung</a>, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10006497" title="ACTOR">KIM Hyo-jin</a>]]></description>
            <pubDate><![CDATA[20120130]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Doomsday Book]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20068590]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[In three chapters, two acclaimed Korean directors probe the state of human compassion in the era of high technology. Across the installments we witness robots attaining Buddhist nirvana, zombie attacks as ecological allegories, and the possibility of black holes on the Internet. These vignettes thematically offer an alternative definition of humanity that the world may very well need to embrace in the near future.

KIM Ji-woon made his directorial debut with his own screenplay for 1998’s <The Quiet Family>. Through his successive features – which include <The Foul King> (2000), <A Tale of Two Sisters> (2003), and <A Bittersweet Life> (2005) – he has firmly established himself as a blockbuster director. His 2008 <The Good, The Bad, The Weird> took in nearly 7 million admissions domestically.

YIM Pil-seong has been making short films since 1997, with his <Baby> (1999) screening at both the Venice Film Festival and Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. He made his feature debut with 2004’s <Antarctic Journal>, which scored over 1 million admissions, and also directed the 2007 fantasy drama <Hansel and Gretel>. <br/>poster : <img src='http://kobiz.korea.com/timthumb.php?src=http://fims.kofic.or.kr/common/mast/movie/2012/04/a1d24ea38068458ca1f28e54192fd833.jpg&w=480&zc=1' alt='Thumbnail Image' /><br/>Genres : SF<br/>Release Date : Apr 11, 2012<br/>Director : <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10005852" title="Director">KIM Jee-woon</a>, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10058886" title="Director">YIM Pil-sung</a><br/>Main Cast : <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10019067" title="ACTOR">RYOO Seung-bum</a>, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10003507" title="ACTOR">KIM Gang-woo</a>, <a href="http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/peopleView.jsp?peopleCd=10037095" title="ACTOR">SONG Sae-byeok</a>, SONG Young-chang]]></description>
            <pubDate><![CDATA[20120130]]></pubDate>
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