A BELLFLOWER
KYUN SOON JOO

O.V. Korean

The reminiscences of a man who regrets his past transgressions and pines for his true love. She is more resilient, however, having long since chosen to work alone for the common good. A Bellflower deals...

NORTH KOREA | 121 minutes | 1972

A SCHOOLGIRL'S DIARY
Jang In-Hak

O.V. Korean

An example of more contemporary North Korean cinema, A Schoolgirl’s Diary is also the very first film from the hidden kingdom to have been distributed abroad (in France in 2007). What does teen...

NORTH KOREA | 85 minutes | 2006

THE FLOWER GIRL
Ik-Kyu Choe

O.V. Korean

The ultimate classic, often described as the country’s Gone with the Wind, it’s the adaptation of an opera written by no less than Kim Il-sung (Kim Jong-il’s father). The scene opens on a Korea...

NORTH KOREA | 121 minutes | 1972

THE TALE OF CHUN HYANG/
Yu Won-Jun

O.V. Korean

The local adaptation of one of the most famous Korean folk tales in both the North and South, The Tale of Chun Hyang is a costume drama that deals with class struggle through a tale of forbidden love...

NORTH KOREA | 147 minutes | 1980

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