Korean Movies Opening Today 2023/09/20 in Korea

Korean movies opening today 2023/09/20 in Korea: "Havana", "Mind Universe", "Kyungmi's World", "Bungaeman: The Beginning" and Korean-American movie "Coming Home Again"

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"Havana" (2022)

Directed by Hong Yong-ho

With Yoo Da-in, Kang Min-hyuk, Gong Sang-ah, Joo Bo-young, Jung Sae-byeol, Lee So-yoon,...

Synopsis
Jeong-min, a rookie lawyer, becomes Yoon-ah's public attorney, as she is accused of murdering her husband. Against a nasty prosecutor, a mysterious judge, and all the suspicions surrounding the defendant, Jeong-min seeks to unravel the truth behind the conspiracies of the case.

"Mind Universe" (2022)

Directed by Kim Jin-moo

With Lee Ki-hyuk, Yoon So-hee, Lee Joo-sil, Kim Ye-rang, Kim Geun-bae, Kim Hyung-suk,...

Synopsis
This film comprises two shorts, "Our Universe" and "Today Of Tomorrow", both with AI as their subject. In "Today Of Tomorrow", elderly Hee-jin logs into uploaded Seon-woo's mind every day, but Seon-woo doesn't remember her in the cyberworld. This means Hee-jin has to repeat saying hello to him every time she logs in. Getting sick of this, she then notices a change. "Our Universe" unfolds an imaginary story about Kim Hyung-suk, a real-life composer. The lead character, So-ri, is Kim's daughter. While she is exploring space, she receives news of her estranged father's death and is also told a virtual online funeral will organize a video chat with her late father. However, So-ri hesitates to speak to him. Both films explore memory, relationship and love, by expanding the narratives through trivial elements within a calm atmosphere. It is a Sci-fi film that focuses on plain impressions of human feelings rather than the subject matter, AI. (Rhana JANG)

"Kyungmi's World" (2023)

Directed by Koo Ji-hyeon

With Lee Young-ran, Kim Mi-soo, Baek Song-ha, Yu Jae-hee, Kim Ka-eun, Lee Jae-eun-III,...

Synopsis
Soo-yeon reluctantly visits her grandmother's hospital in Tongyeong after receiving a call that her grandmother's house, the only family member, must be demolished. Soo-yeon and her grandmother Yeong-soon, who met after seven years, surround their long-disappeared mother Kyeong-mi and bite each other with contempt. Soo-yeon, who says that her grandmother tortured her mother like hell, and she finally locked her in her room, and the grandmother who gave birth to a monster-like Soo-yeon, said that her daughter was crazy and framed herself all over her neighborhood. Soo-yeon, ignoring the pain of loss, encounters her forgotten past while searching for her grandmother's novel and her mother's torn diary.

"Did I ruin you or did you ruin me? Which story do you like?"

"Bungaeman: The Beginning" (2020)

Directed by Han Sang-ho, Park Sung-bae

Voiced by Um Sang-hyun, Shin Yong-woo, Jeong Yeong-woong, Jeon Tae-yeol, Jung Hye-won-III,...

Synopsis
Zio, who lives with her older brother 'Seo Yoon-oh', has little fun or interest in the world.
During the vacation, he works part-time in the waste disposal dept. of Green Corporation, where his older brother works at.
After Choi Doo-sik, chairman of Green Corporation, resigned and his sons "NJ" and "TJ" took over the company, this giant company has started to operate under the name Black Corporation.
One day, after work, while waiting for his brother at the waste disposal dept. he got struck by blue lightning falling from the sky. He came to his senses long after. At that time transformer car Mario, who was hit by lightning at the same time, woke up and follows him. While running away from Mario, he found out that he got a super power but he think it doesn't matter.
Meanwhile, 'Seo Yoon-oh' takes charge of the company's secret project and notices the Black Coporation's terrifying plot.
A few days later, however, he was killed in a mysterious car accident.
The sudden death of the only family member makes 'Seo Zio' in great sorrow. A few days after the funeral, suspicious man invaded his home and he knows that the incident is related to do with Black Coporation.
With the help of Mario and Lee Won-hae, the manager of the waste disposal dept. he decides to reveal the truth.

"Coming Home Again" (2023)

Directed by Wayne Wang

With Justin Chon, Jackie Chung, John Lie, Christina July Kim,...

Synopsis
Based on a personal essay by Chang-rae Lee published in The New Yorker, Coming Home Again is an intimate family drama about a mother, a son, and the burden of family expectations. Chang-rae, a first-generation Korean American, has returned to his family home in San Francisco to care for his ailing mother. He wants only to fulfill his role as the supportive son, but must also come to terms with his conflicted emotions towards his mother.

The film takes place over the course of one full day. During this day, he attempts to prepare a traditional Korean dinner for New Year's Eve. The one she always cooked for the family. The care and precision that goes into preparing this meal gives him time to reflect on the intense relationship between them. Memories about it become a doorway into a woman who was so much more than the mother he thought he knew.

24th Busan International Film Festival