A Werewolf Boy

Summary

A mother and daughter move to a large house in the country side because of the daughters illness. There they meet a wild boy (Song Joong-ki) living in the shed who is unable to speak and they take him in. First hesitant and untrusting, the daughter keeps her distance from the boy before he slowly becomes part of their family and she teaches him how to be normal.

My Comments

I adore this film. It's a nice and sweet film and the romance is innocent and uncomplicated.
Song Joong-Ki plays the part of a confused, dog-like young boy well. I like the mixture of different genres of Romance, Drama, Sci-Fi and Action and they compliment each other well.

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Love Phobia

Summary

On her first day at her new school, Ari is wearing a bright yellow rain coat on a sunny day and she tells everyone they mustn't touch her or they'll be cursed. Unworried, Jo Kang falls in love with her and shortly after they become friends, Ari disappears. 

10 years later Seung-Woo recieves a call from Ari and he quickly falls deeper in love with her.

My Comments

Kang Hye-Jung (Ari) is one of my favourite actresses (Welcome to Dongmakgol, Herb, Oldboy) though I'm not a huge fan of her in this. The whole cat and mouse plot is annoying though there is an understandable reason behind it. The only thing I really liked about this film was Cho Seung-Woo (Jo Kang) who plays the part of a man determined with love well.

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The Man From Nowhere

Summary

One night at a nightclub, a dancer at the nightclub Hyo-Jeong steals heroin from another night club employee. Living in the same building, Cha Tae-Sik (Won Bin ♥) runs a pawn shop. He has no friends or associates except for a young girl named So-Mi (Hyo-Jeongs daughter). A few days after stealing the heroine, mafia men come looking for So-Mi's mother knowing she stole the drugs. After not being able to find the drugs, So-Mi and Hyo-Jeong are kidnapped and it is up to Tae-Sik to save them.

My Comments

The film is the 25th top grossing Korean Film of all time and an American remake is going to be made soon. This is one of my favourite Korean films and it has a brilliant fight scene though warning: there is gore. 

Won Bin is one of my favourite actors though he hasn't been in a lot of films or dramas. 

For The Man From Nowhere, Won Bin received awards for:

• Daejong Film Awards - "Best Actor", "Popularity Award"

• Korean Film Awards - "Best Actor"

• Blue Dragon Film Awards - "Most Popular Stars"
• KOFRA Film Awards Ceremony - "Best Actor"

This is a good film for those looking for a serious action drama.

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Herb

Summary

Sang-eun (Kang Hye-Jung) is a pretty 20 year old girl who is warm hearted, has a loving mom and friends but has the intelligence of a 7 years old. Sang-Eun learns everything slowly, but there are still a lot of things she doesn't understand. She is in love with the idea that she will meet her prince charming. One day Sang-Eun meets a traffic officer named Jong Bum, that she believes may be the prince of her dreams. Unaware that she's mentally disabled, Jong Bum soon falls in love with her before discovering the truth.

My Comments

I am in love with this movie, I've watched it 3 times so far. It's a nice to watch an innocent love movie that wasn't created for 12 year olds. The film shows overcoming obstacles such as the prejudice towards the handicapped. It is definitely worth the watch.

I adore the actress Kang Hye Jung who has also starred in Old boy and Welcome to Dongmakgol. She is married to one of my favourite singers Tablo.

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Welcome To Dongmakgol

Summary

Dongmakgol is a village tucked away on a remote mountain and untouched by the ongoing Korean War. Fate brings three fighting forces together in Dongmakgol: a U.S. fighter pilot whose plane crashed in the mountains, three retreating North Korean soldiers and two South Korean soldiers who are lost. When the North and South Korean soldiers first face off in Dongmakgol they raise their arms, but the charming villagers soon have the soldiers agreeing to a temporary truce. In order to spare the village from complete destruction from US soldiers believing there are North American soldiers nearby, the soldiers decide to work together to divert the attack, possibly placing themselves directly in harm's way.

My Comments

I love films based on the conflict between South Korean and North Korea. For me, this movie was just ahhh Amazing! I cried and laughed in this movie. I loved the beautiful innocence of the villagers unaware of the war surrounding them. I really dont want to give too much away but this was a brilliant movie and it sold a total of 8,008,622 tickets in 2005 and won 11 awards

My Favourite quote

• Soldier: You have such a hold on the villagers without ever raising your voice, What's the secret to your great leadership?
• Villager: You just gotta feed them a lot.

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No Regret

Summary

Gay Film , This film is rated 18+

Soo-min (Lee Young-Hoon) is an orphan trying to balance work in a factory with study at art college and an evening job. One night, a rich young businessman named Jae-Min (Kim Nam-Gil) tries to seduce him during one of his driving jobs. They meet again the next day: it is during a round of redundancy cuts at the factory where Soo-min refuses an attempt by Jaemin (who is in fact the boss' son) to save his job. Soo-min then begins working as a male prostitute in a boy-brothel and Jaemin's obsession with him grows, leaving Jaemin helpless in the face of his overwhelming desire.

My Comments

This has to be one of my favourite gay films of all time and amazingly it was filmed with funds of just $100,000 USD! The guys aren't amaazzing looking unfortunately but I think definietly makes up for it with its strong themes of passion, misunderstandings and desire. Warning: This film has strong sex scenes (at least for a Korean film).If you're wondering, The reason I enjoy some gay films is because of the themes of forbidden love and people over coming obstacles to be together.

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Temptation Of Wolves

Summary

Based on an internet novel with the same name.

After her father's death, A rustic girl named Han kyung (Lee Chung-ah) comes to Seoul to live with her mother, planning to attend Kang-Shin High School. 
Attracted by her pure charm, popular guys Hae won (Jo Han sun) and Tae Sung (Gang Dong Won) fight her affection.

My Comments

When watching this film, these are three main stages I went through:

At first I was like

and then I was like

and then I was like

That's all I'm going to say because I don't want to ruin it for anyone.

It took me a while to want to watch this movie since Asianwiki had a cringe worthy line in the summary but I'm super glad I watched it. 

The guys.... omg. Initially I didn't think the guys looked all that amazing but after 10 minutes into the movie I was in love with both of them. 

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