Bong Tae-gyu Movies
- 2008
Korean director Sin Han-Sol's wickedly raunchy sex comedy Ga-roo-ji-gi (A Tale of Legendary Libido) concerns Byun, a sexual underdog never quite able to attain arousal thanks to a deep-seated sense of inferiority. His fortunes change, however, when a monk grants him the power of a massive and constant erection; the men of his village then leave and hearken off to war, and Byun sticks around to give erotic pleasure to all of the local women. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bong Tae-gyu, Kim Seon-ah, (more)
- 2006
South Korean writer-director Tae-Yong Kim's Family Ties (Gajokeui Tansaeng) constitutes a bittersweet drama of broken and dysfunctional suburban relationships. Kim divides his narrative into three sections. In the first, horticulturist and restaurateur Mira's (Moon So-ri) gentle and ordered life gets turned inside out with a bevy of houseguests who pop in and plop down indefinitely, from her strident, chain-smoking sister-in-law Mu-shin (Goh Doo-shim), to her ex-con brother Hyungchul (Uhm Tae-woong). In the second, Sunkyung's (Kong Hyo-jin) failure to come to terms with her partially estranged mother's terminal illness brings her to the point of expatriation - a plan thwarted by her half brother. And in the third, these first two stories suddenly intersect with great volatility. Kim Hae-ok and Bong Tae-kyu co-star; Sung Ki-young co-authored the script with the director. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mun So-ri, Go Du-shim, (more)
- 2003
South Korean filmmaker Im Sang-Su directs the dark comedy drama Baramnan Gajok (A Good Lawyer's Wife). The story involves dancer Eun Ho-jeong (Mun So-Ri), wife of the unfaithful Yeong-jak (Hwang Jeong-min) and mother to a seven-year-old son. She meets a teenage boy and named Shin Ji-un (Bong Tae-gyu) and the two share an intimate friendship despite their age difference. When Ji-un's father discovers their relationship, he threatens to tell her husband. Meanwhile, her father-in-law (Kim In-mum) dies and her mother-in-law (Yun Yeo-jeong) quickly starts up another relationship. A Good Lawyer's Wife was screened at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mun So-ri, Hwang Jeong-min, (more)
Still haunted by the untimely death of his lover during an assignment gone horribly awry, police officer Jay (Kim Seok-hun) now spends his days as a detached subway cop who has seemingly lost his soul. Pickpocket Kay (Bae Du-na) has become infatuated with Jay and when former government assassin Bishop (Park Sang-min) hijacks a subway car, the obsessive Kay tips off Jay and the two end up in Bishop's target car when the hijacker makes his move. Realizing that this may be his one chance for redemption, Jay vows to bring down Bishop and save the lives of countless Korean citizens. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kim Seok-hun, Bae Du-na, (more)
When Joong-Pil -- the biggest bully in his high-school by far -- finds himself harboring feelings for a classmate, his entire identity is thrown off balance. Suddenly his smoking, his drinking, his constant swearing and his habit of pushing underclassmen into walls don't seem like good habits anymore. But without his nastiness, who is he? He might just like this girl enough to find out, if he can figure out how. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ryu Sueng-bum, Lim Eun-kyung, (more)
