Won Nam Goon Movies
- 1981
An attractive young woman has been called on to help rid a haunted family of its demons - the male heirs all die young, and one is now in a coma - she has to clear the environment where several exorcists have failed before her. Her efforts are not at all enhanced by the lascivious men in the family who regard her as they would any woman: with a certain amount of lust or worst (she is raped by a family member). When she finds a buried container that is reputed to have held a soul of a demon inside, the hauntings are on the way to being resolved, and the men are in for some retribution for their sexual aggression. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Won Nam Goon
- 1981
- PG
This infamous Korean War drama is best known as the movie produced by Rev. Sung Myung Moon's Unification Church, though more people seem to have read stories about its troubled production or disastrous reception at the box office than to have actually seen it: on its initial release, it grossed less than $2 million on a budget of $50 million. Starring Laurence Olivier as Gen. Douglas MacArthur (psychics reportedly told producers that the late General was happy with the casting choice), Inchon also features Ben Gazzara and Jacqueline Bisset as a married couple whose relationship is tested by the trials of war, and boasts as impressive as supporting cast as money can buy, including David Janssen, Richard Roundtree, Omar Sharif, Toshiro Mifune, and Rex Reed (who was perhaps hoping for a role that could stand beside his work in Myra Breckenridge).The lavish battle scenes are staged by director Terence Young (best known for his work on several early James Bond films), and the film presents one of your only opportunities to see Olivier, the greatest actor of his generation, talk like W.C. Fields while smoking a corn-cob pipe. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Laurence Olivier, Jacqueline Bisset, (more)
- 1969
A venerable jar maker takes in a girl to save her from the elements in this emotional drama. The young woman is nearly frozen when he rescues her, and the grateful girl agrees to marry the old man. After she bears a child, her former lover comes looking for her. Despite her loyalty to her husband, she cannot forget the younger man and finally gives in to her yearning for him and leaves her family. The distraught husband eventually feigns death before he kills himself, leaving the child with foster parents. The boy goes looking for his birth mother when he is old enough to understand her plight. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Won Nam Goon
