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London Korean Film Festival 2008

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Milky Way Liberation Front and The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Forever The Moment (Uri saengae choego-ui sungan) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2008; Director: Yim Soon-rye; Writer: Na Hyeon, Yim Soon-rye; Stars: Moon So-ri, Kim Jeong-eun, Eom Tae-woong)
True story of Korea's 2004 Olympic handball team... on and off the court.
The Good, The Bad, The Weird (Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2008; Director: Kim Ji-Woon; Writer: Kim Ji-Woon, Kim Min-Suk; Stars: Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jung Woo-sung, Kim Pan-joo, Ryu Seung-soo, Ryu Chang-sook, Deligeer, Yoon Jae-moon, Sohn Byung-ho, Kim Gwang-il, Ma Dong-suk, Lee Chung-ah) , Official Site , Trailer
Manchurian homage to Sergio Leone sees unlikely protagonists vie over a treasure map.
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May 18 (Hwaryeohan hyuga) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2007; Director: Kim Ji-hun ; Writer: Park Sang-yeon ; Stars: Kim Sang-kyeong, Ahn Seong-gi, Lee Yo-won, Lee Joon-ki )
Based on the Gwangju massacre that took place in 1980, which occurred when President Chun Doo-hwan tried to remove rebels by using military force.
Milky Way Liberation Front (Eunha-haebang-jeonseon) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2007; Director: Yoon Seongho; Writer: Yoon Seongho; Stars: Ji-Gyu Lim, Young-ju Seo, Eun-Seong, Bo-kyeong Kim, Yukie Mori, Hyung-keun Yu)
Black comedy adventure about a screenwriter whose personal and professional world is falling apart.
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Public Enemy Returns (Kang Chul-jung: Gonggongui jeog 1-1) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2008; Director: Kang Woo-Suk ; Writer: Jang Jin, Kang Woo-Suk; Stars: Seol Kyeong-gu, Jeong Jae-yeong, Kang Shin-il )
Third instalment of the series sees cop Kang Chul-joong tackle high-level corruption.
Seven Days (Se-beun De-i-jeu) (Country: South Korea; Year: 2007; Director: Won Sin-yeon; Writer: Won Shin-yeon Won, Yun Je-gu; Stars: Kim Yunjin, Kim Mi-suk , Park Hie-sun, Choi Myeong-su)
Top lawyer Ji-yeon has just seven days to free a prisoner convicted of a brutal murder, or her young daughter will die.
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