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YMCA Baseball Team
(YMCA Yagudan,
YMCA야구단)

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Post date November 12 2025
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(YMCA Yagudan,
YMCA야구단)
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Director – Kim Hyun-seok – 2002 – South Korea – Cert. – 104m *** In 1905, as the Japanese take over the running of their country, a small group of Koreans form a baseball team to defeat the Japanese – from LKFF, the London Korean Film Festival 2025 which runsin cinemas from Wednesday, November 5th to Tuesday, November 18th A lightweight […]

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12.12: The Day
(Seour-ui Bom,
서울의 봄,
lit. Seoul Spring)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date December 22 2024
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서울의 봄,
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Director – Kim Sung Soo – 2023 – South Korea – Cert. 15 – 141m ***** In 1980, one Major General attempts to stop another from successfully orchestrating a military coup in South Korea – historical drama is South Korea’s entry for 2025 Best International Feature In the aftermath of the assassination of President Park […]

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Save the Green Planet!
(Jigureul Jikyeora!,
지구를 지켜라!)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date October 30 2024
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(Jigureul Jikyeora!,
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Director – Jang Joon-Hwan – 2003 – South Korea – Cert. 18 – 118m ***** NSFW Convinced that a corporate boss is an alien who killed his mother, a man takes him prisoner and tortures him to find out his race’s plans for planet Earth – plays alongside Echoes In Time | Korean Films of […]

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Deliver Us From Evil
(Daman Akeseo
Guhasoseo,
다만 악에서 구하소서)

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Post date June 27 2021
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(Daman Akeseo
Guhasoseo,
다만 악에서 구하소서)
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Director – Hong Won-chan – 2020 – South Korea – Cert. 18 – 108m ***** An assassin trying to rescue his ex-girlfriend’s child from organ thieves discovers a rival is after him for killing his brother – Wednesday, October 26th, 20.30 at The Cinema At Selfridges as part of a strand of films celebrating actor […]

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A Good Lawyer’s Wife
(Baramnan Gajok,
바람난 가족)

Post author By Jeremy Clarke
Post date November 18 2021
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(Baramnan Gajok,
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Director – Im Sang-soo – 2003 – South Korea – Cert. – 105m *** Unsatisfactory family life in which fathers and mothers cheat on their wives and partners in search of a more fulfilling existence – screened with a director Q&A as part of a strand of films celebrating actress Youn Yuh-jung at LKFF, the […]