Poetry Of Lee Chang-Dong (BLU-RAY)

Green Fish (1997) After discharge from the army, Makdong (Han Suk-Kyu) returned to his neighborhood outside Seoul to find it decaying and his single mom and siblings struggling. His efforts to make good for them in the city find him getting involved with a nightclub singer (Shim Hye-Jin)... and her pulling him into thug life with the local mob. Moon Sung-Keun, Myung Kye-Nam co-star. Peppermint Candy (1999) One day, drunk and despondent, middle-aged Yong-Ho (Sol Kyung-Gu) decided to step in front of a moving train... and Lee Chang-Dong's arresting study works back in time over the prior 20 years, as it traces the multiple events in his life, and in his nation's that corrupted and broke an ordinary man's existence. Moon So-Ri, Kim Yeo-Jin co-star. Oasis (2002) Hailed as a shining example of Korean New Wave filmmaking, this tender drama examines the heartwarming relationship between an ex-convict and his cerebral palsy-stricken girlfriend. As the unlikely couple deals with societal disapproval, they overcome numerous odds in order to find love and acceptance with each other. Moon So-Ri, Sol Kyung-Gu star. Poetry (2010) After a quiet housemaid (Yun Jeong-Hie) learns from her doctor that she is in the early stages of Alzheimer's, she enrolls in a poetry class to help her better articulate her feelings. The tranquility that comes from a focus on verse helps her when her spoiled grandson is implicated in a terrible crime of sexual violence. Sensitive drama from South Korea co-stars Ahn Nae-Sang, Hira Kim.