Choi In-ho — Playwright (11)

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Portrait of a Rock (1979)
돌의 초상 IMDb Douban
金起 actor: 金迎爱 / 李乐薰 …
other title: 돌의 초상 / 石头的肖像 …
An elderly man's son, dissatisfied at living with his father's senility, forces his wife to abandon his father in the park. Another couple take pity on him and invite him to their home, but when they realize how much care he requires, they return him to the park.

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Windmill Of My Mind (1976)
내마음의 풍차 IMDb Douban
金洙容 actor: 更多...
other title: 我心中的风车 / 내마음의 풍차 …
Yeong-Ho is a son of second wife and enters his stepmother's as an heir. His stepbrother, Young-Min, is physically weak and frequently gets sick even by minor shock. To get away his girl friend, Myeong-Suk, Young-Ho makes Young-Min approach her. Myeong-Suk, who found something lacked in Young-Ho, starts a long journey with Young-Min. At that moment, Young-Ho suffers form the loneliness and longing for Myeong-Suk. At last, Young-Ho starts to look for her. Time passes, and Young-Ho decides to return his home, knowing that Young-Min has the qualification to inherit. On his departure day, Young-Ho calls Myeong-Suk, confessing his love and asking her to come back to him.

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Whale Hunting (1984)
고래사냥 WikiData IMDb Douban
裴昶浩 actor: 安圣基 / 金秀哲 …
other title: 捕鲸猎人 / 고래사냥 …
A disillusioned student meets a eccentric beggar and a mute prostitute he falls in love with. Together, without money, they cross South Korea to help the girl go home.

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Hwang Jin Yi (1986)
황진이 WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
other title: 黄真伊 / 황진이 …
Magistrate Hwang's daughter Jin-yi, is jilted before her wedding because a shoe maker was smitten with her and commits suicide. Jin-yi becomes a courtesan, and becomes famous for her wits and beauty. She falls for Byuk Kye-su, but he's chosen to be an envoy to a far off kingdom. When he leaves she feels so betrayed she takes to a life of wandering. She meets Lee Saeng, a destitute scholar, and stays with him until she discovers he's going to sell her to a group of itinerate clowns. Instead, she joins them willingly.

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Stairways Of Heaven (1992)
천국의 계단 Douban
裴昶浩 actor: 安圣基 / 朴灿焕 …
other title: 天堂的阶梯 / 천국의 계단
本片是以上个世纪六十年代的忠武路为背景的浪漫爱情片,讲述因为初恋和成为演艺明星的梦想而感到彷徨的女主人公的故事,由李娥路同朴赞焕饰演情侣,安圣基则出演冷静的演员经纪人的角色。本片获得了第30届大钟电影节新人演技奖(李娥路)、第28节百想艺术大赏的大赏、作品奖、导演奖、新人演技奖以及第12届影评奖的新人演技和企划奖等等。

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Heavenly Homecoming to Stars (1974)
별들의 고향 Douban
other title: 星星的故乡 / 별들의 고향
Once a bright and innocent girl, Gyeong-a (Lee Ahn-sook) overcomes the pain of being abandoned by her first love and becomes the second wife of a middle-aged man named Lee An-jun (Yoon Il-bong). But Yoon has a history of having driven his first wife to suicide through his pathological suspicions about her fidelity. Gyeong-a, who once had an abortion, is cast out by Lee when her past comes to light. She takes to drink, and is degraded to the level of a bar hostess by Dong-hyeok (Baek Il-seop). Then she meets an artist named Mun-oh (Shin Seong-il) and moves in with him. They embrace their mutual similarities and, in their own way, enjoy a happy life together. But Dong-hyeok comes looking for Gyeong-a and forces her through blackmail to leave Mun-oh. When she loses herself in severe alcoholism and self-loathing, even Dong-hyeok leaves her side. But Mun-oh discovers her whereabouts and comes to her. After watching her sleep until dawn begins to break, he leaves some money by her pillow and leaves the room. Gyeong-a continues to indulge in the bottle and has meaningless encounters with men. Then, one snowy day, she sets out to her hometown to visit her mother. In the mountains, she takes a sleeping pill and falls asleep in the snow, never to awake. Mun-oh scatters Gyeong-a's ashes on the river and looks back on her difficult life.

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The Deep Blue Night (1985)
깊고 푸른 밤 Douban
other title: 深深蓝夜 / 깊고 푸른 밤 …
为了到美国,韩国青年浩榛把女朋友留在家乡只身一人赴美,而为了能取得在美国永久居住的绿卡,浩榛与女人载恩结了婚。载恩是个专门搞伪装结婚的南朝鲜女人,她过去与美国黑人士兵结婚并有了一个孩子,这是她的第六次婚姻。浩榛给自己取名叫弋利高利,以此名到美国超级市场打工。虽经移民的严格审查,但每次他都平安无事地通过。在即将发绿卡前,藏在载恩心中的爱情突然迸发了。她虽是第六次婚姻,但这一次,她却在合同期间真心爱上了浩榛,而浩榛还在做着接国内女朋友来美会面结婚的美梦,他对于载恩的爱情不理不睬。就在获取绿卡合同期满的时刻,愤怒载恩撕毁了合同以报复浩榛,她宣告自己已经怀上了浩榛的孩子,于是,两个人的爱情招来了大麻烦.

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The March of Fools (1975)
바보들의 행진 Douban
河吉钟 actor: 尹文燮 / 何载永 …
other title: 傻瓜们的行进 / 바보들의 행진
Byeong-tae (Yoon Mun-seob), a philosophy major at Y University, goes to a group blind date and meets Young-ja (Lee Young-ok), who studies French literature at H University. The young men and women of the 1970s, who have grown up under the influence of a rapid influx of Western culture, agonize over college issues, family conflicts, and their future paths in life. But such struggles are self-derisive, and they can see no tomorrow waiting for them. Between Byeong-tae and Young-ja, there is no promise of love, of any kind. They simply meet, and exchange meaningless conversation. Meanwhile, Yeong-cheol (Ha Jae-young), who always rides a bike and declares every time he drinks that he will set off in search of a whale, has feelings for another girl he met on the blind date, named Sun-ja (Kim Young-suk). But Sun-ja rejects Yeong-cheol, who stammers, has no prospects, and was even turned down for military duty due to health reasons, and he falls into despair. With nothing to look forward to, Byeong-tae and Yeong-cheol head to the sea. Yeong-cheol, who boasted that he would catch a beautiful whale in the East Sea, commits suicide, and Byeong-tae enlists with the military. Young-ja comes to see him off, even though she said she wouldn't see him any more, and the two of them kiss through the open window of the train that will carry Byeong-tae away.