Must Watch: Top 5 Essential K-Movies for Beginners
Feeling like a hermit because 2023 is leaving you without introducing you to South Korean movies? Then be the trendspotter through the movies we have recommended for you. A good start can make you explore more about a topic, and without a good start, you would find it boring and drop the subject too soon without experiencing the exciting content the domain holds. The films we recommend here are not recent ones. Nonetheless, we assure you that these movies will definitely make you a K-movie fan. Here are top 5 essential K-movies for beginners!
Kim Ji-Young: Born 1982 (2019)
Even if you have zero knowledge about Korean movies and dramas, you may have come across the face of Gong Yoo. However, no problem if his face is new to you since here we introduce a heart-touching movie that surely imprints Gong Yoo as a potential actor in your mind. The flick ‘Kim Ji-Young: Born 1982’ is the movie adaptation of the novel ‘Kim Ji-young, Born 1982’ written by Cho Nam-Joo.
The story is grounded in the life of Kim Ji-young, Jung Dae-hyun’s wife. While living peacefully with her husband and her only daughter, she starts to act abnormally. Her actions and behaviours resemble those of her deceased mother and her older sister. Taking the audience through the psyche of Kim Ji-young, the film describes the circumstances that Ji-young has gone through. Moreover, you can see the husband, Jung Dae-hyun (Gong Yoo), trying all the ways possible to pull his wife out of her mental condition. Ji-young’s life represents the lives of many women in society.
Suddenly in the Dark
‘Suddenly in the Dark’/’Suddenly at Midnight’/’Suddenly in Dark Night’ is an old South Korean erotic horror movie released in 1981. A biologist hires the daughter of a shaman priestess as his housemaid. The wife of the biologist is suspicious about the young maid and her unappealing doll.
After the maid’s death, the wife loses her mind rationality. She starts seeing the doll and the dead maid in her dream trying to attack her. Most of the horror scenes in the movie are an insight into the mental health of the housewife.
Being an old horror movie, ‘Suddenly in the Dark’ stands on the other side of technology. However, if you sign in to explore the Korean horror genre, you can see the imprints of this movie on the milestones that the current Korean horror genre has achieved. With the available technology, Director Ko Young-nam skillfully presented Lee Ki-seon as the suspicious maid Mi-ok.
Two Faces of My Girlfriend
Gu-chang feels like a dog with two tails when he meets a darling girl named Ani. As a virgin man, Gu-chang expects a happy life with his perfect one. However, behind his back, Ani has something serious to bother him – her split personality disorder.
‘Two Faces of My Girlfriend’ starring Bong Tae-gyu as Gu-chang and Jung Ryeo-won as Ani and Hani is a rom-com movie revolving around the relationship of Gu-chang and Ani. Despite Ani’s taste, Hani is displeased with the choice she made. The unexpected realisation of the split-personality disorder of his girlfriend is literally a blow to his head.
‘Two Faces of My Girlfriend’ is a family entertainer where Gu-chang struggles between the two personalities of his girlfriend. You will laugh your head off when you see Gu-chang trying to adjust to the two contrasting personalities of Ani. For that matter, Jung Ryeo-won’s performance as Ani and Hani is totally appreciable. Short-list this movie on your movie list to watch for a novel experience.
Ditto
Seo Eun-young remade the 2002’s movie ‘Ditto’ with the same name with Yeo Jin-goo and Kim Hye-yoon. If you are a fantasy romance lover, without another look, you can tap on the play button. Seo Eun-young’s ‘Ditto’ describes the time travel of Kim Yong to the present world and Kim Mu-nee to 1995. The engineering student Kim Yong from 1995 connects Kim Mu-nee, living in the current era, through a ham radio.
The friendship budded through ham radio conversations created excitement to see each other in person. The movie entirely concentrates on the two people living in different eras without deviating to other social and political topics. Yeo Jin-goo and Kim Hye-yoon decently played the roles of Kim Yong and Kim Mu-nee, and the movie ends without giving the sensation of remorse. Watch now on Rakuten Viki!
Romang
Romance movies are always in the trend. They could be tear-jerkers or a casual rom-com. However, ever felt that the romance of old married couples is underrated in the upsurge of teen and young adult romance flicks? Isn’t the elderly couple romance a kind of eternal romance?
‘Romang’ directed by Lee Chang-Geun is a septuagenarian romance movie. The ripe twosome in the movie reflects the many old couples around us. The duo in the movie played their better half role perfectly in each other’s life. After losing their pretty face and fair hands, Jo Nam-Bong and Lee Mae-Ja still get lost in each other’s eyes, and with absolute affection hold their tender hands. They achieved their manifested life of growing old together.
Lee Soon-Jae as Jo Nam-Bong and Jung Young-Sook as Lee Mae-Ja register the strong feeling of love among the old couples and prove the fact that boredom dies where love sustains.
Get inspired by this movie with your partner by watching the dementia couple winning over the disease together through love. Everyone says ‘old is gold’. The pair in this film leave the golden moments that they have shared in the past and journey towards the love that they haven’t explored.
