Cho Min-ho — Playwright (3)

Movie

A Hot Roof (1995)
개같은 날의 오후 IMDb Douban
other title: 狗日的下午 / 개같은 날의 오후
On a hot summer day, the residents of a five-story apartment complex on the outskirts of Seoul are gathered in the courtyard to escape the sweltering heat. Into their midst rushes Jeong-hui (Ha Yu-mi), who is fleeing from the latest round of her husband's constant physical abuse. When her husband Seong-gu comes after her with his fists flying, the women rally together and give him a sound beating. Unfortunately, Seong-gu dies in the ambulance on his way to the hospital, and the police try to take the neighborhood women into custody for murder. Bewildered, the women jostle to and fro before eventually finding their way to the rooftop of an apartment building. Thus, the rooftop becomes the site of a last stand for ten women, including Geyong-suk (Sohn Suk), an aspiring novelist in her late forties; Ki-sun (Lee Jin-sun), a single woman engaged in an affair with Yeong-hui's father; Yeong-hui's mother (Song Ok-suk), who consequently harbors deep resentment toward Ki-sun; Eun-ju's mother (Kim Bo-yeon), who heads the women residents' association and likes to put herself forward; Pohang-daek (Lim Hee-suk), a fifty-something woman who delivers Chinese food; Yun-hui (Jeong Seon-kyeong), who works as a hostess in a bar; and Yu-mi, a cabaret singer who has helped Jeong-hui up to the roof. The group becomes anxious when a special police strike force is deployed for their capture, but after a while they decide to take a firm stance against their would-be-captors. Just at that moment, an incompetent twosome of burglars (Lee Kyeong-young, Kim Min-jong) who were in the middle of breaking into an empty apartment see the throng of police gathered in the courtyard. They mistake themselves for the police's intended quarry and attempt to flee in terror, but end up trapped in the empty apartment, hemmed in on all sides.

Movie

Resistance: The Yoo Kwan-soon Story (2019)
항거: 유관순 이야기 Douban
赵民镐 actor: 高雅星 / 金玺碧 …
other title: 抗拒:柳宽顺的故事 / 항거: 유관순 이야기 …
「革命無分性別、年齡與時代!電影取材自真實韓國獨立運動,以年輕革命女義士柳寬順為原型,見證一段鮮為人知的歷史。日佔時期,韓國爆發三一運動,十七歲少女上街帶領逾二百萬韓國民眾抗爭,卻被捕囚禁在女子地下監獄,受盡百般凌辱。她非但沒有噤若寒蟬,反而挺身感召其他囚犯打破沉默,從自我覺醒走向集體覺醒,在獄中共同高呼「大韓獨立萬歲」的口號。黑白鏡頭下的獄中景象格外銳利,眾人以堅毅的眼神明志:監獄的高牆囚得住肉體,卻困不住自由的靈魂。高我星從《韓流怪嚇》嶄露頭角,到《末世列車》已成氣候,是次飾演烈女同樣鏗鏘有力。在最壞的時代,讓我們為這位巾幗英雄及所有因抗爭犧牲的義士獻一闋輓歌。

Movie

A Million (2009)
10억 IMDb TMDB Douban
other title: 十亿韩元 / 10억 …
8 contestants compete for $1,000,000 on a survival reality TV show set in the Australian desert. After the first eliminated contestant is found dead, they find themselves in horrifying situations as they deal with each others' lies and deceits.