Directing
Sung-ho Kim is known for How to Steal a Dog (2014), Modern Family (2012) and Into the Mirror (2003).
Jeong-woo, who grew up with Han-na under their adoptive mother, goes abroad to contribute to a difficult family environment. However, after hearing the news of the death of his adoptive mother in a hit-and-run traffic accident, he returns to Korea, and found out that Cheol-jin, a member of the local organization Taechangpa, and former classmate of Han-na was involved. Meanwhile, Taechangpa joined hands with the Japanese yakuza organization to expand its power. They kidnapped Han-na to catch Jeong-woo, who was tightening them up. This makes Jeong-woo even angrier. The anger of a man who lost everything explodes!
Trapped in routine, a Jeju poet finds himself drawn to a boy—and to emotions he’s never dared name.
Woo Yeong-min retired from the police force after trying to save his partner and causing his death. After a series of mysterious deaths in the shopping mall in which his uncle has allowed him to work as a security guard prior to its reopening, he must face both his own fear of mirrors and the mystery surrounding the fire that closed down the mall.
An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
In an insurance company, Yoon, who is an outsider, has a power to see people’s past and read their minds. Mr. Park, Yoon’s boss, assumes that she has some kind of special power, decides to test her ability. At very late night when everyone has gone home, Mr. Park brings Yoon to a storage room where there are full of case reports. Among them, Mr. Park picks three doubtful cases. He asks Yoon to tell him what exactly happened. Yoon, who senses some dark aura wandering around him, tells the story of each case. Every time Yoon finishes each case, the dark aura gets darker and bigger and Yoon tries to warn Mr. Park about it. Would Mr. Park able to escape from the dark aura?
Show hostess Yeon-jeong, who has been pushed out from works in her workplace, and overwhelmed by her junior colleagues because of her pregnancy with her second child, eventually decides to have an abortion since both her body and mind have been devastated. Then, her husband Min-hyeok drops a bombshell: he will take care of childbirth and child rearing himself.
Ji-so, a young girl who doesn't have a house because of her bankrupted dad. In order to get money to buy a house she plan to steals wealthy people's dogs to earn reward money when she returns them.
"Short! Short! Short! 2009" is an anthology film commissioned by the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF) to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The film consists of 10 short films centered around the theme of "Money," made by 10 up & coming directors in South Korea.
Fantastic Parasuicides is an omnibus film consisting of three short films that come together under the common theme of suicide. The three stories are Hanging Tough, Fly Away Chicken and Happy Birthday by indie directors Chang-ho Cho, Sung-ho Kim and Soo-young Park.
A diligent mother who runs a side-dish store keeps calling her son, a part time teacher, incompetent. The son resents his mother’s prickliness, but he isn’t very sweet to her either. One day, all of a sudden, his mother gets dementia.