15th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival 191

HOME Program Korean Retrospective : Park Nou Sik, The Man Who Watched Too Much

The series of movies that reilluminate Director Park No-shik through his films restored by the Korean Film Archive. It will show aesthetics of excess and rupture of a cineast with no film background in the era of reformation hits its highest, will shed new light upon B-Movies in Korea.

Quit Your Life

PARK Nou Sik | Korea | 1971 | 96 Min | Feature/Fiction

Chairman Shin’s son Seong-joo dies on his honeymoon. The suspects are a middle aged woman and a man wearing sunglasses. However, investigation shows the woman is Seong-joo’s biological mother, and she suicides. The sunglass man actually threatens Chairman Shin.

Suspended Sentence

PARK Nou Sik | Korea | 1973 | 93 Min | Feature/Fiction

Japan, in 1950. Shoji is a rising boxer. When he is found to be Korean he loses his champion title and girlfriend Hideko kicks him. He kidnaps Hideko into the forest and asks for her love.

Why?

PARK Nou Sik | Korea | 1974 | 84 Min | Feature/Fiction

Bong-seon was alienated from his father for a long time. He goes to Japan to meet his father. His uncle Yong-pal and Young-chil join him in Japan but they are kidnapped by pro-North Koreans in Japan, stealing money for Kim Il-seong’s birthday celebration. Park No-sik’s sense of identity and ambition can be seen in this film.

A Mad Woman

PARK Nou Sik | Korea | 1975 | 100 Min | Feature/Fiction

At the end of Japanese colonialism, bank robber Park Dong-sik’s gang breakout of prison but Kim Gwang-il dies and Song No-in is hurt. Dong-sik asks that part of the money be sent to Kim’s family and Song, and leaves to join the resistance force. However, the rest of the gang kill Kim’s parents and Song for the money. Park finds out ..

No Violence

PARK Nou Sik | Korea | 1975 | 97 Min | Feature/Fiction

Recently released from prison, Gwang-il finds out his younger sister became a prostitute and chases her, but gets into an accident. Taken to the hospital by Detective Park, he falls in love with nurse In-sook.

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