Park Jung-bum

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Park Jung-bum

Born February 24, 1976 · Seul, Corea del Sud (age 50)

Park Jung-bum (박정범) is a South Korean film director, screenwriter, and actor.

Known For

PoetryPoetry · 2010
Poetry
★ 7.62010
MovieDrama
A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.
A Quiet DreamA Quiet Dream · 2016
A Quiet Dream
★ 6.92016
MovieDrama
They're losers, but nice ones. Every day they sit at Yeri's bar, smitten by the young Chinese-Korean woman. Yeri doesn't have a preference. To her, they are equally sweet: Jongbin, a milk-drinking epileptic, Ikjune, a former petty criminal, and the introverted Jungbum, who fled from North Korea.
The Asian AngelThe Asian Angel · 2021
The Asian Angel
★ 6.82021
MovieDrama
Aoki is a failing novelist, and Sol is a failing pop singer. Encountering each other in South Korea, speaking different languages, they and their families somehow end up in a truck heading off into the Korean countryside.
All the Things We Never SaidAll the Things We Never Said · 2020
All the Things We Never Said
★ 5.42020
MovieDramaRomance
Atsuhisa lives with wife Natsumi and daughter Suzu. He and friend Takeda study languages to become businessmen. When Natsumi reveals an affair and wants divorce, their lives change.
The Policeman's LineageThe Policeman's Lineage · 2022
The Policeman's Lineage
★ 6.62022
MovieCrime
A by-the-book police officer is assigned to secretly investigate a team leader who believes that the rules shouldn't stop an investigation. As the officer investigates further, his own attitudes begin to mirror the team leader's.
JuryJury · 2013
Jury
★ 6.32013
MovieComedy
After the film screening, five people hold a meeting. Director Jeong asserts that a film should move the heart. Actress Soo-yeon emphasizes on the message of the film, Film critic Tony just discusses about the current trend of Korean cinema. Tomiyama cannot fully express her thoughts because of the language barrier. And, the head of jury, Sung-ki can’t control the situation. Will this jury reach an agreement against all odds? A satire for those who make, watch, and criticize films is about to begin.
The Journals of MusanThe Journals of Musan · 2011
The Journals of Musan
★ 6.72011
MovieDrama
North Korean defector Seung-chul is a refugee living on the harsh edges of Seoul. Bewildered by exploitative employers and cynical urbanites, he’s no good for business. A powerful realism underscores this prize-winning feature debut about the struggle to survive in a strange new world.
Height of the WaveHeight of the Wave · 2019
Height of the Wave
★ 5.42019
MovieDramaTV Movie
Yeon-su, the police officer, is dispatched to an island and starts to witness strange situations. Yae-un, who lives in the island after she lost her parents when she was young, and the others´ behavior terrifies Yeon-su. Film director Park who constantly focused on stories related to human greed and collapse, deeply explores the guilt of human and the possibility of redemption again.

Filmography

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If You Were Me 6If You Were Me 6 · 2013
If You Were Me 6
★ 5.52013
MovieDrama
In this omnibus film series produced by the National Human Rights Commission, Park Jungbum explores relating to the handicapped, Lee Sangcheol and Shin Aga turn their camera on the elderly and Min Youngkeun looks at conscientious objection to military service. In Dear Duhan, Duhan suffers from brain lesions. His friend has always felt bad for Duhan but nonetheless steals an iPad from him one day. Director Park explores the conflict and friendship between a so-called normal and a handicapped person. In Bong-gu on Delivery Shin and Lee tell the tale of an old man who helps a child find his way home, only to be accused of kidnapping. And Min talks about a Jehovah’s Witness who has just been drafted and must say goodbye to his mother in Ice River, a melodrama about a man who chooses to go to prison for his conscientious and religious objections to bearing arms. Having divorced her husband in order not to send her son to prison, his mother cannot accept her son’s choice.

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