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Chun Jin-rung

Born December 21, 1989 · Akita, Japan (age 36)

Jinrung Chun is a film director. He is a third-generation Korean resident in Japan. He became fascinated with film after encountering Korean films in high school, and after graduating from Akita High School, he went to Korea to study Korean language and culture. While attending Seoul National University, he joined a film club and began making films seriously. He later enrolled in the Korea Nation…

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Moonlit Winter

Moonlit Winter · 2019

MovieRomanceDrama

The arrival of an intimate letter prompts a young woman to bring her mother on vacation to a small Japanese town, where someone special resides.

3mm Love

3mm Love · 2026

MovieRomanceDrama

A quiet student falls for an exchange girl, but a painful misunderstanding and her sudden departure drive him to cross the sea to find her.

Route 7

Route 7 · 2024

Young-ho, an Ethnic-Korean living in Japan, decides to close the pachinko parlor that he has operated with his mother Kyung-ja for 50 years along National Route 7 in Akita Prefecture, Japan. When he invites his mother on an overseas trip to celebrate her retirement, she expresses her desire to visit Niigata instead of going abroad.

Homecoming Love

Homecoming Love · 2020

Homecoming Love

A young Korean man who has lived in Japan for a long time returns to Korea and experiences an identity crisis. Through a series of romantic relationships, he eventually finds himself.

An Alien

An Alien · 2018

Jeong-hwa, a Korean-Chinese woman who works at a restaurant in South Korea, receives her monthly paycheck, but the envelope contains more money than usual. At first, she is happy about it, believing that her hard work is finally being recognized. But then she finds out that the envelope wasn’t meant for her.

Minwoo and Rie

Minwoo and Rie · 2022

Rie, from Japan, visits Gunsan in Korea to deliver a letter her grandfather never sent. With the help of a local young man named Minwoo, she tracks down the letter’s recipient, while at the same time learning about the role her grandfather played during the Japanese colonial occupation of Korea.

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Moonlit Winter

Moonlit Winter · 2019

MovieRomanceDrama

The arrival of an intimate letter prompts a young woman to bring her mother on vacation to a small Japanese town, where someone special resides.

Adaptation

3mm Love

3mm Love · 2026

MovieRomanceDrama

A quiet student falls for an exchange girl, but a painful misunderstanding and her sudden departure drive him to cross the sea to find her.

Director

Route 7

Route 7 · 2024

Young-ho, an Ethnic-Korean living in Japan, decides to close the pachinko parlor that he has operated with his mother Kyung-ja for 50 years along National Route 7 in Akita Prefecture, Japan. When he invites his mother on an overseas trip to celebrate her retirement, she expresses her desire to visit Niigata instead of going abroad.

Director

Homecoming Love

Homecoming Love · 2020

Homecoming Love

A young Korean man who has lived in Japan for a long time returns to Korea and experiences an identity crisis. Through a series of romantic relationships, he eventually finds himself.

Director

An Alien

An Alien · 2018

Jeong-hwa, a Korean-Chinese woman who works at a restaurant in South Korea, receives her monthly paycheck, but the envelope contains more money than usual. At first, she is happy about it, believing that her hard work is finally being recognized. But then she finds out that the envelope wasn’t meant for her.

Director

Minwoo and Rie

Minwoo and Rie · 2022

Rie, from Japan, visits Gunsan in Korea to deliver a letter her grandfather never sent. With the help of a local young man named Minwoo, she tracks down the letter’s recipient, while at the same time learning about the role her grandfather played during the Japanese colonial occupation of Korea.

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