Noriko Goes to Seoul

Noriko Goes to Seoul

2011 · 90 min · ★ 3.5 · Music, Drama

Mori Noriko is a Japanese housewife with a taciturn husband, Hiroshi, and a teenage daughter, Miyuki, neither of whom can understand her interest in the Hallyu star Kim Hyun Jae. When Noriko receives the news one day that she has lung cancer, she decides to gather her courage to travel to Seoul and see Hyun Jae, who's judging a music audition. There, she meets Kim Min Ha, a young man who continually fails auditions despite his talent and passion for music. The two develop a friendship, with Noriko helping Min Ha overcome obstacles to achieve his dream.

Directed by Lee Gyo-wook · Written by Ahn Joo-Young

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

3h 43m together

Noriko Goes to Seoul

Parasite

A close match in mood and era.

More Like This

The Woman Who Ran

The Woman Who Ran · 2020

The Woman Who Ran

While her husband is on a business trip, Gamhee meets three of her friends. She visits the first two at their homes, and the third she encounters by chance at a theater. While they make friendly conversation, as always, several currents flow independently above and below the surface of the sea.

Seoul Searching

Seoul Searching · 2015

Seoul Searching

MovieDramaComedy

In the 1980s a group of foreign-born Korean teenagers who meet at a Seoul summer camp to learn what it means to be Korean. The three boys, from the U.S., Mexico, and Germany, then meet three girls who rock their world.

Past Lives

Past Lives · 2023

MovieDramaRomance

After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

King and the Clown

King and the Clown · 2005

King and the Clown

MovieDramaHistory

Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are given a chance to save their lives if they can make the king laugh.

Burning

Burning · 2018

MovieMysteryDrama

Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.

Secret Reunion

Secret Reunion · 2010

MovieThrillerAction

Two spies share a secret bond, despite their loyalties. A North Korean assassin is sent to Seoul to kill a dissident, but instead he teams up with a South Korean agent in search for revenge.

Once Upon a Time in High School

Once Upon a Time in High School · 2004

Once Upon a Time in High School

MovieRomanceDrama

A model student transfers to the notorious Jungmoon High School known for its severe corporal punishment by teachers and power struggles between school gangs.

The Yellow Sea

The Yellow Sea · 2010

MovieDramaThriller

A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.

Microhabitat

Microhabitat · 2018

MovieDramaRomance

Miso lives from day to day by housekeeping. Cigarettes and whiskey are the two things that get her through the day. As cigarette prices and rent start to rise, Miso decides to give up her house for cigarettes and whiskey, leading her to couch surf with old friends while reconsidering her place in life.

Parasite

Parasite · 2019

MovieComedyThriller

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

Barking Dogs Never Bite

Barking Dogs Never Bite · 2000

Barking Dogs Never Bite

MovieComedyCrime

An idle part-time college lecturer is annoyed by the yapping sound of a nearby dog. He decides to take drastic action.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter