Jinju's Pearl

Jinju's Pearl

2024 · 89 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

Jinju, a film director, is a week away from filming her movie. However, she feels helpless with the most important filming location, the café, suddenly under construction. Fortunately, a friend introduces her to a 50 year old traditional café called “Samgakji coffee shop” located in Kyeongnam Jinju. She likes the “Samgakji coffee shop”…but there is a twist; the place is scheduled to be demolished.

Directed by Kim Lok-kyoung

Your Rating

Where to Watch

Streaming

Rent or Buy

Cast

Make it a double feature

3h 36m together

Jinju's Pearl

The Beauty Inside

Both from Kim Lok-kyoung.

More from Kim Lok-kyoungSee all →

The Beauty Inside

The Beauty Inside · 2015

The Beauty Inside

MovieFantasyRomance

Woo-jin, a furniture designer who wakes up in a different body every day, falls for Yi-soo, a woman he meets through his work.

Hwayi: A Monster Boy

Hwayi: A Monster Boy · 2013

Hwayi: A Monster Boy

MovieActionThriller

After being kidnapped as a small child and raised by the five men who abducted him, a teenage boy is now forced to join their life in crime.

Bleak Night

Bleak Night · 2011

The suicide of a former high-school bully puts the boy's father on a quest for answers.

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.

Herb

Sang-eun is a beautiful 20-year-old girl who is mentally challenged. One day she happens to meet a boy and deludes herself to think he's a beast under the vicious spell.

Festival

Festival · 2020

MovieDramaFamily

While working at various events, an unknown MC named Kyung-man and his younger sister, Kyung-mi, are taking care of their father, who has been hospitalized for a long time. When he suddenly dies, there is no time to be sad and Kyung-man faces the tough reality of having no money for his father’s funeral. To cover the funeral expenses, Kyung-man secretly goes to the province to work at a birthday party but is gets caught up in an unexpected disturbance there.

Rosebud

Rosebud · 2019

Hyun-ah is listed on top ten of TV audition program with talented voice and attractive appearance. The reason why she is in this show is to be shown to her mom, Jang-mi, who has been separated for over 10years. Jang-mi used to be a potential singer long time ago but had to give up her dream due to her responsibility she had to take at that time. They had lived together happily even in poverty until something happened bringing their parting.

Days in a Summer

Days in a Summer · 2020

Days in a Summer

Seung-hee returns to her mother's hometown, Geoje Island, after having put an end to life in Seoul. Time had passed, grandma has become weak and feeble, uncle and his lover were trying to sell the house. Seung-hee, feeling uncomfortable, stays in the container where mom's belongings are kept.

The Happy Ending for Sera

The Happy Ending for Sera · 2025

The Happy Ending for Sera

MovieComedyRomance

Sera glances into the silhouette of 'The one who died standing on the brick wall.' Detectives are tongue-in-cheek, calling it a bizarre case, and Pil-joong, who works in the film industry together, spreads trivial rumors and adds that he doesn't know why he committed suicide unfairly. Sera asks "Would it have been less unfair if you killed at least one person?" unravels the inner side of a character full of resentment, anger, and 'han' in a black comedy way.

나의 불행에는 이유가 있다

나의 불행에는 이유가 있다 · 2010

나의 불행에는 이유가 있다

More Like This

Couldn't load this row right now.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter