Hitmen, home invaders and haunted mobsters at Korean Film Festival

Koreaphiles in Manila, brace yourselves for this year's installment of the Korean Film Festival. Showing in SM Megamall from October 8-12, this year's seven offerings consist of a romantic comedy, a dramedy with ghosts, a music-themed film, an animated film, and three thrillers.

A Company Man

In this thriller, Hyeong-do (So Ji-sub) is the best employee in a seemingly run-of-the-mill firm that specializes in contract killing. When he decides to quit for the woman he loves, he finds himself being hunted down by his former officemates.



Hwayi: A Monster Boy

Hwayi (Yeo Jin-goo) is compelled to accompany the five fathers who raised him on a job, for they are also infamous criminals. One of them, Suk-tae, has Hwayi pull the trigger on a man named Lim and his wife—but not before Hwayi finds a photograph of a familiar-looking boy in the house.



Hide and Seek

Insomniac Sung-soo (Son Hyun-joo) and his family arrive at his missing brother's apartment, only to find strange symbols etched on the walls. Upon returning from the trip, strange things start happening and Sung-soo's nightmares grow progressively worse.



The King of Pigs

In this acclaimed animated film, former schoolmates businessman Kyung-min and failed writer Jong-suk reminisce about classmate Kim Chul, the only one brave enough to stand up to a bullying posse called “The Dogs.” But even as the class calls Kim Chul a hero, the two ponder on the shadowy tale of their friendship.



All About My Wife

Romantic comedy “All About My Wife” stars Lee Sun-kyun as Doo-hyun, who cannot stand his beautiful and amazing cook of a wife, Jung-in (Lim Soo-jung), because of her incessant nagging and complaining. Doo-hyun meets his womanizing neighbor Sung-gi (Ryu Seung-ryong) when his company transfers him to another province. He asks Sung-gi to seduce Jung-in; but Sung-gi has no idea what Jung-in has up her sleeve.



Man on the Edge

After getting stabbed in the hand in this dramedy, strange things begin to happen to famous mobster Kwang-ho (Park Shin-hyang). His solution? Become a shaman. Will Kwang-ho be able to balance his double life as a mobster and a shaman while fulfilling the wish of child ghost Su-min and dodging attacks from a rival gang?



My Paparotti

Sang-jin (Han Suk-kyu)'s singing dreams were dashed when he developed a tumor in the vocal chords. His remaining hope may just lie in Jang-ho (Lee Je-hoon), a teenage gangster with quite the voice who transfers to the high school where Sang-jin teaches. Just as they've formed a bond, conflict erupts between two rival gangs.

— Vida Cruz/BM, GMA News

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