Director: Jang Joon-hwan

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Birthday: 1970-01-18
Born in: Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea
Biography: Korean director, known for Save the Green Planet (2003), 1987 (2017), and Hwayi (2013).

Known for

1987: When the Day Comes

In 1987 Korea, under an oppressive military regime, a college student gets killed during a police interrogation involving torture. Government of officials are quick to cover up the death and order the body to be cremated. A prosecutor who is supposed to sign the cremation release, raises questions about a 21-year-old kid dying of a heart attack, and he begins looking into the case for truth. Despite a systematic attempt to silence everyone involved in the case, the truth gets out, causing an eruption of public outrage.
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1987: When the Day Comes

2017

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Hwayi: A Monster Boy

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.
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Hwayi: A Monster Boy

2013

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Save the Green Planet!

A young man believes that his country's leaders are actually toxic reptilian aliens sent down to launch a takeover of his beloved Earth. So he decides to abduct them and force the truth out on camera in his basement that doubles as a film studio and torture chamber.
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Save the Green Planet!

2003

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Phantom: The Submarine

Korea's first nuclear submarine and a crew with no record of existence embark on a do-or-die mission into the deep waters of the Pacific.
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Phantom: The Submarine

1999

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Motel Cactus

The film consists of four episodes, all of which take place in Room 407 of Motel Cactus, a love hotel in Seoul.
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Motel Cactus

1997

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Tinker Ticker

Park Jung-gu sends out homemade bombs to people he finds online who are likely to use them, yet these devices are unused. One day, Jung-gu meets Lee Hyo-min, a delinquent student at his university and sends him a package. Soon an explosion in a delivery truck hits the news. Before long, Hyo-min discovers who is sending him the packages and the two form a tenuous relationship. However, Hyo-min's unpredictable behavior becomes dangerous and Jung-gu finds himself caught in a situation that he can no longer handle.
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Tinker Ticker

2014

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Camellia

A man searching for his missing ex-girlfriend uncovers the dark secret behind an organization selling romantic virtual reality experiences. A film director looking for artistic inspiration runs into a strange woman who may or may not be a ghost. An assassin and a target for in love with each other but the assassin must complete the assignment.
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