On September 4, 1984, democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae is arrested and taken to an infamous interrogation facility in Namyeong-dong. For the next 22 days, he would be cruelly and continuously tortured in all manners by interrogators intent on forcing him to confess to communist collaboration.

Two young scientists are swept up in a government plot to suppress the truth about a biological disaster at a genetic research facility.

An aging actress is desperate to become a mother. In menopause and too controversial for legal adoption, she decides to illegally adopt from a pregnant teenager while publicly faking pregnancy. The ensuing media circus at first revitalizes her career but then threatens to grow out of control and destroy everything she cares about.

20 years after discharge from the army and now an excavator driver, a former paratrooper who had been mobilized to suppress the May 18th Democratic Uprising in Korea in 1980, happens to find a skull in the ground one day. Driving his excavator, he pays visits to his former superiors one by one and realizes they were all both assailants and victims of the times.

Four friends bound by destiny and unbeatable in the dark world. When a casino attack goes wrong as a result of betrayal, fate turns them into enemies. Now, forced to aim the gun at each other's hearts, their unavoidable battle begins.

In 1994, the oil-rich city of Karamay in Northwest China was the site of a horrible fire that killed nearly 300 schoolchildren. The students were performing for state officials and were told to stand by while the officials exited first. After the fire, the story was heavily censored in the Chinese state media. To this day, the families of Karamay have not been allowed to publicly mourn their children.

Coming Through the Rye, set in 1969, is a touching coming of age story of sensitive, 16 year old Jamie Schwartz, who is not the most popular kid at his all boys' boarding school. Disconnected from students and teachers, he believes he is destined to play Holden Caulfield, the main character of The Catcher in the Rye, and has adapted the book as a play.

The godfather of the triad Jing Hing and his senior bosses need to select a new boss to run the daily operations of the five gangs under their control. Chuck, a lifelong member of the triad, dreams of being the elected one, but his wife wants him to leave the criminal life and spend time with their child. Wulf, a former cop, also wants take over the seat. Both will try to achieve their goal by any means necessary.

Russian Federation, December 31, 1999. After President Boris Yeltsin's unexpected resignation, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin becomes acting president of the country. From that day and for a year, Vitaly Mansky's camera documented Putin's rise to power. The story of a privileged witness. The harsh explanation of the reason why politics is the art of possibility of achieving the best with the support of many, but also of giving the worst in return.

Kwon, un'insegnante di lingue, riceve una serie di lettere senza data da un ex collega giapponese, Mori, che due anni prima le aveva invano proposto di sposarlo. Mori è ora tornato a Seoul per ritrovarla, ma purtroppo Kwon è lontana da casa. Mentre attende la donna che ama, Mori le scrive appunto delle lettere in cui le racconta le esperienze surreali che gli capitano mentre è solo a Seoul. Le pagine delle sue lettere però si mischiano e Kwon leggendole ne ha un'impressione ancor più surreale, che però fa crescere in lei la voglia di riabbracciare Mori...

Once the thriving capital of Imperial China, the city of Datong now lies in near ruins. Not only is it the most polluted city in the country, it is also crippled by decrepit infrastructure and even shakier economic prospects. But Mayor Geng Tanbo plans to change all that, announcing a bold, new plan to return Datong to its former glory, the cultural haven it was some 1,600 years ago. Such declarations, however, come at a devastatingly high cost. Thousands of homes are to be bulldozed, and a half-million of its residents (30 percent of Datong’s total population) will be relocated under his watch. Whether he succeeds depends entirely on his ability to calm swarms of furious workers and an increasingly perturbed ruling elite. The Chinese Mayor captures, with remarkable access, a man and, by extension, a country leaping frantically into an increasingly unstable future.

Nel 1980, un tassista di Seoul viene ingaggiato da un giornalista straniero per condurlo nella città di Gwangju per l'intera giornata. Al loro arrivo, però, i due trovano una città sotto assedio da parte del governo militare e con i cittadini, guidati da un gruppo di studenti universitari, pronti alla rivolta in nome della libertà. Quella che è iniziata come una semplice corsa in taxi per i due diventerà presto una questione di vita o di morte.

Jae-ho, who aims to become the number one in a crime organization, gets to build up trust with Hyun-su, an ambitious newbie in the prison. While they try to take over the organization after the prison release, their ulterior motives starts to emerge.

After a prosecution lawyer is framed and convicted for murder, he tries to catch the real murderer from jail with the help of a con artist.

Mi-so, a 12 years old girl who transferred from Seoul to Jeju island, meets Ha-eun. They promise never to seperate. At the age of 18, Ha-eun's boyfriend, Jin-woo breaks two girls's friendship. Few years later, they come apart as their lives go seperate ways. Now they are 27, and they finally meet again. They've missed each other. After 15 years, will they truly understand each other?

Cina, fine anni '80. Abbandonato il villaggio natale, la famiglia e il fidanzato, Yu Hong si trasferisce a Pechino per frequentare l'università. Di colpo, la giovane si trova catapultata in un mondo completamente diverso, assaporando una libertà sessuale prima sconosciuta. È proprio con un altro studente, Zhou Wei, che Yu intraprende una burrascosa relazione, destinata a complicarsi con l'inizio delle manifestazioni studentesche sfociate nei tristemente noti eventi di piazza Tienanmen.

Il professor Brynard è così distratto da dimenticare d'andare in chiesa il giorno del proprio matrimonio. In compenso riesce a scoprire una formula chimica che attira le attenzioni dei militari.

Negli anni Settanta, la Corea è sotto il controllo assoluto del presidente Park. Amico di Park, Kim Jae-gyoo si è sempre dimostrato leale e disposto a eseguire ogni ordine del presidente, anche i più irrazionali. Tuttavia, dopo aver incontrato negli Stati Uniti l’ex capo dei servizi segreti coreani, viene a conoscenza di un altro servizio segreto i cui uomini rispondono direttamente al presidente. Sentendosi in qualche modo tradito, inizia pian piano a cambiare mentalità vedendo accrescere giorno dopo giorno il suo antagonismo…

Un ambizioso avvocato tributarista decide di rappresentare in tribunale un vecchio amico.

Inviata da Seoul a prestare servizio in un remoto villaggio costiero, una poliziotta viene coinvolta nella vita di una misteriosa adolescente che subisce abusi sia dal padre che dalla nonna.