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- Though Muraliwala begins with young Krishna playing flute to a herd of cows, his many pranks take a back seat to questions about an older, married devotee named Radha who neglects her duties responding to Krishna. The key moment in this philosophical debate over the nature of her love for Krishna, occurs when he commands her gaze and says, "You will attain me when you know me to be Omnipresent. Unless you learn to realize me in your husband Raman, you will not attain eternal happiness." Radha's husband and mother-in-law are also involved in the discussion, though Raman finds it difficult to control his doubts and jealousy concerning Radha's love for her playful tormentor. This classic tale resolves when Radha sees Raman and Krishna as one, and Raman receives Krishna's divine nature. Krishna goes to Kaliya's palace in the poisoned lake and conquers the serpent-king, to return on Kaliya's hood playing his flute again. Kaliya appears in both his forms, and Krishna is portrayed holding the four sacraments with his four arms. Raman lies down in submission before Krishna, and all is as it should be. Unlike other films based on the Bhagavata Purana, this film about Krishna's childhood comes from the Gita Govinda and Vaishnavite traditions, where the character Radha is important to the narrative.
- Rabmadár ('Prisoner Number Seven') is a young lady who was set up to help her lover steal, but she got nabbed and jailed. Her only wish is to see her sweetheart again, and she finally persuades the prison doctor to let her out for the evening. When she finds her beau, we discover he's a Lothario who's preparing to rob a hotel safe and disappear with his new lover. This collision of worlds results in a fatal accident. (The only surviving print is incomplete.)
- Madhurika comes back to Diamond Town, after studying in Bombay, svelte and fit in Western clothes. Her arrival comes just as the villain Kedarnath, has brutally seized power while the Prince is away. He was charged with weeding out local corruption but has become the Thugee boss instead. Unbeknownst to Kedarnath, he has a secret enemy named Diler, from a local band of dacoits, who survived Kedarnath burning his family home and gave an oath to avenge his father. Diler and Madhurika join ranks to deliver the town from evil, as she campaigns for women's literacy and independence.
- Anup writes for a newspaper, and his sister is invited to a girl's birthday party by her rich friend Gopa. After she leaves the party, accused of being a thief, Gopa comes to the house to apologize and meets Anup. He refuses her personal apology, saying it's a societal problem. Anup's boss sends him to a rich official's office who needs a speech written. This man is Rajendra, brother of Gopa and husband of the birthday girl. The speech Anup writes goes well, so Rajendra steals Anup's manuscript for a novel and publishes it under his own name. Rajendra is praised for his insight into the issue of poverty, but the workers at his company go on strike. Anup and Rajendra's sister Gopa, support the striking workers, but his paid goons squelch the strike. Disillusioned by the hypocrisy, Gopa leaves her comfortable wealth behind to be with Anup.
- Anup writes for a newspaper, and his sister is invited to a girl's birthday party by her rich friend Gopa. After she leaves the party, accused of being a thief, Gopa comes to the house to apologize and meets Anup. He refuses her personal apology, saying it's a societal problem. Anup's boss sends him to a rich official's office who needs a speech written. This man is Rajendra, brother of Gopa and husband of the birthday girl. The speech Anup writes goes well, so Rajendra steals Anup's manuscript for a novel and publishes it under his own name. Rajendra is praised for his insight into the issue of poverty, but the workers at his company go on strike. Anup and Rajendra's sister Gopa, support the striking workers, but his paid goons squelch the strike. Disillusioned by the hypocrisy, Gopa leaves her comfortable wealth behind to be with Anup.
- Jung-ae volunteers at a juvenile prison when she graduates from college; but the violent boys threaten her safety. Her boyfriend visits and begs Jung-ae to quit. She considers but feels compelled to continue; until the day when an escapee puts her methods at risk. Will she get to the escaped boy in time? Will his negative attitude convince her to quit, or will she affect him positively? And will there ever be happiness at the prison?
- Poverty stricken Myeong-ho and first son of a trading company CEO, Bu-nam, attend the same university. A doctor recommends Bu-nam, who's ill from overeating, switch lifestyle with Myeong-ho for two weeks, who has malnutrition. They both fall for the other's younger sister and are married in a joint ceremony.
- Cécile Decugis was invited in 1956 by René Vautier to work on his film Anneaux d'or, in the newly independent Tunisia. The film was not released for several years, in which time Cécile made and released The Refugees; a document of conditions in Tunisia during the war of independence. The Refugees shows the living conditions of Algerian refugees after the Morice line was built along the Algerian-Tunisian border. Its main focus is on women and children struggling to survive without resources. The film was released and shown in sympathetic Sweden, but in 1958, Decugis was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for renting her apartment to someone involved with the FLN. In 2007 Cécile found the soundless negative of The Refugees, and decided to remake the film. Recording new narration, she re-evaluated the 50 year old images. Re-titled La Distribution de Pain, the film was released in 2011 and screened at "The Algerian War, Images and Representations" festival at the Forum des Images in Paris (2012).
- Hye-ok and doctor Jeong, are happily married, but she worries that they are childless. While the doctor is away on business, a boy shows up saying he's her husbands son from a one night affair during the war. He's been raised in secret, but now that she's on her death bed he has no choice but to meet his father. Hye-ok feels betrayed and tries to send him to an orphanage, but he refuses. While he lives with her, Hye-ok begins to feel for him, and he for her. Upon her husbands return Hye-ok is set to leave, and Jeong begs for forgiveness. Meanwhile the boy waits for his real mother by the train tracks and nearly falls to his death by a train. She is killed saving him. Will the boy reunite with his step mother and finally know his father?
- A Chinese singer falls in love with a Korean composer who is visiting Hong Kong. Her mother wants to know the name of the man she's fallen for, but when she finds out he's Korean her parents forbid their love; so the girl runs away. In trying to track down her daughter , the mother visits a friend working at the Korean Embassy. It is here that her long hidden secret, that she herself had married a Korean man and had two children with, is revealed. The mother had returned to Hong Kong with her daughter, and then lost contact with her husband and son. The father of the girl has known is not her birth father, and these two lovers might be brother and sister. The mother finds the daughter and explains her concerns. Will they find the husband and son left behind? Will the composer turn out to be her brother or will she be able to get married?
- French filmmaker Jean Renoir talks with Jacques Rivette about cinema, art, sound, technology, realism, technique, writing, acting, and painting.
- Kwon can't have children with his wife, so he has then with a concubine. Kwon's wife harasses this woman and the children until they leave. Many years later, the children are grown and successful, but Kwon's wife is penniless. Will the concubine or her children have pity on the broken woman?
- In the last twenty years of Joseon Dynasty, the son of a butcher stands up to the tyranny of aristocrats. He builds a peaceful village for the displaced and leads a gang who get rid of corrupt officials by robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. He is dedicated to helping people out of misery and teaching the rich and corrupt some lessons.
- In a hospital waiting room, a group of men arrive and meet one another. Choe, is the upbeat fellow who always thinks of the nation and its people. Cheon was wounded in the war and has fallen into despair. Then there's the dentist, run ragged by his hectic life. They commiserate over each man's lot in life and exchange stories about their love affairs.
- In the midst of the Korean War, lovers are separated. She gives birth and suffers the hardships of being a single mother, but keeps the hope that they will meet again. Will she ever see the one she misses so much? Will they be in good health, or will fate continue to smother their love?
- An anthology of three horror stories. In one a ghost who's separated from her husband, prays 100 days in the hope that she'll be able to lead him to the other side. In another, a ghost is jealous and gets revenge for her husband loving a barmaid. And finally, a ghost puts a chaste woman to a test of willpower over her temptations.
- Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band perform their version of "Monster Mash".
- Old man Victor, is a bore of a grocer who always tells sailing tales of the seven seas. None believes him, but his nephew wins a model boat building contest and gets to make the model into an actual boat. This is where Uncle Victor comes in, as a supervisor for the construction, and when the funds for the boat fall through, he even chips in to finish the build. Having been constructed in the backyard, however, makes it tough to get to the Seine River. The whole family has to chip in as one thing after another goes awry. What will become of the troublesome boat, and will Victor ever return to the grocery?
- Jane follows her diplomat father around the world while finishing high school. At her father's request she settles in Korea to attend college and learn about her native land. She meets Yu-Hun, a simple guy unsullied by any foreign nonsense. She falls for his earnest philosophy and charm. With all the friction between worldly knowledge and the simple life, will their love ever be fruitful?
- Anthology film portraying the stories from the collection Sleepless Nights by Ali Douagi.
- After succeeding the throne, King Kim Han-Jik entrusts his children to his faithful servant Lee Kang-Hak. Suddenly he commits suicide and the newly appointed Lord of the town has evil plans for Kim's daughter, Suk-Young. But he's in more danger of being killed by her and Kang-Hak saves the Lord by killing her and all Kim's children. Then Kang-Hak himself becomes Lord of the town. Suk-Young's ghost begins torture Kang-Hak and villagers die every day until he is the only one left. When Kang-Hak is next to be killed, King Kim's ghost takes on the other ghosts. Kang-Hak awakens and erects tombstones to console all the ghosts.
- Lieutenant Jang has plans for the weekend with his girl, but masses fighter planes from North Korea suddenly fill the skies of Seoul. It's June 25, 1950; the start of the Korean War. Despite the South's defense, the North Korean army bests them with high tech weaponry. We go from the invasion, all the way through the brutal battles to reclaim territory. The tragedy of war all told through personal experience.
- Ku-Chil is down and out, having spent the night in a police cell. Upon being released, he encounters a policeman's daughter, Seon-Hee. One the way out, he declares he'll marry her and leaves to find a job. Ku-Chil gains the confidence of Mr. Seok, who hires him as a security guard. His bravado also attracts the attention from Mr. Seok's daughter, but Ku-Chil can't be swayed from his intentions to wed Seon-Hee, and proposes. Her father, Officer Ha disapproves. Will he recognize their love and permit their marriage? Will Mr. Seok's daughter ruin everything?
- In the year 1999, totalitarianism prevails with the U.S.S.R. and U.S.A. colluding to govern the world by strict rules. Chaos erupts on the surface but state employees live safely underground. A radical and his son, visit his brother John's family in the bunkers and the discourse grows hot.
- An Englishman, bearing up to marriage and life with a stiff upper lip, suddenly remembers his promise to 3 shipmates. The day of their vow to meet 25 years later is almost here, and then the Irishman, Welshman and Scotsman will drink again.
- Akhtar, a professional hitman, is hired to murder Prabhi by Seth. Using his charm to get near her, he soon finds he's fallen in love. Unable to kill her, he pays a woodcutter the rupee he was paid to do the deed. The film ends with Prabhi being chased by the axe-wielding woodcutter - not showing how the situation resolves.
- Hun meets Seon-A at his wife's funeral. She is a leukemia patient hoping to get in touch with her feelings about death. They end up at the same destination, where someone has followed them looking for evidence of Hun's wife's murder. Hun finds out the man thinks Seon-A is his lover. The two make a suicide pact but budding romance between them keeps it from happening. When Seon-A meets the man shadowing them, she wonders if Hun isn't using her. Did Hun's wife have a secret lover? Was Hun's wife killed? Is Seon-A being used?
- A couple who work together live in secrecy that they are planning to marry. Pak is more of a traditionalist and so Lee wanders the streets in frustration, until she looses everything. On the day scheduled for the wedding they take the train to Pak's hometown. Will her experiences on the street keep Lee in line, or will she shun a future with such a dull husband?
- A war breaks out and all the men in a village are taken away to fight. Gyu-bok has run from the battle, ending up at the village where Jum-rye helps him to hide. Romance develops between them and a rumor spreads of a man in the village. Sa-wol follows Jum-rye and threatens to expose Gyu-bok unless she can sleep with him. Will Gyu-bok agree to her conditions or surrender? And what will come of the forest fire started to oust the guerrilla fighters?
- At an abandoned village near the Demilitarized Zone, people from the North sneak in to farm the land. Yungu's son and grandson, would rather sell the land than farm it. He scolds them for not having his attachment to the family plot. A soldier meets Yungu and tells the story of a battle where the guerrillas fought desperately. Yungu is reminded of his other son who died in the war and becomes grief stricken. He thinks there's a grave for his son in this mountain valley. He gets permission and goes looking for the grave in the demilitarized zone. He finds a jade ring near the wooden marker and tells his sons this is their dead brother's grave.
- Several teenage boys at a roller rink try to work up the nerve to ask out a couple of girls. Meanwhile, some other boys deliver a stolen car to a garage and return to the rink, whisking the girls away to a Disco. Dejected that the girls went for more mature prospects with a car; the three boys get a taxi driver to buy them some liquor, then plot to steal a car. Drinking and cruising the main street in the hot car, the boys stop off at a pizza parlor and pick up a girl whose reluctant friend warns her not to join them. The boy who's driving decides they should try to find the Disco that the other kids went to, and they meet up with the girls and the older car thieves at a stoplight. A drag race ensues to the McDonald's that ends up in a horrifying accident. This after school special dramatizes teenage pride, alcohol and cars.
- Truck driver Mansu drives dreams of owning an orchard where he can live in peace with his mom. He is in love with Inok yet kills her ex-boyfriend by accident in a fight. Bumgu makes it look like a murder and gives him an alibi. Mansu wants to refuse but goes along for the sake of his mom and brother. The Police are informed of drug dealing and search through cars and Mansu is arrested. Will Detective Jung find more evidence? Will Mansu defend himself? Or will the guilt over the death land him in prison?
- Roiling clouds of smoke consume the screen, the billowing white changing to heavy black. A single stream of water struggles to battle smoking ruins. The small lone engine's crew sits dumping what they can, and the scene continues barely checked from any angle. A final three man hose team face down a thundering blaze threatening to overtake the shelter they defend.
- A family, ideologically divided but living under the same roof, experience the Korean War as tragedies shake their daily existence.
- College girl Jang-mi, has trouble coping after her break up with with Kyu-sik. She suffers from the relationship with her emotionally distant father and falls for a mid-aged man she encounters on a train. This she abandons because he's married, and wanders aimlessly into being a prostitute. Kyu-sik's harsh judgment when he finds out, leads to her overdose on sleeping pills. This results in her stay in a mental hospital where she may fall in love again. But can her dreams of married bliss happen, considering her past?
- Mary Michon studied the routine of 6th grade from the back of classrooms for months, to see how children treat one another and think of adults. She visited urban and rural schools; met with parents and teachers. Michon used all her observations to create the fictional Timotheusschool, a primary school set somewhere in the Netherlands. Everything in the series is based on real events. Several of the 23 children who played the students were discovered during her research. Rehearsals were held every Saturday for a year, and filming was done during school holidays. Some topics like emancipation and the debate over sex education are typical of the early 80s, but friendship, divorced parents, or the Cito test - are timeless. Mylou Frencken (who played Marja), Barbara Pouwels (who played Ellen) and others from the show became professional actors. Sports presenter Jan Joost van Gangelen, was the toddler who played Jannie's younger brother.
- A group of children are so impatient to be grown up, that they decide to discover if a folk tale that drinking from the end of a rainbows fountain, will really turn them into adults. To do this, they steal a boat and set out for rainbows end. Things don't go to plan, when they are pulled off course to an uninhabited island, while their parents rush around searching for them. As luck would have it, they're rescued by fishermen and returned home; now understanding the adult world and appreciating childhood a little more.
- The body of Min Yo-sup is found in a church. Hwang the evangelist gives detective Nam Kyoung-ho a clue. In a note, Yo-sup named Jo Dong-pal as her stalker. The detective discovers from Dong-pal's father and a prostitute, that he had been seeking traditional gods and denying Christ. Did Yo-sup turning to Christ get her killed? Will the detective deliver justice to Dong-pal or will he turn out to be a coward?
- Gikogilar's attack on the city is caused by a depressed student. Yamoto tries to cheer the boy, to no avail. Yamoto is trapped but the monster's winds blew him away to become Ultraman. Battle ensues and Ultraman's Saxium Beam wins.
- Figures and their shadows play sidewalk games. Far-off figures gather on rooftop under the slow crawl of a clouded sky. Skywriters stitch the ether and skyscrapers sprout from their silhouettes. Architecture frames a drifting airship, then finds a bustling Sunday crowd. Festivities regale the throng along the harbor, before sleeping strangers rest in abandonment. A figure slogs, in makeshift trappings, through flooded streets - another fjords the quagmire searching for outlets to plunge. Radiant patterns of fluid flower and flow to the withdrawing drain, as the smothering thunderheads skulk away.
- A frank coming-of-age story, in which young Yoichi falls for Gloria at the local strip joint. Yoichi's innocent nature has him attending her shows every day, filling his mind with her beauty. The standard bittersweet disappointments of the coming-of-age story are offset by irreverent moments of levity; a quirk of director Yoshimitsu Morita's which he became known for.
- Aema whose husband, Hyun-wu is in prison for involuntary homicide is a frustrated woman. She's pained by his extramarital affairs, but still visits him every week; refusing to divorce him. She meets art student, Kim Dong-yub, and feels a connection between them. Later she encounters Kim Mun-ho, an old boyfriend who lives in the same apartment complex. They have a torrid affair, but she dislikes his sexual perversions. She goes to Dong-yub and their affair is a soul connection. He promises to take her to France. On the day of their departure, her husband receives a special pardon. Will shebe able to break her marital ties?
- In Japan, a group of classmates skip school and end up making their way down to the seaside resort. A day at the beach is always more fun than school, but when they run into three young women who are also on the make, their adventure really begins.
- A misunderstanding between some orphans and a noble family leads to tragic consequences when some local gangsters get involved.
- This is an odd love story of a girl named Mayumi and her male friend Mai, who decide to open up a barber shop and beauty parlor, where they serve their customers in the nude. The charming novelty sets them up to make a killing in the process.
- Du-jin the sailor meets Eun-ju, the fish market girl who sells more than fish, at a bar. She escapes from Heuksan Island when he stows her away. The two get married on the ship and find marital bliss. But Madam Maigori has sent word so when they dock in Mokpo, Eun-ju is caught and sent to another island. She's shifted from one island to the next until settling on Younpyung Island. While her husband searches for her the island is overrun by boats, and there's more sailors than women. Eun-ju has to fill in and finds Eun-ju when she's sent to service a room. Ashamed, she runs off, and Du-jin follows. Will Du-jin be able to pay off hers debts? Will their marriage be broken apart?
- A martial artist with a tragic past seeks revenge on those who wronged him, but in doing so creates even more suffering.
- Though smart, a down and out man sees himself as a failure in life. He steals some money and takes off to Seoul with a friend, whose half-brother pursues them. They find a new friend along the way but the vagabond's friend runs away before they reach Seoul. The other two feel betrayed and they're all miserable in their lives. The new friend they picked up along the way figures out how to reunite them. They work hard to create a new life, and plant flowers and grass around the city. Will they commit more crimes? Will they run away again?
- After their divorce, Emma is unable to get over Hyun Woo, and turns down Jae-ha's marriage proposal. She meets Sanghyun on a boat, where he collects butterflies on an island. She also finds her ex-husband, who wants to get back together, but he lives with Elica so she turns him down. Emma recklessly rides a horse across the fields to dispel her loneliness. She encounters Sanghyun again, who comforts her, but she turns down Sanghyun proposal. Emma reaches the conclusion that marriage and love are two different things, and decides to be independent.
- A poor family live in a rough area due to the Dad's work related accident, but Mom is always smiling. One day, the Son collapses from a heart problem. While trying to raise money for the surgery, the Mom overdoes; so Dad works from his wheelchair until he collapses. The Sister quits school to work as a maid, and writes a story that wins a magazine contest. News of their tragedy goes nationwide and donations pour in. The live broadcast of the award ceremony happens as word of the boy's surgery success spreads through the neighborhood.