Jang Kun-jae

Born in 1977. JANG studied cinematography at the Korean Academy of Film Arts and received an M.F.A. in Film & Image Production from Chung-Ang University. Jang’s debut feature film Eighteen(2009) won him the Dragons and Tigers Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2009 and the Nuovo Cinema Award at the Pesaro Film Festival 2010.

Works

Because I Hate Korea

Kye-na, an average woman in her late twenties, holds a steady job and a committed boyfriend, Ji-myoung. Yet instead of feeling content, she constantly faces uncertainty, confusion and anxiety. While struggling with personal relationships and life's woes, Kye-na finally embarks for New Zealand despite everyone’s dissuasion on leaving her home behind.

Release Date:2024-08-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

The Initial Memories

Actors and film students Geum-joo and Dong-geun descend on Muju, the hometown of their classmate Min-ju. Their task is to create the "first memory" of the person the play--the memory that has been kept in the character's mind for the longest time, the memory that has become the character's unconscious.

Release Date:2023-12-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Juhee from 5 to 7

Juhee, a professor of theater, is diagnosed with a possible malignant tumor at the hospital. She goes back to school and tries to settle her affairs but many people come to her lab out of the blue.

Release Date:2023-11-08

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vestige

Part I : A middle-aged woman gets off a bus at Muju Terminal. She passes through the town and walks into a forest. She starts to search for the vestiges of her life from beyond the grave. Part II : A young woman, Minjae, returns to her hometown of Muju and starts to work at the county office. Her mother is displeased that her daughter has returned to the hometown. One day, Minjae’s friend from college, Kyungyoon, who hadn’t been in touch for a while, comes to see her.

Release Date:2022-09-22

Department:Writing

Job:Writer

Vote Count:3

Monstrous

A giant Buddha statue is unearthed in a small rural town. The mayor believes that it will change the town into a major tourist attraction. However, a catastrophe starts to grow. A centuries-old curse is unleashed from the statue, and it starts to eat up people's souls and make them non-human. Jung Ki-hoon, as archaeologist tries to seek the truth behind the paranormal phenomenon.

Release Date:2022-04-29

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:6

Vote Count:36

Mom’s Song

A man travels home after receiving a call from his mother. As she copes with her past, he lends a listening ear to her woes, memories and song.

Release Date:2021-10-28

Department:Production

Job:Executive Producer

Vote Count:2

A Midsummer's Fantasia

Reality and fantasy melds as a Korean documentary film director attempts to capture life in the small town of Gojo, Japan.

Release Date:2014-09-12

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:14

Sleepless Night

Facing financial uncertainty and entering middle age, a married couple in their early thirties contemplate whether it's the right time to have their first baby.

Release Date:2012-04-29

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:9

Eighteen

Eighteen year-old Tae-hoon and Mi-jung have been going out for 100 days. During winter break they decide to take a trip to the beach to celebrate their anniversary. When they are back home after a few days, they have to confront a harsh situation – Mi-jung’s parents don’t allow them to see each other until they become college students. Tae-hoon struggles to keep their love and wanders around Mi-jung but she is eventually changed and avoids him as her parents wish. Winter turns to spring, and Tae-hoon and Mi-jung both turn nineteen.

Release Date:2009-12-25

Department:Editing

Job:Editor

Vote Count:8