Korean films about prostitutes

List of the best Korean films about prostitutes according to visitors: Bad Guy, The Chaser, The Isle, Failan, Escort in love, Bedevilled, Samaritan Girl, The Net, The Berlin File, Asura: The City of Madness.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:40

A criminal who runs a brothel becomes obsessed with a beautiful college student. When she rejects him he sets her up by introducing her to a loan shark and when she can't pay, she is forced into working in the brothel. But when she gets the chance to escape she realizes she cannot return to her former life.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genreaction, thriller, crime
CountrySouth Korea
Duration02:00

    Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:33

    Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love with Hyun-Shik, who is on the run from the police, and rescues him with a fish hook when he tries to commit suicide.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountrySouth Korea

    After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrecomedy
    CountryItaly
    Duration01:35

    35 year old Alice has a husband and a son. Her life seems a beautiful dream, but it soon turns out to be a nightmare. Her husband dies in a car accident and her lawyer tells her that she is on her uppers. The only way she finds to earn money in short time is to do the oldest job in history.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:54

    A woman subject to mental, physical, and sexual abuse on a remote island seeks a way out.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genredrama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:35

    Yeo-jin and Jae-yeong are two teenage girls who are trying to earn money for a trip to Europe. To reach this end, Jae-yeong is prostituting herself while Yeo-jin acts as her pimp, setting her up with the clients and staying on guard for the police. Things take a turn for the worse when Yeo-jin gets distracted from her duty and the police raid the motel where Jae-yeong is meeting with a client. To avoid getting caught, Jae-yeong jumps out of a window, fatally injuring herself.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:12

    A poor North Korean fisherman finds himself an accidental defector, and is groomed to be a spy by an ambitious South Korean military officer.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountrySouth Korea

    When an illicit arms deal goes bad, North Korean spy Pyo Jong-seong finds himself targeted not just by the South Koreans but also his own bosses.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:32

    A shady cop finds himself in over his head when he gets caught between Internal Affairs and the city’s corrupt mayor, in this scintillating crime drama from Korean maestro Kim Sung-soo (The Warrior).

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:50

    On September 4, 1984, democracy movement leader Kim Jong Tae (Park Won Sang) 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.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountrySouth Korea

    After his career takes a turn for the worse, superstar actor Kang Seo Joon is afraid he’s hit rock bottom. But after a chance meeting brings the talented chef Han Ji Woo into his life, Seo Joon is certain his luck is about to change.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea

    Soo Jin, a woman suffering from post-traumatic memory loss, returns to her daily life with her husband after an accident. But her recovery takes an unexpected turn when she starts experiencing eerie visions: One day, she sees a vision of a child living in the same building being hit by a car. Shortly after almost risking her life to save the child, she has yet another chilling vision about a girl living on the 7th floor being harassed by a man, and does what she can to help the girl. She runs into her former boss at an art school, and learns that learns that her husband may not be telling the truth about everything. Meanwhile, detective Ki-sang finds Soo Jin’s husband on the surveillance footage of a crime scene and starts to investigate him. Soo Jin’s suspicion grows as she sees a vision of her husband killing a neighbor. While searching for the truth about her husband, she stumbles upon a wedding photo of her with a strange man other than her husband…

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:01

    A comedy romance movie about the last generation of youths and their passionate romance based in Hongseong, Chungcheong Namdo in the 1980s.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genreaction, military, history
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:34

    Kingdom of Goguryeo, ancient Korea, 645. The ruthless Emperor Taizong of Tang invades the country and leads his armies towards the capital, achieving one victory after another, but on his way is the stronghold of Ansi, protected by General Yang Man-chu, who will do everything possible to stop the invasion, even if his troops are outnumbered by thousands of enemies.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrehorror, action, drama, cartoon
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:43

      Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival…

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:42

      After a traumatic event, a drug trafficker turns sides and conspires with a dangerously ambitious undercover police officer to bring down the mysterious kingpin of a major drug cartel. (Remake of the Chinese film “Drug War,” 2012.)

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:37

      Hyeong-min, a prominent police detective, and Tae-oh, a killer who has confessed to multiple murders, maintain a fierce psychological confrontation.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, comedy
      CountrySouth Korea

      Stagnant since 1903, at an elevation of 9000', a volcano erupts on the mythical and majestic Baekdu Mountain.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountrySouth Korea

      Joo Joong-won is the arrogant, greedy CEO of Kingdom, a conglomerate that includes a supermall and a hotel. "Ghost whisperer” Tae Gong-shil, is a misunderstood outcast who can't keep a boyfriend or a job since a near death experience left her seeing needy ghosts. She feels compelled to help them resolve their earthly issues so they can move on to the afterlife... and he feels compelled to think she's crazy. Soon their lives merge into a complicated web of hijinx, misunderstandings, and... yes, love.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration02:15

      An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, crime
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:12

      A young girl is raised as a killer in the Yanbian province of China. She hides her identity and travels to South Korea where she hopes to lead a quiet life but becomes involved with two mysterious men.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genreaction, crime
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:33

      In real life, Kwon Yoo is unemployed, but in the virtual game world he is the best leader. Kwon Yoo is then framed for a murder. With the help of hacker Yeo-Wool, he tries to uncover the truth behind the murder case.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genreaction, comedy
      CountrySouth Korea

      When an unknown toxic gas strikes Seoul in an unprecedented act of terror, Yong-nam has just met Eui-ju from college by chance at his mother's birthday banquet. The city falls under sudden noxious gas attack and together, they must escape the panic-stricken city.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genreaction, thriller, drama
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:11

      Amid a coup, a North Korean agent escapes south with the country's injured leader in an attempt to keep him alive and prevent a Korean war.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration00:51

      When Hye-Jung was young, her life was difficult. She was good at fighting, but also studied well. Overcoming her tough situation, she is now a doctor.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrefantasy, drama, adventure, detective
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:35

      Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days follows the journey of 3 Afterlife Guardians and Su-hong as they journey through their 49th trial in order to gain their reincarnations and how the Guardians slowly recover their forgotten memories through Household God in the living world.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountrySouth Korea

      A group of people meet for the first time in a long time and play a game that reveals each other's secrets.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountrySouth Korea

      The destinies of hard-luck lowlifes slowly converge and come crashing down: Jung-man barely gets by working at a sauna and taking care of his sick mother until he finds a bag full of cash in the locker room; Tae-young is in trouble after his girlfriend runs away with the money he borrowed from a loan shark. Soon, a dead body mysteriously turns up; Mi-ran, caught between her husband’s violence and a dead-end job as a bar hostess, she finds a young lover, Jin-tae who offers to kill her husband… And now their dog-eat-dog game starts.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryHong Kong, Japan, South Korea
      Duration01:36

      A gay couple takes a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning, but instead begins drifting even further apart.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, detective
      CountrySouth Korea

      A teenage girl who has the ability to bring death by using Hanja (Chinese characters), names, photos, and belongings; and a just social issues reporter, fighting against the massive evil hidden behind an IT conglomerate. The film for the series "The Cursed".

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genreaction
      CountrySouth Korea

      Thrown straight into a dangerous mission with none of his memories intact, a man must escape death while trying to figure out who he is, how he ended up here, and who is the mysterious voice in his ear calling him "Carter"?

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, action, drama
      CountrySouth Korea

      A former intelligence agent gets involved with the first human clone, Seo Bok, who others seek, causing trouble.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama
      CountrySouth Korea

      Whatever she does, Eunhee feels like an outsider. Then her new Chinese teacher turns out to be so utterly different from everybody else. A compassionate and meticulously told narrative of a seemingly regular summer that leaves nothing unchanged.

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      Genredrama
      CountrySouth Korea

      Seong-cheol is a high school student who grew up neglected. In order to make money in a harsh society that abandoned him, he teamed up with Gi-joon, who is two years younger than him, to use his status as a minor to make money and seek a big blow. A father who left home, a sick brother and a mother whose cares for him. Seong-cheol, who was abandoned in hellish reality, starts a desperate survival in his own way.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:12

      A son to a high-ranked official in North Korea commits a series of murders going across the countries around the world. The movie depicts the following events as South Korea, North Korea and Interpol start chasing down after him.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
      CountrySouth Korea

      The door of time opens between the swordsman who wants to seize the legendary divine sword at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty and those who chase after an alien prisoner imprisoned in a human body in 2022.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrehorror, action
      CountrySouth Korea

      As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime, detective
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration02:07

      Jong-Woo (played by Sin Ha-gyoon) is a poor, beleagured taxi driver with a bad attitude, understandable given the kind of clients he has to deal with. So when one night, a polite, well-dressed man offers an outrageous sum of money to rent the taxi for an extended period, Jong Woo doesn't ask any questions, though he does make rather cheerful and inappropriate conversation with his uninterested charge. It's difficult to blame Jong-Woo for this, given that it takes him some time to realize that he is not the protagonist of a low-brow comedy, but of an action-packed thriller.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrethriller, crime
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:41

      A young girl is kidnapped by a serial killer. The serial killer uses manholes to kidnap and kill his victims. The young girl's older sister tries to save her before it's too late.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, drama, military, history
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration02:04

      In this true story from 2002, South Korean patrol boats engaged in a deadly battle with North Korean patrol boats who crossed the maritime border known the Northern Limit Line and attacked.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
      CountrySouth Korea

      The story of Joseon's tyrant king Yeonsan who exploits the populace for his own carnal pleasures, his seemingly loyal retainer who controls him and all court dealings, and a woman who seeks vengeance.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genredrama
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:50

      In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against their employer's oppressive labor policies.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genredrama, crime, biography
      CountrySouth Korea

      Busan, South Korea, 1970s. Lee Doo-sam is a small-time smuggler. After helping a drug gang to smuggle meth, he falls into the dark crime world. Quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually takes over the drug underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during the day but an infamous drug lord during the night.

      Markimdb: 7

      A bullied teenager who is locked up at a juvenile detention center due to an unexpected accident, meets a mixed martial arts champion to break through his own limits.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
      CountrySouth Korea

      Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, sport
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:50

      A deadbeat teacher helps an angry, aimless teenager find direction in life during his final year of high school.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, fantasy, detective
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:21

      Pastor Park is head of a religious investigation center that exposes cults and cult leaders. While looking into a suspicious new religion called ‘Deer Mount,’ he slowly uncovers clues that connect this cult to a series of mysterious cases of missing teenage girls when a body is found inside a damaged tunnel beams. He begins to uncover dark secrets surrounding this cult and its enforcer Na-han.

      Markimdb: 8.5
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:07

      All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:54

      A magician meets a weird girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It's only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.




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