Grain in Ear
망종
Production Year: 2005
Director: Jang Ryul

Actors: Ryoo Yeon-Hee, Kim Bak, Joo Kwang-Hyeon, Wang Dong-Hui
Length: 110 min

Synopsis:
Things were just starting to go right for Cui Shunji, a Korean-Chinese woman with a young son to support. A good-hearted cop arranged a license for her previously illegal kimchi cart, and she met a man to help carry her burden. But, as good fortune turns to bad, this socially conscious melodrama darkens. Beaten down, Shunji contemplates an extreme, pitiless act of revenge.

Director’s Filmography:
Tang Poetry (2004, Director)

Awards:
New Currents Prize-Pusan International Film Festival (2005)
Grand Prize- Barcelona Asian Film Festival (2006)
Grand Prize- Tours Asia Film Festival, France (2006)
ACID Prize (Prix des Critiques) Cannes International Film Festival (2005)
Grand Prize of New Cinema- Pesaro International Film Festival, Italy (2005)
Grand Prize- Bejour International Film Festival (2006)
Grand Prize- Novo Film Festival, Belgium (2006)
Young Critics Awards- Black Movie Festival in Switzerland (2006) 
Competitive nomination-Thessalonica Film Festival (2005)
Official Selection-Vancouver Film Festival (2005)
Official Selection-Chicago Film Festival (2005)
Official Selection-Rotterdam Film Festival (2006)
Official Selection-Argentina Mar Del Plata Film Festival (2006)