The weekly 'Korean Non-blockbusters We Can't Miss' features End of Winter (2016) and A Crybaby Boxing Club (2015).
The film, End of Winter, looks into the facets of disconnected families in Korea nowadays.
Scattered family members gather together in rural Cheolwon for the father's retirement ceremony from teaching school in Cheolwon.
After an awkward family group photo, during the meals, the father announces his plans on getting a divorce.
His nagging and controlling wife feels resentment against him and tries to go back to Seoul, but with the snow pounding down and the roads back to Seoul closed, the family unavoidably spend the uncomfortable night at his apartment. The expected emotional explosion never happens, as the family is disconnected from each other. They are stuck in their dilemma of misunderstandings but try to resolve their emotional burdens during the night.
The documentary film, A Crybaby Boxing Club, features young Korean men, living in Japan, fighting, crying and comforting each other to be united.
A number of Japanese right-wing extremist groups demonstrate in front of a high school in Tokyo, which is for Korean residents in Japan, saying Leave Japan. Theres no place here for you.
However, young boys from an after school boxing club train hard as they all work towards their dreams of winning the boxing competition. The coach, Kim Sang-su also teaches them how to take the first steps into Japanese society as a Korean and survive the harsh cruelty and discrimination that wait beyond the fence of the school.
