"Actor: Kim Min hie"

• Whispering Corridors | DVD | (14/11/2005) from £12.97   |  Saving you £2.02 (15.57%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Ostensibly a teen fright-fest about a vengeful ghost Whispering Corridors follows in the horror tradition of using the supernatural for displaced social commentary. The film is an illustration of the growing gap in Korean society between the values of the youth and the older generations focused around the misogyny and cutthroat competition in the educational system. It became a huge hit in its native country after word got out that the ministry of education wanted to

• Momento Mori | DVD | (05/12/2005) from £5.49   |  Saving you £9.50 (63.40%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Some secrets should never be revealed... When Min-Ah discovers secret shared diary written by two students at the all-girls' school she finds it a compelling read. She becomes obsessed with the page-turning accounts of a secret romance between the two girls but when one of the students is found dead a new terror seeps through the school. Was it suicide or something more sinister? And what is the true meaning of the words written in the diary ""memento mori"" (remember the de

• The Harmonium In My Memory | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Harmonium In My Memory' (translated literally as 'Organ Of My Heart' from the original Korean) is a moving and beautiful movie about first love. The year is 1963. In the village of Sanri in Kang Won Province an area very far from Seoul newly qualified teacher Kang (Lee Byeong-heon) takes a class for the very first time. Aged 21 he approaches his job with verve and sincerity taking great care of his pupils who are children from poor families. Yoon (Jeon Do-yeon) is a 6th grader but at 17 is much older than her classmates. Her backward nature though vibrant and endearing the result of her mother being left alone to raise three children. As Kang's effervescent teaching methods inspire Yoon to learn to read she gradually falls in love with him. However sophisticated new teacher Miss Yang (Lee Mi-yeon) unwittingly steals the heart of Kang who is in turn oblivious to the attentions of his student... Winner of Best Film at the 2000 Verona Film Festival. Also a winner of three awards at the 20th Chung Ryong Film Award for Best Actress (Jeon Do-yeon) Best Supporting Actress (Lee Mi-yeon) and Best New Director (Lee Yeong-jae). Trivia tip: watch for the photograph at the end of the film!