"Actor: Lee Mi yeon"

• Shiri | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-5.24 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A dazzling action movie from South Korea, Shiri follows two South Korean government agents, Ryu and Lee, as they pursue a female super-assassin from North Korea. Meanwhile, an elite paramilitary squad from North Korea has stolen a shipment of CTX, an undetectable liquid explosive of enormous power, which they've planted all over the city of Seoul. As their investigations are successively foiled, Ryu and Lee begin to suspect that there is a mole within the ranks of the agency--and it may be one of them. Both hyperstylish and hyperrealistic, Shiri rips along as a smooth fusion of Hong Kong and American action movies. Ryu's troubled romance with his alcoholic fiancée adds a striking emotional counterpoint to the blazing gunfights and high-speed chases; the ending is unexpectedly moving. It's not surprising that this film beat Titanic's box-office records in Korea. --Bret Fetzer

• Brotherhood | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  One country. One family... divided by war. Seoul: 1950. Jin-seok (Won Bin) and his older brother Jin-tae (Jang Dong-kun) run through the streets of their hometown without a care in the world. They have clothes on their backs food on the table and a loving family. The brothers live with their mother their much younger siblings and Jin-tae's soon-to-be wife Young-shin (Lee Eun-joo). This tranquil existence is shattered when war breaks out. North Korea has invaded and the family is forced to abandon their home. While making the way to safer grounds soldiers arrive and take Jin-seok into custody. All men capable of carrying arms must report for duty; Jin-tae tries to free his brother but he too is captured and both siblings suddenly find themselves on an army train heading straight to the war's front line. With Southern forces failing to hold the Communist North's advance Jin-tae organises a tight-knit group of conscripts and orchestrates a daring isolated attack. Earning the respect of the men and his superiors with each increasingly suicidal mission Jin-tae is promised to be awarded the Medal Of Honour that will enable him to demand Jin-seok be sent home... Following his enormous breakout success with Shiri a film that allowed South Korean audiences to approach the subject of their northern neighbour Kang Je-gyu marshalled the biggest and most expensive project in Korean film history. By turns tragic hopfeul and yet still horrifying Brotherhood is a blistering treatment of the Korean War. Drawing comparisons to Saving Private Ryan due to its de-saturated colour palette step-printing editing during battle scenes and themes of duty-bound familial honour the film showcasing the penultimate performance of outstanding actress Lee Eun-joo who died shortly after production ended will resonate with viewers all over the world.

• No. 3 | DVD | (10/08/2009) from £7.39   |  Saving you £7.60 (50.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A parody of hardboiled gangster films the Korean action comedy No. 3 follows the hilarious misadventures of bumbling mobster Tae-Ju (Han Suk-Kyu). Starting out as a lowly henchman for the powerful Do Ka Gang Tae-Ju is promoted to Gangster No. 3 after he inadvertently saves the life of his boss during an assassination attempt. But Tae-Ju is unhappy with the third-rate position and conspires to become a crimelord himself a goal hampered by his dreamy poet girlfriend Hyun-Ji (Lee Mi-Yeon) rival gangster Ashtray (Park Sang-Myeon) determined public prosecutor Dong-pal (Choi Min-Sik) - and his own incompetence!

• 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!

• The Real Bruce Lee | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £9.98   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Real Bruce Lee was one of the first tributes to the kung fu icon to be produced after his death. It features Bruce Lee clones and also features clips of the young Lee in sequences from four films he made when he was a child star in Hong Kong.

• Typhoon - 2 Disc Special Collectors Edition | DVD | (20/08/2007) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The race is on to stop a madman from destroying the Korean peninsula with a nuclear missile.

• The Vengeance Deluxe Edition | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £79.99

  Sympathy For Mr Vengeance (2002): A deaf mute worker saves all his money for his sister who requires a kidney transplant. He has the wrong blood type to be able to donate one of his kidneys so he arranges a trade with a group of organ dealers: one of his kidneys and 10 million won in return for their finding a kidney for his sister. They renege but a legitimate kidney becomes available for transplant. Unfortunately he no longer has the 10 million won required for the hospital to perform the operation. He and his girlfriend a terrorist seeking to change how the poor are treated in Korea kidnap his former boss's daughter. But events spiral quickly out of control... Oldboy (2003): Taken without reason. Imprisoned for 15 years. Released without reason. 5 days to seek the truth... One day in 1988 ordinary white collar worker Oh Dae-soo (Choi Min-sik) is kidnapped and incarcerated in a private makeshift prison cell dressed up like a cheap hotel room. With only a TV for company Dae-soo makes numerous attempts to escape and to commit suicide but they all end up in failure. All the while Dae-soo asks himself what made a man hate him so much enough to imprison him in solitary confinement with no explanation. While suffering from his near-madness Dae-soo becomes shocked when he watches the news and hears that his beloved wife was brutally murdered. At this very moment Dae-soo swears to take revenge on the man who destroyed his happy life. 15 years on and without a word of warning Dae-soo is released. Given a new set of clothes a mobile phone and the attentions of curious sushi waitress Mido Dae-soo begins to track down his enemy only to find he may be the pawn in a much bigger game which is only just beginning. Taunting Dae-soo the culprit gives him just 5 days to catch and kill his captor or Mido will die... Based on Japanese manga of the same name by Minegishi Nobuaki and Tsuchiya Garon winner of the Jury Grand Prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and winner of 5 Grand Bell awards in Korea (including Best Film for Park Chan-wook and Best Actor for Choi Min-sik) Old Boy is a masterfully inventive revenge thriller complete with blackly comedic moments. Lady Vengeance (2005): The cinematic flair and narrative surprises that marked Park Chan-Wook's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Oldboy continue in this third and concluding part of the director's thematically-linked trilogy of revenge. Intense and inventive the film follows the progress of beautiful impassive Lee Geum-ja (Lee Young-Ae) after she's released from prison having served 13 years for the kidnap and murder of a young boy. Once on the outside she hooks up with some former cellmates a preacher who thinks she's an angel the detective who originally arrested her and the daughter she gave up for adoption gathering around her all the people needed to carry out an elaborate plan of revenge. Her target is kindergarten teacher Mr. Baek (Oldboy star Choi Min-Sik) while her weapon(s)-of-choice are unexpected and highly personal. This is striking and ghoulishly entertaining stuff a highwire act poised between horror tragedy comedy and exploitation. With the aid of Oldboy Director of Photography Jeong Joeng-Hun who employs some neat tricks and brings a vibrant beauty to the dark proceedings Park ensures there's never a dull moment.

• Addicted | DVD | (19/03/2007) from £18.98   |  Saving you £-12.99 (-216.90%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Addicted to a wish... Dae-jin (Lee Byung-heon) and his brother Ho-jin (Lee Eol) are as close as brothers can be. Hurriedly on the way to the car race in which his brother is competing Ho-jin is killed while simultaneously Dae-jin is critically injured in a track incident. After waking up from a long coma Dae-jin unerringly takes on the entire habits as well as the looks of his worshipped brother. Matters escalate after he falls into an addictive tryst with Ho-jin's wife Eun-soo (Lee Mi-yeon) that goes far beyond a brother and sister-in-law relationship... Sure-footed and yet consistently surprising the film examines the very nature of spritiual versus physical love and the lengths people will go to in order to sense completeness. Park Yeung-hoon's refreshingly intelligent edgy drama saw the re-teaming of Lee Mi-yeon and Lee Byeong-heon after 1998's 'Harmonium In My Memory'; for her achingly real performance as the brittle Eun-soo Lee Mi-yeon scooped the Best Actress prize at the 2003 Grand Bell Awards.