1972, R-Point: what happened there? Find out in this chilling Korean spookfest!
Some crimes are better left unsolved... In the summer of 1999 a series of black rubbish bags filled with dismembered body parts (always with one bit missing) begin to show up around Seoul seemingly placed at random. Detective Cho is assigned to the case struggles to identify the victims until the killer starts to drop hints... Cho discovers that all the victims were once lovers of a woman by the name of Su-yeon a curator at the national museum. Cho befriends Su-yeon and
It's a long hot summer in Korea; on the outskirts of Seoul shy thirtysomething bachelor Jung-won (Han Suk-kyu) is reeling from the heatwave. Retiring to his photo studio he dutifully accedes to the requests of students who ask him to enlarge their favorite girls' pictures housewives who request him to restore their images of young age and elderly women who come to his studio alone to have photos taken for portrait. Everything changes when the unconventional twentysomething Da-rim (Shim Eun-ha) enters the studio one day. Stopping off from her traffic control duties more and more often Da-rim's consistenly surprising and endearingly awkward attempts to woo the older man cause a subtle excitement in his heart. However Jung-won bears a painful secret that as the pair grow closer will make any relationship tinged with sadness... Boasting an terrific central turn by perhaps Korea's finest actor Han Suk-kyu matched by an outstanding performance from Shim Eun-ha 'Christmas In August' is Hur Jin-ho's masterful look at a delicate relationship on borrowed time a surefooted but never schmaltzy romantic drama a beautifully evocative Korean weepie.
'Champion' tells the true story of Kim Deuk-gu a poor man from the countryside that took up boxing and became one of the world's elite fighters. In 1982 after winning fame in the ring and marrying his first love Kim travelled to Las Vegas to fight Ray ""Boom Boom"" Mancini the reigning lightweight world champion. After 14 intense rounds in which Kim refused to give in he fell into a coma from which he would never wake changing the sport of boxing forever and throwing a nation into
During the Vietnam War a South Korean army base begins receiving mysterious radio transmissions from a patrol that went missing six months earlier in 1972. A shell-shocked hard-boiled lieutenant and a ragtag military unit are sent to the desolate stretch of land known as R-Point to gather clues as to the whereabouts of the missing soldiers. What appeared to be clear search and rescue mission turns into something far more terrifying than any battle as Korean soldiers encounter forces that basic training never prepared them for. Giving a new meaning to the phrase 'the horrors of war ' R-Point exists at the goose-flesh-inducing intersection of Apocalypse Now and The Ring.
Set in the futuristic Inner City of a unified Korea circa 2020 A.D. A series of grisly murders propel an overworked police investigator and a celebrated forensics profiler into a nightmarish spiral of death and discovery which proves that sometimes things are not always as they seem. Staying one step ahead of the police a virtuoso killer - known as 'Goliath' is able to unravel a mystery which has haunted authorities for nearly 30 years. Yesterday is a science fiction thriller packed with action mystery and suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. A cinematic masterpiece from Korea which proves that the next great wave of Asian movie-making has arrived.
Kung Fu star Dragon Lee appears as 'Golden Dragon' who teams up with 'Silver Snake' to take revenge on the men responsible for his brother's murder...
A superb four disc digipack package with more than 14 hours of entertainment! The Warrior Box Set features two of Asia's most successful films - Bichunmoo and The Warrior. Together they make The Warrior Box Set a stunning mix of evocative action sweeping epic sequences and unforgettable dramatic content. Bichunmoo At the end of the Yuan Dynasty when Mongolia was ruling all of the Chinese continent the Mongolians the Hans and the Koryo (ancient Korean) migrants were going
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty when Mongolia was ruling all of the Chinese continent the Mongolians the Hans and the Koryo (ancient Korean) migrants were going through racial conflicts while experiencing the strife of local baron's rivalry. Jinha son of a Koryo migrants falls for Sullie illegitimate daughter of a Mongolian commander. After some time Jinha knows the secret of his parent's death. Sullie's father Taruga wants to kill Jinha for his Bichun Secret Arts the strongest martial secret. Nevertheless it can't stop them from heading for a hiding place to love each other. Caught by Taruga Jinha is shot by arrows and falls from a cliff. Miraculously brought back to life Jinha is reborn as Jahalang a hired assassin and is back for revenge....
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.
Blood Rain marks the second feature of South Korean director Kim Dae-seung (Bungee Jumping Of Their Own) and is a detective thriller set in 1808 during the Joseon Dynasty. Mysterious and deadly events are filling the residents of the remote island of Donghwa with a sense of foreboding. A local shaman (Choi Ji-na) collapses during an annual ritual and seems momentarily possessed by the spirit of Kang (Jeon Ho-jin) a local lord who was executed. Lee Won-kyu (Cha Seung-weon) arrives from the mainland to investigate and is immediately met with a murder case. As the body count rises Lee discovers a connection between the victims and chillingly to Kang himself.
Champion tells the true story of Kim Deuk-gu a poor man from the countryside that took up boxing and became one of the world's elite fighters. In 1982 after winning fame in the ring and marrying his first love Kim travelled to Las Vegas to fight Ray ""Boom Boom"" Mancini the reigning lightweight world champion. After 14 intense rounds in which Kim refused to give in he fell into a coma from which he would never wake changing the sport of boxing forever and throwing a nation into shock... Yu Oh-seong re-teams with director Kwak Kyeung-taek (director of Friend the biggest film in Korean history) for this tragic but ultimately uplifting tale winner of the Gold Award at the Philadelphia Film Festival of one man's struggle to overcome all the odds with the hopes of a nation riding on his narrow shoulders. Acclaimed cinematography ferocious fight choreography and dynamic heartfelt performances have established Champion as one of undisputed classics of modern World Cinema.
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.
1972, R-Point: what happened there? Find out in this chilling Korean spookfest!
Jung-Won (Park Shin-yang) an interior decorator is overcome with inexplicable anxiety as his long-overdue wedding with Hee-eun approaches. One evening Jung-Won falls asleep on the subway on his way home. He is barely able to wake up at the last station. As he comes round he sees two young girls asleep on the seat next to him. He can't wake them before he has to jump off as train leaves the station. He arrives home to find that his wife-to-be has bought them an unusual new metal dining table. The next day Jung-Won is working when he hears on the radio that two young girls were found poisoned on the subway. In the course of fitting some lights in a ceiling he is hit by falling debris and cuts his forehead. After a trip to the hospital for some stitches he goes home to find the two dead girls sat at his new dining table...
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