Seen in Jeonju

New DVD Releases: Feb. 13-19

13th February 2011

We seem to be making up for the last two weeks where no new DVDs were released. This coming week will see 8 new DVDs– two dramas and six movies. The dramas are listed at the end of this post.

man from nowhere dvd

THE MAN FROM NOWHERE–  d. Lee Jeong-beom, starring Won Bin, Kim Se-ron  Number of discs: 2/ Subtitles: English, Korean/ Rating: ages 18+/ Format: 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen/ Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1/ Running Time: 119 min./ Special Features: Two commentary tracks on disc 1, disc two extras include The Making, Filming of Scenes (golf course, nightclub bathroom, etc), stunts, music video, trailers/ Recommended Price: 27,500 KRW/ Available: Feb. 17

rolling home

ROLLING HOME ON A BULL (pictured above left)– d. Im Soon-rye, starring Kong Hyo-jin, Kim Yeong-pil. Director Im has become one of my favorite filmmakers and I have been looking forward to seeing this movie which did not get much play in theaters. Number of discs: 1/ Subtitles: English, Korean/ Rating: ages 15+/ Format: 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1/ Running Time: 111 min./ Recommended Price: 22,000 KRW/ Available: Feb. 16

GRAND PRIX (pictured above right)– d. Yang Yoon-ho, starring Kim Tae-hee,Yang Dong-geun. Number of discs: 1/ Subtitles: English, Korean/ Format: 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen/ Audio: Dolby Digital: 5.1/ Extras: Making, OST, Poster photo shoot, trailers/ Running Time: 109 min./ Recommended Price: 22,000 KRW/ Available: Feb. 16

cyrano

CYRANO AGENCY (pictured above left)– d. Kim Hyeon-seok, starring Uhm Tae-yeong, Lee Min-jeong  Number of discs: 1/ Subtitles: English, Korean/ Rating: ages 12+/ Format: 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen/ Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1/ Running Time: 121 min./ Recommended Price: 22,000 KRW/ Available: Feb. 18

TRY TO REMEMBER (pictured above right)– d. Im Jin-pyeong, starring Park Jae-jeong, Yoon So-yi (First screening was at the Pucheon Internation Fantastic Film Festival prior to its general theater release last November)  Number of discs: 1/ Subtitles: English, Korean/ Rating: ages 12+/ Format: 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen/ Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1/ Running Time: 100 min./ Recommended Price: 25,300 KRW/ Available: Feb. 18

secret romanceSecret Romance (pictured right)– d. Kwon Chil-in, starring Jeong Chan, Kim Hong-soo, Han Soo-yeon, Choo Ja-hyeon  Number of discs: 1/ Subtitles: English, Korean/ Rating: ages 18+/ Format: 4:3 letterbox/ Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1/ Running Time: 114 min. / Recommended Price: 22,000 KRW/ Available: Feb. 16

daemang

DAEMANG (pictured above left)– An excellent SBS-TV drama that managed to hold my attention throughout its entire run. I liked the story and most of the characters (aside from the fact it featured the worst child actor I have ever seen–the kid doesn’t blink and is very creepy)  Starring Jang Hyeok, Jo Han-seong, Son Ye-jin and Lee Yo-won.  Number of discs: 9/ Subtitles: English/ Rating: ages 15+/Format: 4:3 letterbox/ Audio: Dolby Digitial 2.0/ Region Codes: 1,3,4,5/ Recommended Price: 110,000 KRW/ Available: Feb. 14

YEOKJEONUI YEOWANG Vol. 1 (pictured above right) – I can’t find an English title for this–’Yeokjeon’ usually refers to coming from behind to win, ‘Yeowang’ means ‘queen’–Anyway, this MBC drama just finished a few months ago. It starred Kim Nam-joo (who also co-directed with Jeong Dae-yoon), Jeong Joon-ho and Park Shi-hoo.  Number of discs: 6/ Subtitles: NO SUBTITLES/ Rating: ages 15+/ Format: 4:3 letterbox/ Audio: Dolby Digital: 2.0/ Region Code: 3/ Special Features: Extra episode (50 min.), NG’s (30 min.)/ Recommended Price: 77,000 KRW/ Available: Feb. 18

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