Archive for December, 2007

Gardens of Heaven (Haneul jeongwon 2003)

December 16, 2007

Gardens of Heaven

IMDB link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0358503/
Director: Lee Dong-Hyeon
Genre: Romance
Production: Dusondrim Pictures, Amuse Korea
Distribution: ShowBox
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Choi is emotionally scarred by the experience of losing his parents as a child. That’s why he is so surprised when he meets Kim, another orphan, and finds himself opening his heart to her. But Choi could lose Kim as easily as he falls in love with her, as she is dying from in incurable disease.

In Between Days (2006)

December 16, 2007

In Between Days

IMDb Link……: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0492463/
Official Hope Page: http://www.filmsalt.com/soandbrad/sbinbetday.htm
Genre…………: Drama
Distributor……: Kino International
Year………….: 2006
Country……….: Korea
Director………: So Yong Kim

Aimie, a newly arrived Korean immigrant teenager, has fallen in love with her best and only friend, Tran. She tries to express her feelings for him, but is scared of losing their friendship. Their misunderstood affection for each other creates a delicate relationship that is challenged by the demands of living in a new country. To spend more time with Tran, Aimie drops out of her English class, which she is failing. She fights against her mother who wants to remarry and then realizes she’s losing Tran to an Americanized Korean girl. Aimie’s world becomes more isolated, until she is forced to look inside herself for answers.

Love Now (2007)

December 15, 2007

Love Now

IMDb Link……: N/A ;http://www.asiandb.com/browse/movie_detail.pfm?code=6409
Genre…………: Drama, Romance.
Distributor……: Cinema Service (ART Service).
Year………….: 2007.
Country……….: South Korea.
Director………: Yeong Yun-Su.

From YesAsia: One couple marries out of love, then falls out of love. Another couple marries without love, then fails to find love. Enter seduction. Love Now (a.k.a. Changing Partners), directed by Jung Yoon Soo (My Girl and I), revolves around the infidelities of two married couples who inadvertently engage in couple swapping. The film features the all-star casting of Uhm Jung Hwa (Seducing Mr. Perfect), Park Yong Woo (World Of Silence), Han Chae Young (Wild Card), and Lee Dong Gun (My Boyfriend Is Type B). Yoo Na (Uhm Jung Hwa) is a sexy fashion consultant who demands perfection in her work and marriage. Her husband of three years, Min Jae (Park Yong Woo), is a sensitive hotel manager with a gentle charisma. They share a connection more as friends than as a couple. So Yeo (Han Chae Young) is a sophisticated lighting designer who feels dissatisfied with her passionless marriage to workaholic Young Joon (Lee Dong Gun). Their marriage is nothing more than a legal contract. Their relationships take an unexpected turn when Young Joon meets Yoo Na during a fashion consultation, and Min Jae and So Yeo run in to each other in Hong Kong. All four become both victims and offenders in this deceptive game of love and seduction. Will they ever find out the truth about each other?

Failan (2001)

December 15, 2007

Failan

IMDB-link……: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289181/
Genre…………: Drama / Romance
Year………….: 2001
Country……….: South Korea

After losing both her parents, Failan (Cecilia Cheung) emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency. Kang Jae (Choi Min Shik) is an old and outdated gangster who has no respect from his peers. Short on money, Kang Jae decides to take on the arranged marriage. Having nothing more than a picture of Kang Jae, Failan spends her days dreaming and wishing that Kang Jae would come to visit her. Failan often writes to Kang Jae in sorrow about how much she misses and thinks about him, but never has the nerve to give the letters to Kang Jae. Things take a turn when Kang Jae is asked by his boss to take the fall for a murder in exchange for some money. The only hope in his worthless life is the wife he never met.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

December 12, 2007

Nausicaa Valley of The Wind

IMDb Link……: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087544/
Genre…………: Animation / Drama / Sci-Fi / Fantasy
Year………….: 1984
Country……….: Japan
Director………: Hayao Miyazaki

The story is about a young princess who tries to defend her peaceful village and valley from outside forces, who wish to use it as a base for attacks against the spreading Sea of Corruption.

Sword of Alexander (Taitei no Ken 2007)

December 12, 2007

Taitei no Ken

IMDb Link……: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499261/
Genre…………: Action / Fantasy
Year………….: 2007
Country……….: Japan
Director………: Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Yorozu Genkurou, a samurai, has the sword called ‘Taitei no ken’ – it is made by orichalcum (metal used in the destroyed continent of Atlantis). Genkurou battles against ninjas, assassins and a parasitic ALIEN!

The Legend of Evil Lake (2004)

December 11, 2007

The Legend of The Evil Lake

Name: The Legend of Evil Lake
Genre: Action / Fantasy
Distributor: Cinema Service
Year: 2004
Country: Korea
Director: Kwang Hoon Lee
Cast: Jun-ho Jeong Hyo-jin Kim Hye-ri Kim

As the tribal age of darkness and incantation comes to its end, with the birth of new kingdoms, the Kingdom of Shilla led by PARK Hyokkose destroys Auta Tribe, a tribe that worships the Great Tree. The vast hole where the Great Tree once stood is filled with the blood and hatred of Auta Tribe and it turns into a dark lake. Hyokkose thrusts the Sword into the Great Tree to seal off the sorcery power of Auta Tribe. (Read more at KFCcinema) http://www.kfccinema.com/reviews/swordplay/legendevillake/legendevillake.html

Never Forever (2007)

December 3, 2007

Never Forever

Link: http://www.asiandb.com/browse/movie_detail.pfm?code=6353
Director/Write: Gina Kim
Release Date: 21 June 2007 (South Korea)
Genre: Drama

Sophie seems to have an idyllic life, she’s the perfect Caucasian housewife for Andrew, her successful Asian American husband. Their relationship is put to the test, though, when she can’t conceive a child. To save her marriage, Sophie does something desperate. She initiates a bold and clandestine venture with Jihah, an illegal immigrant from Korea.

Futurama: Bender’s Big Score (2007)

December 1, 2007

bender

Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471711/
Genre: Animation
Year: 2007
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Dwayne Carey-Hill

The Planet Express crew fights to save the world from nudist alien internet scammers, who place Bender under their control and send him back into the past to steal the world’s greatest treasures. The secret to time travel is tattooed on Fry’s buttocks, Leela finds true love, and Fry learns a terrible secret about his destiny and his buttocks.