This morning I saw an ad at the ABS-CBN about the up-coming start of the Korean TV series, “Which Stars Are You From”. Actually, this Korean TV series is already available in DVD for only $53.99 (current as of writing this post) with English Subtitle. It’s one of the MBC TV Drama that became part [...]

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The biggest Korean film of the year comes to DVD! Released in July 2006, Bong Joon Ho’s monster film The Host ripped through the box office like a force of nature. Breaking every record on the book, The Host became the first Korean film to sell 13 million tickets, surpassing the all-time record held by [...]

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New filmmaker Hwang Byung Guk makes a memorable directorial debut with his film Wedding Campaign, a winning tale of two unmarried men looking for a little female companionship. In a desperate attempt to get married, the two bachelors sign up for a trip that takes them all the way to Uzbekistan in search of ethnic [...]

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Legendary Korean director Shin Sang Ok passed away in April 2006 at the age of 80. In recognition of the master filmmaker’s contributions to Korean film, he was posthumously awarded the Gold Crown Cultural Medal, the highest honor for an artist. In a career spanning over half a century, Shin directed over 70 films and [...]

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Although Korea was slowly coming to terms with democratization in the early 90s, Korean cinema was suffering its worst crisis to date: theater admissions were touching an all-time low, and the rapid growth of Hollywood’s influence on the market after its liberalization in 1988 led But one of the first signs of what would become [...]

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The exciting new SBS drama The Scale of Providence weaves an intriguing tale of romance, vengeance, and suspense surrounding a murder case. Song Chang Ui from Golden Bride plays Jang Joon Ha, an attorney out to prove that his brother (Oh Tae Kyung, Hwang Jin Yi) was wrongly convicted of murder. The victim was the [...]

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If your feet are cold, your heart stays warm… Rising stars Park Shin Hye and Lee Wan first appeared on the small screen together in 2003 as Choi Ji Woo and Shin Hyun Jun’s younger counterparts in Stairway to Heaven. Though they only featured for the first few episodes, the two young actors left a [...]

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SELaplana >> Movie & TV Series >> M – Title >> A follow-up to the 2003 hit comedy My Tutor Friend starring Kwon Sang Woo and Kim Ha Neul, My Tutor Friend 2 features a brand new cast with the same concept and charm. Fresh young stars Lee Cheong Ah (Ssunday Seoul) and Park Ki [...]

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“When you’re playing cards, there are no friends nor eternal enemies.” Be it poker (Hollywood) or mahjong (Hong Kong), the world of gambling always walked hand in hand with cinema, and it was only a matter of time before Korea would join the game. The blockbuster War of Flowers brings some distinctive cultural touches to [...]

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Directed by Ahn Jin Woo, Live Good, a.k.a. Mission Sex Control, takes a tongue-in-cheek look at 1970s Korea. Starring Lee Bum Soo (The City of Violence, Singles) and Kim Jung Eun (Lovers in Paris), the film centers around the Korean government’s gung ho birth control initiative and one particularly fertile village. Filled with pastoral small-town [...]

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