Director: Francis Hsueh & Steven Hahn
Cast: Pia Shah, Louis Ozawa Changchien,
Rob Yang, Sean Moran

Life is unexpectedly on the upswing when Hanna, an investment banker recently laid-off during the Internet bust of 2000, falls in love with Jiwon, a brash and successful attorney. Her world begins to crumble, however, when she discovers that one of Jiwon's clients is her childhood friend, Alex, and she must choose between Jiwon and Alex, with whom she shares a deep, tragic connection

Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
San Francisco Int'l Asian AmericanFilm Festival
Chicago Asian American Showcase

UPC# 825307-922592
CAT# PH-92259 - $24.98

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Drama
NR / 2008 /105 minutes
Country: USA
Language: English

Director: Michael Kang
Cast: John Cho, Jun Sung Kim, JUn-ho Jeong, Grace Park, Jane Kim, Lanny Joon

"West 32nd" takes the cameras inside New York's gritty Korean underworld. After hustling his way onto a homicide case, an attorney finds himself thrust into a sordid world of hard realities and moral compromises after he is taken under the wing of a ruthless Korean gangster who knows no limits. This gutsy thriller stars John Cho (Star Trek).

UPC# 825307-921793
CAT# PH-92179 - $24.98

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Crime Drama
NR / 2007 / 86 minutes
Country: South Korea / USA
Language: English

Director: Chang-ho Cho
Cast: Ju-wan On, Ho-jung Kim, Ji-young Ok, Min-ji Park

Han-soo is only a high school student but he must grow up fast. A talented swimmer, he is under pressure to make the Olympic team. But that changes when his mom tries to kill herself and goes into a coma. After he fails to rob a liquor store to pay for his mother’s medical bills, he quits the swim team.

In his mother’s suicide letter, she leaves his father’s address. Han-soo doesn’t have the courage to confront the father he has never met. Instead, he develops a sexual relationship with the woman next door. She is twice his age, but she is the only source of comfort in his chaotic life.

56th Berlin International Film Festival
2006 Sundance Film Festival
Pusan International Film Festival

UPC# 825307-922394
CAT# PH-92239 - $24.98

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Drama
NR / 2005 / 109 minutes
Country: South Korea / USA
Language: Korean w/ English subtitles

Director: Chang-dong Lee
Cast: Seong-kun Mun, Hye-jin Shim, Suk-kyu Han

A soldier is discharged from the army. On the train home, he watches a woman getting hassled by two men. The soldier decides to step in and is beaten senseless. This is only the beginning of his new life.

The soldier will be beaten regularly. He will get involved with the woman, whom he will discover is the mistress of a mobster. He will be enlisted into the mobster's circle, becoming a mobster himself. At every turn, the face will face pain, turmoil and heart break.

Lee Chang-dong, one of the most unique voices in international cinema, directs a thriller unlike any you've ever seen.

Rotterdam International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival

UPC# 825307-922493
CAT# PH-92249 - $24.98

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Drama
NR / 1997 / 111 minutes
Country: South Korea / USA
Language: Korean w/ English subtitles

Director: Biray Dalkiran
Cast: Engin Altan, Fahriye Evcen

Psycho Love Story is about a schizophrenic patient. He lives in a mental hospital. But inside his mind, he lives in heaven. Where he sees his dead mother regularly. Where nothing is wrong.

Things only get more perfect when a new patient is admitted to the hospital, a beautiful, equally schizophrenic woman with a similar condition. The two live in heaven together. They even meet a doctor in heaven who has a cure for their condition. But if they are cured, they will no longer live in heaven. They will return to reality where only terror awaits them.

UPC# 825307-922097
CAT# PH-92209 - $24.98

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Drama
NR / 2008 / 92 minutes
Country: Turkey
Language: Turkish with Enlgish subtitles

Director: Ji Woo Chung
Cast: Ban-ya Choi, Yu-mi Jeong, Jeong-eun Kim, Tae-seong Lee

In-young, a thirty year-old math teacher, falls in love with one of her seventeen year-old students, Lee Suk, since, in a twist of fate, the boy resembles her first love. He even shares the same name.

Meanwhile, a cute young girl, also named In-young has a crush on a boy at her school... also named Lee Suk. When the teacher's first love reappears, the dilemma becomes even more complicated. Who is competing for the affections of whom? Who can it be said is truly in love?


UPC# 825307-922295
CAT# PH-92229 - $24.98

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Romance Drama
NR / 2005 / 115 minutes
Country: South Korea / USA
Language: Korean w/ English subtitles

Director: In Soo Kim
Cast: Hyun-Jung Kim, Dong-kun Yang, Seung-chae Lee, Jeong-jin Lee, Hyun-kyoon Lee

One summer day eight members of an internet chat club decide to go on a vacation to the beach. Soon they are stalked by a vicious killer called Sandmanzz. "Bloody Beach" is a teen slasher flick in the vein of the "Scream" trilogy and "I Know What You Did Last Summer".

UPC# 825307-922196
CAT# PH-92219 - $24.98

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Horror
NR / 2000 / 91 minutes
Country: South Korea / USA
Language: Korean w/ English subtitles

Director: Seok-hoon Lee
Cast: Soo-Jang Baek, Tae-gyu Bong, Eun-ju Choi, Sang-mi Choo, Seok-mi Ha

A geek is transferred to a new high school, where he reunites with an old friend who advises him to pick a fight on his first day so that kids will respect him. When the geek sees some bullies picking on a girl he likes, he seizes his opportunity, and picks a fight -- unfortunately with the toughest thug on campus. Afterschool, the geek and the deadly thug will throw fists, unless the geek can figure a way out of it. "See You After School" is the smash hit comedy that had South Koreans rolling in their seats.


UPC# 825307-921991
CAT# PH-92199 - $24.98

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Comedy
NR / 2006 / 103 minutes
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
with English Subtitles

Directors: Quentin Lee, Justin Lin
Cast: John Cho, Radmar Agana Jao, Jeanne Chinn, Clint Jung, Peggy Ahn, Lela Lee

Two stories involving Asian-Americans intersect in this feature from co-directors Quentin Lee and Justin Lin (Fast and Furious, Better Luck Tomorrow). In the first story, Katherine is an unhappy young wife suffering blackouts. In the second story, Phil believes that he may be a turning into a werewolf. Phil and Katherine are on a collision course with revelations about their true natures. This dark indie comedy stars John Cho (Star Trek).

“a jaunty dark comedy- fresh and engaging" -Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES

“Smart, lively- a tenderhearted social satire"
-Amy Taubin, THE VILLAGE VOICE

UPC# 825307-921694
CAT# PH-92169 - $24.98

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Comedy
NR / 1997 / 90 minutes
Country: USA
Language: English

Director: Jin Jang
Cast: Seung-won Cha, Yeong-Nam Jang, Dong-hwan Jeong, Gyu-su Jeong

A controversial thriller about a murder investigation filmed live or a reality show seeking death.

A woman is killed in a hotel room. The ensuing police investigation is conducted in front of TV cameras for the entire country to watch as it unfolds.


UPC# 825307-921199
CAT# PH-92119 - $24.98


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Thriller
NR / 2005 / 115 minutes
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
with English subtitles

Director: Dae-seung Kim
Cast: Suk-Won Chang, Seung-won Cha, Ji-na Choi, Jong-won Choi, Gyu-su Jeong

The new violent action thriller, in the tradition of “House of the Flying Daggers”.

On an isolated island, a horrific fire and a mysterious murder break the usual way of life. The victim died in the same way as the son of an executed Catholic, so the locals are scared to death that the ghost of the dead start taking its evil toll-



UPC# 825307-921090
CAT# PH-92109 - $24.98

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Thriller
NR / 2006 / 103 minutes
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
with English Subtitles

Directors: Jeong-min Kim
Cast: Young-joon Kim, Jong-hyeok Lee, Choong-seon Park, Yi-hyeon So

Four campers embark on a mountain climbing trip to a forbidden mountain where few people travel. There will be no cell phone reception, no police, just four people in this sinister forest. When one of the girls begins to have terrible visions, the other three claim she is just being paranoid... but soon, their car breaks down, some strange injuries occur, the night sets in and the group realizes these violent images may actually be real. This means, they’re in for a long night that may never end... except in death.

UPC# 825307-920598
CAT# PH-92059 - $24.98

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K-Horror
NR / 2006 / 90 minutes
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
with English Subtitles

Directors: Jong-hun Jung
Cast: Eun-jin Baek, Yoon-jeong Choi, Ho Im

Ji-yeon, a tollgate ticket girl, is frightened by a mysterious black car, which hands over a bloodstained ticket as a fee at midnight. Her fear deepens after her colleague, Jong-sook, tells her that 12 years earlier a prisoner transport vehicle caused a traffic accident wherein all the prisoners involved died - and some of the corpses disappeared. Since then, a murder has occurred near the tollgate on February 29th, every four years. Soon, odd events become increasingly frequent, usually involving a doppelganger of Ji-yeon. When Jong-sook is killed on the fateful February 29th, Ji-yeon - with the help of two detectives - starts looking into matters herself.

UPC# 825307-920697
CAT# PH-92069 - $24.98


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K-Horror
NR / 2006 / 90 minutes
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
with English Subtitles

Director: Sung Hyung Cho
Cast: Uwe Trede, Lore Trede, Klaus H. Plähn, Irma Schaack, Eva Waldow

The 2007 documentary Full Metal Village examines the lives of the residents of a small German village in the Schleswig-Holstein region, Wacken, in a series of interviews and visual tableaux as it prepares for the annual Wacken Open Air Festival. This multi-award winning film explores the relationship of the 1,800 resident townsfolk and the 70,000 heavy metal enthusiasts who appear annually.

Awards/Film Festivals:
57th Berlin International Film Festival, The 2007 Best Documentary at the Guild of German Art House Cinemas, The 2006 Best Documentary at the Hessian Film Award, The 2007 Max Ophüls Award at the Max Ophüls Festival.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
• 16 x 9 Anamorphic video
• On/Off Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Interview with director Sung-Hyung Cho
• "More with Duschband"
• Trailers
• Scene Selection


UPC# 825307-921595
CAT# PH-92159 - $24.98

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Documentary
NR / 2006 / 90 minutes
Country: Germany
Language: German with English,
French, Spanish subtitles

Director: Marcelo Santiago
Cast: Felipe Camargo, Mel Lisboa, Sérgio Marone, Ricardo Pereira

When a professor quits the University and joins the fight against oppression, a young female student accompanies him, deeply in love with
her mentor.

The young woman dreams of being part of great events in this revolution to build a new Brazil, but spends most of her time alone, confined in a hideout. The professor is rarely there, occupied with revolutionary uprisings.

One day, the professor brings a wounded militant to the hideout, whose face is covered in a hood to protect his identity. Slowly, the heated interaction between the young woman and the hooded man she is trapped with becomes intense and soon unbearable, much like the revolution itself.

“Carnal Utopia” is a beautifully captured film,
shot in some of Brazil’s most stunning locations.

Special Features:
Making of featurette, Trailer, Chapter Selection, ON/OFF English Suubtitles.

UPC# 825307-921397
CAT# PH-92139 - $24.98

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Thriller
NR / Color / 2006 / 90 minutes
Country: Brazil
Language: Portuguese
with ON/OFF English subtitles

Director: Daniel O'Connor
Cast: Chris Gibbs, Lara Kelly, Peter Mooney

The future. Kent lives a comfortable life, enjoys his boring job and has a crush on his colleague Allison. One day, a new, good looking employee is hired. He is great at his job. Everyone likes him. Even Allison finds this guy attractive. But there's one catch, he’s a robot!

With the help of his techno buddy Garth, Kent devises elaborate schemes designed to destroy this robotic nemesis. But proving he is better and more attractive than a machine isn't as easy as he had hoped.

“A tight script, smart casting and
sharp direction prevail.”
-Ken Eisner, VARIETY

“Robot Rocks!”
-NOW Magazine

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SPECIAL FEATURES:
Filmmaker commentary, Deleted scenes, Trailer.

UPC# 825307-921892
CAT# PH-92189 - $24.98

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Comedy
NR / 2006 / 82 minutes
Country: Canada
Language: English

Director: Peter Williams
Cast: Dr. Zavos

This documentary tells the story of human cloning-- in two chilling parts.

PART I - THE FIRST HUMAN CLONE
The first part looks at the controversial attempts to clone a human being. We follow the secretive efforts of a small group of doctors and scientists, led by Dr. Zavos, to develop cloning techniques in the face of ferocious opposition from many governments and most of society. For the first time, we see the formation of a ten-cell human embryo.

PART II - CLONING THE DEAD
Dr. Zavos announces that his scientific team has successfully produced an embryo from the tissue of a dead man. It isn’t long before grieving relatives from around the world put in their requests to have their dead relatives cloned.

UPC# 825307-921298
CAT# PH-92129 - $24.98

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Documentary
NR / 2007 / 98 minutes
Country: England
Language: English

Director: Dae-woo Kim
Cast: Jong-ryol Choi, Suk-kyu Han,
Min-jung Kim, Beom-su Lee

Forbidden Quest focuses on the life of “The Indecent Scholar”. Yun-Seo is a respectable writer, but desires a wider audience. When he accidentally stumbles upon the underground pornographic publishing industry, he quickly finds his opportunity; he abandons his literature to pen erotic works of his own under a secret name.

When his work is widely read, the Royal Court vows to find this pervert and punish him, and perhaps put him to death. But Yun-Seo enjoys writing about sex too much to stop. As well, the reception for his controversial work is everything he could ever dream of. But, how long can he keep writing before he is found and killed?

UPC# 825307-920994
CAT# PH-92099 - $24.98

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Erotic Drama
NR / 2004 / 142 minutes
Country: Korea
Language: Korean with English subtitles

Director: Il-soon Kwon
Cast: Seo-hyeong Kim, Yoo-jung Kim

A mother and her six year old girl move into a new building. A tenant who lives below her complains about noises coming from her apartment. Even though she lives very quietly, the complaints of noise continue.

The mother soon realizes everyone in the building acts bizarre to the point of being scary. The six year old girl soon begins acting like the other tenants. Then, mysterious deaths begin to occur in the building. The mother must solve this mystery of these deaths and strange behavior before it's too late.

UPC# 825307-920796
CAT# PH-92079 - $24.98

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K-Horror
NR / 2006 / 93 minutes
Country: Korea
Language: Korean with English subtitles

Director: Eun-kyoung Kim
Cast: Eun-Seong, Jin-young Heo,
Joo-ryeong Kim

An all girls school for troubled teens. Four roommates must get along or deal with the consequences. One girl doesn't know if she's going crazy or having visions of the school burning to the ground. Her roommates are scared of her but want to help her. When these visions get out of control, the girls no longer care about exams, discipline or detention... they're just concerned about their lives.

UPC# 825307-920895
CAT# PH-92089 - $24.98

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K-Horror
NR / 2006 / 94 minutes
Country: Korea
Language: Korean with English subtitles