IVL April 27 Shaw Brothers Releases
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| Friday, 4/21/2006 |
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IVL April 27 Shaw Brothers Releases
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Criminals 2, The - Homicides (1976) Director: Kuei Chih-hung, Hua Shan Cast: Han Kuo-tsai, Mi Lan, Lin Wei-tu Genre: Thriller Synopsis Hong Kong's stressful and cramped living conditions often give rise to a formula for murder. The Criminals 2 - Homicides presents four of the more sensational criminal cases in Hong Kong history: a mute boy driven to murder by constant harassment; a furious mamasan who hunts down a couple who cheated her; an informer whose greed leads him to ruin; and a landmark case of the murder of a 17-year-old girl whose body is stuffed inside a television cardboard box.
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Criminals 3, The - Arson (1977) Director: Kuei Chih-hung Cast: Yu Yung, Ling Yun, Wang Chung, Ku Kuan-chung Genre: Thriller Synopsis In an era not known for its realism, there was a handful of exciting action films firmly rooted in the reality of Hong Kong in the 1970s and bucking the kung-fu and comedy crazes sweeping the movie industry. The ensuing manhunt is one of the most exciting to ever appear on the Hong Kong screen, and named by critics as a highpoint in the career of director Kuei Chih-hung.
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The Criminals 4 - Assault (1977) Director: Kuei Chih-hung, Sun Chung Cast: Pan Ping-chang, Frankie Wei, Liu Hui-ling, Ai Fei Genre: Thriller Synopsis After The Criminals, The Criminals 2 - Homicides, The Criminals 3 - Arson, now comes Assault, the fourth in a series of hugely successful true crime anthology films. Exploitation expert Kuei Chih-hung (Spirit Of The Raped) helms Maniac, about a serial abductor/rapist/killer. Masterful martial arts movie maker Sun Chung (The Avenging Eagle) directs Queen Of Temple Street, the effecting story of an ethereal beauty sold into slavery by her gambling-obsessed, drug-addicted husband. True crime aficionados from around the world have praised this beautifully-made installment, which expertly combines the potent with the poetic.
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Criminals 5, The - The Teenager's Nightmare (1977) Director: Kuei Chih-hung Cast: Ku Kuan-chung, Wang Chung, Lily Li, Chiang Ko-ai Genre: Thriller Synopsis Joined by Mou Tun-fei, director Kuei Chih-hung takes his fascination of some of Hong Kong's most spectacular crimes in the fifth instalment of The Criminals. In Part 5's The Teenager's Nightmare, police have their hands full with a slippery rapist preying on helpless teenaged girls living in a resettlement area. Police are forced to use a decoy to ambush the rapist. In Gun, three teenagers' lives change forever when they find a package containing a gun, hand grenades and ammunition.
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IVL April 13 Shaw Brothers Releases
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Mercenaries From Hong Kong (1982) Director: Wong Jing Cast: Ti Lung, Wang Yu, Chen Hui-min, Yu An-an Genre: Action Synopsis This was renowned filmmaker Wong Jing's very first modern day adventure drama. In addition to writing and directing, he sent majestic superstar Ti Lung, Chen Hui-min (Five Element Ninja), Wang Lung-wei (the king of Shaw Brothers' screen villains), Lo Lieh (Shaw Brothers' first international star), and Wang Yu (Dirty Ho) on a deadly mission - all under the guidance of three great kung-fu choreographers, led by Tang Chia.
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New Shaolin Boxers, The (1976) Director: Chang Cheh Cast: Fu Sheng, Jenny Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis Esteemed martial arts movie master Chang Cheh cemented the stardom of soon-to-be international favorite Alexander Fu Sheng in this film. Rather than making him just part of the protagonists - as he had in his trilogy (Shaolin Martial Arts, Five Shaolin Masters, and Disciples Of Shaolin) -- this film was clearly Fu's showcase. Fu took full advantage - giving both a great dramatic and martial arts performance as an honorable carriage driver who finds love and death when he battles particularly venal, homicidal street punks.
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Sword And The Lute, The (1966) Director: Hsu Cheng-hung Cast: Chin Ping, Wang Yu, Fung Bo-bo Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis When Jimmy Wang Yu joined Shaw Brothers in 1963, musical's overshadowed action films but he would soon change that. In The Sword And The Lute, Kwei Wu (Jimmy Wang Yu) and his partner (Chin Ping) are homeward bound to destroy the "Phoenix Lute," a deadly weapon which accurately shoots poisonous needles up to 500 paces and can only be destroyed with the Kan curved sword. It's like a Western sword-and-sorcery film on drugs, featuring high-flying, frenetic paced swordplay.
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Big Times For The Crazy Bumpkins (1975) Director: John Lo Mar Cast: Ai Ti, Yeh Feng, Wang Sha Genre: Comedy Synopsis In 1974, John Lo Mar co-directed The Crazy Bumpkins, a new variation on the time-tested, beloved Cantonese comedy "Country Bumpkin" tradition. That proved such a success that a sequel, Return Of The Crazy Bumpkins, soon appeared. Now, the third time's the charm, as John Lo Mar gets to both write and direct the third slapstick-filled installment, once again starring Yeh Feng and Wang Sha as the hapless and hilarious yokel Ah Niu and his crafty city-slicker Uncle Chou.
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Sex Beyond The Grave (1984) Director: Chiu Chun-keung Cast: Liu Yung, Chien Hui-yi, Ku Kuan-chung, Kuang Mei-pao Genre: Horror Synopsis An unspeakable act of cruelty sets the stage for horror in this evocatively-titled thriller spanning the supernatural from World War II to today, as a defiled and betrayed beauty haunts her persecutors from the Tao Tao Mansion. Terror and death stalk a professor and his family as they struggle with the spirits for the life of his lost son.
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2006 Shaw Brothers Releases |
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The 2006 Shaw Brothers release schedule has been updated again:
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Asia Video May 4 Releases
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Mei Ah April 20 Releases
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Assassinator Jingke [TV Series]
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| Friday, 4/7/2006 |
Joy Sales Fortune Star Releases
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As the new Fortune Star distributor in Hong Kong, Joy Sales will be releasing non-digitally remastered and digitally remastered DVDs in the near future. They are currently seeking feedback from Hong Kong movie fans:
Introduction http://www.joysales.com.hk/en/vote.php (English) http://www.joysales.com.hk/vote.php (Chinese) Ballot #1 Joy Sales would like your opinion on which films should be released on non-digitally remastered DVDs first. The films with the most votes will get released first and films with the least votes will get released at a later date. Films scheduled to be digitally remastered have been excluded from the ballot. http://www.joysales.com.hk/en/vote1.php (English) http://www.joysales.com.hk/vote1.php (Chinese) Ballot #2 Joy Sales would like your opinion on various DVD features: http://www.joysales.com.hk/en/vote2.php (English) http://www.joysales.com.hk/vote2.php (Chinese) |
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Joy Sales April 11 Releases
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49 Days (2006) Cast: Stephen Fung, Gillian Chung, Raymond Wong Specs
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Joy Sales April 6 Releases
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Love Affair Of Rainbow, The (1977) Cast: Brigitte Lin, Charlie Chin, Ma Yung Lin
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Trio Love (1976) Cast: Joan Lin, Charlie Chin, Tian Niu
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Joy Sales March 23 Releases
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Gerile, The Cast: Edwin Siu, Han Junting, Cheung Kwok Keung
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Joy Sales March 16 Releases
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Time To Love, A (2005) Cast: Vicki Zhao, Lu Yi
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Joy Sales February 10 Releases
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Chinese Tall Story, A (2005) Director: Lau Chun Wai Cast: Nicholas Tse, Charlene Choi, Fan Bingbing, Chen Po-lin, Kenny Kwan, Steven Cheung, Isabella Leong Synopsis A connection with other galaxies even before Star Wars came into being; a love story that is out of this world… Tang monk TRIPITAKA (Nicholas Tse) and his three disciples - Monkey king SUN WUKONG (Chen Po-lin), Pig monk ZHU WUNENG (Kenny Kwan) , and Sand monk SHA WUJING (Steven Cheung) arrive at Shache City. During their stay in the city, the three disciples are captured by the Root of All Evils. Tripitaka saved by the Golden Pole and tries to find a way to save them. He meets a young lizard imp MEIYAN (Charlene Choi). Meiyan falls in love with Tripitaka at first sight and devotes herself to trailing him. In this journey, Tripitaka meets a PRINCESS XIAOSHAN (Fan Bingbing), she promise Tripitaka to save his disciples. Tripitaka decides to leave with the Princess. Meiyan is heartbroken, but she finally discovers her own identity as a galactic warrior. She eventually helps the Princess in defeating the enemy and rescues Tripitaka and his disciples. After the battle, Meiyan surrenders to the Celestial Court for judgment. Torn between passion and righteousness, Tripitaka rebels against the heavens to rescue the gallows - bound Meiyan. A benevolent Buddha is moved and pardons the two, on condition that they embark on a journey to the west to accomplish the Eighty-One Tasks to redeem themselves as well as to save the world. Regular DVD
Avant Garde DVD
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Joy Sales January 19 Releases
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Cloud Of Romance (1977) Cast: Brigitte Lin, Charlie Chin, Chin Han
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Mega Star April 22 Releases
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2 Become 1 (2006) Director: Law Wing-cheong Cast: Miriam Yeung, Richie Jen Synopsis Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Chinese writer Xixi, 2 BECOME 1 is a woman's odyssey of her fight with breast cancer. The story centers on a regular white-collar woman named BINGO (Miriam Yeung), who leads a carefree city life that includes guarding her turf in the office and dating and gossiping with her three girlfriends. However, her carefree life soon turns upside down when she found a lump in her breast. Everything begins to fall apart as she tries to cope with the loss of femininity in a series of bittersweet events. With the help of a happy-go-lucky doctor V (Richie Jen) and a shy but talented teenager SING (Justin Lo), Bingo begins to find new meanings in her turmoil and the will to face her own demons. Specs
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| Thursday, 4/6/2006 |
ERA April 8 Releases
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Without Words (2006) Director: Cousin Mak Cast: Lawrence Chow, Ella Koon, Derek Tsang, Sheren Tang
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Deltamac March 30 Releases
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Seven Swords - Complete Edition Director: Tsui Hark Cast: Donnie Yen, Charlie Yeung, Lu Yi, Lau Kar Leung, Leon Lai, Sun Honglei, Kim So Yeun Synopsis In the early 1600's, the Manchurians have assumed sovereignty and established the Ching Dynasty. A highly oppressive reign thus began. To fight against the brutality of the new government and save the innocent, seven unlikely heroes gathered together and became the Seven Swords. Each sword carries its own character - The Transience Sword, The Dragon Sword, The Heaven's Fall Sword, The Unlearn Sword, The Deity Sword, The Celestial Beam Sword and The Star Chasers Sword.
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Deltamac March 23 Releases
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Love Me, If You Can (2003) Director: Alice Wong Cast: Ariel Lin, Duncan Chow Synopsis "Liang Ju" as Chinese "Romeo and Juliet" is a love story which touches millions of Chinese lovers' heart. "Love me, if you can" is the story base on a pure love story between two innocent cousins who believe they are the "Liang Ju" in this life.Through thousands years apart, through all the time traveling, sex change and life cycling, would people still believe in love? Either the choice is to face the reality or not, they need courage. Yin is a girl who believes in her faith of love. In her world, there is only one love "Liang San Bo". She will do anything to protect her love, even the price is her life. San is an outing and innocent modern Liang San Bo. Because of her innocence, her destiny of facing the disaster made her a passive person. Therefore, she is afraid to face her real heart. When she meets the strange love, her choice is to run away from it. |  |
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Love And Courage (2005) Director: Alice Wong Cast: Cecelia Hsiao, Shone An, Angel Hou Synopsis Siao-lu Wang is a young girl in her golden ages, enthusiastic, beautiful, kind and optimistic. She wants to be an outstanding badminton player since she was a little girl. When she was five years old, she had a fever and got infected with poliovirus that caused her left legs crippled. But with the love and support of her mother and her younger sister Siao-Chin, Siao-lu always sees everything and her life in a positive way. Siao-lu still hasn't given up her great dream of becoming a badminton player een thought it might threaten her life; she still insist to achieve it. In meanwhile, she meets Jie Chang who is pessimistic about life. Jie is an outstanding student in medical school. After Jie's mother coma, his father remarried to another woman. It made Jie disappointed in medical and life. Although Jie objects to Siao-lu's enthusiasm and kindness at the first, he was influenced and changed by her gradually. Flinging into the training completely, Siao-lu doesn't pay attention to the change of her body condition. On the eve of the competition, fate forces Siao-lu to compete with time. Can Siao-lu accomplish her dream? Can Jie and his father reconcile? Can Siao-lu complete the training and the competition with her love and courage in her heart? |  |
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Deltamac March 16 Releases
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Karate Girls (2003) Director: Alice Wong Cast: Anita Yuen, Chen Kun, Stella Huang, Ariel Lin Synopsis An international record company's Asia branch is facing the depression of economy. The artist agent Sally must take this urgent mission to train for younf girls (Fay, Juliet, Kuo and Yi) to an idol group called "Karate Girls". Sally takes the four girls to China Kung Fu academy for an intensive Karate training. During the process, a lot of fun and interesting stories happen between Sally and these four young girls. Furthermore, Sally's ex-boyfriend Kun appears and becomes their coach. Because of Kun's appearance, a romance battle even happens between Sally, Kun and Fay. When the training is ended, Sally and the girsl are accidentally set up in a factory rubbery. Sally is shut to save Kuo. After this accident, they finally find out how important their friendship is. Unfortunately, when they about to reach their goal, the record company decides to cancel the "karate Girls" project. Sally is shocked and feels so hopeless. Will the "Karate Girls" have the chance to make their dream come true? |  |
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Aunt Tiger (2005) Director: Alice Wong Cast: Annie Wu, Lin Yo Wei, Rachel Fu Synopsis Sixty years ago, clouds blocked the red moon at night. Some people said children have been eaten by Aunt Tiger in the village. Sixty years later, the same case happened again on the same night, at the same house...! Is it possiblt that Aunt Tiger has appeared again...?! Meanwhile, a crazy woman Ming-Yue turns herself in and declared as a murder. Accidentally, the officer Yong- Pin and her boyfriend Li-Ren found out some wired clues in the process of suspension... What is the relationship between the transmigration of revenge and the case? Does Aunt Tiger exist? Who is the murderer? Or...the murderer is not a human being? |  |
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Deltamac February 23 Releases
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The Promise (2005) Director: Kaige Chen Cast: Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Hiroyuki Sanada, Dong-Kun Jang Synopsis An orphaned girl (Cecilia Cheung), driven by poverty at such a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress. In return for beauty and the admiration of every man, she will never be with the man she loves. This spell cannot be broken unless the impossible happens - "Snow falling in spring" and "The dead coming back to life". Now she regrets her promise, for all of the men she's loved has always been met with tragedy. In love again with a man behind a red armor and a golden mask who rescues her from death, she is tormented by their inevitable parting. Meanwhile, the slave (Dong-Kun Jang) is searching for the lost of his family's memories. Soon these two intertwine will meet and thus pulling themselves into this web of fate. Are their fates already sealed by a higher power, or can they still choose a life they want?
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The Heirloom (2005) Director: Leste Chen Cast: Terri Kwan, Jason Chang, Chang Yu-Chen, Tender Huang Synopsis Twenty years ago, the millionaire Yang and all his families were hanged, at the same height, same place and same time. No one knows what happened that night. Twenty years later, Yang's distant relative Hsuen inherits the Yang house and moves in with his fiancee. To celebrate their engagement, they invite two friends, Chen and Tseng, to the new house. The next night, Chen and Tseng mysteriously reappear at the house, both seemingly sleepwalking. When Hsuen and Ling wake them up, they can't explain why they returned to the house...
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| Tuesday, 4/4/2006 |
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Mei Ah April 13 Releases
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My Kung Fu Sweetheart (2006)
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Panorama Recent Releases
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The Shopaholics (2006) Director: Wai Ka Fai Cast: Cecilia Cheung, Lau Ching Wan, Jordan Chan Synopsis 20 years ago, a lost baby was found in a shopping centre. The baby, Fong Fong (Cecilia Cheung) grows up into a shopaholic who cannot control her impulse to shop. This vice leaves her unemployed and in debt. Desperate for help Fong Fong decided to seek consultation from a psychologist, Gan Yan (Lau Ching Wan). With Gan Yan's help, Fong Fong slowly manages to overcome her shopaholic tendacies. While spending time with Gan Yan, Fong Fong learns that Gan Yan and herself are completely opposite when it comes to shopping; Fong Fong is a shopaholic while Gan Yan is totally clueless when it comes to shopping. Meanwhile, Fong Fong bumps into Kong Fu (Jordan Chan), a weird millionaire who is very calculative when it comes to spending money but funnily, is also a shopaholic. Fong Fong wants to help Kong Fu but he refuses to see psychologist about his problem because he thinks it is a waste of money. Fong Fong pities him and teaches him how to save money. Touched by Fong Fong's good intentions, Kong Fu begins to fall for her. Will Fong Fong get over her shopaholic tendacies? Who in the end will Fong Fong choose; a thrifty millionaire or a kind-hearted eccentric doctor?
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Blood And Bones (2004) Director: Yoichi Sai Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Kyoka Suzuki Synopsis In 1923, KIM Shun-pei left Cheju, an isolated island in the far South of Korea for Osaka, Japan, dreaming of making his fortune in a new land. Contrary to his hopes, what was waiting for Shun-pei in Japan was a brutal life of discrimination and hard labour. With his remarkable physical strength, cunning and ruthlessness he overcomes the odds stacked against him and opens a kamaboko (steamed fish cake) factory, which before long is a success, bringing him the fortune he coveted for so long. However, with no limit to his obsession for money, Shun-pei gradually transforms himself into a ruthless loan shark. BLOOD AND BONES paints an unflinching portrait of a man's deeply bound to his ego and obsessions and the web of turmoil his wife, mistress, children, relatives and all those around him are drawn into as a result of his choices and brutal, violent nature. Based on a true story by YAN Sogiru, Beat Takeshi portrays the epic rise and fall of a first generation Korean man in a defining role.
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Japanese Horror Anthology 1 Meinichi - The Anniversary of Somebody's Death |  |
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Tora-san, Foster Daddy (1980) Director: Yoji Yamada Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Ran Itoh, Tatsuo Matsumura Synopsis The 26th instalment in the Tora-san series. When Tora-san travels to the north, he heard that an old friend of his has just died. He travels to his friend's hometown and met his daughter, Sumire. The old friend of Tora-san was a drunkard, he has never treated Sumire as he should. So, Sumire has to go to work at a very early age. When she decides to continue her work and study in Tokyo, Tora-san is very eager to takes her to Tokyo and sets her up for a job. When they arrive in Tokyo, people have mistaken Tora-san as a kidnapper of Sumire. Fortunately Sumire helps him to explain in time. Sumire is grateful for Tora-san's kindness, and as part of her plan to better herself, she begins to attend night school. Everyone in the Tora-san family has taken part to help her. One night, her old boyfriend shows up. Against Tora-san's wishes, the two decide to get married. Tora-san is disappointed that Sumire is going to give up her education for a man he doesn't approve of, so he leaves on a business trip...
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The Terrorists (1995) Director: Kim Young-bin Cast: Choi Min-su, Lee Kyeong-yeong, Yum Jung-ah, Heo Jun-ho Synopsis The Terrorist tells the action-packed story of the Oh brothers who initially both seek to forever serve their country as loyal police officers. However, the younger one of the two brothers called Se-won takes the law into his own hands after the legal system lets him down time and time again. Trying to revenge the death of his close friend, he makes an all-out effort to eliminate underworld kingpin of the underworld Im Tae-woo. Finally, his mission is bound to lead him face to face against a top justice-representing cop that is no one else than his older brother Soo-yeong...
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My Lovely Sam-soon (2005) [TV Series] Director: Kim Yoon-chul Cast: Kim Sun-ah, Hyun Bin Synopsis She's 29 years old, single, and overweight. She doesn't have a college degree, a boyfriend, or a job. She's outspoken, obstinate, and fed up with society's expectations of her. Her name is Kim Sam-soon, and she's Korea's unlikely sweetheart! But the unthinkable occurs: Kim Sam-soon meets a Prince Charming named Hyun Jin-Heon (Hyun Bin). He is a rich restaurant owner who hires Sam-soon, not only to be a chef, but also to be his pretend girlfriend! So begins a series of surprising and touching events that would try the emotions of any normal woman. But this is no normal woman - this is Kim Sam-soon!
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