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Old 04-18-2009, 05:32 PM
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Default Korean Blu-Rays - Where are they?

Hi,

Has anyone heard of any more Blu-Rays in the pipeline for South Korea? The DVDs originating there have always been of excellent quality and reasonably priced, so I had high hopes for Korean Blu-Rays.

But after an inital strong showing (Welcome to Dong Mak Gol was fantastic), they've dried up it seems.

Sad.
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Old 04-18-2009, 06:16 PM
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I agree, there are so many great Korean films that need to come to Blu-ray. Sad that we haven't seen more yet.
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Old 04-19-2009, 04:25 AM
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I guess Blu-ray hasn't made a big splash in Korea so far. I too would like to see much more Korean films on BD. There are some more Korean movies on BD in Europe though.

Also the one Korean Web store that I started to use and like seemed to disappear altogether...

Would be nice to get for example a lot of Kim Ki Duk movies in HD. I managed to record "Time" from Japanese HDTV but since there are only Japanese subs it's a bit difficult to follow.
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Old 04-19-2009, 11:07 PM
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I only want to see Taeguki (if I spelled that correctly) aka brotherhood of war cos I thought that was great and in HD would be better too! I know sensasian.com sells it but you have to pay shipping on it unlike the HK movies they sell which is free shipping.
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Old 04-20-2009, 01:10 AM
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Well there is one in Taiwan if you're into comedy. They have it at JSDVD "A Tale Of Legendary Libido." I ordered it last week. Hopefully they ship it this week.
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as far as i know, there is only welcome to dongmakgol,taegukgi,the host,oldboy,and a korean documentary series that is on blu-ray from korea. i really wish they would at the very very least squeeze out JSA (joint security area) and A Bittersweet Life on blu-ray before they finally throw in the towel. if there were ever any korean films that deserved blu-ray treatment, it would be those 2. oh, and A Tale of Two Sisters as well.
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Old 04-21-2009, 02:30 PM
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OldBoy didn't get a Korean release yet, only in the US, UK (both from Tartan) and Germany
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Old 04-21-2009, 02:36 PM
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sorry. i meant korean release as in a korean film.
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Old 04-21-2009, 02:47 PM
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sorry. i meant korean release as in a korean film.
There are a bit more
http://www.asianblurayguide.com/#korea
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Old 04-21-2009, 03:59 PM
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Bloody Ties, English subtitles/no English audio. The disc is PAL encoded, including the movie itself. Forbidden Quest, no English subtitles. The Host [KR], Region Free. OldBoy [DE], Region B. Noticed that My Wife is a Gangster 3 has a new release date, June 10.
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Old 04-21-2009, 05:02 PM
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Bloody Ties, English subtitles/no English audio. The disc is PAL encoded, including the movie itself. Forbidden Quest, no English subtitles. The Host [KR], Region Free. OldBoy [DE], Region B. Noticed that My Wife is a Gangster 3 has a new release date, June 10.
Thanks for the updated, added them to the guide.
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Old 04-28-2009, 03:24 PM
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We Need:
-R Point
-Sex is Zero
-Bittersweet Life
-Once Upon A Time in High School
- Tale of 2 Sisters
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We Need:
-Sex is Zero
Really? I'd much prefer Hot for Teacher or Dasepo Naughty Girls. Two of my favorite comedies.
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Really? I'd much prefer Hot for Teacher or Dasepo Naughty Girls. Two of my favorite comedies.
I second Hot for Teacher... love to watch the "teacher" in HD
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Old 04-29-2009, 11:34 AM
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Sex is Zero <IMO> was better than both the aformentioned but all were quite good.
I really want A Bittersweet Life .

Friend would be another good one.
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