DVD & Blu-ray: EMERGENCY DECLARATION / BISANG SEONEON (2021)

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Product Description: Inchon cop In-Ho (Song Kang-Ho) was sorry he couldn't join his wife (Woo Mi-Hwa) on their scheduled vacation flight to Honolulu. He was sorrier to learn she was sharing the trip with an unstable virologist (Yim Si-Wan)-and when the demented doctor looses his deadly discovery in the cabin, tormented ex-pilot Jae-Hyuk (Lee Byung-Hun) might be the only hope for all on board. Gripping South Korean disaster opus co-stars Jeon Do-Yeon, Kim Nam-Gil. 141 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. In Korean with English subtitles.

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Cannes Film Festival 2022: TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Wins Palme d'Or

The biting satire "Triangle of Sadness" was the big winner at this year's Cannes Film Festival, taking home the Palme d'Or, the second for director Ruben Östlund ("The Square"). Tied for second place, Claire Denis' "Stars at Noon" and Lukas Dhont's "Close" shared the Grand Prix. Park Chan-Wook ("Oldboy") won Best Director for the thriller "Decision to Leave". Zar Amir Ebrahimi took home the Best Actress award for her performance in the serial killer thriller "Holy Spider", while the male performance award went to Korean actor Song Kang-ho for "Broker".

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DVD & Blu-ray: Bong Joon-ho's MEMORIES OF MURDER (2003) - Criterion Collection

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Product Description: Bong Joon Ho blows up the police thriller in his breakthrough second feature Based on the true story of a serial killer In his breakthrough second feature, Bong Joon Ho explodes the conventions of the policier with thrillingly subversive, genre-defying results. Based on the true story of a string of serial killings that rocked a rural community in the 1980s, Memories of Murder stars New Korean Cinema icon Song Kang Ho as the local officer who reluctantly joins forces with a seasoned Seoul detective (Kim Sang Kyung) to investigate the crimes—leading each man on a wrenching, yearslong odyssey of failure and frustration that will drive him to the existential edge. Combining a gripping procedural with a vivid social portrait of the everyday absurdity of life under military rule, Bong fashions a haunting journey into ever-deepening darkness that begins as a black-comic satire and ends as a soul-shattering encounter with the abyss.

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New on Blu-ray: JSA - JOINT SECURITY AREA (2000) - Special Edition

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Product Description: Before Oldboy, before The Handmaiden, visionary filmmaker Park Chan-wook helmed this gripping tale of deceit, misunderstanding and the senselessness of war. Gunfire breaks out in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, leaving two North Korean soldiers dead while a wounded South Korean soldier (Lee Byung-hun, The Good, the Bad, the Weird) flees to safety. With the tenuous peace between the two warring nations on a knife-edge, a neutral team of investigators, headed by Swiss Army Major Sophie Jean (Lee Young-ae, Lady Vengeance), is dispatched to question both sides to determine what really happened under cover of darkness out in no-man s land. The recipient of multiple accolades, including Best Film at South Korea s 2001 Grand Bell Awards, JSA Joint Security Area showcases Park s iconic style in an embryonic form, and demonstrates that humanity and common purpose can be found in the most unlikely places.

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PARASITE (Gisaengchung) - Trailers, Clips, Images and Posters

"Parasite" (Gisaengchung) is a South Korean satirical thriller directed by Bong Joon-ho ("Snowpiercer") from a script he co-wrote alongside Han Jin-won. The film follows the Kim family, poor but street smart, and the Park family, which is the picture of aspirational wealth, as they become entangled in a symbiotic relationship that is soon threatened by a parasitic interloper who threatens the Kims' newfound comfort, prompting a savage battle for dominance.

The film stars Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik and Park So-dam.

"Parasite" premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Palme d'Or, the first for a Korean film. The film was also the first to win with a unanimous vote since 2013's "Blue is the Warmest Colour". It is also widely regarded as a strong contender for the upcoming 92nd Academy Awards.

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