By now, most of you know how much I love Gong Yoo, so it should be no surprise that my Pick of the Week goes to Finding Mr. Destiny. Besides the Gong Yoo factor, though, 5 Points Pictures does a great job on its debut home video release.

This DVD edition features extensive behind the scenes features and the option of either white or yellow subtitles ( Read more... )

Hi, everyone! I'm finally back from my unexpected hiatus. Hopefully, today's post marks my return to AsianPopShock's regular schedule.

In any case, I'm hella psyched for today's packaging spotlight for the U.S. DVD release of Korean romantic comedy, Finding Mr. Destiny, which stars Gong Yoo ♥ and Lim Soo-jung.

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Continuing to pick up interesting and unusual (at least from a licensing standpoint) films for U.S. DVD distribution, 5 Points Pictures announced the license for 2007's The Happy Life from director Lee Joon-ik (The King and the Clown, Blades of Blood).

The film follows a trio of middle-aged men (played by some seriously familiar faces - Jung Jin- ( Read more... )

Well Go USA recently announced South Korean film director Kang Je-gyu's (Taegukgi) war film My Way will hit U.S. Blu-ray and DVD this July 24, 2012. The film stars a multi-cultural cast including Jang Dong-gun (Gentleman's Dignity, The Promise, Taegukgi), Joe Odagiri (Shinobi, Mushishi, Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad), and Fan Bingbing ( Read more... )

Hey, AsianPopShock fans!

YAM Magazine's Amy here once again!

I'm really excited because I just got my copy of Taiwan's historical epic Seediq Bale (賽德克‧巴萊), aka. Warriors of the Rainbow. Written and directed by Wei Te-Sheng, this epic production is the most expensive Taiwanese film to date with a budget of $25M USD.


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I'm not usually one for tearjerker K-dramas, but I'm making an exception for today's pick of the week, Thousand Day Promise. I've seen early-onset Alzheimer's disease at the center of more than a handful of films and dramas - some treat the subject with grace and sensitivity resulting in truly moving stories, while others end up like poorly hashed ( Read more... )

Foodies rejoice! Magnolia Pictures' release of J-documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi is finally hitting U.S. Blu-ray and DVD this July 24, 2012.

The film follows 85 year-old Jiro Ono, a man considered to be the "world's greatest sushi chef," as he goes about his days in a tiny, 10-seat sushi shop, which is located in a Tokyo subway of all places. The ( Read more... )

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Pathfinder Pictures is bringing Chinese rom-com Sophie's Revenge (co-produced by South Korea's CJ Entertainment) and Korean political satire/comedy Good Morning President to U.S. DVD this July 10, 2012.


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If you're a fan of historicals and martial arts movies, be sure to give FUNimation's recent release of C-film The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake a try. Directed by Herman Yau, the film tells the story of Chinese feminist and revolutionary QIU Jin and how she became involved in the uprising against the Quing Dynasty. It stars HUANG Yi as Qiu Jin and Yu ( Read more... )