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This is Amy, editor of YAM Magazine, guesting for AsianPopShock for the very first time! After much deliberation, I decided to make my first post a recommendation of this film: Love Is Not Blind (失恋33天) -- also known as China's Little Movie That Could (in 2011). Directed by Teng Hua-Tao (and written by him alongside Bao Jingjing), this ( Read more... )

Right Stuf just started a sale on selected VIZ Media DVDs & BDs from Viz Media, and thankfully, a number of New People Entertainment live-action titles are included! The below are just a handful of my favorite eligible movies, but there are several other films to be found, plus the Gackt music video collections.

Happy shopping!

My Picks:

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This week's Pick of the Week goes to New Video's DVD release of J-movie Norwegian Wood, from director Tran Anh Hung (The Scent of Green Papaya, I Come With the Rain) and starring Kenichi Matsuyama (Death Note, Gantz) and Rinko Kikuchi (Babel, Assault Girls). The DVD includes the 113 minute film, plus "The Making of Norwegian Wood" and a featurette ( Read more... )

Korean drama Rooftop Prince is scheduled for U.S. DVD release this July 2012 from YA Entertainment, and AsianPopShock has a sneak peek at the first draft DVD cover artwork!


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I've made it no secret that Ha Ji-won is one of the celebrities I rabidly follow, and I make it a point to watch everything she's in. Next to Damo, Secret Garden is my favorite of all her projects. It takes a typical K-drama romance trope (rich boy/poor girl) and gives it a whole lot of extra zing with some marvelously silly fantasy elements (and a ( Read more... )

My Pick of the Week nod goes to Well Go USA's home video release of Korean war film The Front Line, which stars Shin Ha-kyun, Ko Soo, Lee Je-hoon ♥, and Ryu Seung-soo. The 133 minute movie comes in both a Blu-ray/DVD combo and a standalone DVD release, with special features including a "Making Of," highlights, and trailers.


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YA Entertainment recently revealed that it would be releasing Rooftop Prince (starring Mickey Yoochun of JYJ) on U.S. DVD this July 2012, and in honor of the good news, I'm spotlighting one of Yoochun's earlier dramas that was also licensed and released stateside by YA - Sungkyunkwan Scandal.

Sungkyunkwan was one of those fusion saguks that grabbed ( Read more... )

Super quick post! Amazon currently has the collector's edition Blu-ray/DVD combo of C-movie Let the Bullets Fly on sale for just $13.99 (58% off). This Well Go USA release was last Friday's pick of the week, so you know it gets my seal of approval.

Trailer:

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Have I missed a deal out there? Let me know!

Since there was a sad lack of Asian awesomeness in this week's releases, let's travel back in time to March 20, 2012 - the day YA Entertainment's box set for Scent of a Woman hit retailers.

The beautifully romantic K-drama (not to be confused with the Al Pacino movie of the same name) is one intense, yet thoroughly enjoyable, emotional roller ( Read more... )