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★★★★★ "Genome Hazard": An atypical sci-fi adventure based on a Japanese novel by Shiro Tsukasaki. (05/29)

★★★★★ "A Hard Day": A detective tries to conceal his crime but has to deal with a single witness who threatens his plan. (05/29)

★★★★ "Rosa": A dramatic tale of a Russian woman who dreams of becoming a ballerina but has to overcome the brutal reality of being a escort girl in Korea. (05/29)

★★★★ "A Touch of Unseen": An intense and disturbing debut that follows two sisters and their sexually abusive encounters with a supernatural stalker. (05/29)

★★ "Young Mother 2": A young graduate down on his luck breaks into the working world, but seduction creeps in threatens to derail his career. (05/29)

★★★ "One Summer Night": A college student confesses his love, but instead of it being reciprocated he's sent to confront the girl's past lover. (05/29)

Title: "Genome Hazard"

Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller

Release Date: 2014/05/29

Director: Kim Seong-soo

Length: 120 min

Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kim Hyo-jin, Yoko Maki, Manabu Hamada

The Short and Sweet: An atypical sci-fi adventure based on a Japanese novel by Shiro Tsukasaki.

★★★★★

Title: "A Hard Day"

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 2014/05/29

Director: Kim Seong-hun ("How the Lack of Love Affects Two Men")

Length:  111 min

Stars: Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Jin-woong, Jung Man-sik, Shin Jung-geun

The Short and Sweet:  A detective tries to conceal his crime but has to deal with a single witness who threatens his plan.

★★★★★

Title: "Rosa"

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 2014/05/29

Director: Maeng Gwan-pyo*

Length: 85 min

Stars: Ruzmetova Dayana, Jo Ha-seok, tsonku nikolay mr

The Short and Sweet: A dramatic tale of a Russian woman who dreams of becoming a ballerina but has to overcome the brutal reality of being a escort girl in Korea.

★★★★

Title: "A Touch of Unseen"

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 2014/05/29

Director: Lee Hyeon-cheol ("Kisses")

Length: 84 min

Stars: Lee Eon-jeong, Park Soo-in, Kim Jae-seung, Yoon Chae-young

The Short and Sweet:  An intense and disturbing debut that follows two sisters and their sexually abusive encounters with a supernatural stalker.

★★★★

Title: "Young Mother 2"

Genre: Erotic, Melodrama, Romance

Release Date: 2014/05/29

Director: Noh Seong-soo*

Length: 89 min

Stars: Cha Soon-hyung, So Yoon, Lee Ha-roo, Ye Rin

The Short and Sweet: A young graduate down on his luck breaks into the working world, but seduction creeps in threatens to derail his career.

★★

Title: "One Summer Night"

Genre: Drama

Release Date: 2014/05/29

Director: Kim Tae-yong-I

Length: 31 min

Stars: Go Kyung-pyo, Lee Cho-hee, Ahn Jae-min, Park Soo-jin-I

The Short and Sweet: A college student confesses his love, but instead of it being reciprocated he's sent to confront the girl's past lover.

★★★

 

Also Coming Soon:

"My Sweet Orange Tree" (2012), "Maleficent" (2014), "Enemy" (2013), "Oculus" (2013), "Girls Against Boys" (2012), "Before the Winter Chill" (2013), "King Kelly" (2012), "Dark Storm" (2006), "Lupin The Third Detective Conan The Movie" (2013), "Purge" (2012), "Silent Witness" (2013), "Monster" (2010), "Wakolda" (2013)

 

Sources:

AsianWiki: http://asianwiki.com/Genome_Hazard, http://asianwiki.com/A_Hard_Day,

Daum: http://movie.daum.net/movieinfo/coming/movieInfoScheduled.do?modeType=day&order=recently

HanCinema: http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Young_Mother_2.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Genome_Hazard.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_A_Hard_Day.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Rosa.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_A_Touch_of_Unseen.php, http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_One_Summer_Night.php

KOBIZ: http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20128546, http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20130442, http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20125827 , http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20148668

 

- C.J. Wheeler (chriscjw@gmail.com; @KoreaOnTheCouch)