Once Upon A Time In Corea (DVD) (Thailand Version) DVD Region 3
Lee Bo Young (Actor)
| Park Yong Woo (Actor)
| Sung Dong Il (Actor)
| Jeong Yong Ki (Director)
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From the creator of the popular Marrying the Mafia series comes the exciting new adventure comedy Once Upon A Time In Corea. Director Jeong Yong Ki whisks the audience off on a thrilling adventure set in the early 1940s before Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule. The film trails an infamous swindler and a beautiful jazz singer as they embark on a daredevil quest to uncover the national treasure - a 3000 carat diamond. Park Yong Woo (Love Now) plays a dashing elite swashbuckler who stumbles into the biggest catch of his life but is met by a consummate match, Lee Bo Young (A Dirty Carnival). Lee trades in her sweet image for a hefty role as the lusty seductress who sings by day and steals by night. Equally impressive as the leading actors are supporting actors like Sung Dong Il (Some) whose outlandish slapstick humor doubles the laughter for the audience. Though the film reflects on the grim realities of colonialism and stays true to some historical facts, it is laced with period romanticism and fanciful fabrication as evident in its use of modern-day pop culture to achieve a humorous mix of history and fantasy.
The search for the "light of Dong Bang", a legendary 3000 carat diamond believed to be hidden in a Buddha statue inside the Seokguram Grotto, is finally over. Unearthed by the Japanese colonial government, Korea's most sacred national treasure is about to be shipped from Kyungsung, the capital of colonized Korea, to Imperial Japan. Enter Bong Ku (Park Yong Woo), a brash elite swindler who concocts a clever scheme to swipe the treasure before it crosses the border. He spots an unlikely partner-in-crime in Chun Ja (Lee Bo Young), a beautiful jazz singer, but little does Bong Ku know, the sexy seductress comes with a reputation as Kyungsung's most notorious thief. At the height of the nation's turbulence with the final countdown to Independence Day underway, the two thieves find themselves caught in the wild high-speed adventure of a lifetime.
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| Product Title: | Once Upon A Time In Corea (DVD) (Thailand Version) Once Upon A Time In Corea (DVD) (泰國版) Once Upon A Time In Corea (DVD) (泰国版) ワンス・アポン・ア・タイム 東方の光の秘密 (DVD)(タイ版) 원스 어폰 어 타임 |
| Artist Name(s): | Lee Bo Young (Actor) | Park Yong Woo (Actor) | Sung Dong Il (Actor) 李甫英 (Actor) | 朴埇佑 (Actor) | 成東日 (Actor) 李甫英 (Actor) | 朴埇佑 (Actor) | 成东日 (Actor) イ・ボヨン (Actor) | パク・ヨンウ (Actor) | ソン・ドンイル (Actor) 이보영 (Actor) | 박용우 (Actor) | 성동일 (Actor) |
| Director: | Jeong Yong Ki 鄭慶穌 郑庆稣 Jeong Yong Ki 정용기 |
| Release Date: | 2011-07-08 |
| Language: | Korean, Thai |
| Subtitles: | English, Thai |
| Country of Origin: | South Korea |
| Picture Format: | PAL What is it? |
| Aspect Ratio: | Widescreen, 1.78 : 1 |
| Sound Information: | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD-9, DVD |
| Region Code: | 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it? |
| Duration: | 110 (mins) |
| Publisher: | Thai CD Online |
| Package Weight: | 120 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1024649510 |
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* Features :
- Photo Gallery
- Trailer
Director : Jeong Yong Ki
The search for the "light of Dong Bang", a legendary 3000 carat diamond believed to be hidden in a Buddha statue inside the Seokguram Grotto, is finally over. Unearthed by the Japanese colonial government, Korea's most sacred national treasure is about to be shipped from Kyungsung, the capital of colonized Korea, to Imperial Japan. Enter Bong Ku (Park Yong Woo), a brash elite swindler who concocts a clever scheme to swipe the treasure before it crosses the border. He spots an unlikely partner-in-crime in Chun Ja (Lee Bo Young), a beautiful jazz singer, but little does Bong Ku know, the sexy seductress comes with a reputation as Kyungsung's most notorious thief. At the height of the nation's turbulence with the final countdown to Independence Day underway, the two thieves find themselves caught in the wild high-speed adventure of a lifetime.
- Photo Gallery
- Trailer
Director : Jeong Yong Ki
The search for the "light of Dong Bang", a legendary 3000 carat diamond believed to be hidden in a Buddha statue inside the Seokguram Grotto, is finally over. Unearthed by the Japanese colonial government, Korea's most sacred national treasure is about to be shipped from Kyungsung, the capital of colonized Korea, to Imperial Japan. Enter Bong Ku (Park Yong Woo), a brash elite swindler who concocts a clever scheme to swipe the treasure before it crosses the border. He spots an unlikely partner-in-crime in Chun Ja (Lee Bo Young), a beautiful jazz singer, but little does Bong Ku know, the sexy seductress comes with a reputation as Kyungsung's most notorious thief. At the height of the nation's turbulence with the final countdown to Independence Day underway, the two thieves find themselves caught in the wild high-speed adventure of a lifetime.
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Kevin Kennedy
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March 25, 2009
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Flawed, but mildly amusing
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"Once Upon a Time in Corea" is a glossy, fast-moving caper flick about efforts to find and then to steal a legendary diamond that is believed to be immensely valuable. The diamond is found by the Japanese occupiers and held by the head of the occupying army, but a pair of master thieves seek to steal it. Park Yong Woo plays one of those thieves, a specialist in stealing Korean historical artifacts, then selling them to various Japanese bigwigs for copious amounts of cash. The other master thief is played by Lee Bo Young, who is miscast for her role as a sultry songstress and part-time cat burglar; she lacks the strength and moxie needed for her role. (For a much more effective stab at a very similar role, check out Kim Hye Su in "Modern Boy".) "Once Upon a Time" manages to balance effective action scenes and slapstick comedy to create an entertaining, lightweight diversion, but it squanders far too much screen time on minor characters, leaving insufficient time to develop the background stories of the lead characters. Consequently, the viewer is left not really caring much about anyone in the film, which leaves the story feeling a bit mechanical. I can recommend "Once Upon a Time in Corea" as a pleasant time-waster, but, among recent Korean films, I much preferred "Dachimawa Lee" as a hilarious caper comedy and "Modern Boy" as an atmospheric occupation-era thriller. |
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A Gem of an Action Comedy!
A Gem of an Action Comedy!
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Its amazing how Yong Woo Park has come from his earlier role in "Ditto" up to this mega action comedy movie here. I've always liked Yong Woo's amiable and charismatic personality (he certainly projects charismatic appeal in this!), that also filtered through his "Ditto" role as a political activist. And its great to see his ascension into this main stream K-movie role here, bordering onto a Hollywood style mega actioner. With "Once Upon A Time in Corea" Youg Woo also puts on his liberation trousers again here. But instead of the ardent activist Yong Woo was in "Ditto", is here kitted out to the hilt as a dandy type super sleuth swindler named Bong Ka (who must have a natty trouser fitter and suit provider, looking at all the cloth he wears here!), and instead of trying to help Liberate Korean ideals, is this time liberating a big dollop of diamond from the clutches of some naughty Japanese colonialists in Korea, circa 1944. Not any diamond either, but a 3000 carat legend called "Light of Dong Bang" (which sounds all important, but is just a big expensive piece of glass really....most of the time), which Dong Ka needs to obtain, before it gets taken across the border into Imperial Japan. Trouble is, a female jazz musical hall singer named Chun Ja, in the guise of a super sleuth cat woman thief extraordinare, has already stolen it before Dong Ka reaches the safe. Oh, the drama! All set at the tale end of the Japanese occupation of Korea in 1944 before the closure of WW2, the plot is set in a colonial capital of Kyungsung, and mainly within a music hall and surroundings of the city, where Bong Ku and Chun Ja become rivals (amongst many others) in attempting to obtain this precious diamond that had been illegally swiped by the Japanese occupiers. Not only that, there are also other Korean valuables and artifacts such as swords and lots of gold, that is being plundered out of Korea causing lots of valid concern for the locals. All this naughty thieving brings about super sleuths, Yong Woo (Dandy in the Underworld) Park here as Bong Ka, and sexy singer Bo Young (Ninja Cat Woman) Lee as the silent and nimble fingered Chun Ja, who 'retrieves' these stolen artifacts from the important Japanese occupiers. (Chun Ja also likes to leave her hand print signature of proof of her thefts. No messing about with puny old finger prints here, its an whole hand with Chun Ja. Fortunately, she wears gloves). The "Light of Dong Bang" diamond is soon added to a military chief's private stolen Korean artifacts collection, after him ordering it to to be pulled from the stone Buddha of Seokguram grotto in an Indy / Lara Croft tomb type theft. This military high up then demands for the diamond to be guarded and transported back to Japan, by a right hand military commander, who as to maintain its safe travel to the border. Likewise, the diamond artifact also being less problematical to handle than the supernaturally skin removing Ark of the Covenant in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (it being a lot smaller), makes it a little easier to smuggle. So, to keep it safe in the meanwhile, before the Japanese take it across the border, the diamond is hidden in a safe within the musical hall that jazz singer Chun Ja performs in. At first "Once Upon A Time in Corea" seems to ready itself to be a full on action movie set in the 1940s and having this mysterious stolen artifact and robbed tombs thing, all brought an Indiana Jones type action film to mind. But after watching this, I feel that this is more a blend of theatrical comedy satire and action, than a full on adventure action movie. It does have ingredients of Indiana Jones, but don't expect it to be exactly like that film. In essence, "OUATIC" is more a comedy farce with action bits, and lots and lots of funny dialog and visual humor. "OUATIC" is all very much a satire, with its tongue firmly in its cheek, having a deadpan plot line and never taking itself very seriously. All the aspects of the WW2 scenarios are send ups and caricatures. With bumbling Japanese occupiers and bumbling Korean liberation army wannabes, all doing their best to get their hands on this important on-the-move gem, (with cunning ideas generally not going to plan) and dialog and visual humor, that you would have to re-watch to appreciate and absorb it all properly. A lot of the dialog is swift paced with quick fire wit, and as mentioned, this film is more theatrical than a 'blockbuster' feel. Although there are some fast action pieces at the finish (lots of shooting and getting all semi-serious sort of thing), the film still motions along within its satirical mantel, and never attempts to get overly patriotic or serious. With its mix of tomb raiding, secret army shenanigans, nior, song and dance, makes this quite an enjoyable romp. In fact its quiet a gem of a laugh in itself! Worth seeing. |
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