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Linda Linda Linda Special Edition (Korean Version) DVD Region 3

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With the school music festival just around the corner, three teenage girls decide to form a rock band in director Yamashita Nobuhiro's highly entertaining film, Linda, Linda, Linda! But things don't go quite as planned for the trio, thanks to the abrupt departure of their guitarist from the group. While the band's bassist Nozomi (real-life musician Sekine Shiori) and its drummer Kyoko (Maeda Aki) are able to find a keyboard player named Kei (Kashii Yu) to fill in on guitar, they have a harder time finding someone to fill in as lead vocalist. Soon enough, the bandmates realize they have no choice but to ask a Korean exchange student named Song (Bae Du Na, from Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) to sing lead for their makeshift band. However, there's one little problem: Song can barely speak a word of Japanese, let alone sing it!

Thanks to a cassette tape of "Linda Linda Linda," the 1980s era hit song by The Blue Hearts, the ragtag group of would-be musicians decides to cover the song, hoping to fine tune their performance in time for the school festival! Will they succeed or will they hit a wrong note? Shot in an almost documentary style, Linda, Linda, Linda stands out from the pack of Japanese high school band movies, thanks in large part to the wonderful performance from Bae Du Na! Subdued and often quirky in his execution of the material, director Yamashita crafts a film that achieves a definite kind of harmony. Featuring a score by former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Linda, Linda, Linda is a film that music lovers are sure to enjoy!

This special edition release comes with audio commentary, interviews, making of, trailer, The Blue Hearts live performance, and other features.

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Product Title: Linda Linda Linda Special Edition (Korean Version) Linda Linda Linda (特別版) (韓國版) Linda Linda Linda (特别版) (韩国版) リンダ リンダ リンダ (特別版) (韓国版) 린다 린다 린다 Special Edition (한국판)
Artist Name(s): Maeda Aki | Bae Du Na | Pierre Taki | Yamamoto Kouji | Kashii Yu 前田亞季 | 裴斗娜 | Taki Pie-ru | 山本浩司 | 香椎由宇 前田亚季 | 裴斗娜 | Pierre Taki | 山本浩司 | 香椎由宇 前田亜季 | ペ・ドゥナ | ピエール瀧 | 山本浩司 | 香椎由宇 Maeda Aki | 배 두나 | Pierre Taki | Yamamoto Kouji | Kashii Yu
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Release Date: 2006-11-25
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: Japanese, Korean
Country of Origin: Hong Kong, Japan
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Publisher: Dawoori Entertainment
Other Information: 2 DVDs
Package Weight: 330 (g)
Shipment Unit: 2 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004559618

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* Screen Format : Anamorphic Widescreen
* Sound Mix : Dolby 2.0
* Extras :
- 음성해설
- Interviews & Making Film
- “블루 하트” LIVE 공연
- 히이라기 축제 - “블루 하트” LIVE 영상
- 출연자 & 감독 무대인사
- 뉴욕 James Iha’s 작업장
- Original Trailer

* Director : 야마시타 노부히로

2005년 부산국제영화제 ‘아시아 영화의 창’ 부문 초청작
1회 일본영화엔젤 대상
2005년 제79회 키네마준보 베스트10 일본영화 6위
영화예술 일본영화 Best 1 / 아사히신문 선정 일본영화 Best 3

야마지 후미코영화상 신인여배우상 –카시이 유우
한류를 초월하는 연기파 배우 배두나, 사랑스런 여고생 보컬로 변신!
일본의 '짐 자무시' 야마시타 감독의 최고의 작품!

문화제는 3일 남고, 아직 보컬도 못 구했는데… 에잇, 맨 처음 지나가는 사람을 보컬시키자!
송! 밴드 할래? 응. 보컬 할 수 있지? 응. 블루하트 할껀데. 응. 좋아. 이제 시작이다!
우리만의 추억을 위해서 린다! 린다! 린다!

공연까지 단 3일. 보컬도 못 구했는데! 시바사키 고등학교에선 문화제 준비가 한창이다. 고교생활 마지막을 장식할 문화제에 참가하기 위해 연습 중이던 밴드는 멤버들의 부상과 탈퇴 등으로 해체의 위기를 맞는다. 남은 멤버만으로 연주할 곡을 찾던 이들은 우연히 전설적 밴드 ‘블루하트’의 ‘린다 린다’라는 곡을 듣게 되는데… ‘바로 이거다!’

단기속성 다국적 펑크밴드 탄생!
다급히 보컬을 찾던 중 마침 이들 앞을 지나가던 한국에서 온 교환학생 송에게 보컬을 제안한다. 아직 일본어가 미숙한 송은 계속 고개만 끄덕이다가 얼떨결에 밴드 보컬을 떠맡게 된다. 송의 노래실력을 처음 알게 된 밴드 멤버들… ‘이거 너무하네.’ 그래도 학창시절 마지막 문화제를 포기할 수 없는 이들, 밴드 연습을 하며 국적을 뛰어넘는 우정을 쌓아 나가는데…
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Professional Review of "Linda Linda Linda Special Edition (Korean Version)"

June 15, 2007

This professional review refers to Linda Linda Linda (DVD) (US Version)
Trouble strikes a teen girl band on the eve of their performance at their school's festival. Their lead guitarist has broken her finger and the lead singer has walked away from the band. The remaining band members, Kei, Kyoko and Nozomi, unwilling to call it quits, search for a new lead singer to save their band with three days to go before the concert. In a chance encounter they choose a Korean exchange student, Son, to be their vocalist. Oh, just a couple things to note, Son has never performed in a band and speaks next to no Japanese. With three days to practice and learn their set list, including the insanely catchy Linda Linda Linda by Japanese punk icons The Blue Hearts, where the film gets its title, can the girls come together and pull off the performance of their lives?

Balancing on the simple direction by Nobuhiro Yamashita and soundtrack by Smashing Pumpkins alumnus, James Iha, Linda Linda Linda is a fantastic teenage tale of friendship, love and music. Both give the movie a simplistic feel. Yamashita's direction doesn't depend on flashy cuts and zooms. His framing is tight, his shooting is static and rarely does the camera move. Iha provides a soundtrack that is also simple in its approach and delivery, giving simple chords of post-punk regalia only when absolutely necessary and helpful to convey mood and tone.

The bulk of the comedic moments are thanks in part to Son and the language barrier between her, the girls, other students and friends. Bae Du Na masterfully navigates her way through those scenes and delivers comedic punches in such a subtle way. Bae owns every scene she is in. Yamashita does not get caught up in sub-plots or back-stories. The script does hint at incidents in the past that have led us to the point where we join the girls. Teenage crushes, though not prominent in the film, are alluded to briefly as a source of the troubles where we find the girls and aid in the comedic elements of the film later on. The exchange between Son and a male student who has learned some Korean to convey his feelings to her is painfully funny.

But overall Yamashita's focus is on the band and the music. And because nothing else gets in the way and hinders the flow of the storyline the film is a cohesive whole that is entertaining and heart-warming from beginning to end.

by Mack - Twitchfilm.net

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Customer Review of "Linda Linda Linda Special Edition (Korean Version)"

Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10 (1)

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August 22, 2006

This customer review refers to Linda Linda Linda (Japan Version)
1 people found the following helpful

Nice build up, great songs Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
At first I wasn't sure what to make of it. The first 20 min or so sets the scene for the rest of the movie, so it's not immediately clear how good this movie is. The characters come across dull, unprofessional, with too much "teenage feel" to some events, making it all feel cheap and forced.

Yet, as you progress through the story, something about these characters grows on you. One of the girls (Song) came across too weird at first, but in the end I felt a great affection for her. The build-up elements are patiently piled up to create momentum. It's designed in such a way that viewers end up caring for the characters.

It's a fairly slow moving story with teenage theme, but below that outlook, there is a solid human story and philosophy of people's relationship and the way they manifest through seemingly unimportant events.

I liked it so much, in the end I ended up buying the soundtracks and their version of the songs as well, which are so amateur yet mysteriously addictive.

I was tempted to give this full marks, but I suppose there is always a "more perfect" movie yet to be found.
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