For Japanese titles we have such things as:
Akira
Castle of Cagliostro
Chushingura
Cowboy Bebop (the series + the movie)
Ghost In The Shell
Hidden Fortress
Jin Roh – The Wolf Brigade
Kwaidan
Onmyoji
Princess Mononoke
Ran
Rashomon
Samurai I, II and III
Seven Samurai
Spirited Away
Taboo (Gohatto)
and on and on. Does anybody have anything equivalent or know or anything equivalent, released in Region 1 format, which are from Korea, in Korean Language with English subtitles, or even dubbed in English?? Please let me know. Remember - I specified region 1. Thanks.

Here are all the R1 releases I could find:

Shiri
Attack The Gas Station - Media Blasters release.
Nowhere to Hide - cut international edit.
2009:Lost Memories
The Way Home
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
301/302
Yesterday
Oasis
Take Care of My Cat
Tell Me Something
Tube
Chihwaseon (Painted Fire)
The Isle
Conduct Zero
Chunhyang
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
Lies

Note that Tai-Seng also imports a lot of the R0 versions of Korean films and sells them as the US release.

Thank You! Jay G., appreciate your effort. Looks like nobody else is going to respond, so I'll thank you now! I'll take a look at ALL of these on Amazon.com or other sites. I'll also check Tai-Seng's site! Thank you again!

There are some Listmania lists of Korean films on amazon too, if Jay G. missed any.

A warning about Tai Seng: from my experience, their quality control can be a bit iffy. For example, their version of Il Mare is a joke; it only has Cantonese and Mandarin audio, and it's improperly encoded so the whole image is vertically stretched. On the other hand, their version of Musa (which, for some reason, doesn't seem to be on their Web site) is pretty solid all-around, excluding some weird English on the packaging.

Speaking of 301/302, I noticed that both the R1 and R3 Korean DVDs are 4:3. Does anyone know what the OAR for this film is?

FOX is releasing Volcano High to DVD in March. The Korean film is if The Matrix met Big Trouble In Little China met the Harry Potter series (just with Korean teenagers instead of young British children). The film makes very little sense, but the film just oozes style over substance (thus why I like it).



Sadly, FOX is pretty much fucking up the release.

Side One has the 81 minute MTV version of the film (dubbed by rappers).
Side Two has the original 122 minute version of the film, but only in Korean Stereo.

The R0 "International Cut" (100 minutes) DVD and the R3 Korean Cut (122 minutes) version have both Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 as audio options. Can't FOX even include a Dolby Digital 5.1 track?

Thanks to all of you for your input. Yes, when I looked at some of Jay G.'s suggestions on Amazon.com I discovered some of the listmania lists and got even some additional ideas. Appreciate your taking the time to post.

danwiz

Sounds like typical Korean cinema to me

BTW there is also Bichunmoo ("period" martial arts piece... although IIRC it was kind of light on the martial arts but it's been awhile). Another one I highly recommend is Joint Security Area.

Taegukgi is coming out on 02/08

The Way Home is a quiet, sweet film worth checking out on DVD.