Name That Movie - Pictures

[Allhallowsday]

Just wanted to get this thread back on track and remind everyone what the current picture is.
I'm not sure what it is, but knowing how AHD thinks---is it an Italian neorealist movie?

The guy looks kinda like John Drew Barrymore...

REV: Getting back on track, exactly, "INR"... I probably couldn't have picked an easier one, new shot below.    
RC: Nope, way off. 

[Jim H]

Ossessione, the unofficial unlicensed version of The Postman Always Rings Twice.  For many years it was unavailable in the US because of this!

Am I right?

[Allhallowsday]

Ossessione, the unofficial unlicensed version of The Postman Always Rings Twice.  For many years it was unavailable in the US because of this!
Am I right?

Yup, you got it. 

[Jim H]

Hint: It's Asian in origin, but not a Hong Kong or Japanese film.

[Jim H]

Wow, I totally forgot about this.  Sorry!



Hint 1: It's Korean

Hint 2: The star of this film (pictured) was the villain in a much more famous, more recent Korean blockbuster-type film.

[Skull]

Oldboy?

[Jim H]

Oldboy?

No.

Here's another hint: the more recent Korean film the actor appeared in was an Eastern Western.

[Rev. Powell]

Hmm, it's not JOINT SECURITY AREA, is it?  Something more obscure?

[Jim H]

Hmm, it's not JOINT SECURITY AREA, is it?  Something more obscure?

Not JSA.  Looks like you know the right actor, as he is a lead in JSA.  I think this one may be more obscure than I realized.

Joint Security Area got a US DVD release, but I don't believe this one has yet.  It is a number of years more recent than that one as well, which makes that even more surprising. 

Since you've seemingly pegged the actor, I'll say that the Eastern Western I was referring to is the highly entertaining The Good, The Bad, The Weird.

[Rev. Powell]

Well... I do know the actor, so I'll narrow it down eventually.  I'll still make only 1 guess at a time in case anyone wants to jump in and steal it after I did all the legwork.

A BITTERSWEET LIFE?

[Jim H]

Well... I do know the actor, so I'll narrow it down eventually.  I'll still make only 1 guess at a time in case anyone wants to jump in and steal it after I did all the legwork.

A BITTERSWEET LIFE?

You got it!  Very good film, from the same director of The Good, The Bad, The Weird and A Tale of Two Sisters.  Man by the name of Kim Ji-woon. 

The actor, of course, is Lee Hyung-bun.  Good actor, and I hear people say he's so good looking even straight men pine after him. 

I'd suggest looking the film up Rev...  Not perfect, but I think you'd enjoy it.  Unfortunately, it's not on Net Flix and the DVD seems to be out of print!?  Ridiculous, especially for a film less than five years old!

[Rev. Powell]

Well... I do know the actor, so I'll narrow it down eventually.  I'll still make only 1 guess at a time in case anyone wants to jump in and steal it after I did all the legwork.

A BITTERSWEET LIFE?

You got it!  Very good film, from the same director of The Good, The Bad, The Weird and A Tale of Two Sisters.  Man by the name of Kim Ji-woon. 

The actor, of course, is Lee Hyung-bun.  Good actor, and I hear people say he's so good looking even straight men pine after him. 

I'd suggest looking the film up Rev...  Not perfect, but I think you'd enjoy it.  Unfortunately, it's not on Net Flix and the DVD seems to be out of print!?  Ridiculous, especially for a film less than five years old!

Amazon shows it as available: http://www.amazon.com/Bittersweet-Life-Directors-Cut-DVD/dp/B000HAX8ZC.  Of course I'd love to see it, but do you realize how long my viewing queue is now?  Actually I want to see TG TB & TW first.

I'm away from my home computer right now but will post something later.

[Jim H]

It's available on Amazon because some of the third party retailers there have stock left.  It's no longer being printed (from what I could determine), and is getting harder and harder to find, even on Korean sites.

But I hear ya on the viewing queue..  Mine is also ridiculously long.  I enjoyed TGTBTW more than A Bittersweet Life, BTW, but tonally they're quite different.

[Rev. Powell]

New picture:

[Rev. Powell]

Small hint: she's pressing down on something in this scene.