This week’s giveaway comes from YA Entertainment, an exclusive licensee, publisher and distributor of many popular Korean TV dramas with English subtitles. You can find their DVD titles in thousands of video stores, bookstores and gift shops throughout the United States and Canada.
Two lucky winners will receive a boxed set of DVDs.
One will receive the award-winning Old Partner:
From first-time filmmaker Lee Chung-Ryoul comes an award-winning feature documentary, Old Partner, which broke box office records in Korea as the highest grossing independent film in Korean history. Old Partner is an eloquent, touching, yet gut-wrenching peek into the reality of Mr. Choi Won-Kyun and his relationship with his 40-year-old ox. In the backdrop of what seems to be a dying way of life for many farmers in modern-day South Korea, the old couple perseveres while his wife, Lee Sam-Soon, bickers and complains about her own unlucky fate. There is no denying that this particular ox is a beast of burden, but it is also cherished and loved as the old man s constant and dependable companion. The original Korean title of the film, Wonangsori, literally translates to sound of a cowbell which dominates the audio track throughout the 78-minute documentary as a constant reminder of the absence of any other sound in the rural landscape of their small town. The old man and his ox trudge along slowly, crippled, and with a quiet defiance throughout the film proving a love and loyalty that can only be shared by a man and his animal.
The other will receive the modern-day Cinderella story Brilliant Legacy:
Pop singer Lee Seung-Gi and popular actress Han Hyo-Joo won Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Couple at the SBS Drama Awards for their breakout performances in Brilliant Legacy. Eun-sung (Han Hyo-Joo, Spring Waltz) is a kind, hardworking young woman from an affluent family, but she goes from riches to rags when her father suddenly passes away and her duplicitous stepmother devises an evil plan. Hwan (Lee Seung-Gi), the arrogant heir to his grandmother s large food company, has no interest in working and takes everyone around him for granted. In a series of surprising twists and turns, Hwan’s grandmother decides to groom Eun-sung to be her company s successor instead! Sparks begin to fly as Eun-sung and Hwan go head-to-head over their inheritance. Brilliant Legacy is an irresistible modern-day Cinderella story full of both laughter and tears. Amid family feuds, budding romances, terrible tragedies, changes of heart, and inspiring perseverance, the message throughout Brilliant Legacy s 28 episodes is clear: it pays to stay true to yourself and to be grateful for what you already have.
To enter, just comment on this post by 5 p.m. PST on Friday, May 7. Link to the giveaway on Twitter for an extra entry. (Leave another comment with your Twitter status.) Two entries max per person. Please make sure to leave a valid email address.
