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Texture of Skin (DVD) (First Press Edition) (Korea Version)
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Helmer Lee Seong Kang, widely known as Korea's Miyazaki Hayao for his acclaimed animated films Yobi, The Five Tailed Fox and My Beautiful Girl, Mari, pulls off a new sleight of hand with his first non-animated feature film, Texture of Skin. The erotic mystery thriller revolves around a man who indulges in sexual pleasures with his ex-lover, all the while being driven into the realm of fantasy. Riding the delicate line between horror and eroticism, the story unfolds through one man's obsession with both physical and spiritual love as he plunges into chaos triggered by ambivalence between the material world and the spiritual realm. It is not until the film's ending that the characters' relationships are clarified, tying up the loose ends to the storyline. This multi-textured arthouse film mirrors the aesthetics of Lee's earlier animations, maximizing the use of light and shade and color schemes to create an enchanting atmosphere. Scandalous in its erotic love scenes and beautifully haunting in its plot execution, Texture of Skin is written by director Lee, who is deftly assisted by Secret Sunshine's director of photography and No Regret's art director. The film received a string of international accolades including an invitation to compete in The Dragons and Tigers Award for Young Cinema at the 24th Vancouver International Film Festival.

Fledging photographer Min Woo (Kim Yoon Tae, Bad Guy) witnesses the death of a woman first hand at the scene of a gruesome car accident. The next day, he bumps into his former lover Jae Hee (Kim Ju Ryong, Paradise Murdered, Memories Of Murder), a married woman whom he agrees to have sex with nine times. Amid the rabid love affair, Min Woo settles into a new apartment despite having heard some strange stories about the previous tenant. One night, while engaging in a steamy bedroom romp with Jae Hee, Min Woo sees the phantom of a mysterious girl (Choi Bo Young, Mokpo the Harbor). Curiosity turns to obsession and soon Min Woo finds himself enslaved by his former lover and a ghost. As the line between fantasy and reality starts to blur, the story unravels to a new haunting discovery.

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Product Title: Texture of Skin (DVD) (First Press Edition) (Korea Version) 肌膚之親 (DVD) (初回版) (韓國版) 肌肤之亲 (DVD) (初回版) (韩国版) 私たちのセックスのこと (初回版)(韓国版) 살결 (초회판)
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Artist Name(s): Kim Yoon Tae | Kim Ju Ryong Kim Yoon Tae | 金 舟齡 Kim Yoon Tae | 金 舟龄 Kim Yoon Tae | Kim Ju Ryong 김윤태 | Kim Ju Ryong
Director: Lee Seong Kang Lee Seong Kang Lee Seong Kang イ・ソンガン Lee Seong Kang
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Release Date: 2008-10-23
Language: Korean
Subtitles: Korean, English
Country of Origin: South Korea
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Publisher: Taewon Entertainment, Korea
Other Information: 1 Disc
Package Weight: 100 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1012366091

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* Screen Format : Anamorphic Widescreen
* Sound Mix : Dolby 2.0
* Extras :
- 이성강 감독, 배우 김윤태, 김주령, 영화평론가 오동진 음성해설
- 이성강 감독 단편 애니메이션 : 오늘이
- 예고편

* Director : 이성강

마음의 누드...
네 마음을 벗기고 싶다.
죽음을 목격한 다음날, 죽어도 못 잊을 옛 애인과 마주쳤다!
앙시 국제 애니메이션 영화제 대상 이성강 감독의 첫 실사영화 세계가
설레인 감각 영상, 사랑과 비밀이 공존하는 스크린의 살결은 느낀다

<살결>은 주인공 민우가 겪는 두 가지 만남-십 년 전 애인과의 육체적 만남과 죽은 소녀의 영혼과의 만남-으로 전개된다. 두 만남은 서로 대비되기도 하고 뒤섞이기도 한다. 영혼과의 교감이 계속되면서 옛 애인과의 육체적 관계도 변화된다. 남녀의 육체적인 관계는 개개가 절정을 가진 하나의 드라마이고, 그 드라마들은 두 사람의 감정 변화에 따라 달라진다. 이야기는 민우가 옛 애인과 그리고 소녀의 영혼과 맺게 되는 관계의 변화를 추적해 가고 마침내 그들이 마음 속에 덮어버렸던 진실에 까지 이른다. 카메라는 인물들에 아주 가까이 다가서거나 멀리 떨어지는 것에 의해 운명에 무력하면서도 한편 그 안에서 발버둥치는 그들의 이중성을 묘사하게 될 것이다.

사진 작가인 민우는 우연히 한 여인의 죽음을 목격한다. 그녀의 시체에 손을 댄 순간 사람의 생명이 피부 위에서 사그라지는 걸 느낀 다음 날 학창시절 열렬히 사랑했던 옛 애인 재희와 우연히 마주친다. 유부녀가 된 재희는 그에게 아홉 번의 섹스를 제안한다. 그녀와 살을 맞대는 순간 그에게는 잊고 있던 사랑의 열정이 되살아나고... 한편 민우는 새 자취방을 구하는데 왠지 그 방은 과거가 석연치 않다. 옷을 만드는 소녀였다는 전 주인의 심상치 않은 물건들, 그리고 말을 삼가는 부동산업자. 그리고 그 방에서 민우는 재희와 섹스를 하는 순간 소녀의 환상을 경험하는데...서서히 민우를 지배하는 두 여자의 살결. 한 사람은 육체로, 한 사람은 영혼으로 그를 사로잡는다.
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Professional Review of "Texture of Skin (DVD) (First Press Edition) (Korea Version)"

April 17, 2008

This professional review refers to Texture Of Skin (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)
Did anyone see this coming? After achieving significant international success with his family oriented animated feature My Beautiful Girl Mari, Korea's Lee Sung-Gang opted to make his sophomore feature a live action picture. And not just any live action picture, an experimental, supernaturally charged mystery loaded with explicit sexuality. Texture of Skin is a drastic change of pace for the director, one so dramatic that it could conceivably place his entire career at risk were he to fail. But Texture of Skin is far away from being a failure. It is a beautiful, complex, subtly nuanced film; one unlikely to rack up major box office but also one that clearly announces Lee as a significant talent in all facets of his work and one that should allow him to move in literally any direction, any sphere, he cares to for the rest of his career.

The film follows Min-Woo, a photographer for an investigative journal, through several weeks of his life after a chance encounter with Jae-hee, an old friend from college days. Jae-hee, now a married businesswoman, makes an unusual proposition to Min-woo. She wants to have an affair, but limits it strictly to only nine encounters. Min-woo agrees to this only to find old feelings awakening within him as the affair progresses. He is also increasingly plagued by dreams and visions of a young woman, apparently the woman who lived in his new apartment just prior to his arrival.

To say any more about the plot would take us well into spoiler territory and this is a film that should be seen and appreciated with as little advance knowledge as possible. With its reliance on surreal dream-logic, elliptical story telling and flashes of graphic sex and violence, Texture of Skin is, in many ways, reminiscent of David Lynch's work though Lee's shooting and story telling style are quite different. Lee unfolds his story slowly, gradually, giving only glimpses and guesses, forcing the audience to draw the threads together into a whole. It is a film beautifully constructed and sure to reward repeat viewings.

As is the case with most animators turned live action directors, Lee has a sharp eye for detail. His compositions are simply stunning, often shot through a warm amber filter. And, as strange as this may sound in reference to a film loaded with graphic sex, what Lee doesn't show you is very often as important as what he does - a fact he telegraphs by shooting the initial encounter and proposition between Jae-hee and Min-woo from the knees down.

Texture of Skin is purely an arthouse film, one made for adult audiences willing to devote some time and energy to it. Those looking for a fast pace and quick answers will find it immensely frustrating but for the rest of us, this announces Lee's arrival as a significant auteur. Very highly recommended.

by Todd Brown - Twitchfilm.net

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Customer Review of "Texture of Skin (DVD) (First Press Edition) (Korea Version)"

Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 3 - 3 out of 10 (1)

Kevin Kennedy
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June 8, 2008

This customer review refers to Texture Of Skin (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)
Texture of Tedium Customer Review Rated Bad 3 - 3 out of 10
The makers of "Texture of Skin" overlooked a couple of key ingredients when they cooked up this film. They gave us no characters about which we can care. And they gave us no story about which we can care. Here's the theme in a nutshell: We all live lives of solitary anguish, occasionally interrupted by adulterous or incestual sex, then we die. Sound like a good movie? Not to me, either.
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