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Posted on: Friday, April 24, 2009

KLIFE adds 2 new Korean movies

By Jeff Chung

New Korean movies have been added to the lineup on KLIFE, a video-on-demand channel featuring Korean content (Oceanic Cable digital 81).

There are two movies updated for April and at least six more titles coming the following months. "Virgin Snow" and "Gangster High" are the new titles this month:

'VIRGIN SNOW'

Min (Lee Jun Ki) moves to Japan, following his professor father. One day at a local shrine, he meets a beautiful, long-haired Japanese girl with innocent eyes. Her name is Nanae, and she is an aspiring painter. Min falls for her at first sight. He longs for her but soon learns that Nanae attends the same school to which Min has just transferred.

Despite the cultural and language barriers, Min and Nanae become fast friends, taking in the famous sites of Kyoto. Their feelings for each other grow, and on a visit to a ceramic store, Nanae promises some day to paint Min's portrait on the pottery that is made by him. Min continues to learn the craft from his father, and he comes to realize that he has to put all of his heart, the kind of love he feels for Nanae, into making the pottery for it not to crack.

Because of his grandmother's sudden illness, Min has to return to Korea to be with her. He cannot get in touch with Nanae, and he becomes anxious. After his grandmother regains her health, he hurries back to Japan to look for Nanae, but she is nowhere to be found. Have his true feelings for Nanae not reached her? Why has Nanae disappeared without a word?

'GANGSTER HIGH'

High school friends Sang-ho, Jae-gu and Chang-bae create a soccer club called "Tigers." Sang-ho — a model student who abstains from smoking, drugs and alcohol — meets Suhee, a girlfriend of a rival high school gang leader. Suhee causes the Tigers and TNT to meet in a final fight to settle all things. Sang-ho tries hard to be the son of a militant father but chooses loyalty to friends and risks his future. Suhee stays with Jong-suk, the leader of TNT to save Sang-ho from violent threats from Jong-suk but it ends in a final showdown. When Sang-ho's friends become seriously injured during a fight with TNT, Sang-ho makes a choice he can't go back on and changes his life forever.

THIS WEEK’S K-DRAMA SYNOPSES

'THE FAMILY OF HONOR'

EPISODES 41 AND 42

Tonight at 7:45: Kim Sun-tae asks for $3 million, and Gang-suk refuses. Gang-suk pulls the wedding two weeks sooner. Young-ja goes to Hye-joo's workplace and checks out Hyun-gyu. Kim Sun-tae runs over Gang-suk with his car. Tomorrow at 7:45 p.m.: Gang-suk's in a critical condition, and undergoes two surgeries. Dan-ah vows not to see Gang-suk again if he recovers, and at that moment, he regains consciousness. Hye-joo is kidnapped by Kim Sun-Tae.

'GLASS CASTLE'

EPISODES 40 AND 41

Sunday at 6:45 p.m.: Suk-jin and Joon-hee get back together. Kyu-song finds out about Yu-ran and Hyong-seok and confronts Hyong-seok. Sunday at 7:45 p.m.: Suk-jin thinks he got the position of main anchor because of the chairman, so he turns down the position. Hyong-seok and Kyu-song face off. Hyong-seok becomes Kyu-song's ally and is invited to the house for dinner.

'PRINCESS JAMYUNG'

EPISODES 2 AND 3

Monday at 7:45 p.m.: Jamyung tries with all her might to protect Jamyunggo from Lahee, but she hesitates at the last minute and let Lahee stab her. The story goes back in time to before Jamyung and Lahee were born. Liu Xian, the king of Nakrang Commandery, hears Choi Li's unborn daughters will cause the collapse of Nakrang and orders him to kill his own daughters. Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. Wang Jasil, Choi Li's second wife and Lahee's mother, plots with Jamuk to save her own daughter and kill Mo Haso's daughter. Choi Li and Mo Haso can't bring themselves to kill Jamyung, their baby daughter, but Jasil stabs the baby's heart with her hairpin. Mo Haso and Choi Li bid tearful goodbye to their daughter.

'CAIN AND ABEL'

EPISODES 5 AND 6

Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. The man responsible for saving Cho-in's life turns out to be Young-ji's older brother Oh Kang-chul. And Kang-chul becomes a big brother figure to Cho-in, who is now inflicted with amnesia and has no idea of his own identity or past. Sun-woo learns that the brain tumor he developed seven years ago has recurred. Thursday at 7:45 p.m.: Sun-woo and Seo-yeon go to the prison where Cho-in and Kang-chul are detained. Sun-woo is asked by South Korean authorities to confirm Cho-in's identity, but Sun-woo denies that the man now inflicted with amnesia is his brother.