[Happy_Day]

West 32nd is directed by Michael Kang.



Synopsis:
A lawyer gets mixed up with Korean gangsters in New York City. West 32nd takes the cameras inside New York's gritty Korean underworld. After hustling his way onto a homicide case, attorney John Kim (Cho) finds himself thrust into a sordid world of hard realities and moral compromises after he is taken under the wing of a ruthless Korean gangster who knows no limits.

Cast:
John Cho .... John Kim
Jun Sung Kim .... Mike Juhn
Grace Park (from Battlestar Galactica) .... Lila Lee
Jane Kim .... Suki Kim
Jun-ho Jeong (Well-known movie and drama star in Korea, from LuLu Gongju) .... Jin Ho Chun
John Cho
Grace Park
Jane Kim
Jeong Jun-ho

[boda]

i am excited for this movie to come out!!!!

i like jung jun ho!!! i cant wait!!

[rapunzel283]

Ooooh! John Cho & Grace Park! !!!

Awesome <3

[Shinhwa LoVe]

omg jung jun ho!!! i love him! they were filming a scene down my block from where i live in ny!!! i think they were filming a scene at a restuarant or something, but all i saw were crew members and other tech gears lol too bad i couldn't see him oh wells, can't wait for the movie!!!

[csnrain]

didn't they already finish filming? when's it being released?

[Solly]

the girl from battlestar galactica was korean?!?!?! O_O!!!
daaaaang~ i didn't know that O_O!!! whoa... i did not know
that the first guy was korean either~ this sounds really good.
can't wait to watch it! [x

[Happy_Day]

Jane Kim on the set, playing a room salon girl, in West 32nd

Some of her mannerisms are decidedly girlish, so it's no surprise that she explains her character in West 32nd as thus: "My character Suki is the one character in the film who remains pure and true to herself, but contrary to what should happen, she is the one who gets the worse repercussions for that characteristic." Jane speaks sweetly with little head nods and eyes widened for emphasis. This immediate innocence complicates itself when she explains how at first she was hesitant to take on the role of Suki, a room salon girl who is witness to the murder of her lover. She plays a pivotal role in the movie, in which the murder case draws in a Korean American attorney, played by John Cho, who becomes entangled with K-town's gangster network. Jane repeats how her character is the moral center of the movie, the symbol of purity. So why was she reluctant about playing her in the beginning?
"Initially, I wasn't going to take the part. I've done a lot of work with characters who, on the surface, seem a certain way. I didn't want to be typecast. But I was looking at [Suki] in a one-dimensional way. After reviewing the script, and with the director and producer trying to convince me, I realized that this is my part, and now I'm very happy I got it. She's very different from what she seems to be at first. She seems weak and fragile, but she turns out to be [the] toughest."

What exactly is a room salon girl?
"She's like the modern day geisha. It's not part of the sex industry because you're not giving any service, but you're giving attention and making your customer feel like he's the man. I actually had no concept what it was, so I went and did research."

And as for Jane's initial reluctance to play a room salon girl, Michael says, "The character of Suki could be just this object, but to me she is the heart of the movie, and she is the only purely innocent figure. I needed someone who could convey that, and mostly through presence. I needed someone who could find what's underneath and translate that to screen."

Near midnight, outside the pool hall, Jane sits in a car preparing for her scene. A tow truck will film her and Jun and pull their vehicle through the narrow streets of Flushing. The car's interior is lit, illuminating Kim as the sole brightness in the night. And it becomes obvious what the director was talking about. He's there in the flatbed making sure the camera will capture it for us. The innocence, the purity she sells it. Immediately, we know she's vulnerable, the bit of good caught up in a whole lot of ugly, not so much tragic as simply heartbreaking. We all need to save her. And only she can save us.

[MOOVERDOSE]

This sounds a lot like DRAGON BOYS.

[B0hemian_Sprite]

I love jungjunho <3
And John cho <3 ughsa;lskdfjas;lkdfj

[jiwonz1004]

whens this film released?

[xosandy]

^According to IMDb, it will be released in 2008.

[intoxicate.]

JOHN CHO! OMG DUDE HE IS SO FUNNY ANYWAY CHYEA I WANNA WATCH THIS

[chrissejin]

West 32nd Street - http://www.w32nd.com/
A Film by Michael Kang
Starring John Cho, Jun Kim (SO HOT!!), Grace Park, Jane Kim, and Jun Ho Jeong (yup dats right...an all Korean cast!!)

You can watch the trailer here - http://video.xanga.com/Mike2Cents/b52d3292633/video.html



Filmed in Ktown of New York.
Can't wait to watch it!

[tian`tian]

Interesting. Is it a Korean movie or Hollywood one? Since the title in the pic is in Korean.

[chrissejin]

Interesting. Is it a Korean movie or Hollywood one? Since the title in the pic is in Korean.

Neither. Indie Film.

[&rea]

Hey, at around 00:44, is that the guy from Delightful Girl Choon Hyang??? LOL

Anyway, hm, the plot doesn't seem too interesting =X The only thing that really got me interested was when they made the alcohol bombs hahaha

P.S. That Grace Park girl is really pretty =D

[Happy_Day]

Oh wow, thanks for the trailer!!! I've been looking everywhere for it. It looks awesome!!!!!

[rain_drops]

2008??!?!?!?! too farrrr wahhhh
jungjoonho & johncho! <3
cant wait....

[yoh]

Wow this looks interesting. Plus, it's got John Cho!! I hope that the movie turns out to be good.

[Happy_Day]

Actually, I think it is going to start showing at film festivals in a couple of weeks. But I can't go to any of them, so I'll have to wait for it to get distributed more and on DVD.

Does anyone know how long it takes for indie films to get on DVD?!