From the Elena Stevenson blog, by elenastevenson on 2008-07-23 04:08 PM (original link)

Oh, the excitement of the FedEx envelope arriving from L.A. Publicist Jack Song asked me to review “No Regret,” a Korean film with an upcoming U.S. theatrical run. It’s being billed as a gay Romeo and Juliet, in light of its melodramatic romance and class-differences theme. According to the press kit, “No Regret” was such a passion project that cast and crew worked for next to nothing and contributed their personal cash toward production expenses. Released in South Korea in November 2006, the buzz around this film has been building steadily.

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I am so there! Thanks for the detailed review, Elena.

I want to see this movie so badly!

Same here! I thought Korea was so prejudice against gay relationships?

They are but that’s why this movie is such a big deal.

He looks like he’s about to poke him in his eye. :X

Lol Are they gay in real life? That would be too bad because they’re really cute.

Haha No idea. I’ve never heard of either actor.

Miyoko, both actors in the lead roles are hetero. Lee Young-hoon plays 18-year-old Sumin, and Lee Han plays wealthy Jaemin. I think that would be a huge challenge, to play a role that’s outside of your own preference.

That’s cool that they didn’t turn away from it. A lot of Korean guys I know are really macho.

Homosexuality is really started to explode in Asia it seems. I’m reading more articles in the Time, Wired, NYTimes, Slate, etc. Good that Asia is catching up to the rest of the world.