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Packaging Spotlight 019: City Hall 
March, 13th 2011, 05:20 pm Packaging Spotlight 019: City Hall
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I absolutely love Kim Sun Ah (My Lovely Sam-Soon) and Cha Seung Won (Athena, 71 Into the Fire), so I was thrilled when they were cast in K-drama City Hall together. It's been awhile since it first aired, but the series is finally on U.S. DVD (actually, it's been available since last September, and this post is just a little on the late side). The drama blends politics with romance, comedy and even a few heart-breaking moments and is anchored by Kim and Cha's chemistry, which is full of zing from start to finish.

City Hall
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I love the slightly textured paper YA Entertainment uses on many of their art boxes. It gives things a slightly more elegant look and feel than the standard high-gloss paper often used, plus it doesn't attract fingerprints.





























Back of the box:
All's fair in love and politics! From the creators of Lovers in Paris and Lovers in Prague comes City Hall, a romantic comedy with a political twist that pairs movie star Cha Seung-Won with My Lovely Sam-Soon's vivacious heroine, Kim Sun-Ah.

Jo Gook (Cha Seung-Won, SBS Best Actor Award) is an ambitious big-city bureaucrat with an eye on the presidency. Much against his wishes, he is abruptly dispatched to be the new deputy mayor in the backwater coastal town of Inju where he meets Mi-rae (Kim Sun-Ah), a low-level clerk who works in the mayor's office. Jo Gook quickly makes enemies with just about everyone at the City Hall. But his most ridiculous run-ins are with Mi-rae, whose kindheartedness and steadfast determination end up capturing the hearts and minds of all Inju citizens.


Special Features:
Kim Sun Ah interviews and commentaries

Specs:
U.S. Region 1, NTSC
YA Entertainment
7-discs
20 hours
16:9, anamorphic widescreen
Not rated
Korean audio
English subtitles

5 Minute English-Subbed Preview:

City Hall (Preview) ~ YA Entertainment from YA Entertainment on Vimeo.




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