I wasn't expecting too much from this DVD nor from the movie, but this simple looking single disc release is above average and turned out to be one of the pleasant surprises of 2007. The DVD is actually dual-layered (package info is inaccurate!) and the amount of diverse supplements is more than enough for a single disc... but unfortunately un-subtitled as usual.

Filmed in HD with a raw and cold look, the photography still manages to keep an inviting feeling that is presented here with a vivid image that can't be judged as less than satisfying. Among the qualities are a clean progressive transfer, low noise level, precise saturation, and better balanced contrast than most of my other Korean DVDs. However, sometimes the shades could be a bit more detailed and one or two minor issues could have been improved, but overall this is quality stuff even more if you consider the low budget production.

Since the movie is not too demanding or dependent on the sound a 5.1 Dolby Digital mix can be seen as overdoing, but a very clean and background-detailed sound presentation is supplied by it, ending up providing an involving real-like surround environment symmetrically complementary to the raw cinematography. The minimalist soundtrack music, quite similar to Kazuhide Yamaji's work for the movie "Hanging Garden," is rarely heard but is seemly incorporated to the movie mood possibly even taking more advantage of the sound mix quality than the rest. So, I think the Dolby 5.1 mix was a good and adequate choice that delivers the goods without deviating attention from watch you see.

The English subtitles for the movie seem correctly translated - no problems come to my mind. The un-subtitled extras range from the Making-Of... to the poster shoot, all with a good image quality even-though they are interlaced. There is also a Korean audio commentary track, but remember, no subtitles available.

Lets not forget that the gem here is the film itself. Adapted from a Japanese short story and reminding me of "Flower Island" in style, the story that begins with the question "Are you Ko Myungeun?" unfolds during an intriguing and sometimes creepy trip that becomes more like a flashback for the main character where she fluidly makes entrance into other's people's reality like if it were, or once were, her own. Therefore, very subtly, the movie explores the notion of identity and the contrast between the country's in family life-style and big city nowadays lonely individualized realities.

Super performances in an exquisite drama presented with good sound and image quality. Recommended!