West 32nd (2007) [N/A]

Featuring:
John Cho, Jun Kim, Jeong Jun-ho

Written by:
Edmund Lee
Michael Kang

Directed by:
Michael Kang


Release Date:
May 2, 2007

Original Title:
웨스트 32번가

Alternate Titles:
Weseuteu 32beonga
West 32nd K-Town

Genres:
Crime | Thriller

Production Countries:
South Korea | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
KR: 15 

Runtime: 86

On one city block lies a whole other world.

When John Kim, an ambitious young lawyer, takes on a pro bono case to exonerate a fourteen-year-old boy from a first degree murder charge, he finds a world he never knew existed in the underbelly of Manhattan - the Korean underworld.

"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.

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Rankings and Honors

West 32nd (2007) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.0/10
Awards Won: 1 nomination

Director:
Michael Kang

Executive Producer:
Kim Ju-seong

Thanks:
Mia Riverton

Writer:
Edmund Lee
Michael Kang

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