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WINNER
Audience Award
2002 Big Bear Lake Int'l Film Festival

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Jan.30, 2003, Thursday at 10:30am


OFFICIAL SELECTION ¿µÈ­Á¦ ÃÊû
Riverside International Film Festival
(January 24, 2003)

THE BORDER THEATER ÅØ»ç½º ±ØÀå
905 Conway, Mission, TX
TEL: 585-4122
(January 18 & 19, 2003)
Showtimes:(Sat & Sun.) 12:15 pm

Fairfax Laemmle Theater ·¥¸® ±ØÀå
(Fairfax & Beverly Blvd., Çæ¸®¿ìµå)
(Dec. 6, 2002)

Gardena Cinema Theater °¡µð³ª ±ØÀå
(14948 Crenshaw Blvd. Gardena CA)
(Dec. 13, 2002)


 

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A Young Man Kang Film


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Written by Tony T.L. Young

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Ä̸® ·ù Kerry Liu
Åä¹ÌÄÚ ¸® Tomiko Lee
Áö³ª È÷¶óÀÌÁÖ¹Ì Gina Hiraizumi
ÄÉÀÌÆ® ÇÒ·¯µ¥ÀÌ Kate Holliday
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È÷·Î¹Ì ´Ï½Ã¾ß¸¶ Hiromi Nishiyama


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·çÄ¡¾Æ³ë ¼¼À̹ö(ÇØ¸®) has had a long decorated military career alongside his professional acting career in the Chicago theater. In 1996, he started his own film production company, producing his first autobiographical feature, “Placebo Effect,” for which he won Best Feature, Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography at the New York International Independent Film Festival. Since then, he has starred in “Scared” and “1st Testament: CIA Vengeance.”
Ä̸® ·ù(¸¶¾ß) most recently appeared in supporting roles on “ER” and “General Hospital.” She graduated from UCSD with a degree in communications, having also attended Stirling University in Scotland as an undergrad. Kerry studied acting under Milton Katselas at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and most recently starred in feature films, "Bloodsisters," "Rampart," and "Terrortoons."
Áö³ª È÷¶óÀÌÁÖ¹Ì(¾Ö½Ã¾Æ) is a singer, dancer and actress from Gardena, California. She has appeared in NBC’s “City Guys” and MTV’s soap opera “Spyder Games.” Also appeared on "Baywatch Hawaii" and "She's All That". She currently booked a job on 'Port Charles'.
ÄÉÀÌÆ® Çæ¸®µ¥ÀÌ(»õ¹Ì) arrived in L.A. from her native Florida intent on starring in feature films. She has starred opposite Samuel L. Jackson in a spoof for ESPN. She made her feature film debut in “Killing Time.”

È÷·Î¹Ì ´Ï½Ã¾ß¸¶(Á¦³ª) reprises her role as a masseuse following a similar role in Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s “Baseketball.” She began her career in her native Japan in numerous stage shows and has since starred in “Go For Broke” with Bobby Brown and independent features such as “Watermelon Sushi.” and "1st Testament:CIA Vengeance"


¸¶¸® Ÿ³ªÄ«(À¯ÄÚ) was trained at the Actor’s Edge Studio. Fluent in both Farsi and Japanese, “Soap Girl” marks her first feature film.


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Åä¹ÌÄÚ ¸®(¸¶¸¶»ó) a Veteran of film television and stage, Tomiko has over 40 years in the entertainment industry ranging from starring roles from "Hawaii Fighting 2" , "Magnum P.I.", "Byrds of Paradise", "Hawaii 5-O" and many stage shows which also include top honors in ballroom dancing. She is also a black belt in Karate.

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ÀÛ°¡: Åä´Ï ¿µ Tony T. L. Young
Tony T. L. Young graduated from the University of Hawaii with a double major in English and Theater. His short stories have been published in literary magazines such as Hawaii Review and Naturally. In 1996, he won the Kumu Kahua Playwriting Award for One Act Plays, Division One. As an actor in Hawaii, he has co-starred in a cable access series called, “Sleepless.” He currently runs an online bookstore and is self-publishing his first poetry book, “I Wanna Be A High Priced Slut.”

Á¦ÀÛ: µ¥´Ï½º Á¦ÀÓ½º ¸® Dennis James Lee
As President and Co-founder of Manoa Entertainment, a Motion Picture Production and Entertainment Corporation, Dennis has in the last five years developed many business relationships in the Hollywood film industry. He is actively involved in film production, packaging, and structuring of finance deals with foreign investors in Japan, India, Korea and Los Angeles.
He is currently producing “Mist” with director Young Man Kang and "The Stamp Collector" starring Julie Christie to be shot in India. He is also packaging a dozen feature films for the international market. He is also co-owner of Leapfrog Entertainment in Honolulu, Hawaii music and Multimedia Corporation. A native of Hawaii, he has studied dramatic arts at the University of Hawaii and film financing, distribution and directing at UCLA.
Dennis James Lee appears in the role of “Teddy Song” in this film.


Á¦ÀÛ: Åä¹ÌÄÚ ¸® Tomiko Lee
Tomiko Lee has been producing feature films and shorts for twenty years. She is co-owner of Leap Frog Productions and currently resides in Hawaii. She is also involved in the recording industry in Hawaii, having produced several contemporary pop CD’s. She has been a professional actress for thirty years, having appeared on the television series, “Hawai Five-O” and “Magnum P.I.” She appears in “Soap Girl” as the Mamasan.
Tomiko Lee stars in the role of “Mamasan” in this film.

Á¦ÀÛ: ¿¡µåÀ© »êÅ佺 Edwin A. Santos
Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Edwin A. Santos graduated from CSU Northridge in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts in Radio/Television/Film - Broadcasting. He began his production career as a production assistant on “Real Stories of the Highway Patrol.” He has also directed and edited his own video short, “Honor, Duty, Loyalty” for the 1993 LA Video Film Festival and was the recipient of the Catherine Clymer Scholarship Award from American Women in Radio and Television.
In 1999, he co-produced a 16mm trailer called “Impact Zone” with the Leap Frog production team. He currently works in post-production at Crest National Digital Media Complex.

ÃÔ¿µ°¨µ¶ : Ç ½Ã¸Ó¸Ç Henryk Cymerman
A native of Poland with a distinguished career in the Israeli fine art, Henryk Cymerman began his career shooting and directing commercials then segued into feature film cinematography. His previous credits include, “Scared,” “To The Limit,” and “Placebo Effect,” which won the cinematography award at the New York Film Festival.

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¾Øµµ¶ó Ä«Æä Andorra Cafe
³ª»ç·¿ Ŭ¸®´Ð Nazareth Clinic
³»Ãò·² ¼¼¶óǻƽ ½ºÆÄ Natural Therapeutic Spa

 

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Luciano Saber Harry Gomes
Kerry Liu Maya
Tomiko Lee Mamasan
Gina Hiraizumi Asia
Kate Holliday Sammy
Hiromi Nishiyama Jenna
Mari Tanaka Yuko
Dennis James Lee Teddy Song
Roscoe Karzas Fat Man
Jake Chiu First Customer
Justin Born Mr. Jones
Titu Married Man
Ed Santos Frustrated Boyfriend
Jesse Pate Effeminate Man
Tommy Le Bartender
Lea Downey Karin
Jasmine Jong Ok Kang Sooki
Jin-Hee Kalani
Julie Della Ripa Janis
Kazumi Aihara Kimi
Erin Marie Moore Sofia
Aiko Takaoka Mayumi
Jung O. Chung Not a Cop
Derek D. Kim Undercover Cop
and
Tony T.L. Young The Poetry Host


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Director Young Man Kang
Production Manager/Coordinator Edwin A. Santos
First Assistant Director Derek D. Kim
Director of Photography Henryk Tzvi Cymerman
Assistant Camera Dave Hirschmann
Gaffer David Thornton
Key Grip Leon Samuelson
Swing Tony Pulice
Sound Mixer/Boom Operator Torin K. Middleton
Production Design Supervisor Tony T.L. Young
Maya’s Apartment Paintings Kristy Roberts
Sexual Healing Book Cover Art David K. Wong
Massage Parlor Photograph “Fish” James Nam, Suk Hoon
Tea Room Design James Nam, Suk Hoon
Teddy Song Tatto Drawing Young Man Kang
First Key Makeup/Special Makeup FX Coco Yuon
Makeup Assistants Hwang Jung Park, Mayumi Kondo, Aiko Takaoka
Wardrobe Supervisor Natalie Lander
Script Consultant Hiromi Nishiyama
Massage Consultant Milcah White
Set/Still Photographer Julian Chan
Publicity Photographer
Production Assistants Jake Chiu, Davis Choh, Dorian Martin, Janis Matsumoto


SPECIAL THANKS TO
Natural Therapeutic Spa
Nazareth Clinic
Andorra Café & Restaurant
Tracey Lee, Shane Wall, Darin Sodetani
Julie Kusano
Kristy Roberts
Cinema Secrets, Inc.
James Nam, Suk Hoon
Management and Tenants of Park La Brea
Luciano Saber & The Lot
Enterprise Rent-a-Car
Mole-Richardson, Inc.
VDI Multimedia, Inc.
Editing Equipment provided by Steve Shine, Dearfilm
Gregory Hatanaka
Dong Po Kim
Justin Han
asiancast.com
alpha printing
Actor Mine
Pioneer Theater
Laemmle's Theater
Gardena Theater
Filmthreat
Opencity Communications
Cult Movies Magazine
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Mike Seros LATV, KJLA
Some Entermedia
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Korean Motion Picture Association of America


REVIEWS

FILM THREAT

SOAP GIRL
2002, Un-rated, 86min, Leapfrog Productions (5/15/2002)


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Posted on: Friday, January 31, 2003

'Soap' based on Hawai'i hostess bar experience

By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer


Actresses Kerry Liu, Ginni Ramos and Gina Hiraizumi with director Young Man Kang
learn about hostess bars from Tomiko Lee.


Tomiko Lee worked inside the Korean hostess bars in Honolulu as a young woman, and eventually came to own one. Fifteen years later, she serves as executive producer of "Soap Girl," a movie about massage parlor workers in Los Angeles.

The independent film, inspired in part by Lee's experience in the hostess bars, premieres in Hawai'i next week at The Art House at Restaurant Row. Lee used profits from her bar earnings to help finance the film.

Her son Dennis James Lee, also a producer, plays an extortionist in the movie. Followers of Hawai'i's TV and stage scenes may recognize him from his performing credits in "Magnum, P.I.," "Hawai'i Five-O," "Dreamgirls" at the Hawai'i Theatre and "Evita" at Diamond Head Theatre.

After producing indie films in Hollywood for about four years, Dennis Lee says he had a plan: to make a movie with independent spirit and cultural ties, attracting enough notice to get him into big-budget films.

"I met the director, Young Man Kang, and we talked about stuff we wanted to do," he said. His mother suggested a story about massage parlor girls of Los Angeles "because not everybody knows their story, that these people are human beings, just like the Korean hostess bar girls."

The director bit, and the Lees had themselves a movie.

The LeapFrog Productions film, budgeted at $1 million and shot in the Korea Town area of Fairfax in Los Angeles, could as easily have been set along Ke'eaumoku Street or Kapi'olani Boulevard, an area Tomiko Lee knows from within. She says some of the setups in "Soap Girl" came from her familiarity with the hostess bar scene in Hawai'i.

"When I first came to the U.S. from Korea I was 18 and a vulnerable young girl, just like Maya in the movie," said Tomiko Lee. "I was in Denver, Colorado, for three years before coming to Hawai'i, and like Maya, I was idealistic, falling in love easily, and experienced losing someone I loved. I was alone in a merciless word, without a trade or career skills. I ended up at a hostess bar.

"I earned my way up to be a bar owner and many years later, maybe 25 years, I had my own nightclub and bar, but I also was an entrepreneur ? so I got out, 15 years ago."

The central character in "Soap Girl," Maya, is a drifter who finds employment, camaraderie and eventual love in the massage salon after suffering a personal tragedy. The film includes a backstory on organized crime in Korea Town.

Dennis Lee said the "scrub down, rub down" business shown ? customers are soaped and showered before getting a body massage ? is typical in existing massage operations. Some are fronts for illegal prostitution.

"What's interesting is that what used to be only in Korea Town now has spread out west, to Beverly Hills," he said. "And there's an underlying tension between Koreans, blacks and Hispanics now."

Kang, the director, who also worked on the movie's script, "knows a few girls who worked in the parlors," he said. "Some elements are taken from Korean bars, which have the same kind of hierarchy, a mama-san working with girl hostesses, and some gangster types; my character is a combination of Korean and Vietnamese gangland types."

Kerry Liu, who plays Maya, said the movie "should shed light on an interesting story never told before."

Though in the film Maya is attacked and forced into situations Liu does not approve of, the actor doesn't think the part demeans women.

"The movie shows Asian Americans have problems like any other race," said Liu, who lives in Los Angeles but has relatives in Hawai'i. "I would say that Maya isn't just any Asian female, and she has integrity. ... Koreans are not even on the radar, so the movie brings it all out."

Dennis Lee said the depiction of an underground Korean mafia in "Soap Girl" is realistic, as is the cross-cultural massage crew.
"There are 'good' girls, like Maya, and others who would do more than massage," he said. "And there are extortionists out there, too.

As for reaction from those in the massage parlors, "in general, those in the biz haven't responded to our film," Dennis Lee said. "They don't want the recognition."

"Soap Girl" has stirred up some buzz in other places, though. It earned the 2002 Audience Award at the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival (along with Best Feature Award in the festival's Asian American Showcase).

The movie has also earned criticism from those who think it perpetuates a racial stereotype.

"I feel in order to stop stereotyping, we need to head straight on into the controversy, and show the humanistic side of life," Dennis Lee said. "Of course, this depends on the viewer. Some Asians are offended, wanting to push this film under. Others are happy to see a real story told."

The production boasts a number of Hawai'i ties. Dennis Lee attended Hawai'i Baptist Academy, graduated in 1982 from McKinley High School, and studied voice with Fred Lam and Eunice De Mello. Tony Young, who wrote the screenplay, attended the University of Hawai'i. Actress Ginnie Ramos attended Punahou School. Another actress, Gina Hiraizumi, has relatives in 'Aiea.

 


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Feb 14, 2003

Stars savor
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'Soap' girls say the film
transcends its setting

By John Berger

When Kerry Liu and Gina Hiraizumi met us on a brisk and chilly Thursday afternoon in Manoa to talk about their roles in the independent film "Soap Girl," which opens today, it looked like they could still be in character.

Hiraizumi, who plays Asia, the "bad girl with attitude," was decked out to turn heads from any angle -- perhaps as Asia would on her day off as the head girl and "resident trainer" in a Los Angeles massage parlor. Liu, who stars in the title role as a mysterious woman who takes a job in the parlor for enigmatic reasons, was low-key, opting for the layered look and a cap that seemed to distance herself from her screen character.

Liu said, "We're really proud of 'Soap Girl' because I think it's like an actor's dream role for me as an artist. It's not overly shocking, but you're supposed to do something different, something out there. That's why you become an actor, to create something new."

While the film's scenario of "Asian woman in seedy job gets involved with Caucasian man" is not a particularly new one (i.e., "The World of Suzie Wong" and "Miss Saigon"), Hiraizumi says she's gotten an earful from people who apparently feel that "Soap Girl" presents a negative picture about today's Asian-American woman.

"I've gotten a lot of criticism (from Asian-American activists), saying that I'm not staying true to what Asian-American women really are -- but who's to say Asian-American women are one way? They're the same people who are complaining that Asian roles are so stereotypical," she said.

Another hot-button issue in the film is the interracial romance between Liu's character, Maya, and a sensitive if introspective Caucasian man.

"I can understand how people can be upset about that," Hiraizumi said. "A lot of Asian-American activists have complained, 'Why is it always a Caucasian man rescuing the poor Asian woman?' But he's not really rescuing her -- and he's such a dork!"

Liu mentioned that while some may choose to take offense at the massage parlor setting, "Soap Girl" is not just about sex.

"People already have a preconceived notion that it's all about sex and prostitution, but our movie puts a twist on it and puts a different light on the lifestyle," she explained.

A FEW minutes into the conversation, we're joined by Tomiko Lee, the movie's executive producer, who also plays the mama-san of the massage parlor and plays a similar real-life role by watching over the two actresses during their stay in Honolulu. Her son, actor-producer Dennis James Lee, also appears in the film as an extortionist who collects protection money from the business and takes an interest in Maya.

Lee describes "Soap Girl" as depicting a struggle for survival similar in some ways to her own experiences. She came the United States from Korea when she was 18, and lived in Denver for three years before coming to Hawaii. Alone and without formal job training or career skills, she became a bar hostess and saved her money until she could buy a bar of her own. She eventually owned a nightclub as well, but decided to move on to other endeavors and got out of the bar business 15 years ago.

"People talk negatively about Asian massage parlors, but when you look at it, a job is a job. It's just like a women's shelter: They're not going to stay there forever. We all have hopes and dreams. This movie will tell you that," she said.

There are, in fact, scenes where the women talk about their lives. Some have long-range career plans. Some are romantics. Most view men in general as pigs, geeks or jerks -- and most of their customers as pathetic losers.

"So much of our own personalities came out (in those scenes) ... and prior to shooting, we went to massage parlors and just sat around and watched the women. The real massage parlor girls are very, very close to what you see onscreen."

Concerning the male characters, Liu said she applauded the decision to cast an Asian male in the role of the intimidating gangster.

And what about Harry, the male lead who is a romantic but quirky 30-something writer who's still a virgin?

"You'd have to know the writer, Tony Young," Liu said. "He really was adamant -- 'I want my story told, this is what I went through,'" further explaining that Young himself eventually went to a massage parlor "partly as research and partly because he was frustrated about his own experience.

"Harry is an interesting character, and the actor, Luciano Saber, got that. That's why he did the role, because he watched Tony for a long time. ... It was so weird the way he dressed, and people sometimes think it's so surreal the way Luciano acts in the film, but there is a guy in real life that he's portraying: Tony Young."

DESPITE some of the negative comments about the film, Hiraizumi and Liu emphatically described it as a positive experience for them as Asian-American actors.

"I've had roles in studio films before -- the token Asian girl in a predominantly Caucasian or black film -- so I was happy to be able to play a co-starring role," Hiraizumi said. "It definitely opens a lot of doors. People see that you can act, and, through 'Soap Girl' ... I know I can sell myself as the 'bad girl with the attitude' and that's working for me."

Because of the exposure provided through the film, Hiraizumi started work this week on a UPN pilot, "All Mixed Up," and has the lead role in a Japanese film production about a Japanese singer in Los Angeles who becomes involved in the hip-hop scene; "two months' worth of work in March and April," with shooting in both Tokyo and L.A.

Liu will be going to Rome for work in a film in which she'll play an angel -- "but you don't know if it's a boy or a girl." She also has a second project on the horizon.

There has also been talk of a "Soap Girl" series perhaps in the style of HBO's "Six Feet Under."

"The question is, Can an Asian-American ensemble cast carry a series?" Hiraizumi said. "It all comes down to the race thing again, and that upsets me, 'cause why can't we? Because it hasn't been done before doesn't mean that it's not going to sell."

Whatever the future holds for the film's cast, Liu says they'll be back.

"I have a feeling that you'll be hearing from us again because we love what we do, and I don't think any of us can do anything else. This is our life."





¸ð´ÏÅÍ THE MONITOR
Friday, January 17, 2003 8:35 am

Director offering screening of independent film
at Mission¡¯s Border Theatre

By Brandice J. O¡¯Brien

MISSION - Close your eyes and retreat back to the days when anything was possible? before there were responsibilities including rent or a mortgage, car payments, insurance, and other bills.

Remember when you wanted to be an actor, rock star, or a model.

At 12:15 p.m. on Jan. 18 and 19, at the Border Theatre in Mission, your destiny may be reflecting off of the silver screen.

Director Young Man Kang and producer Dennis James Lee of Soap Girl, an independent film ? from Leap Frog Productions ? will be present for the screening and available to speak with local talent.

¡°Come to the movie, bring your resume and head shot,¡± Kang said in a phone interview from California. ¡°I¡¯m always looking for good local artists.¡±

Kang and Lee will also scout out locations for upcoming projects. Future endeavors are expected to take off in the summer when Soap Girl¡¯s tour ends.

¡°It¡¯s a short time? a few days ? and I want to see what¡¯s going on down there ... what¡¯s interesting for filming down there,¡± Kang said.

Kang and Lee also want to be there to get feedback about the movie.

¡°One reason for (me to be at) my film showing is, I want to see the audience¡¯s reaction,¡± Kang said.

Soap Girl features primarily an Asian cast and is about a woman who works at shabby massage parlor. She is uncomfortable in the seedy environment but becomes one of the most requested women in the parlor.

¡°The clients keep coming back but they don¡¯t know why,¡± said Luis Rodriguez, a local promoter for Soap Girl.

Despite its questionable synopsis, Kang assures audiences that the movie is appropriate for mainstream viewers.

¡°Everyone might think it¡¯s an erotic or sexual kind of film, but it focuses on the love story in an unusual (place),¡± Kang said. ¡°There are not many Asian films in the United States, especially films made about our stories in the United States. We made this kind of film to tell our story in the United States and to show the public and audience and share our life and what we¡¯re about.¡±

Tickets for the screening are $3.

For more information, call 585-4122.

 


 

 


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