Summaries

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.—anonymous

After years of slogging away at a Manhattan law firm, John Kim is determined to rise through the ranks and grab the limelight. He seizes his chance when he comes across the capital murder case of an alleged Korean mobster. Successfully infiltrating the complex realm of Korean organized crime, he meets his match in Mike Juhn, an ambitious soldier in the syndicate. Though they become fast friends with similar ambitions, they end up trying to outfox each other when they discover that each is willing to do anything to get to the top.—CJ Entertainment

Details

Keywords
  • young
  • new york city
  • gangster
  • boy
  • new york
Genres
  • Action
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Nov 21, 2007
Countries of origin United States South Korea
Official sites Official site
Language English Korean
Filming locations Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Production companies CJ Entertainment CJ E&M Film Financing & Investment Entertainment & Comics Frontier Works Comic

Box office

Budget $2500000
Gross worldwide $57990

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 26m
Color Color
Aspect ratio

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