"Leave it to TSUTAYA! Love Korean Wave Book" Special Edition Early Spring 2012 - Available as a gift at TSUTAYA stores starting tomorrow.

2012.01.19 Press Releases
Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.

—To commemorate this, "Love Korean Wave Book" and "Miss Ripley" are taking over Shin-Okubo!?—

TSUTAYA, which operates 1,416 stores nationwide (as of the end of January 2012), will be running a campaign to give away the latest issue of its original book "Leave it to TSUTAYA! Love Korean Wave Book," which is packed with the latest Korean wave information and has published 15 issues to date, with a total of 2.5 million copies sold, on a first-come, first-served basis. This campaign is being conducted to help fans of Korean television dramas, which are popular with a wide range of generations and have seen record-breaking rental numbers exceeding 130 million, as well as fans of K-POP, which is expected to be a highly anticipated genre in 2012 with many new artists making their mark, to learn more about the appeal and charm of the Korean Wave.

"Leave it to TSUTAYA! Love Korean Wave Book" Special Issue, Early Spring 2012 - Overview
■Gift period: January 20th (Fri) - February 12th (Sun), 2012
■How to receive the gift: Customers who rent 5 or more eligible DVDs and CDs at TSUTAYA during the campaign period will receive the gift.
We will give them away on a first-come, first-served basis.
■Binding: B5 size, full color, 60 pages total
■Double Cover: "Miss Ripley (Complete Edition)" by INFINITE
■Contents
◇Special Feature: New dramas only available at TSUTAYA
"Miss Ripley (Complete Edition)," etc.
◇Feature: Notable New Releases
Can You Hear My Heart?
Try lying to me.
Plus, there's a wealth of information including features on new dramas, movies, and K-POP, as well as interviews with notable actors.

*Distribution of "Love Korean Wave Book" will end once supplies run out.
*"Love Korean Wave Book" is not sold in stores.

"Love Korean Wave Book" x "Miss Ripley" Shin-Okubo Takeover Overview
"Leave it to TSUTAYA! Love Korean Wave Book" and the popular Korean TV drama "Miss Ripley," which is attracting attention from Korean wave fans nationwide this winter, will "take over Shin-Okubo, the holy land of Korean wave," with a promotional campaign using street lamp flags, street screens, and more.

■Okubo Street, "Shin-Okubo Shopping Arcade": Streetlight flag display
Okubo Street is a street that K-pop fans visiting Shin-Okubo almost certainly walk along. Along the approximately 500-meter stretch from JR Shin-Okubo Station to the Okubo 2-chome intersection on Meiji-dori, all 56 streetlights will be adorned with double-sided flags featuring "Leave it to TSUTAYA! Love Korean Wave Book" and "Miss Ripley."
■"Miss Ripley" on street screens
At the Don Quijote Shinjuku store (located along Shokuan-dori), which sees approximately 20,000 customers a day, the complete version of "Miss Ripley" will be shown 56 times a day on the street screen in front of the entrance.
■Even inside the station!
Announcements for "Miss Ripley: The Complete Edition" are being displayed on the platform stairs of JR Yamanote Line's Shin-Okubo Station (starting January 23rd) and on station signboards (already on display).

About "Miss Ripley (Complete Edition)"

【story】
Jang Mi-ri (Lee Da-hae), a woman who was abandoned by her mother as a child and has lived a difficult life, meets two men by chance: Song Yoo-hyun (Yoochun) and Jang Myung-hoon (Kim Seung-woo). One gave her the opportunity for glory, and the other gave her a dream. Through the "lies" she tells to two men, the woman gains love and glory... A highly talked-about work that thrillingly depicts adult romance using "lies" as its theme!
■January 25th: Rental begins for Volumes 1-8 (all 8 volumes) (Rental only at TSUTAYA!)
■February 3rd: TSUTAYA Original Complete DVD-BOX ¥30,240 (tax included)
Standard Edition DVD-BOX 1 & 2: ¥15,120 each (tax included)
Official website: http://ripley.tv/
Distributed by: Culture Publishers / Standard Edition Distributed by: SPO
2011 CURTAINCALL MEDIA CO.,LTD. & C-JeS Entertainment Co.,Ltd

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"Leave it to TSUTAYA! Love Korean Wave Book" Special Edition Early Spring 2012 - Available as a gift at TSUTAYA stores starting tomorrow.

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Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.
Public Relations Officer: Yuta Takahashi