Yeogo goedam II (1999)

Directors:

Tae-Yong Kim
Kyu-Dong Min

Writers:

Tae-Yong Kim (writer)
Kyu-Dong Min (writer)

Release Date:

24 December 1999 (South Korea)

Genre:

Horror | Romance | Drama

Tagline:

A student committed suicide, leaving behind a mysterious diary. Those who dare to read it are bound to die.

Plot:

Min-Ah finds a strange diary, capable of arousing hallucinations, kept by two of her senior fellow-students...

Plot Keywords:

Diary | Love | Teacher | Classmate | Secret

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Min-sun Kim	...	Min-ah
Yeh-jin Park	...	Hyo-shin
Young-jin Lee	...	Shi-eun
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jong-hak Baek	...	Mr. Goh
Min Han
Seung-Yeon Han
Jae-in Kim	...	Yeon-an (as Min-hie Kim)
Hyo-jin Kong	...	Ji-won
Hye-mi Lee
Seong-Eon Lim
Ji-Yeon Park

Also Known As:

Memento Mori (International: English title)
Memento Mori: Remember the Dead (Philippines: English title)
Whispering Corridors 2

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violence and sexual content.

Runtime:

98 min | USA:97 min | 186 min (director's cut)

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

UK:15 | Philippines:R-13 | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Hong Kong:IIB | South Korea:12 | USA:R

Trivia:

The directors wanted to make a supernatural tale without ghosts or scary scenes. But the producer refused the idea and they had to add some ghost scenes.

Quotes:

Hyo-shin: The first kiss, like the smell of apples? On your lips I've smelled the blood, that touches my tongue.

Movie Connections:

Follows Yeogo goedam (1998)

It's OK to love a person, but not too much.

Ever since the released of Ringu, many Asian horror movies competing to give a scary but nifty horror films. But nowadays Korea gave us more nifty horror films than Japan but Korea don't have a "classic" style that Japan have. Because most of Korean movies looks so fresh and it's a bit tired to look.

But what we want on a movie if it give us a good story. Memento Mori is one of that movies. I just bought only a VCD of it and I've never disappointed on it. Even it falls at some point it still one of the best movie I've ever seen.

What I like on the are: the story, of course. They done it very concrete and unique. As if you were reading a novel, really. Second, the cinematography. It's very stylish. Third, the soundtrack. It's the most beautiful music I've ever heard, it really touch my heart. And last the performance. It's very natural acting and at some point I really felt the actors acting. My problem about Memento Mori is that you like a great revelation on the end of the movie, you like more depth. You know, at some point, the movie makes me laugh... and it's not bad to love a person but not too much.

Well, I really recommend this film because it's a very unique and stylish movie. It scares you, it touch your heart at the same time it makes you laugh. It was one of a kind movie!