Doomsday Book
(2012)
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Doomsday Book
(2012)
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| Doona Bae | ... |
Min-seo (Older)
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| Joon-ho Bong | ... |
Joon-ho, lee
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Ji-hee Jin | ... |
Min-seo
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Yun-hie Jo | ... |
Ji-Eun
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| John D. Kim | ... |
Former NASA Researcher
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| Kang-woo Kim | ... |
Robot repairman Park Do-won
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Jun-hee Ko | ... |
Kim Yoo-min
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Dong-seok Ma | ... |
High school zombie
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Hae-il Park | ... |
In-Myung
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Seung-beom Ryu | ... |
Suk-woo
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Sae-Byeok Song | ... |
Min-Seo's uncle
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The First Chapter of The Anthology Film- In A Brave New World, a mysterious virus brings the city to ruins and zombies flood the streets of Seoul. The Chapter 2, The Heavenly Creature, a robot reaches enlightenment on its own while working at a temple. Its creators regard this phenomenon as a threat to mankind and decide to terminate the robot. The Last Chapter- Happy Birthday, a little girl logs into a strange website and puts in an order for a new pool ball for her billiards-obsessed father. Soon an unidentified meteor heads toward Earth and all human beings flee to underground bomb shelters. Written by M LINE
You get three directors (on one theme) and of course three different ways they handle that. Completely different ways that is. The first short (still about 40 mins long each of them) is more on the funny side of the spectrum, the second one is more philosophical and the last one tries to combine those two "worlds" (no pun intended). Each does so with a great finesse.
It's hard for me to decide which one I liked best, but if I had to say one, I'd say it's the middle piece. The framing especially is more than gorgeous. But they all have their charming qualities and the third one is just so out there you will either love it or dismiss it, for its craziness. Hopefully the former, but whatever the case, if you like Korean cinema you'll enjoy it no matter what. If not you might want to change the order of the shorts and watch them backwards (3, 2, 1)! I have a feeling that might work better for some