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Haru (2001)
Great performance by Ko So-young in a perfectly composed drama
This is a perfect drama with great acting by Ko So-young and also Lee Sung-jae. Every role of Lee Sung-ja is a complete new experience, he is so different in ATTACK THE GAS STATION, BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE and A DAY. Ko So-young was wonderful as the shy young lover in LOVE WIND, LOVE SONG, and now she gives a great performance as a young wife who urgently wants a baby. She is so much better than Meg Ryan or other Hollywood-actresses who always shine as stars. But Ko So-young becomes that woman with every beating muscle of her heart, and you never think of her as a star or even an actress. You think of her as this young wife with all her little failures and great desires. This is a film with many emotions, but it's never the usual corny American mainstream. It is a melodram in the way of the classics, not larger than live, but very small and very true and very intense. Each emotional movement, each frame, each dialogue fits perfectly in the whole composition about an adopted woman's dream of a child. It's hard for her to get a baby but finally it works. Unfortunately this wonder doesn't last long, because the embryo has no brain. But the personality of the child is so lively in the woman's mind that she must bear it ... A DAY is a film about difficult decisions, about joy and pain, about the value of live. I recommend this film to anyone who wants to see a true drama with realistic characters, deep emotions and not a single false tone.
Norang meori (1999)
Mad and sad and sexy - a very intense erotic drama
This is a very interesting piece of erotic cinema with an intense story. Like other Korean movies with erotic themes YELLOW HAIR tends to analyse sexual and social problems wthout moralizing. The film tells the story of two "lost" young girls with yellow and orange hair who are looking for love, but can only act aggressively, if they feel betrayed. The two young female leads are not shy and are acting very authentic with or without clothes. But this is no simple stuff for "peeping toms". There are some longer erotic scenes, especially at the beginning, but they only show the greed for tenderness of these outsiders. If you want to see something about human beings who find no real place in a cold city-world, this is for you. Of course these human beings are sexy young females, but they are no sexual objects for the camera. This is not about the joy of sex, this is a very sad story with a consequent and artistically satisfying ending. You will not forget the last scene, it's mad and sad and sexy ...