Memento Mori ( 1999)and Moonlit Winter ( 2019)
These two movie are famous Korea lesbian movies. Two movies have a 20 years gap. Therefore, two shows how Korean's idea of lesbian have been changed.
Let's start with Memento Mori, imagine 90's or -if you live in a country where is lesbian is well accepted than imagine- 80's high school lesbian movie, Korean version is this one with a little bit of horror. There is a couple, one knows she loves another but another doesn't know it is love. Because of this gap and other students' lack of understanding, the main issue in the movie. And we can easily think this will be heading in a depressing way.
In the Moonlit winter, a couple also have difficulty. This time they(Yunhi and June) both love each other and know it. But the family thinks lesbian as a disease. So they eventually separated from each other.
About 20 years later, the daughter of Yunhi read a love letter that was sent by the aunt of June. And the daughter plans to make them meet again. The couple who broke up because of a disagreement of another family member, got a chance to meet again with a new family member. Wow
My favorite scene of this movie is when two new families, Sebom- the daughter of Yunhi- and Masako- the aunt of June-, talk in English which is not their native language. -Sebom's native language is Korean and Masako's is Japanese.- They have a common goal " the reunion of two " and it is from kindness. We can see Yunhi and June didn't forget the past. Two, one from the young generation and one from the older generation tring to fix an old mistake made by other family members show how korean's ideas have changed.
Like me, most people saw Memento Mori and Moonlit winter in order. Even if two couples are not the same person I can't stop hoping that a couple from Memento Mori will end up like a couple in Moonlit winter. In the country where Iesbian is now starting to admit (or to most of elder it is starting to exist). Moonlit Winter is the best scenario for a couple from 20 years. Like the name of the daughter of Yunhi, Sebom in korean is new spring, I wish lesbians for a good new start like spring.
So if you want to know how idea of lesbean in south korea have changed this is the two movie you have to watch.
These two movie are famous Korea lesbian movies. Two movies have a 20 years gap. Therefore, two shows how Korean's idea of lesbian have been changed.
Let's start with Memento Mori, imagine 90's or -if you live in a country where is lesbian is well accepted than imagine- 80's high school lesbian movie, Korean version is this one with a little bit of horror. There is a couple, one knows she loves another but another doesn't know it is love. Because of this gap and other students' lack of understanding, the main issue in the movie. And we can easily think this will be heading in a depressing way.
In the Moonlit winter, a couple also have difficulty. This time they(Yunhi and June) both love each other and know it. But the family thinks lesbian as a disease. So they eventually separated from each other.
About 20 years later, the daughter of Yunhi read a love letter that was sent by the aunt of June. And the daughter plans to make them meet again. The couple who broke up because of a disagreement of another family member, got a chance to meet again with a new family member. Wow
My favorite scene of this movie is when two new families, Sebom- the daughter of Yunhi- and Masako- the aunt of June-, talk in English which is not their native language. -Sebom's native language is Korean and Masako's is Japanese.- They have a common goal " the reunion of two " and it is from kindness. We can see Yunhi and June didn't forget the past. Two, one from the young generation and one from the older generation tring to fix an old mistake made by other family members show how korean's ideas have changed.
Like me, most people saw Memento Mori and Moonlit winter in order. Even if two couples are not the same person I can't stop hoping that a couple from Memento Mori will end up like a couple in Moonlit winter. In the country where Iesbian is now starting to admit (or to most of elder it is starting to exist). Moonlit Winter is the best scenario for a couple from 20 years. Like the name of the daughter of Yunhi, Sebom in korean is new spring, I wish lesbians for a good new start like spring.
So if you want to know how idea of lesbean in south korea have changed this is the two movie you have to watch.