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Title: 2009: Lost Memories (2002)
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Jang Dong-Gun | ... | Sakamoto | |
| Tôru Nakamura | ... | Saigo | |
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Jin-ho Seo | ... | Haerin |
| Goo Shin | ... | Takahashi | |
| Ho-jin Chun | ... | Elder | |
| Kil-kang Ahn | ... | Myunghak (as Kil-Kang Ahn) | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Rick Burford | ... | Myunghak / CLA Goatee (voice) |
| Victor Carsrud | ... | Surveillance (voice) | |
| Luci Christian | ... | Yuriko (voice) | |
| Kaytha Coker | ... | Haerin (voice) | |
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Masaaki Daimon | ||
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Marty Fleck | ... | Narrator (voice) |
| John Gremillion | ... | Junhwan / Barkeep 1 (voice) | |
| Jay Hickman | ... | Hideyo / Young Council / Barkeep 2 (voice) | |
| Shôhei Imamura | |||
There are breakpoints in the history, the result of a single event may change the whole course... In 1909, an assassination attempt of a Japanese governor fails - the assassin was shot by a soldier. Now, in 2009, Korea is just another state of the Japan Empire and Seoul has become a major city. A Korean resistance group called Hureisenjin is formed to fight for liberty and independence. Two cops, a Japanese and a Korean (who denies his heritage) are investigating the actions of this "terrorist" group. And their work lead them to an artifact of the ancient Korean religion of "Sun and Moon". Written by Cem Kocak(ckocak@sunguru.com)
LOST MEMORIES is the second South Korean time travel movie I have seen. I don't know if there has been others, but I'm only familiar with this one and the romance IL MARE.
Time travel movies are risky, and the plot invariably gets badly convoluted in an attempt to explain everything. Some films just ignore explanations, but the good ones take the chance. LOST MEMORIES uses a more "parallel world" angle, but it's still all about time travel.
Don't let the South Korea/Japan collaboration fool you. The film is all South Korean, with nearly every single Japanese character coming across as incredibly evil. Cartoonishly so, in fact. If not for this, I would have given LOST MEMORIES a better grade. AS it stands, it's just too cartoonish, too crude, and too loud for its own good. Also, the music is quite terrible.
The best part of the film is the leading male, who seems to be channeling Chow Yun Fat. An incredible starring turn, and I look forward to seeing him in other movies.
6 out of 10.