2009: Lost Memories

2009: Lost Memories

2002 · 136 min · KO · 6.2 (63 votes)
Dir. Lee Si-myung · Starring Jang Dong-gun, Toru Nakamura, Seo Jin-ho, Shin Gu, An Kil-kang, Kim Gyu-ri · Music Lee Dong-jun

The war has begun!

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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. Now, in 2009, Korea is just another state of Japan's Empire & Seoul has become a major city. A Korean resistance group fights for liberty, independence & the restoration of true history. Two cops, Japanese & Korean, investigate the group.

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This alternate history thriller feels like a tense, gritty fight for freedom in a world where the past has been rewritten. It's a somber, urgent watch, exploring themes of identity and oppression under a prolonged empire.

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