Korean new movies: trailers

First thing first: I posted trailer to Iggi somewhere else. That is why, although I would love to post it here again, I will not duplicate it.
This is Part 1.
Some movies were introduced to theatres in Korea, some will be.

GO!

   Watch this movie. Seriously.

We see at the very beginning introduction to the situation of zainichi in Japan. The protagonist, Sugihara, is zainichi. Going to North Korean School in Japan, he decides one day to transfer to a Japanese high school. Of course his background is known, so we may suspect he will become the victim of ijime.

But there is one thing his oppressors don't know. Sugihara's father trained him in boxing since Sugihara was a kid. He sometimes uses this to beat his son senseless.

So, everyone who wants to pick up a fight with Sugihara, ends up in blood.

That's good, I like fights. Fights in self-defence are not violence. But to make things worse, he starts seeing a Japanese girl, Sakurai.

   First half of the movie is like a collage of sharp cuts, dynamic angles and montage. Then the story deepens. Not to the boring level, though. Isao Yukisada handles this very, very wisely. This crucial point is the moment of the death of Sugihara's friend from times in Korean school. To be honest, his only friend.

Late Spring thoughts

I was coming home from work on foot (I forgot my wallet and didn't have time to buy a monthly pass earlier, as I said, I'm dumb lately) around 9.30 pm, and I was walking along one of two biggest cemeteries in my city. Then I smelled this unusual smell. You may say all cemeteries smell alike. It's not the reek of cadavre, no, no, it's more like humid leaves after the rain. Something mixed with smoke from candles and feeble, almost undistinctive smell of the flowers. There are always trees at cemeteries. I have mixed feelings about it. One is a romantic feeling: picture someone sitting under the tree on a bench, in the shadow of a big breech or oak, staring at the grave of someone loved. The other reason is more practical: birds just give a sh*t about graves and solemnity.

Suddenly I felt strange. I'm not sure what feeling was in majority in it. It was rather a mixture of uncertainty, loss, relief, awe... I don't know...

Pictures of you^^

Because I'm slightly out of balance in sleep (too little), and in stress (too much).

That is why I waste my time sometimes to just wander around different websites and go for more videos and pictures. Because there are no news at the moment I'm unaware of.

I guess I have some receiver in the back of my neck, that triggers some impulses to my brain (is there any??), and I sit in front of my lappie and start searching for some news.

Lately (I'm retarded as I mentioned, ne?), "discovered" I can type name of JJY in Japanese and look on japanese websites (I am so unbelievable dumb...).

That is why I decided to place here some latest random images. Credits to different news websites.

Asian MV: light years ahead

Now, when I think of it, I have to admit one thing: I may not be a big fan of Asian pop music (which I am btw), but their MVs are simply beyond everyone's else. Example?

Luna Sea: Gravity. This was made in 2000! Some artists never achieved such visual perfection in 2010. Lady Gaga claims to be something different. Yes, she is, she's better in visual department than anyone else right now. Except for Asia (I mean Japan and Korea, I know nothing on other countries pop music, and I'm not gonna change it. Sue me!). She's good enough for America and Europe, but no big whoop in Asia, really.

The latest video from Big Bang (alright, I'm not a BIG fan of the boys, but I do admit: they have talent, good management, and one of the best MVs!) shows how to make a little movie within appr. 5 minutes. This is why I liked Lee Soo Young videos (with JJY^^) and Shin Ha Kyun. They were beautifuly shot and told us some stories. Twisted and sad ones, to be sure, but I remember them well even in the dead of night after few shots, hehe.

Japanese Cinema and History

Unfortunately people who write books on some peculiar topics think the world ended some time ago, because they are lazy. Yes, lazy. The same goes for some professors. They end up lecture on times 30 years ago because they are lazy. There is a good book in my mother tongue on Japanese history, but it ends on 1972. So, every teacher who has lecture on Japanese history, ends his/her own teaching on the Seventees. I'm sorry, but nothing happened between Okinawa-in-Japan-again and Yukio Hatoyama's victory? This sickens me. I want to be different. 

Actually one of the books I'm referring here on movies ends in Seventees. Like if there were no movies after all.

I know, it is called A 100 Years of Japan Cinema, but it's not the case.

No publications on dramas.

No publications on variety shows.

Why?

Because it is difficult. It's not repeating the words of others but actual, hard work to gather all data necassary, to understand it, to achieve some conclusion.

Upcoming dramas: June

Sounds like Jun, ehehe, ekhem... I should probably start behaving my age. But what's the point? I'm having fun with myself as I am now. OK, I guess, I complicated something. Anyway, I don't wanna change my life as I have now. I watch dramas, I cry at the end of some of them (ah, Dae Gil, why did you break my heart ?), I listen to the music I want, I read what I want (and what I have to, just remind myself and repeat like mantra: "this is what I like, I like, I like"), I don't have to worry about anything more personal. And yet I have friends, who maybe not exactly understand my world, but I can talk with them for hours. 

Wait, what I wanted to say?

Ah, upcoming dramas:

Road Number 1: starts June 23

Bad Guy: starts May 26

If I had to say anything on dramas I expected for spring, seriously, Sunao ni narenakute disappointed me. After the first episode I knew it is like a clog. Every possible problem has been thrown into the cauldron.

Flood, foxes and Chuno

Yes, apparently those three words have nothing in common. But they do. I mentioned it's been raining, right? Update on this topic: actually I'm thinking of building my own arc. We have flood in the place I live. Classes cancelled, bridges closed, streets under water. And the rain - still coming from the lead-grey sky. With this kind of weather outside I managed to end an article on kitsune, japanese fox. Also, I started to watch (again) Chuno. To be honest, the first time I watched, I was just under such impression I couldn't collect my thoughts properly. But drama ended at the end of March, so after a month break, I decided to watch it properly. Not drooling over Jang Hyuk, no no... OK, maybe a little. But who would not? I mean... his smirk, yes his smirk and voice... Aishh, it started again.

OK, forgive me all OJH fans, but I don't like Tae Ha. Really. I don't.

This shirt...

...is driving me crazy. I can't stop thinking about it. I have to shift my focus somewhere else, but how am I gonna do it? So I decided to share some good pictures. Oh hell, they are good!

I wonder why such men don't walk on the streets in my town?

Well, now it would be hard to walk, better to swim in some canoe. It's been raining third day in a row, some streets are already closed, the river and streams just afureteshimatta, nice raining season in the Spring.

It's been raining...

...and during the times like this, my energy level is not-so-surprisingly low. Drinking red wine helps? Only if you don't overdo it. Damn... Yesterday I went to the cinema (yes, I go to the cinema) to watch Robin Hood with  my friend (thank you, Jina-sshi, it was so much needed^^). I'm not gonna say a word on it, because I'm helpless fan of both RC and RS. The movie itself was so-so, but RC as always the best.

OK. enough on this. This is not a place and time to write about any non-Asian stuff. I just want to share my thoughts on people's behavior inside the theatre.