2009: Lost Memories

Synopsis: 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".
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Si-myung Lee
Production: ADV Films
  5 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
40
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
R
Year:
2002
136 min
99 Views


October 26, 1909, 9 am

Harbin Station, China

Failed assassination attempt on

Chosun Governor Ito Hirobumi

Assassin Choong-Kun Ahn

shot and killed on site

the Korean peninsula

Ito Hirobumi appointed

as first governor of Chosun

in Pagoda Park dispersed

as second governor of Chosun

in Honxiao Park, Shanghai

fight as allies in World War II

over Manchuria

on Berlin World War II ends

accepted into UN

as a permanent member

of the UN Security Council

satellite goes into orbit

held in Nagoya

held in Japan

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, The Last

Exhibition of Inoue Artifacts

It's amazing

We don't have to

do the rounds, right?

There are bodyguards

all over the place...

Who is it?

I'm in

Roger!

The terrorist group

that has taken Ito Hall

has been identified

as the "Hurei-Sen-Jin"

When their claims

of Chosun independence

failed to earn public support

even from Koreans

they turned to terrorism

Authorized Personnel ONLY

In the Hureisenjin attack on the

Japanese Cultural Center in 2007

The leaders of the team

were apprehended

and the team was believed

to have been destroyed

but another terrorist attack

was carried out today

The Hureisenjin have

apparently rebuilt their team

Eight SWAT teams

are standing by

- How many terrorists are there?

- We believe about 10

Their demands?

Nothing yet, sir!

Can we move

in right away?

I wouldn't do

anything hasty

Think of the

Cultural Center

Stalling will only result in greater damage

They've taken many hostages

No more negotiations with Hureisenjin!

Sakamoto! Sorry to

cut short your vacation

Tough luck!

Sakamoto!

How's the situation?

It's strangely quiet

They've taken control of

the Central Hall but

there's no movement

I have a bad

feeling about this

It reminds me of the nightmare

at the Japanese Cultural Center

Go!

Bring them to the east exit

We'll be standing by

Drop the gun!

Drop your gun

and surrender!

F*** you!

I didn't come

here to surrender

Any more

resistance is useless

Drop the gun!

Are you Korean?

Drop your gun!

I asked

if you were Korean!

How can

you shoot at us?

You're just criminals

Criminals?

How can a try to get

my country back be a crime?

I'm going to count to three

I am Captain Joon-Hwan Kim

of the Korean Independence Army

One!

Tell them this message

- Two!

- Korea is an independent country!

Japan has committed a crime

by forcefully invading Korea

We...

Sakamoto!

What did he say in Korean?

JBI Seoul Office

Judging from the break-in route

and the overall nature of the attack

We know it was

a well-trained team

Hureisenjin has rebuilt itself

This incident will

provide material clues

material clues

to the direction

the organization

plans to take

But

The current evidence isn't enough to

clearly identify their specific motives

Maybe they were after

the national treasures?

The Hureisenjin are not known

to commit simple robberies

That's right

Many were

damaged in the gunfire

But there is no evidence that

they tried to steal any of them

What are the

other possibilities?

The interesting thing is that

they locked up the hostages

Almost as if they

wanted to protect them

Then they must've

had another motive

They completed their task but the

police came sooner than they expected

This was confirmed by

statements from the hostages

There is another unusual detail

One terrorist tried to

slip out with the hostages

This man

This is just speculation

but we believe the gun fight

may possibly have been...

...a cover for something else

Ten men were sacrificed

to save one?!

Please leave this case

to Saigo and myself

Why do you always go for

the Hureisenjin cases?

Do you have

something to prove?

Why not let

Inspector Miura

take it and leave me out of it?

I have no idea

about you sometimes

Who has the most to

lose from this case?

The Inoue

Foundation obviously

Could this be relate

to the Foundation?

We can start by checking out

the background for the exhibition

Thanks, Saigo!

Hey!

Don't dump this on me!

You know that picture?

What picture?

That Hureisenjin guy...

It's nothing!

I'll make sure that

nothing affects the schedule

Here you are!

- Who are you?

- Oh!

You mean Mr. Inoue

That's Mr. Inoue Kenji

Chairman of the Inoue Foundation

He's the grandson of

the second governor of Korea

This painting "Utopia"

is by Kawabata Yukio

He drew paradise

as he saw it in a dream

This kind of celadon is

famous around the world

It's magnificent, isn't it?

Amazing that it made it

through all that gun fire

The last exhibition?

After this exhibition, all the

artifacts wll be moved back to Japan

This exhibition is amazing

But this is nothing compared to

the really important gems

that already have been moved to

Busan for shipment back to Japan

This one piece was huge

Huge? What was it?

Over there

That's where it used to be

Inoue was the Korea's second governor

and he collected

every treasures he could

He was quite a collector

I've heard stories

that he even collected

a lot of forbidden things

by the government

and wilder stuff

than in this exhibit...

One time, he saw this mountainous rock

in Harbin that he wanted so much

but couldn't move it with

the technology at the time

So, he left instructions in his will

and eventually had it moved

Talk about obsessive

So he got it after he died

- Daddy!

- Ok. Ok!

- Go to Mommy, Go to Mommy!

- All right. I know

Why did you ask me over anyway?

Oh, that...?

Ask Yuriko!

This is when your Daddy and

I were at the Police Academy

Your mom and dad had started

dating when they had a fight

What are you telling her?

And your daddy said that

they should break up

Stop it!

But, your daddy

loved your mom

So much that he just cried for days

Daddy cried?

That's not all

One day...

The things you tell a child

That's enough

Mommy!

One day!

Mommy got a letter

I hadn't gotten a letter

since I was a little girl...

There was

a strange name on it

Mommy read

the letter and thought

"If he has a friend like this

I could trust him with my life"

Do you know that

Yuriko still has your letter?

What did you

write in that letter?

How come you keep secrets

with someone else's wife?

Every time I see your family

I envy you

Yuriko is so warm and gentle

and Keiko is really cute

Was it a woman?

Huh?

You said

you sometimes see visions

Oh, that

Well... I don't know...

It looks like a woman...

At first, thought cuz you're workaholic

But I don't think that's it

Then what?

It's time you got married

You still have

feelings for her?

Who?

I was pretty drunk

at the graduation party

but I remember clearly

You said that you felt like

You've been in love so long

I told you that?

I don't get it...

What?

The Hurei-Sen-Jin

Why were they fighting so hard?

Obsessed with the past, I guess

Chosun disappeared and

was reborn as a united Japan

They're in denial about reality

That's the problem

Is that why you're obsessing

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