2009: Lost Memories Page #3

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
98 Views


get our country back

But no one wants to get it back

You're just making Koreans suffer

Cut the crap. You're just

an errand boy for the Japanese

Why don't you drop

your backwards ideas!

What?

- Korea is gone!

- Shut up!

You can't shoot

I can see it in your eyes

Then you shoot me!

You just don't have the

courage to become like us!

Sakamoto!

You've been taken off the case

You know why?

Because you're Korean

Please explain to me

what this is

You don't even know

what you did!

Did I tell you to investigate

the Inoue Foundation?

What are you trying to prove?

The Inoue Foundation is

the key to the case

As long as they keep quiet

the Hureisenjin...

Shut up!

You want to some sort of hero

by investigating a powerful figure?

You arrogant jerk! What was that

stunt you pulled at the Foundation?

The 1985 case was

about the "templestone"

The templestone is

related to this case

Excuses!

That's enough!

Investigating without reporting

is grounds for suspension!

Any objections?

No, sir

That letter...

what was in it?

It was a long letter...

Everything about

Sakamoto was in it

At the end

He said that you were a precious

person to him and he hoped

we would reconcile

for your friendship

Were you that upset for my

scolding you for not eating kimchi?

You had tears

running down your face

- No, I wasn't

- Don't deny it

It was just spicy, that's all

I haven't been able to

eat kimchi since then

- You were a crybaby

- No way

That year

remember the picnic?

Stop it now!

I put aside my case and went to

all that trouble to make that lunch

And you threw it away and cried

because you were the only one...

without your parents

So I got mad at you

I was just a kid

No!

I was a little hurt

because you didn't understand me

but, I was really mad at me

for not able to

take your father's place

I promised myself that I would

never make you cry again

I have to keep

my promise to Masao

Why did you give me info on

the 1985 Vladivostok case?

Sakamoto, you're

mistaken about your father

He wasn't a

corrupt cop, like you think

Yes, he did side

with the Hureisenjin

He thought that

he had to do it for Korea

I was 7 years old

Did he have to abandon

his family like that?

No! Masao worried

about you until the end

He came to me the night

before he went to Vladivostok

He asked me to take care of you

It was the only time I ever saw him cry

You have to

understand how much

it hurt him to

leave you behind

He loved you

more than anything

Stop it!

We're out of drinks

I'll get it!

You were drinking and got

angry at being suspended

You were arguing and then

go mad, so you shot him?

Answer!

You're a cop

so you know the drill

Confess!

Sakamoto!

Keeping your mouth shut

will do you no good

Saigo, you do it

Someone was after me

He killed Takahashi

thinking it was me

- He died because of me...

- Name?

Name?

Now you too

He was like

a father to me

You know

I didn't shoot him

Just answer the question!

You were

holding the gun

You didn't report it and your

so-called intruder left no trace

It's a conspiracy

Isn't it?

Saigo!

Are you part of this?

Look at me in eyes!

Why are you

trying to stop me?

It's connected to

the case, isn't it?

Because you're protecting

the Inoue Foundation?

Why the hell are

you doing this?

Sakamoto, you are under

arrest for the murder of Takahashi

The bullets in the body

was identified as yours

Arrest him!

You'll find

a lot of friends in jail

Since most of

them are Koreans

Hideyo, you got new glasses

Oh... the old ones were out of style

Don't come back

Next time we meet

you and I are enemies

Where...

Where am I?

Someplace...

not safe for you at all

Don't go outside this room

There are a lot of

people after you

Hey!

Thanks!

Don't move!

You!

You're Japanese, aren't you?

Do you know how many of us

died because of people like you?

You wouldn't shoot...

Don't come near me!

Ouch!

You're Herin's boyfriend, right?

What?

The only man allowed

in this room is me!

What's your name?

Min-Jae!

Min-Jae!

Hey

Hey, kid

I can't stand...

arrogant pricks

What the hell do

you think you're doing?

Arrogant bastard

Stop it

There's someone

who wants to see you

Welcome, Sakamoto

You know me?

I knew your father

Masao Sakamoto

Do you know

Choong-Kun Ahn?

The assassin who attempted

to kill Ito Hirobumi?

Assassin...

You have good

reason to call him that

How do you think history would

have turned out if he had succeeded?

And what about if Japan

had lost World War II?

Atomic bombs were dropped on

Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1 945

and Korea gained

independence...?

The history you know

has been tampered with

The damage caused by

the atomic bomb was horrendous

Korea became independent

and we lost the war

However, Korea was soon

engulfed in a civil war, and...

We used that war as an opportunity

to become a financially

strong country

with great power

North and South Korea united

to become a new nation

with a strong economy and military

Korea became a

new icon in Asia

It was then that a movement

to try and regain the land that

used to be ancient Korea started

You may not know this, but Manchuria

used to belong to ancient Korea

Of course, the Chinese government

would never begin to consider that

but we managed to organize

a joint research project between

Korea, China, and Japan

But the strangest thing

was uncovered in the process

That artifact held the secret

about a doorway in time

Fortunately, our research

team found it first

and immediately sent it

to our organization

That was the templestone

And the Lunar Soul is the key

that can open the doorway of time

We wanted to erase the

bitter defeat of the Pacific War

and the bombing of Hiroshima...

An extreme right-wing organization

in Japan sent an assassin

named "Inoue" to change history

October 26, 1 909...

Inoue went back exactly

and stopped Choong-Kun Ahn

from assassinating Ito in Harbin

That was the starting point of

our unfortunate history...

Aren't you curious

how history could be

changed by only one man?

Because Inoue had

come from the future

He knew what would happen

for the next 1 00 years

This our great secret and

the Inoue Foundation has kept

the templestone completely

hidden until now...

The Hureisenjin, judging from

their actions

obviously know this

But there is no way

they could know...

When the door of time

was about to close

a female

researcher was drawn in...

She didn't realize until later

what had

happened to her

She told her story

to a resistance group

They are the Hureisenjin of today

I know it sounds unbelievable

I thought so too at first...

But for the past 1 00 years

many comrades have fought and

lost their lives for

this unbelievable fact

Your father was

one of them...

We are trying to right

this warped history

We believe the templestone will

cross the Sea of Japan tomorrow

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