2009: Lost Memories (2004)

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

One of South Korea's top-grossing films, director Si-myung Lee's 2009: LOST MEMORIES blends sci-fi, action, politics, and history into a time-bending thriller which explores issues of national and cultural identity. Set in the year 2009, the film operates in an alternate reality where Japan retained control of its Korean colonies after World War II and the independent nation of Korea never existed. Masayuki Sakamoto (Dong-Kun Jang) is a Korean police detective comfortably assimilated into this Japanese-occupied state until a routine investigation reawakens his nationalist pride. Assigned to probe a terrorist attack on a museum exhibit displaying historical artifacts, Sakamoto is soon drawn into an underground network of Korean freedom fighters who seek their nation's independence. As Sakamoto's sympathy for the rebel group urges him into action, the Korean grows increasingly at odds with his Japanese best friend and partner Shojiro Saigo (Toru Nakamura)--setting the stage for a tense and bloody showdown.

DVD FEATURES:

• Region 1
  Keep Case
  Anamorphic Letterboxed Widescreen - 16:9
  
• Audio:
  Dolby Digital 5.1 - Korean
  Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  
• Additional Release Material:
  Trailers - 1. Original Korean Trailer
  2. ADV Previews
  Additional Footage - 1. Production Video Diary
  
• Addition Product:
  Insert - Track Listings
  
• Tracks:
  1. Prologue - History Lesson
  2. Museum Attack
  3. J.B.I. Briefing
  4. Investigation: Scene of the Crime
  5. Friendship
  6. Investigation: Mean Streets
  7. Family Ties
  8. Investigation: Back to Square One
  9. Road Kill
  10. Connecting the Dots
  11. Field Research: Harbin
  12. Seeds of Doubt
  13. Bureaucracy
  14. Brutal Truths
  15. Frame Up
  16. New Alliances
  17. History Lesson
  18. Hard Decisions
  19. Turning Point
  20. Now or Never
  21. History Repeats Itself?
  22. Soul Mates
  23. Epilogue
  24. End Credits
  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Director:

   

  Si-myung Lee

• Star:

   

  Kil-Kang Ahn, Dong-Kun Jang, Masaaki Daimon, Shohei Imamura, Ken Mitsuishi, Toru Nakamura, Nobuyuki Katsube, Jin-ho Seo

• Producer:

   

  Stanley Kim

• Screenwriter:

   

  Si-myung Lee, Sang-hak Lee

• Composer:

   

  Dong-jun Lee

• Director of Photography:

   

  Hyun-chul Pak

• Production Designer:

   

  Ki-chul Kim

REVIEW:

• "A beautifully designed and ambitious example of Korean cinema....[The film] confronts the political and national enmity between Korea and Japan with astonishing directness..." — New York Times