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Synopsis:
Failan, after the death of her parents, comes to Korea to make
a living. She is penniless and stranded in the strange country.
An agency arranges her marriage to a Korean man Lee Kang Jae.
Failan has never met her husband before. The memorable things
she owns of him are a name 'Kang-Jae', a picture and a scarf.
Life in a foreign country can be difficult and lonely. The only
thing that brings Failan comfort is imagey the perfect image of
her 'husband' when she is down. Lee Kang-Jae knows nothing about
his 'wife' till the police tells him her poor story.
DVD EXTRAS:
* English/Chinese
removable subtitles, Cast info.
KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): None
that I know of
DVD REVIEW:
Once
you start the DVD, you are given a very nice menu with beatiful
music. I asked myself, can this be a cool romance movie?
Upon
watching "Failan", I realized the movie is anything
but.
The
movie starts off with Failan going into Korea and then for almost
45 minutes the story focuses on Lee Kang Jae.
The
movie focuses on Lee Kang Jae. A gangster who is known to be a
ganster but doesn't have the heart to really do anything horrible
to people he cares about. One night his gangster boss spot an
opposing person at his nightclub and savagely beats him. To his
regret, the man lives and the boss wants Lee Kang Jae to take
the blame to save face and not go to prison.
Lee
Kang Jae will take the rap for his boss and spend ten years in
prison for the promise of money until he finds out that his wife
has died.
The
story then goes into Lee Kang Jae trying to know the woman he
married but never met. Also, the story shows how Failan dreamed
of one day meeting her husband that she had arranged herself to
get married and worked hard in Korea but suddenly takes ill.
By
seeing what kind of woman she is, Lee Kang Jae has second thoughts
of his life and decides not to take the wrap for his boss. From
there on, you pretty much expect what will happen next.
The
movie is presented on DVD ala wide screen and there are no special
features but the character information. Note: With some China
Star Entertainment DVD's - on some players, the screen will be
stretched out to be pan and scan but the DVD is in fact widescreen.
When
I wrote the original review, I think I may have been a little
to hard on it but on a second watch, I just realize how powerful
the acting was from Sik Choi and Cecilia Cheung. The choices of
scenery, the emotions and the powerful performance of both actors
was amazing.
Again,
for those who enjoy happy endings may not like this movie but
after a second viewing, I now appreciate this film as two people
who don't have much going with their lives. Failan as a woman
who works hard and loves the man that gave her the opportunity
to live in Korea and appreciates him for his good heart. Kung
Jae, a man who lives a life of crime but has a good heart but
no one appreciates him and in his life he came to learn that the
wife he never met was indeed what he needed in his life and now
it's too late.
THE MOVIE: B+
THE DVD EXTRAS: D-
THE DVD OVERALL: C+
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