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Keeps you entertained

Not much to say about this movie, it wasn’t the most amazing or out of this world, it reminded me a lot of korean revenge plots which is why i liked it a lot. i loved the acting as well, all good actors but i think some scenes were a little confusing and at times i wasn’t really sure what was happening.

also…director cha is his sister ?! and she tried to kiss him ?!…okay that was just nasty…

i really thought she was his wife at first or something but i guess not.

also i really liked the plot that cha liked boksoon since they met. sets the tone of their relationship a lot more, i think i would’ve lowkey enjoyed this story more if it was about them in their younger years. also i kept speculating if they would show who the father is…but i have my suspicions that it might’ve been cha…don’t know though.

overall a good enough movie. i would love another sequel with the daughter or a movie about cha and boksoon when they were younger, their story intrigued me a lot!!!

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A little bit boring but pretty moving

It''s pretty well done for a short movie. It manages to capture quite a lot in a short period without feeling rushed. In fact, it's a little too slow paced for me lol

It's kinda boring, although it's touching and moving at same time

I guess, it depends on what you're looking for

It's a nice movie to watch on a rainy day where you just wanna chill. Nothing dramatic, nothing thrilling, or too fancy

Just sweet friendship, lovely moments and simple story.

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The picture is really very complex and thanks to the previous review I was able to endure. I believe that maybe this is one of the reasons why the film is rated so low even on world servers (I don't mean low). At the same time, it is exactly like that. Gradually, everything begins to fit together, four young Korean actors play a dramatic part and a very high-quality experience of life, death, love and destruction and most importantly ... HOPE unfolds.
I didn't want to give, I definitely recommend it, because some individuals may not understand this complexity, see the example of the reviews here.


Snímek je opravdu hodně složitý a díky předchozí recenzi jsem vydržel. Domnívám se, že možná to je jeden z důvodů, proč i na světových serverech je film tak málo hodnocen (nemyslím tím nízko). Přitom je to přesně tak. Postupně začíná do sebe všechno zapadat, čtyři mladí korejští herci rozehrají dramatickou partii a vyloupne se hodně kvalitní prožitek života, smrti, lásky i zmaru a hlavně ... NADĚJE.
Nechtěl jsem dát určitě doporučuji, neboť někteří jedinci tuto složitost, viz příklad zdejších recenzí, nemusí pobrat.

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Pinoy erotic film for variety is not of high quality, but there are definitely people interested in this kind of movies and I watched it too to take a break from BL projects.
The main character of the film - Franco (JM Martinez) really has nothing to be ashamed of his body. He ended up being cast in about three more Filipino gay movies.
And now to the picture itself. The local acting "star" Brent doesn't look that attractive, he has other - acting strengths that put him in the limelight of "fame" in the local Philippine area. About two scenes in the film, to make it clear, are just Frank's "imaginations" of what he would do with Brent in bed, because Brent is a heterosexual and from the radio broadcast it appears that he is currently looking for some smart ladies.
I will not look for negatives, those who need to massage their bruised egos will laugh at that, and from the positives of the film, I highlight that the creators wanted to show the issue of fanaticism towards "stars", who are just as ordinary people as others, stalking, which can lead to criminal acts, you will also learn more about the homes of poorer Filipinos, not just the "tinsel" that we know from BL series and movies...




Pinoy erotický snímek pro zpestření sice nedosahuje vysokých kvalit, ale zájemci o takovýto druh filmů se jistě najdou a i já jsem se podíval, abych si oddechl od BL projektů.
Hlavní postava filmu - Franco (JM Martinez) se opravdu nemá za své tělo co stydět. Nakonec byl obsazen do asi tří dalších filipínských gay filmů.
A teď ke snímku samotnému. Místní herecká "hvězda" Brent zase až tak atraktivně nevypadá, má jiné - herecké přednosti, které ho dosadily na výsluní "slávy" v místní filipínské lokalitě. Asi dvě scény ve filmu, aby to nemátlo, jsou jen "představy" Franka, co by s Brentem v posteli dělal, neboť Brent je heterák a z rozhlasového vysílání vyplývá, že se zrovna pootáčí po nějaké šikovné dámské partii.
Zápory hledat nebudu, na tom si smlsnou ti, kteří si potřebují promasírovat své pošramocené ego tady a z kladů filmu vyzdvihuji, že tvůrci chtěli ukázat na problematiku fanatismu do "hvězd", které jsou stejně obyčejnými lidmi jako ostatní, stalkingu, které může vést až ke kriminálním činům, dozvíte se více i o příbytcích chudších Filipínců, ne spíše jen "pozlátko", které známe z BL seriálů a filmů ...

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I am not at all surprised that the film and the actors of the characters of Lina and the grandmother won film awards. The powerful story of Lin, a troubled gay man who has lost his friend, and cares for his friend's mother and his friend's son from a previous relationship with a woman. Everything is complicated by the death of the grandmother...
An absolutely outstanding performance by 39-year-old Taiwanese actor Mo Tzu-Yi (Morning Mo) in the lead role and other high-level acting. Such a deep film about a struggling gay character deserves a translation, which was translated by M.anon at my suggestion now in mid-March 2021. Those Taiwanese don't seem ....


Vůbec se nedivím, že film a herci postav Lina a babičky získali filmová ocenění. Silný příběh osudem zkoušeného homosexuála Lina, který ztratil přítele, stará se o přítelovu matku a přítelova syna, kterého měl z předchozího vztahu se ženou. Vše se komplikuje smrtí babičky ...
Naprosto vynikající výkon 39ti letého taiwanského herce Mo Tzu-Yi (Morning Mo) v hlavní roli a i další herecké výkony na vysoké úrovni. Tak hluboký film o jedné zkoušené gay postavě si zaslouží překlad, který na můj podnět přeložila M.anon teď v polovině března 2021. Ti Taiwanci se nezdají ....

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The film was made according to the manga, faithfully, it did not deviate, and I think that the Japanese youth have been copying the hair style from the manga for many years, that the young people look like some fragile young ladies. I've seen a lot of other Japanese "civilian" movies, so I wouldn't consider this a "typical representative of Japanese production" as the previous reviewer claims. The picture is very successful, but the low-quality copy did not allow me to have a greater experience. However, I felt a bigger age difference between the two main characters than it should have been, that they are the same age, but I didn't mind. The elder Sugihara Kohei, hard of hearing and timid, his character was faithfully played, and the younger Sagawa Taiichi and they build a relationship between them that deals with Kohei's hearing problems and how Taiichi could help him. This relationship eventually blossoms, although I don't think it was clear at the end how deep Taiichi's feelings are especially towards Kohei, but it was like that according to the manga. Nice experience...


Film byl natočen dle mangy, a to věrně, neodchýlil se a já si myslím, že japonská mládež už mnoho let kopíruje z mang styl účesu, že mladíci vypadají jako nějaké křehké slečinky. Viděl jsem spousty jiných japonských "civilních" filmů, takže bych tento jako "typického zástupce japonské produkce", jak tvrdí předchozí recenzent, nepovažoval. Snímek je velmi zdařilý, jen větší prožitek mi nedovolovala nekvalitní kopie. Mezi oběma hlavními postavami jsem ale cítil větší věkový rozdíl, než jak mělo být, že jsou stejně staří, ale nevadilo mi to. Starší Sugihara Kohei, nedoslýchavý a bázlivý, jeho postava byla zahrána věrně, a mladší Sagawa Taiichi a budují mezi sebou vztah, který řeší problémy se sluchem Kohei a jak by mu mohl Taiichi pomoci. Tento vztah nakonec vykvete, i když dle mě mi na konci nebylo jasné, jak velkou hloubku citů má především Taiichi vůči Kohei, ale bylo to tak dle mangy. Pěkný prožitek ...

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Phrases associated with this movie: LOVE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES, TIME OR GENDER. I liked everything very much, I was intrigued ... beautiful. It will especially affect that part of the viewers who have a soul tuned to the chord of perception of the life of people who live in SE Asia and do not have to think about whether everything is possible or it is partly fiction. The other viewers will not be affected by the story, because the flap in their soul is closed, but that is not an insult, each person simply perceives it differently.

The important thing for me in the film is - love is eternal as is the soul, and the creators and actors portrayed this very beautifully. Dew (Ohm), Pob as a youngster (Nont), Pob as an adult (Weir) and Natcha (Pahn, although small in stature, but a beautiful, laid-back "schoolgirl" at 28 years old). For the "adults", I didn't notice that there was only a 6-year difference between them.

A completely deep and terrifyingly mystical experience...
The creators and all the actors contributed a lot to the project.



Sousloví spojené s tímto filmem: LÁSKA NEZNÁ HRANICE, ČAS ANI POHLAVÍ. Moc se mi vše líbilo, zaujalo mě to ... nádhera. Zasáhne to především tu část diváků, kteří mají duši naladěnou na strunu vnímání života lidí, kteří žijí v JV Asii a nemusí přemýšet, zda je všechno možné nebo je to zčásti fikce. Ty ostatní diváky příběh nezasáhne, protože tu klapku v duši mají zavřenou, ale to není urážka, každý člověk to prostě vnímá jinak.

To důležité pro mě ve filmu je - láska je věčná jakožto i duše, a to tvůrci i herci velice krásně ztvárnili. Dew (Ohm), Pob za mlada (Nont), Pob v dospělosti (Weir) a Natcha (Pahn, sice malého vzrůstu, ale nádherná, vyložená "školačka" ve svých 28 letech). U těch "dospělých" jsem nevnímal, že je mezi nimi rozdíl jen 6 let.

Naprosto hluboký a až děsivě mystický zážitek ...
Tvůrci i všichni herci do projektu přispěli mírou vrchovatou.

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For me, what KK has been adding lately, one film or series after another, is high quality and a beautiful experience, and without his contribution, GT would not be where it is today, thanks to him for that. This is also the case with this film, and I don't mind at all that I haven't seen the untranslated series, which the film summarizes and supplements with other unlisted scenes.
Yes, maybe someone will find the story very simple and too many songs and Korean music, sometimes a bit louder orchestra (that's why I'm deducting one point for the sound in the rating from absolute perfection), but for me this music from the movie is an experience and I came recently for the taste of Asia. Plus two cute Korean actor-singers, what more could you ask for?
And I also know that once I watch the movie a second, third time, I will like it more and more thanks to the music. I have added music videos from this movie to the videos.


Co sem za poslední dobu KK přidává, je pro mě jeden film či seriál za druhým vysoká kvalita a krásný zážitek a bez jeho přispění by nebyly GT tam, kde jsou dnes, díky mu za to. Tak je tomu i s tímto filmem a vůbec mi nevadí, že jsem neviděl nepřeloženou sérii, kterou film shrnuje a doplňuje o další neuvedené scény.
Ano, možná se někomu bude zdát příběh velmi jednoduchý a příliš mnoho písniček a korejské hudby, někdy trošku hlasitějšího orchestru (proto u zvuku v hodnocení ubírám jeden bod z naprosté dokonalosti), ale pro mě je tato hudba z filmu zážitek a já přišel poslední dobou na chuť Asii. K tomu dva sympatičtí korejští herci-zpěváci, co více si přát?
A také vím, že jakmile si film pustím podruhé, potřetí, bude se mi líbit díky hudbě čím dál více. Přidal jsem do videí hudební videa z tohoto filmu.

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Meguro Ren !!!!!!!!!!!!! I am a fan WOW !!!

I don't even think I've ever watched a movie like this before. It was as if this was a mind trip lol. Was it an anime? Supernatural-ish? Quite honestly it was hard to follow. Meguro Ren is a STAR !!! Electric and so much charisma in every scene. He is IT !!!! It's almost as if he jumped out of anime? He was insane in this !!!I was not even familiar with him prior to this but he gained a fan in me .Loved the Female Lead acting as well. Im rating this high because the Lead actor was everything, cinematography was amazing and I loved the special effects as well. It was well worth the wait ( we were waiting for English subtitles forever lol so thank you to the kind subbers).

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For CQL Fans

Between Fatal Journey and The Living Dead, this is definitely the better spin-off movie, but it's still missing some cohesion. I watched this mostly because I wanted to see Nie Huaisang's perspective as he started his grand plan, but the story really focuses instead on the actual ancestral tomb incident and the jump to the mastermind prequel is really sudden and feels tacked on at the end.

I think Nie Mingjue is the most true to his character in this movie, and it was wonderful seeing the relationship between the brothers, but on the other hand...Nie Huaisang actually feels kind of out of character. He was always characterized as someone who didn't want to take on responsibility and just wanted to enjoy life — until he was forced to act. There were several moments here where he became really courageous and outspoken about justice and it just didn't really feel like him.

I do think this was good fanservice and as a huge fan of CQL it made me happy to see everyone again (even (especially) the villains).

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The trailer for the film lured me to the highest level of expectation. Despite the fact that the story is quite deep, I was a little less impressed by the overall tone of the film, perhaps due to the slightly scattered processing. Both actors of the characters at a young age were very likeable, and I was impressed by Edward Chen (A-han) as an actor, who I trusted the most. At his young age, A-han lived in Taiwan's gay dark ages, yet he fought for his own feelings and became one of those who lost his own happiness because of it, and that's what I appreciate most about this movie. But it must be said that during that time, Taiwan has taken a big step forward in the tolerance of men who like men...


Trailer k filmu mě navnadil na nejvyšší míru očekávání. Přesto, že příběh je dosti hluboký, celkové vyznění snímku na mě zapůsobilo o trošku méně, možná i kvůli mírné roztěkanosti zpracování. Oba herci postav v mladém věku byli moc sympatičtí a herecky na mě zapůsobil Edward Chen (A-han), kterému jsem nejvíce vše věřil. Ve svém mladém věku žil A-han v taiwanské temné době homosexuálů, přesto bojoval za své vlastní city a stal se jedním z těch, kteří proto přišli o své vlastní štěstí, a to si na tomto filmu cením nejvíce. Nutno ale říci, že Taiwan za tu dobu udělal velký krok kupředu v toleranci mužů, co mají rádi muže...

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Super light romcom

Sometimes in life you want something easily digested and sweeter than the sweetest honey. If so, this is the pick for you.

Imagine a classic American Hallmark Christmas movie. Then exchange the Christmas theme for “k-drama fan girl gets to meet her idol oppa”, then you get the idea of the story.

It is light, it is full of cliches and prejudices about k-drama fan girls and k-drama actors, but it’s also fun and heartwarming.

As long as you are aware this is NOT a movie with an intriguing or complex storyline or with deeper insights to the characters life or feelings, and you want a super light romcom - you will take this movie to your heart.

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Thought provoking. Confronting the arrogance of the ´normal´. Truly outstanding acting performance

"Oasis" was highly celebrated by international film critics in 2002. Director and screenwriter Lee Chang-dong, who had with "Peppermint Candy" in 1999 already contributed a milestone in Korean film art, came up with this unusual love story between a mentally retarded young man and a young woman with infantile cerebral palsy. In doing so, he once again relied on Sol Kyung-gu and Moon So-ri, who had proven themselves as a couple in "Peppermint Candy" and who now once again deliver truly outstanding acting performances in "Oasis". The list of international awards – i.e. in Venice, Vancouver, Bergen, Brisbane, Seattle and Seville - as well as in South Korea, is long. And rightly so.

“Oasis” is pure (independent) KMovie! It impressively embodies a great strength of South Korean movie production: ruthlessness! Even if social life is characterized by facades, coats, make-up and social reputations, modern South Korean cinema has (since the end of dictatorial censorship) proven what 'independence' really means. The freedom to finally show things the way they really are! Not being afraid of what is hurting, what is ugly, what is disgusting! The brutal revelation of the emotional abyss to which the human soul may be exposed over the course of a human life. Situations and moments in life that people tend/wish to quickly forget. The cruelties that people are capable of inflicting on each other. The look behind the facades and underneath the coats, where we are naked and without make-up, alone and vulnerable. But this is where we are sincere and real, too. From there, a new form of beauty and strength can grow. KMovies bring to light even the unloved, unpleasant, repressed, despised, perverted, uninhibited, disturbing human emotions with magnificent intensity, which are often presented so authentically that it hurts (because it's so true). The protagonists have no claim whatsoever to be likeable. This creative courage, when it comes to production and performance, as well as the audience´s willingness to open up to these cinematic works is (in my opinion) almost unique.
“Oasis” offers an impressive expression of this particular artistic attitude. This is a thought provoking KMovie confronting the arrogance of the ´normal´. The plot is about a young woman and a young man who – in the eyes of their social environment - preferably should be socially isolated and actually locked away, as they are supposedly unpresentable. Because of their disability, they are ultimately just a nuisance, causing work and trouble, irritating the 'normal' people with their unpredictable behavior, and actually not contributing anything... Because the families are ashamed of them.

The KMovie bluntly frames that social norms are in fact more important to 'us' than people. "Oasis" encourages to open up a bit and approach the lives of those 'waywards'. And lo and behold! They are sensitive, soulful people like 'us' - with feelings, dreams and longings. They are falling in love. They long for relationships. They are just people, too. Lovable people. Adults with their own lives.

'He' is a physically healthy man in his late 20s, but at the mental level of an 8 year old. He is strong, but easy to manipulate and rather simple-minded. 'She', on the other hand, is physically handicapped due to her severe infantile cerebral palsy to such an extent that she is dependent on help. Due to the impairment of her nervous system, which affects voluntary motor skills, speech disorders, spasms, as well as sensory and motor limitations are occurring, too. Intelligence isn't actually her problem, but that young woman in "Oasis" apparently wasn't given any specific assistance, just basic care. She has her difficulties communicating.

The way the families treat their ´waywards´ is horrendous. In fact, they are both unscrupulously exploited and abused. And both are helpless in their own ways. He doesn't fully grasp the situation. She is physically dependent on helping hands.

The romantic relationship between the two is quite something else. Their start can be considered downright dubious. And yet, as the odd couple they are, they both are happy together. The picture of the oasis on the wall jumps out of its frame and fills the room. In their togetherness, the couple has created an almost magic space where their souls can relate and recharge, where they can be a different person. It is touching, indeed. ´He´ is a responsible man and she is a desirable woman! Yet, this reality is completely alien to their social environment. The families don't have the slightest idea, that this could be even possible: those two ´handicapped losers´ being actually able to genuinely caring for each other and loving each other just the way they are. Not even their closest families honestly tried to truly reach out and attempt to understand their brother/sister.

Bringing the quality of this relationship against all odds authentically to the audience is the unique beauty and strength of “Oasis”. Although 'beauty' is not otherwise something, one would directly associate with this movie. There is hardly any beauty in the world of those two protagonists, where their environment isn´t taking them serious at all. They are either patronized or treated in a disrespectful and disdainful manner. Nevertheless, their feelings for each other radiate beauty and grace. Interaction may inevitably be rather awkward, but still they find their unique way. In the end, it all comes to an almost passionately brilliant finale when HE risks everything in order to by all means keep his promise to HER: sawing off the branches of the tree in front of her window, which only cast shadows on her beloved oasis picture on the wall...

The KMovie leaves us with our thoughts behind. Touched. And - substitutional for those two families, the police, the neighbors etc., who in their arrogance are blind to the inner world of those two lovers – ashamed, too.

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A Trilogy Masterpiece

If you had asked me way back when if I would have given this whole trilogy a thumbs-up, I would not have. I dislike intensely exploitive and abusive-themed series, especially gay ones, for entertainment purposes, but this one was so beautifully choreographed and focused. It is a love story defined by them, experienced by them, and simply words are inadequate to identify their relationship. I do not know how to describe their relationship beyond inadequate words like fervent, inseparable, and unending. Their ‘red string’ to borrow a concept is tied inexorably between them. If there is a connection greater than ‘soulmates’ these two share that. This, along with the other two, are masterpieces of artistry and cinematic storytelling.

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