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THE HEART REMEMBERS WHAT THE MIND FORGETS

I don't understand the hate in this comment section. The ML's condition was set up subtly from their very first conversation so it wasn't like the reveal at the end was pure shock value that want properly build up.
Now, I haven't watched the japanese one, cause one Japanese movie was enough to traumatize me for life, so I don't know how it compares but it surely doesn't disappoint.
Everything was perfect. The chemistry between the leads, the cinematography, the entire sequence of the last 30 mins were just.... so dreadful yet so beautiful I wish they extended it for 30 mins more.
It's a good movie if you wanna experience bittersweet love and heartbreak.
Would I rewatch? Hell nah.

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One of the Most Fun, Unexpected Films I’ve Loved

Boss (2025) is an incredibly enjoyable film that balances humor, heart, and character-driven storytelling so well. What stood out to me the most is how naturally the story unfolds, focusing on relationships, growth, and the subtle way characters influence one another rather than forcing dramatic twists. It feels warm, grounded, and genuinely entertaining from beginning to end.

Jung Kyung-ho is, once again, absolutely fantastic. He brings his signature charm, emotional sincerity, and impeccable timing, making his character instantly lovable and believable. Jo Woo-jin is just as impressive, delivering a performance filled with depth, wit, and quiet strength. Their dynamic is easily the highlight of the movie, feeling organic and engaging in every shared scene. Hwang Woo-seul-hye adds her own spark, perfectly complementing the tone of the film and elevating the ensemble.

The supporting cast also does a wonderful job, making the world of Boss feel full and alive. The pacing is smooth, the humor lands naturally, and the OST fits beautifully, enhancing both the lighter and more emotional moments. Overall, Boss (2025) is a film that leaves you smiling, feeling oddly comforted, and appreciating the journey rather than just the destination.

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Long time no see

Was waiting to watch this movie without knowing the story itwas just because i liked the cast ANDDDDDDD my heart feels like it has been broken hardly into two pieces even my waterproof mascara melted because of my tears
I don't know i don't care if someone calls this overhyped i mean you could have your reasons tastes differs yk
But as a slice of life tropes lover i love me a good emotional breakdown and this came right in time
The friendships here are sooo cute i enjoyed every second i just can't stop crying
Just grab your tissus something to eat and watch it
I wish my cinemas were airing this i think people who are able to watch this in theaters for the first time are soooo lucky

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Adventures of Yak continues.. Yak vs Many Spirits, this time.. A Good Sequel!

A Very Good & Interesting Sequel to the first two movies in this Franchise.

(You need to watch all the prequel movies to know the main characters n their story, though the ghosts that haunt the family n the ghost stories are different in each movie).

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In all three movies in this franchise,
A vengeance seeking, century old Ghost haunts and attacks a family of 3 sons and 3 daughters, residing with their parents in their countryside home,
possesses one of the gals in the family
and one family member (eldest son, Yak) tries to find ways to ward off the evil spirit, thereby protecting his family.

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There are Three Time periods in this Story:

The Ghost Story -- When she is alive, during war times, how she suffered & became an evil spirit.

The Witch Story -- After few years, when the evil spirit attacked a village, it is warded off but later, a witch tries to invoke it again.

Main Story (Yak's Family Haunting Story) -- The Witch tries to harm the family and invokes the evil spirit for her selfish wishes. Also, the family faces the Ghost haunting along with many other forest spirits' attacks -- Liked the adventures of Yak along with his brothers and the Suspense element here.

Story and Direction are Good.
Visuals and Cinematography are Good.

Story Narration and Screenplay are lil confusing with the time periods.

But all the haunting scenes are Very Good.

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First 30 mins of the movie is Very Good -- Ghost haunting the lil sister n she is kidnapped by the Witch.

Next, Eldest brother Yak with his brothers and Mentor, went on an adventure deep into an unknown forest to find a way to save his lil sister.

Unlike the second movie, which has similar adventures of Yak in a forest, the adventure scenes in this movie are More Interesting.
Here, there are many forest spirits haunting, creating hallucinations and attacking them.
Haunting Scenes like The Underwater Fight with the Water Spirits, Another Attack by the Forest Spirits n One More Attack by the Spirits inside the cave, are Good.

Last 30 mins is fight with the Witch and the Ghost and saving the family.

At times, the characters are lil confusing bcz the witch, her follower lady and the ghost, all three have similar makeup, Silly Me, hehe.

Also, you can see the main ghost n its haunting only in the first 15 mins and the last 15 mins of the movie.
Remaining are the hauntings by forest spirits or the troubles caused by the Witch.

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As a comparison with the two prequel movies:

First movie is simple and direct horror family drama.

2nd movie has some adventures of Yak but not that captivating.

3rd movie has family drama, More Adventures of Yak, More Ghosts to fight with and a lot of Suspense too.
Hence, More Interesting to Watch.

*** Few Silly thoughts:

1) Shooting the ghost with enchanted mercury bullets or attacking it with fire is reasonable for a horror movie.
But there are some scenes where the little gal bites a spirit or tries to beat it with stone (like how a human being is hurt physically) -- it looked silly and beyond a horror movie logic, haha.

2) Character Yak -- actor Nadech -- he has to strip in every movie, I guess and Director made sure of it with silly situations, hehe.

3) Aigoo, it's funny how Every year (from 2023, each yr, one movie in this franchise is released), different female ghosts haunt one of the gals in Yak's family only, leaving other families in the town 🤭

Aigoo, P' Yak has got into a lot of ghost troubles ;)
Ghosts can't really resist the handsome brothers n their beauty, I guess ;)

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My Rating is 8 /10.

Horror genre lovers will love this movie.

In this Franchise, liked the movies in the order:
3 = 1 > 2

(Check out all of My Reviews for this Movie Franchise).

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A Love Story Where Memory Is the Enemy

This film is a quiet emotional punch that sneaks up on you. It follows a young woman who forgets everything from the previous day each time she wakes up, which immediately brings to mind 50 First Dates (2004). But unlike that film’s gentle optimism, the male lead here feels colder, more guarded, and—honestly—often frustrating. His love is sincere, yet shaped by fear.

The actress delivers a tender, heartbreaking performance, balancing innocence with resilience. You feel her confusion and warmth even when her memories reset. The male actor, on the other hand, plays restraint painfully well; his character’s choices are rooted in love, but expressed in the harshest way. Knowing he has a heart condition makes his eventual death devastating, but asking his friend to erase her journal about him feels cruel. Why must love always be protected by erasure?

The line, “Scars don't disappear. But the pain doesn't last forever. If everyone is forgetting you little by little then I'll try to remember you little by little.” captures the film’s moral: love isn’t about being remembered forever, but choosing to remember, even briefly, with courage.

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More Than Memory: A Story About Disappearing

This film is often described as heartbreaking, but that’s not what makes it special.
It hurts because it thinks.

At its core, this is not a story about forgetting to avoid pain. It shows something far more uncomfortable: that forgetting doesn’t guarantee relief, because what truly matters leaves a mark beyond conscious memory. Love doesn’t disappear when memories fade; it changes into something quieter, deeper, and harder to name.

The final revelation is devastating precisely because it’s restrained. There is no loud twist or emotional manipulation—only a silent confirmation of what the film has been patiently building all along. The pain doesn’t come from loss alone, but from persistence.

The film is also brutally honest about how memory and mercy are unevenly distributed. Some characters are allowed to forget in order to survive; others must remember everything. Not everyone receives the same kind of mercy, and the film never pretends otherwise.

In the end, this isn’t a movie designed to make you cry. It trusts the viewer’s emotional intelligence and confronts a difficult idea: some bonds are so strong that neither illness, time, nor forgetting can erase them completely.

It doesn’t explain grief.
It lets you live with it.

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"...you're trying to catch the train of humanism before it's too late..."

The Human Condition 1: No Greater Love is the 3 ½ hour first installment of a 579 minute three part film. I will admit to being trepidatious at the running time. I may be The Butterfly, but I have the attention span of a gnat and 208 minutes for the first film was pushing it for me. Thankfully, Kobayashi Masaki and Nakadai Tatsuya did not disappoint in this anti-war film.

During WWII, Kaji presents a report to his boss in Manchuria detailing how treating foreign labor humanely could result in a higher production for the company. His boss decides to either let him try or give him enough rope to hang himself. He’s also gifted an exemption from military service. The mine is in a remote section of Manchuria run by the Japanese but worked by the locals. Kaji marries his girlfriend and the two set off in the back of a truck on their honeymoon to the new destination. At the mining camp, Kaji discovers rampant abuse and corruption. Before he can actualize many changes, a feared Kenpeitai military officer delivers 600 Chinese POWs weakened by starvation and dehydration. Kaji’s only support against the vengeful pit bosses is a reluctant Okishima.

Nakadai was perfect casting for the idealistic and dangerously stubborn Kaji. While he attempted to implement better treatment of the workers and POWs, he was still required to do distasteful things, some of which were sanitized. One of those things was being in charge of the Chinese comfort women (I seriously hate that name), these sex slaves came across as cheerful brothel workers instead of the reality of being forced to service numerous men every day, Chinese and Japanese alike. The treatment of the POWs and laborers was rather gentle compared to what the history books imply. Despite my concerns regarding the kinder, cleaner treatment of the women and men forced to work at the mining camp, it was one of the few films I’ve seen where the Japanese acknowledged these humanitarian violations from the war.

While the film did touch on the conditions at the camp, it was Kaji’s external and internal struggles that were the highlight of the film. As anyone who has ever tried to enact a procedural change in an office can attest to resistance, this was similar only on a more violent scale. The Chinese were not seen as human so beating or killing them was not a concern for many of the pit bosses and slave handlers. The Japanese were also stealing the workers’ food rations and what they didn’t eat they sold for a profit. The Kenpeitai were of the mind that torture and execution were the most effective means of motivation flying in the face of Kaji’s more egalitarian beliefs. Kaji’s management style did result in higher production, but that was not enough to convince the pit bosses who preferred the whip. His marriage suffered as Michiko didn’t understand why he always came home late and frustrated. A gift of flour and sugar from the wife of a pit boss earned his ire as he knew that it was taking food out of the workers’ mouths. Ultimately, Kaji had to decide if his beliefs were worth his life.

Every shot was beautifully framed, designed to evoke the highest level of emotion. The film did dig into melodrama but watching Kaji fight to determine what his beliefs were worth even when he often failed was fascinating. Regardless of race, country, ideology, or religion, we all need reminders that everyone is human and deserves to be treated as human and humanely. Depriving others of life and dignity is not a reflection on their humanity, but the perpetrators’ instead. Once I’ve recovered from this draining film, I’ll move on to part 2. I have a bad feeling that part 1 was a just a warm-up for the pain to follow.

“You’ll either be revealed as a murderer wearing the mask of humanism or one worthy of the beautiful name…man”

5 February 2026

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The Sweetest Story Ever

A Korean version of the American movie 50 First Dates without the offensive stupid guy humor that Adam Sandler is so famous for. This is the sweetest love story between two high school students. One, the FL, who had an accident that left her with the type of amnesia where her memory is erased every night while she sleeps. Enter the ML, a shy but handsome boy who asks out our FL on a bet so his deskmate will stop being bullied. However, he's noticed this girl before so doesn't really mind. The majority of the movie is their dating life, which is sweet, meaningful, and will tug at your heart. Their time together is short but strong and significant. That's all I will say and leave the rest for you to watch.

I have to say that I came home today from work having a really hard, emotionally taxing day and watching this movie was exactly what I needed. A special thanks to the screenwriter for an excellent story, the director, the production crew and all the actors who brought meaning to the story. You touched my heart.

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Not enough Wong Jing-ness

Offering up a weird, part quasi-spiritual sequel to his own remake of Buddha's Palm and part spoof of the whole phenomenon, Taylor Wong's Kung Fu Vs. Acrobatic is a gloriously scrappy feast of pure adrenaline, minimal budget and maximum commitment. Far from polished and definitely not subtle, there's an attempt at crafting a modern-day homage to the black and white Chinese fantasy flicks of yesteryear; unfortunately, that all seems to have been thrown out from the moment the opening credits have finished rolling. The film has all the right ingredients for a lively, engaging romp, but the concept seems to have been stretched to 100 minutes, which ultimately feels longer than anyone on set had material for. It definitely feels like the sort of film that Wong Jing would have been better off directing himself, as Taylor Wong's direction is fine for what it is. It just leans way too far into uninspired slapstick, complete with obnoxious sound effects, despite the presence of a few good jokes, Yuen Wah's hitherto unheralded break-dancing skills and the sudden appearance of a mystical hammer-wielding cartoon ninja turtle. The action certainly speaks louder, and the film's cast is clearly putting in more effort than necessary, with Andy Lau having a limitless amount of charisma to burn, and the gorgeous Joey Wong is merely reduced to window dressing, presumably drumming her fingers whenever she's offscreen. Ultimately, despite some genuine enthusiasm here and there, Kung Fu Vs. Acrobatic amounts to little more than daft fun; had it been made a couple of years later, perhaps it would have found better luck, but as it stands, it's a lacklustre, oddly disheartening send-up of films that were far wittier and imaginative.

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so.... we learnt NOTHING from 21st centrury girl or what

i cried. ALOT. esp in the 2nd half... i dident expect this movie to have that much effect on me (whats what we all thoguth about 20th century girl too) but the storyline is BEAUTIFULLLLLUH!!!!!!!! i mean when i read some of the reviews they said the japanese one potrayed the role of ji min (SL) better but i havent seen the japanese one so just based on the korean one i think her role was very important but not much seen?? if that makes sense. but then again we cant expect a movie to have the same effect as a 16 episode long drama right? coming to my point, the plot was amazing, the production - crazy. the colour grading in some scenes actually made me feel something... and towards the end , the scenes where they show the main lead slowly remembering all of the memories she made with jae won- THAT BROKE ME YA ALL. also when he died. that was kind of a shock? cuz that came out of NOWHERE. i wish he had like a little bit more backstory? few more signs that hes going thru smth related to his heart.. i rmemeber there was that once scene when he tried to run and his chest starts to pain or smth and he starts gripping it, and that he cant play sports nd stuff due to his heart.... if they started with this like not playing sports or games , id assume hes rlly studious and does not like to waste time on things like that but when he was talking to ji min was when i realised he had a heart condition..... maybe thats where the plot was lacking a bit? EMOTION WISE yes it made me feel a lot, it terms of trauma movies since this is similar to 20th century girl im gonna place this righttt under that cuz i feel like 20th century girl was a bit better... Totally recomend this film!!!

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IT'S TOO BITTER THAN SWEET

While the plot remains the same as the Japanese film, a girlwith anterograde amnesia and the boy who chooses to love her anyway, the Korean adaptation changes the flavor of the story. Unlike the Japanese film, which uses a lot of future-looking flashbacks, the Korean version is more linear. It feels more 'present', making you feel the weight of each day as the couple lives it. Director Kim Hye-young leans heavily into the idea of sensory memory. The film explores how the body and heart might remember things (like the feeling of a hand-hold or the rhythm of a walk) even when the brain resets. Additionally, the visuals are less 'golden-hour vintage' and more 'crip, modern K-romance'. It feels a bit more grounded in reality, even while dealing with a tragic premise.

Furthermore, Choo Young-woo brings a more protective, slightly more mature energy than Shunsuke Michieda's version. You can really see the 'quiet exhaustion' in his eyes as he works to fill her diary with happy memories. While Shin Shi-ah captures the 'first-time' wonder perfectly. Every morning she wakes up is a performance of rediscovering her own life, and she portrays that vulnerability without making the character feel like a victim.

In conclusion, keep the tissues close for the scenes involving the father's photography studio. The Korean version adds some extra layers to the family dynamics that will absolutely wreck you. （＞人＜；）

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