Lament (Korean) 1997

December 17, 2009 · Posted in Drama, Korean Movies, Movies | Share

AKA: Ji sang man ga | Elegy of the Earth
Directed: Hee-cheol Kim
Genre: Drama, Friendship
Year: 1997
Runtime: 91 min
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English
Cast: Byung-hun Lee, Seon-kyeong Jeong, Hyeon-jun Shin, Jung-Hee Moon, Hak-rak Choi

Synopsis / Plot

Kwang Su (Shin Hyun Jun) has struggled his whole life to shake off the stigma of a shameful family history. He lives in a state of perpetual despair. By contrast, Jong Man (Lee Byung Hun) works as a bartender and spends his days dreaming of becoming an international movie star and his nights filming himself and contacting top Hollywood production companies in the hope that one day he will get his lucky break.

Then there is the shy girl Se Hee who works in a music store. When Kwang Su stumbles into the music store, blind drunk, but still able to bash out a tune on a piano, Se Hee falls instantly in love. When Kwang Su stumbles into the bar where Jong Man works, he finds himself arrested for his brother’s murder. But fortunately he manages to escape from the police, bumps into Jong Man who instantly lets him stay in his apartment.