"Remember" (Movie)
“Remember,” is a South
Korean film directed by Lee Il-hyung scheduled to be released on October 26,
2022.
Pil-Joo (Lee Sung Min), An
elderly man in his 80s who seeks revenge Japanese collaborators during the
Japanese colonial era, decides to execute a lifelong revenge plan before his
memory fails him. and he is the oldest part-timer at a family restaurant. The
store nickname in the play is Freddy. A terminal Alzheimer's patient with brain
tumor, a veteran of the Korean War. Born in 1930.
'Pil-ju' asks In-gyu (= Nam Joo-hyuk) for help to put his plan
into action without telling him in detail.
At the beginning of the
film, ‘Pil Joo’ hangs out with young part-time workers in their 20s without any
problems.
‘Pil Ju's father was
tortured to death by a Japanese detective because of Jeong Baek Jin's conspiracy during the Japanese colonial period.
His mother died of PTSD (Mental
Disorder) as a result of the shock,
His older brother,
deceived by his friend, suffered forced labor and was buried in a coal mine and
died.
And Pil-ju's only family
left, her older sister, was taken to Military sexual slavery by Japan, and then
returned to her hometown, where she could not overcome the shame and committed
suicide.
In the play, Pil Ju's
life is set as a result of the various desperate situations that Koreans
experienced during the Japanese colonial period.
‘In Gyu’ is a part-timer
at a family restaurant like ‘Pil-Ju’ and is a close colleague of ‘Pil Ju’.
Although he gets along well with ‘Pil Ju’, who is young for an old man, he also
has a naughty side, such as making fun of ‘Pil Ju’ by saying that he lives too
young for his age. The store nickname in the play is ‘Jason’.
When ’Pil Joo’ ask him to take to hospital by the car of Porsche, he says that driving the Porsche is his lifelong bucket list and he likes it. ‘Pil Ju’ did not want to make ‘In Gyu’ an accomplice, so he desperately tried to prevent ‘In Gyu’ from being involved. When he tries to call the police, he threatens suicide and asks him to help for only a week. Even in a situation where ‘Pil Ju’ is virtually intimidated, he calls ‘Pil Joo’, Freddy, and his situation is absurd and he cannot agree with the murder, but it seems that he has not abandoned ‘Pil Ju’ humanly.
