Shinobi

A story of two hearts trap in face of war. Shinobi is a Japanese movie of action, love and drama. Happens in the early part of the Tokugawa era, it centers on the drama resulting from the war between two great ninja clans.

Oboro (Nakama Yukie), granddaughter of Ogen (matriarch of the Iga clan) and Gennosuke (Odagiri Jo), son of Danjo Koga (leader of the Koga clan), fill in love with each other. Because their love was forbidden, they met secretly.

The two ninja clans possesses different skills of superhuman levels and are forbidden be the imperial decree from sharing their techniques. These skills viewed by the Tokugawa empire as a threat to their scheme for total domination. Nankobo Tenkai (Ishibashi Renji) planned to intensify the rivalry of the two clans and create a contest in which the clan are to choose five of it's greatest ninjas. Oboro was choosen leader of the Iga clan while Gennosuke on the Koga clan. The contest was not just an ordinary contest but a game till death.

Joint Security Area

A Korean movie of a tragic friendship made by four people of different opposing countries. Joint Security Area is a story of friends separated by culture and difference of principles.

The story happens on a small strip of land, the DMZ or Demilitarized Zone, located between South and North Korea. Two North Korean soldiers, Lieutenant Choi and Private Jung are seemingly murdered by a South Korean soldier, Sergeant Lee Soo Hyuk (Lee Byung Hun), at the North Korean outpost in the DMZ.

To avoid nation conflict and war, a neutral officer from Switzerland, Sophie Jean (Lee Young Ae) is called to investigate of what really happened. The simple case of political intrigue turns out to be more tragic. Sophie's investigation founds out that the four soldiers, Sergeant Oh, Private Jung, Sergeant Nam, and Sergeant Lee were actually friends.

The dialogue between the four soldiers is friendly. They would talk about their lives, what's going on between their countries and girlfriends. The four soldiers enjoys every moment of their friendship, in spite of the fact that it's extremely prohibited. Until one night, that tragic moment that happen.

It's for you to find out what happened. All I can say is that, it's a movie worth watching!

A Moment to Remember

For those who hasn't seen this movie yet, you should try this!

The story is about about Chul Soo (played by Jung Woo-sung) and Su-jin (played by Son Ye-jin). What I found about this movie was it has a little comedy from the start. The two accidentally met in a convenient store where they were confused over a can of soda. Then later Chul Soo works on the company on Su-jin's father then their love story begin.
Later in the story, Su-jin founds out the she has Alzheimer's disease in spite her young age. Su-jin was heavily burden for her to know that she will forget about her husband and hides it from his at first until Chul Soo try to find a way of what was happening to his wife. Until Su-jin left her husband because of the burden she carries. Chul Soo finds his wife in a hospital and every visit, he would use sunglasses to hide his sad eyes from her.
The ending was the best part of the story, Where Chul Soo replays the first day they met at that convenient store. Ready your tissues and handkerchief cause your tears might fall!