Secret Reunion / Sworn Brothers (Jang Hun / 2010)

Ji-won is a North Korean resident spy, is contacted by an agent "Shadow" and begins a mission to assassinate a traitor. Hot-tempered South Korean intelligence agent Han-gyu gets to know such plot from a liaison and attempts to prosecute "Shadow" without permission but fails. As a result Han-gyu resigns from the agency. 6 years later, Han-gyu operates an investigation agency and come across Ji-won once again. Wanting the bounty for bringing in a Ji-won, Han-gyu offers him a partnership to keep him close. Ji-won assumes that Han-gyu is still the agent and agrees to get rid of his false accusation of a traitor. As they work and live under one roof, they maintain a tight-rope tension but an unusual friendship.

Sunairi: A great Song Gang Ho film that I haven't been able to see his recent films lately.  What a character he can play.  What a emotion and compassion.  This is how good Korean films can get.

"Poetry" by Lee Chang-Dong

Poetry (Korean: 시; translit. Shi) is a 2010 South Korean drama film written and directed by Lee Chang-dong. It tells the story of a suburban woman in her 60s who begins to grow an interest for poetry while struggling with Alzheimer's disease and her irresponsible grandson. Yoon Jeong-hee stars in the leading role, which was her first role in a film since 1994. The film was selected for the main competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Best Screenplay Award. Other accolades include the Grand Bell Awards for Best Picture and Best Actress.

Sunairi: As I saw the railer, I felt the power a while ago. It looked quietly contemplative and profound just from a bunch of men talking with the lady.  Usually Lee Chang Dong has been kind of sensational in subject matters, "Green Fish" with Gangstar, "Oasis" with handicapped girl who falls in love and "Secret Sunshine" with emotionally draining narrative and sensationalism.  But this one profundity lies upon the protagonist's will for truth, even it can harm grandson's life.  It will do him good, or he cared for the girl who died.  As I try to imagine why.....maybe she had a bad husband or she just didn't see her grandson's reverence......she writes poetry of justice.  Really quietly profound.

Norwegian Wood

Norwegian Wood (ノルウェイの森 Noruwei no mori^?) is a Japanese drama film directed by Tran Anh Hung, based on Haruki Murakami's novel of the same name. The film was released in Japan on 11 December 2010.

Plot

Set in the 1960s, high school student Toru Watanabe loses his only friend Kizuki after he commits suicide. Toru, now looking for a new life, enters a university in Tokyo. By chance, Toru meets Kizuki's ex-girlfriend Naoko in the university. They grow close because they both share the same loss.

As Toru and Naoko grow even closer, Naoko's sense of loss also grows. After Naoko's 20th birthday, she leaves for a sanitarium in Kyoto. Watanabe, devastated by the situation, meets pure-hearted Midori during the spring semester. Midori looks like a small animal that just came into the world.

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Sunairi: It was so beautiful. Very fast in terms of story telling and slow with impressionable scenes.  Well balanced, rich music, beautiful visual and quiet and profound narrative.  Excellent!

Vegetarian 채식주의자 (Chae-sik-joo-eui-ja)

The movie, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim, revolves around Yeong-hye (Chae Min-seo), a woman who decides to become a vegetarian. Her new lifestyle ignites the fury of her father. Meanwhile, her brother-in-law, a painter going through a slump, finds inspiration in a surprising 


Sunairi: Not good.  The actress was so skinny but it looked like she had breast implants which kind of goes against her role of becoming totally vegetarian.....

「スイートリトル ライズ

テディベア作家の瑠璃子とＩＴ企業に勤める聡は、結婚して３年の夫婦。子どもはいないものの、恋人同士のような２人の間には穏やかな時間が流れ、幸せな結婚生活が続いているかに思われた。しかし、互いの心は少しずつすれ違いを重ね、いつしか深い溝ができていた。決して不幸ではないと自覚しながらも、満たされない心を持て余していた瑠璃子。そんな時、非売品のベアを譲ってほしいと懇願する青年・春夫が現われ、彼の実直さに瑠璃子は心惹かれていく。一方聡も、大学の後輩しほと思いがけず再会し、彼女の積極的なアプローチを前に心揺れてしまうのだが…。

砂入：なんか寂しい中谷美紀。男もうまい演技。おしゃれな家とオシャレな仕事の奇麗な女性とまじめな少年の様な男の愛のない生活。最後はイライラしながら見た。

Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton

le-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; ">Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting an unusual rabbit. Arriving in a strange and surreal place called "Underland," she finds herself in a world that resembles the nightmares she had as a child, filled with talking animals, villainous queens and knights, and frumious bandersnatches. Alice realizes that she is there for a reason--to conquer the horrific Jabberwocky and restore the rightful queen to her throne.

砂入：軽快な話と、見た目の面白さ、そしてジョーニーデップ。出てる人皆面白かった。軽く楽しめる。

抱擁のかけら /LOS ABRAZOS ROTOS／BROKEN EMBRACES ペドロ・アルモドバル Pedro Almodóvar

Passion, obsession, wealth, jealousy, family, guilt, and creativity. In Madrid, Harry Caine is a blind screenwriter, assisted by Judit and her son Diego. The past comes rushing in when Harry learns of the death of Ernesto Martel, a wealthy businessman, and Ernesto's son pays Harry a visit. In a series of flashbacks to the 1990s, we see Harry, who was then Mateo Blanco, a director; he falls in love with Ernesto's mistress, Lena, and casts her in a film, which Ernesto finances. Ernesto is jealous and obsessive, sending his son to film the making of the movie, to follow Lena and Mateo, and to give him the daily footage. Judit doesn't like Lena. It's a collision cours

2008年、マドリード。脚本家のハリー・ケインはかつて映画監督だったが、
14年前のある事件をきっかけに視力を失い、実名のマテオという名も封印した。
事情を知るエージェントのジュディット・ガルシア（ブランカ・ポルティージョ）と彼女の息子・ディエゴが、ハリーの生活や仕事を手助けしている。
ある日、ライ・Xという男が自分の監督作の脚本をハリーに依頼する。
内容が“父の記憶に復讐する息子の物語”と聞き、自分向きではないと断る。
が、ハリーはその男が実業家エルネストの息子であることを思い出していた。
ハリーの過去に興味を持つディエゴに求められ、ハリーはマテオ時代のことを話し始める。
1994年、新進監督だったマテオはコメディ映画を撮ろうとしていた。
エルネストの妻になったレナは一度諦めた女優になる夢を追いかけるため、オーディションに申し込む...。

砂入：アップテンポでスリリングに明快な複雑な構造。面白かった。