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2009: Lost Memories

Summary 2009 Lost Memories unfolds from an intriguing premise: what if An Jung-geun had failed to assassinate Ito Hirobumi in Harbin, 1909, and this single incident opened a completely different history, one in which Japan had never lost the Second World War, and Korea had never gained independence. (ADV Films)

Directed By: Lee Dong-Joon, Si-myung Lee

Written By: Lee Gwang-Seop, Carl Macek, Lee Si Myung, Sang-hak Lee, Si-myung Lee

  • 2005
  • R
  • ADV Films
  • 2 h 16 m
  • 2005
  • R
  • ADV Films
  • 2 h 16 m

2009: Lost Memories

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Summary 2009 Lost Memories unfolds from an intriguing premise: what if An Jung-geun had failed to assassinate Ito Hirobumi in Harbin, 1909, and this single incident opened a completely different history, one in which Japan had never lost the Second World War, and Korea had never gained independence. (ADV Films)

Directed By: Lee Dong-Joon, Si-myung Lee

Written By: Lee Gwang-Seop, Carl Macek, Lee Si Myung, Sang-hak Lee, Si-myung Lee

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The result is an impressive, if too long, first feature that is likely to raise Japanese hackles and Korean spirits in roughly equal proportion.
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Though it ultimately devolves into megabudget Hollywood action-movie cliches by way of John Woo, Lee's handsome blockbuster is an entertaining variation on the American formulas that have colonized world cinema.
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More often a noirish action drama, a melancholy meditation on history and nationalism, than the high-tech thriller promised by its hype and artwork.
By Derek Elley FULL REVIEW
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Why not travel back in time and not make this movie?
By Ed Park FULL REVIEW

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Production Company ADV Films, CJ E&M Film Financing & Investment Entertainment & Comics, CJ Entertainment, Formula Comics Entertainment, Indecom Cinema, TMS Comics, TMS Entertainment, Tube Entertainment (E Tube Entertainment)
Release Date May 20, 2005
Duration 2 h 16 m
Rating R
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Awards

Grand Bell Awards, South Korea
• 4 Wins & 14 Nominations
Gérardmer Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Fantasporto
• 1 Nomination

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