Sayonara itsuka Korean Romantic Movie 2010
Cast And Crew
Starring: Miho Nakayama,Hidetoshi Nishijima,Yuriko Ishida
Director : John H. Lee
Writer: Jinsei Tsuji (novel), John H. Lee
Producers: Moon-Su Choi ,Young S. Hwang ,Cheol-gyu Kang
Film Editing : Steve M. Choe
Cinematographer: Cheon Seok Kim
Release Date: January 23, 2010
Runtime: Japan:170 min
Distributor: Asmik Ace Entertainment
Language: Japanese
Country: South Korea
Genre: Drama | Romance
Sayonara itsuka Korean Films Synopsis :
Higashigaito Yutaka (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is transferred to the Bangkok branch of Eastern Airlines. In three months, he will marry Michiko (Yuriko Ishida), a relative of the airline’s founder, and though he doesn’t love her, he knows he could be CEO one day if they wed. In Thailand, Yutaka meets a girl, (Miho Nakayama) Toko, at a bar and is instantly drawn to her. His relationship with her only intensifies as the wedding date approaches but eventually decides to break up with her to proceed with his wedding. Twenty-five years later, they bump into each other and realize their love for each other remains, but reality pulls them apart once again
Sayonara itsuka Korean Japanese Hong Kong Film.The The Film Director by John H. Lee.
Sayonara itsuka South Korea Movie Review :
Korean love fantasy with Japanese actors, 6 February 2010
As my title implies, this is a kind of a complicated movie with an extremely simple plot. A man marries one woman but loves another. I suppose it's how it happens that makes or breaks the movie. Korean director Lee became known in Japan for his Korean-made film hit, "The Eraser in my Head," a story of a young woman with a case of early-age Altzheimer's and her lover-then-husband who is always there for her.
In both movies, one is strongly encouraged to not think about the details, but rather the dynamics between the characters involved. In "Sayonara," most of which takes place in Bangkok in 1975 among a small Japanese community and their Thai friends, one gets the impression that we are not supposed to think about the why or how, but the what. Who is Touko, the mysterious older woman who seems to have an unlimited amount of money at her disposal? Why does Yutaka, working as an expat for an airline, live in a apartment seemingly for lower income Thai folks when he should be rich by local standards? How old is he, for cryin' out loud? He is obviously over 30, but just got engaged and is a freshman employee.....
