2009: Lost Memories (2002)

Original title

2009 로스트메모리즈

Directed by

Lee Si-myeong

Genre

drama film, action film, science fiction film, thriller film, dystopian film, political thriller film

Country

South Korea, Japan

Runtime

2h 16m

Rated

18

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 81 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In an alternate 2009 where Japan still rules the Korean Peninsula, a Korean police officer uncovers a conspiracy linked to a time travel incident from 1909. He must choose between loyalty to the regime and the truth about his country's lost independence.

alternate-historytensebroodingsuspensefulaction-packeddystopianfuturisticpolitical

What happens

2009: Lost Memories (Korean: 2009 로스트 메모리즈) is a 2002 South Korean science fiction action film directed by Lee Si-myung, adapted from the 1987 novel Looking for an Epitaph by Bok Geo-il. The film takes place in an alternate 2009, where the Korean Peninsula is still part of Imperial Japan due to a time-travel incident in 1909. It was distributed by CJ Entertainment and was released on February 1, 2002. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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