26 Years Diary (2007)

Original title

あなたを忘れない

Directed by

Junji Hanadō

Genre

biographical film, romance film

Country

South Korea, Japan

Runtime

1h 48m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A biographical film about the life of a Korean student in Japan. It follows his time at school and his romance with a Japanese student, and ends with his death while trying to save a man on train tracks.

bittersweetgentleromanticsadpoignantquietbiographicalnostalgic

What happens

26 Years Diary (Japanese: あなたを忘れない Anata wo Wasurenai; Korean: 너를 잊지 않을거야 Neoreul Ijji Anheulgeoya; literally "I Won't Forget You") is a biopic that tells the story of Lee Su-hyon's life and death. The film details the 26-year-old Korean student's experiences in Japan, including going to school and his developing romance with a Japanese student (played by Mākii). He died on January 21, 2001, along with a Japanese photographer, Shiro Sekine, while both were trying to save the life of a man who had fallen onto the tracks at the Shin-Ōkubo Station in Tokyo. The soundtrack of the movie is the song "Okizarisu" by High and Mighty Color. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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