As One (2012)

Hello there, I’m going to introduce Korean movies to you. Hope you enjoy!

 

 

The next movie that I’m going to introduce to you is ‘As One(코리아)’ This movie was released at May third, 2012. The director is Hyun-Sung Moon. He has directed movie ‘Yoga Academy’.

This movie had 186 million audience. ‘As one’ had less audience than other movies that I posted but personally I liked this movie the best by so far among the other movies! The main characters are Ji-Won Ha, Du-Na Bae, Ye-Ri Han and Yoon-Young Choi.

 

This movie is made from real story which happened in Korea. In 1991, Ping-pong game gained popularity. Korea national Ping-pong player, Jung-Hwa Hyun always practices hard to get good score on Olympics. But as everyone knows Korea has been separated by two parts. The government wants to make good effort between North Korea and South Korea, so the government makes one team with North and South. So the North Korea’s Ping-pong players and South Korea’s Ping-pong players meet together and become one team. In North Korea, there are good players too like Boon-Hee Lee and Sun-Bok Yu. In first meeting, there are too many cultural differences between North Korea players and South Korea players. So they don’t practice each other. But they couldn’t get good scores on double matches. So the coaches tell the players to mix it up and make team together. So Jung-Hwa and Boon-Hee make team together.

 As time goes on they become really close friends and all other players get along together very well. First they felt they are so different, but later they realize they are same people.

 

 Korea always lost to China in Ping-pong game. But Team named ‘Korea’ won China for the first time ever! But still there were nervous between two countries, they had to say good bye to each other. It was sudden good-bye. They didn’t have time to say something. Just few days ago, they were one team, friends, and family but suddenly after the Olympic they had to separate. The movie ends with the scene that Jung-Hwa and Boon-Hee meet in other Ping-pong game and play together.

 

Maybe other foreigners cannot understand the sadness of the separation of one country. By so far Korea is the only country in the whole world that is separated. And in these days, North Korea and South Korea’s relationship is becoming worse and worse. In my opinion it is stupid to fight with same ethnic race people. Like in this movie it is unforgettable hurt for the separated families and friends. Also if Korea can be one, maybe we can win China in Ping-pong again and become stronger! But it is true that there are too many obstacles right now between two countries. I hope the two countries solve this problem well and be peaceful!