Maundy Thursday (2006)

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

 The next movie that I’m going to introduce is ‘Maundy Thursday(우리들의 행복한 시간)’ This movie was released at September 14^th, 2006. The director is Hae-sung Song. He had directed movies like ‘The Old Family (2013), and ‘Love Affair (2012)’

 This movie had 3hundred ten thousand audiences. One thing about this movie, it is based on the book. The book’s title is same as the movie. The author is Ji-young Kong. She is bestselling book writer. I read this book before I saw the movie. So I was interested about the movie.

 The main characters are Dong-won Kang and Na-young Lee.

 This movie is about one criminal named Yoon-su and a gloomy girl named Yu-jung. Yoon-su is poor and had harsh life before he got in to the jail. He had one younger brother and he didn’t have parents. So he had to suffer all the adversities through his young life to save his brother and himself. On the other hand, there is Yu-jung. She was famous singer when she was young. And she is very rich. She can have everything she wants. But she is always gloomy. She tried to kill herself three times but fails all the time. Her aunt was worry about Yu-jung so she tell Yu-jung to go to jail to have talking time with the criminal. It is one way to treat mental problem. Yu-jung didn’t want to go mental hospital so she chooses to go jail. At the jail, she met Yoon-su. He is sentenced to be death. He killed two women but additionally, he got false charge. Yoon-su and Yu-jung didn’t get along well at first. They had such a different life before. But they start to talk their real story. They become honest with their feelings. Eventually they felt they had same sadness in their life. So they became real friends and fall in love. But since Yoon-su was sentenced to death, they didn’t have much time together. They know each others’ feeling. But later, Yoon-su got killed and the movie ends.

 This movie has some points to think about. First, Yoon-su was false charged because he was poor and didn’t have any power. So he got killed by the government. Second, it is important to have someone know how I feel. if there is just one person who know how I feel when I’m really depressed, the person can be a big help. If Yu-jung met Yoon-su before, she might not have tried to kill herself.

 This movie is sad and gloomy movie but worth watching it!