2009 Lost Memories

2009 Lost Memories Korean 2009 2009 Loseutumemorijeu is a 2002 South Korean science fiction action film directed by Lee Simyung, adapted from the 1987 novel Looking for an Epitaph by Bok Geoil. The film takes place in an alternate 2009, where the Korean Peninsula is still part of Imperial Japan due to a timetravel incident in 1909. It was distributed by CJ Entertainment and was released on February 1, 2002.

In 2009, the Korean Peninsula Chosun is still under Imperial Japanese rule and Japanese Bureau of Investigation JBI agents Masayuki Sakamoto and Shojiro Saigo thwart a hostage crisis at a museum in Keijo by a terrorist group known as the Hureisenjin. The exact motivation for the hostage situation is unknown, but during the investigation, Sakamoto discovers a museum artifact, a crescentshaped rock known as the Lunar Soul, found by one of the slain terrorists. After discovering that the Hureisenjin has a long history of targeting the Inoue Foundation, a group founded around the artifacts collected by the second ResidentGeneral of Korea, Sakamoto begins to suspect the Hureisenjin were attempting to steal the Lunar Soul, although both he and Saigo are puzzled as to why a terrorist group would put so much effort into stealing historical artifacts. The Hureisenjin ambush the convoy shipping the foundations artifacts back to Japan and take the Lunar Soul. The terrorists confront Sakamoto and Saigo in a gunfight, where Sakamoto encounters Oh Hyerin, the organizations female leader.Sakamotos questioning and accusations against the influential Inoue Foundation lead to him being thrown off the case, with the execution of Sakamotos father as a traitor for aiding in a thwarted attack by the Hurisenjin on a cargo ship in Vladivostok in 1985 being cited by his suspicious superiors. Sakamoto pursues the investigation, traveling to Harbin to learn more about the Lunar Soul, and is then suspended from the JBI. That night, an unknown assailant murders Sakamotos mentor, Takahashi, at his apartment and he is arrested for the crime. Sakamoto, however, escapes from the JBI with the help of Saigo, who vows to be his enemy the next time they meet. ........

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