Day 8. No justice in South Korea
Hello, cineasiáticos. Less than 24 hours of our departure from Udine, what concerns us now is not to exceed 15 kg in the suitcase that morning our "friends" of Ryanair weighed carefully in the terminal of Venice-Treviso Airport. As you will understand the operation will be difficult because the weight of the books we carry around far outweigh those of the clothes we carried on the outward. Anyway, after a few checks (Including bathroom scale), we focused on yesterday, which took us to Korea twice, with stops in China and Japan.
A Feng Xiaogang, the so-called Chinese Spielberg, we were fortunate to discover in our first trip to Italy with a splendid film, road movie A World Without Thieves . Behind her come many more, Assembly (opening of the BAFF), The Banquet ...
This year has wanted to pay tribute to the victims of the biggest earthquake that struck China in 1976. Aftershock is a fresco that focuses on the 30 years following the earthquake, followed in his wanderings to a family that was broken that night. A mother who has to choose between the life of one of her two children ... and the two children were miraculously saved. An epic drama with a terrifying opening sequence. Tears appeared during the course of the projection at different times ... but the end is what takes the cake. No reference had to Villain and Widow , a Korean film that focuses on the story of a petty crook who tries to find an antique china, hiding in the house of a widow and her daughter. What begins as a thriller, flirt footage along with the romantic drama, black comedy, to look with interest and some degree of originality. With an outstanding performance of its main protagonist.
night was obviously Korean name. And twice. When the five past ten p.m. made their entry into the Teatro Nuovo in Udine brothers Ryoo Seung-wan Ryoo and Seung-bum, the entire audience rose in a unanimous applause. It was easy to distinguish the actor's director ... we just have to lay down their sophistication in dress, and the star system in Korea has to maintain a status very close to that of Hollywood ... While directors can wear jeans ... no problem.
What gives us The Unjust ? The latest film by Ryoo Seung-wan is somewhat different from the rest. Both conceptually and narratively, is describing a real event that happened in Korea lifted an internal crisis that affected the levels of the police, politicians and the judiciary. The murder investigation of a drift school in a case of police corruption on a large scale spill from reaching the state prosecutor, to the mayor. There is a difficulty intrinsic to empathize with any of the characters in the role, despite his excellent performances, they all dive into the darkness of the human soul. Only we have the glimmer of the side pieces that the heads move at will, for their own benefit. The Unjust is perfectly shot, everything is in place, although perhaps miss the freshness that shows off her head in his other productions. Ryoo Seung-wan has changed, it has become more serious, and it shows in his films ... for good ... and bad. 
And the final round after the seriousness of The Unjust , the hand had the delusional and always fun with the film Sushy Typhon Weapon Yakuza: a head to head in the direction and script Yudai Yamaguchi and Tak Sakaguchi with the latter as star of the film. A young yakuza a little rebellious in their ways back to Tokyo when his father, the leader of one of the most important clans in the city, was murdered at the hands of rival gangs. Revenge is served and more when scientists and special government agents turn our hero into a lethal weapon. From there, a feast of gore, blood, mutilation of body parts missile emerging from the most unexpected places (read the vagina of a beautiful little girl), etc. All, of course, under the guidance and expertise in makeup and bloody effects of our friend Toshihiro Nishimura. A fun of midnight in a marathon of Sitges. Oh yeah, we forgot, Tak Sakaguchi vice is kicking and punching a spray and pray. This will be our last column from Udine. Tomorrow get to travel very early and there is no time to reflect on the closing of the festival. I hope you have fun a little, and ye felt a little closer to this festival he loves Asian popular cinema. That was our intention.
A hug to everyone from Udine.
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