South Korea 2003. Directed by Lee Si-myung

In an alternative future, in the year 2009, South Korea belongs to Japan because of different outcome than we were told in our history lessons. Agent called Sakamato is Korean-born but highly Japanese-minded person, who also takes a part in fight against Korean resistance movement. Little by little Sakamoto finds out an unbelievable conspiracy, when he is told not to investigate the Japanese foundation's suspicious actions.

Tasty idea (which I won't reveal too much here) has more to offer, than the filmmakers are able to. 2009 Lost Memories trusts too much into traditional action and doesn't take an advantage of possibilities of highly imaginative plot. 35-year old debutant director Lee Sim-Yung is in his best at direction of characters and high-octane action sequences, but after the middle reveals an unevenness that affects dramatically to whole film. You can't blame this film boring, though  credibility suffers from time to time. Anyway, 2009 Lost Memories is pretty solid performance as a debut direction, and there's lot to expect from Sim-Yung's next film.

Universal's Asian Vision disc (R2) is moderately qualified. There's a lot happening in all audio channels, but where have gone the rear channels in DTS option? "Behind the scenes"-documentary is confused cut-and-paste compilation, along with traditional biographies and trailers.