The Korean film "Sunflower" is an emotional film directed by Kang Seok-bum and starring Kim Lai-won, Kim Hae-sook and Heo Yi-jae, which tells the two transformations of human nature of the protagonist Tae-sik, which is quite realistic.
After ten years in prison, the legendary man in the gang organization, Tae-sik, suddenly wakes up and is determined to be a good person. The original Tai Zhi is not so honest, after dropping out of college, Tai Zhi became a small underworld leader who relied on his fists on the street, every time he drank alcohol, he would become a mad dog, he would not even want to fight, if he saw blood, he would become more and more courageous, and even the opponent with the knife would be scared to the point of, so everyone gave him a nickname called Mad Dog. Because of a street fight, Tae-sik mistakenly killed a small gangster and was arrested and imprisoned. After parole, Tai Zhi is a little different from before, seeing the enemies actually turning a blind eye, and the frightened and nervous enemies can't figure out the situation, only to see Tai Shi holding a worn-out manual as a treasure. No one would have thought that the brochure would say what he was going to do: go to the bathhouse, eat roadside snacks, wash tattoos. This manual is the hope manual he recorded in prison, not only about what he wants to do, but also about his three promises with his future life: "No drinking, no fighting, no tears."
This manual was given to him by Tokuko, the female owner of the Sunflower Hotel, and after he was released from prison, he entered the Sunflower Hotel and became Tokuko's son. Tokuko burst into tears as if he had seen his own son, and gave him the same treatment as his own son. Tokuko's daughter Hee-joo doesn't understand why her mother is so enthusiastic about an outsider, while Tae-sik is cowardly in life, not only unable to protect Hee-joo but also being beaten. But he found a job at a car repair shop and used his first month's salary to buy New Shoes for Tokuko and electronic devices for Hee-joo to watch movies and listen to songs. The family is happy and harmonious, and Tae-sik has realized the transformation from a criminal to an ordinary person.
However, the good times did not last long, and bad luck followed, prompting Tae-sik to achieve a second transformation of human nature.
The leader of the underworld, Uncle Min, wants to forcibly demolish the Sunflower Hotel, but Deok-ko and Hee-joo disagree, and the truth slowly surfaces during the struggle. It turned out that the little that Tae-sik had killed was Deok-ko's own son, and Deoko found that his son's diary recorded the process of Uncle Min asking him to kill Tae-sik, and Deoko chose to forgive Tae-sik, often went to see him during Tae-sik's years in prison, and gave him a pamphlet to make him change his mind and become a man again.
Tokuko gives a copy of her son's diary to Uncle Min and asks him not to demolish it, which leads to disaster. Uncle Min sent someone to beat Hee-joo, and then sent someone to strangle Deok-ko, and without Tae-sik's knowledge, he wanted to cut off Tae-sik's right hand. Fortunately, thanks to the mercy of the little who had a good relationship with Tokuko's son, Tae-sik was able to keep his right hand. In the face of the atrocities of the evil forces, Tae-sik finally broke out and became a character who kills people without blinking. He alone broke into the newly built song and dance hall of the underworld, and after a bloody battle, he finally stabbed the enemy with his hand, and then set himself on fire.
Tae-sik's two transformations were good, the first from a murderer to an ordinary person, and the second from an ordinary person to a hero who upholds justice and revenge. What prompted Tae-sik to achieve the two transformations was not only the activities of the underworld forces, but also the fornication between the police and the underworld forces, the indifference of society and the government, and so on.
The two transformations of Taizhi's human nature have made people see more evil, but also see more goodness and hope.