Sunflower is an emotional film directed by Kang Seok-bum and starring Kim Lai-won, Kim Hae-sook and Heo Yi-jae, which was released in South Korea on November 23, 2006.
Sunflowers that cannot see the sun, stubbornly blooming in the endless darkness, use their lives to change the whole order.
Tai-sik is a former goon, tattooed with fearsome patterns all over his body, when he was young, he was aggressive and aggressive, conquering the people around him with his fists, he killed people by mistake and went to prison, and because of thorough repentance, he let the slain mother see a sincere heart under a cold appearance.
Encouraged by the mother of the slain, he reformed and rehabilitated, released from prison on parole, worked diligently, treated others with humility, stopped fighting, stopped smoking, stopped drinking, and even worked hard to go to college, and he and his new mother and sister had a new life.
But the evil forces refused to spare him.
He became a major problem for those who had once feared him, the sunflower restaurant on which he and his mother and sister lived hindered the development of the underworld, and the last thing they wanted to see was a cruel scene, his sister was seriously injured by a flying driver with bricks, his mother was strangled, the sunflower restaurant collapsed in the roar of the excavator, and a home was destroyed overnight. The beautiful moments he once had were illusory, and he finally went to revenge.
It was the most heart-wrenching moment, alone, full of hatred, fighting with dozens of strong men.
The raging fire reflected the intimidating tattoos all over his body, his angry eyes, and the roar of the beast.
He exchanged his own destruction for the end of a black force, in exchange for a temporary peace.
The sunflower that should be full of vitality, but it must live in the boundless darkness, can not be saved, it bowed its head in grievance, but it still has to be swallowed up by the darkness, helpless, it can only fight back, so this lonely sunflower, finally bloomed the most dazzling brilliance, but also in this brilliance.
Who forced him to become a mad beast again?
Are these tyrannical and greedy underworld elements?
Or a cold-eyed policeman?
Or is it this unfair, powerful society?
The cruel portrayal of the real society, the evil forces reigning, the inaction of the police, even the collusion of the police and bandits, the hardships of the people in safeguarding their legitimate rights, the extreme and intolerant nature of the entire social order...
It's poignant and thought-provoking.
Waiting and being waited In the movie "Sunflower", the so-called waiting is just waiting for a conspiracy to come, and behind each conspiracy there are only two words of profit. Although such a setting is very tacky, how can people be exempt from vulgarity. Interests are the turning point of interpersonal relationships, but also the turning point of the plot of the movie, because of this design, Tae-sik's change and final explosion are even more memorable. Many films succeed in telling a story, but some succeed in portraying a character. "Sunflower" is such a movie, successfully portraying a Tai-sik.
Death and being killed Death is inevitable in many movies, and movies have many ways to express death, the most difficult to accept is to be killed. In the movie "Sunflower", many quiet people are killed, and those who have dark souls always live in the sun, maybe such a setting makes you feel unfair, but it is precisely because of this setting that goodness and light seem so rare. There's controversy and affirmation about Korean movies, and I like Korean movies because of the full characters, the characters who are full of the power to live, the characters that make you feel real, the characters that make you miserable. In some movies, death is always easier than living, it is true that living faces many problems, to face the past that cannot be forgotten, to face the unknown and mysterious future, to face the difficult and helpless present, compared to living, death is much easier. Tae-sik's requirements for life could not be simpler, and it is precisely because it is so simple that it is not easy to obtain, and in the end, he still chooses to use the most cruel way to guard that tranquility for this simplicity.
Movies are only responsible for expression, not for trial, and many times movies do not give more choices, either live or die, seemingly simple questions are never answered.
It's a well-made film.
A small story that reflects a great social situation.
The power of human nature is also sublimated by its tragic ending.