2009 Lost Memories
DVD Cover
Directed by	Lee Si-myung
Produced by	Kim Yun-young Seo Jun-won
Written by	Lee Si-myung Lee Sang-hak
Starring	Jang Dong-gun Toru Nakamura
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Released	February 1, 2002 (South Korea)
Running time	135 min.
Language	Korean
Budget	$5,600,000 US (est.)
IMDb profile

2009 Lost Memories (2002) (Hangul: 2009 로스트 메모리즈) is a South Korean SF action movie, directed by Lee Si-myung. Image File history File links 2009LostMemories. ... Jang Dong-gun (born March 7, 1972) is a South Korean actor and musician. ... CJ Entertainment is the largest entertainment company in South Korea. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2002. ... Hangul also refers to a word processing application widely used in Korea. ... Motto: 널리 인간 세계를 이롭게 하라 (Broadly bring benefit to humanity) Anthem: Aegukga Capital Seoul Largest city Seoul Official language(s) Korean Government President Prime Minister Presidential democracy Roh Moo-hyun Han Myung-sook Establishment - Gojoseon - Declaration of Republic - Liberation - First Republic 2333 BC March 1, 1919 August 15, 1945 August 15, 1948 Area  - Total... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ...

The film shows an alternate history supposing that Hirobumi Ito was not assassinated by An Jung-geun in Harbin, China, in 1909; this change results in Ito's leadership guiding Japan as a military and industrial power that allies with the United States against Germany in World War II (dropping an atomic bomb on Berlin in 1945) and retains all of its wartime conquests (most notably Korea). Japan joins the permanent U.N. Security Council in 1960, launches the Sakura 1 satellite in 1965 and holds the 1988 Olympics in Nagoya (not Seoul), and Lee Dong-gook scores for (not against) Japan in the 2002 FIFA World Cup Japan (not 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan). Alternate history (fiction) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Born in Hagi, Yamaguchi, Count Itō Hirobumi (伊藤 博文 Itō Hirobumi 1841–1909, also called Hirofumi/Hakubun) was a Japanese politician and the countrys first Prime Minister (and the 5th, 7th and 10th). ... An Jung-geun as a Korean Soldier Ahn Jung-geun or An Jung-geun (September 2, 1879 - March 26, 1910) (Christian name: Thomas) was the Korean independence activist who assassinated the Japanese politician Ito Hirobumi, during Japanese colonial occupation of Korea. ... Harbin (Simplified Chinese: 哈尔滨; Traditional Chinese: 哈爾濱; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ha-erh-pin; Russian Харби́н Kharbin) is a sub-provincial city and the capital of the Heilongjiang Province in north-east China. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II... (help· info) is the capital city and a single state of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Korea (한국, Hanguk, or ì¡°ì„ , Choseon) is a civilization and geographical area situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, bordering China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast, with Japan situated to the southeast across the Korea Strait. ... A session of the Security Council in progress The United Nations Security Council is the most powerful organ of the United Nations. ... Nagoya Castle in June of 2004. ... Seoul (IPA: , (help· info)) is the capital and largest city of South Korea (Republic of Korea). ... The 2002 Football World Cup (Official name: 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan) was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. ...

In light of the influential economic and political shadow that Japan has cast on its neighbors in the real world, the sci-fi film is an evident example of Korean anti-Japanese sentiment. Anti-Americanism is also evident in the film, with the United States allying with the hated Japanese oppressor in World War II, and with the "JBI" (Japanese Bureau of Investigation) heavily modelled on the American FBI. Anti-Japanese sentiment refers to the view of the Japanese people or of the Japanese nation with suspicion or hostility. ... Cover of Anti-Americanism by French author Jean-François Revel. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a Federal police force which is the principal investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ...

See also

• List of Korean language films
• Cinema of Korea
• Contemporary culture of South Korea
• List of Korea-related topics

This is a partial list of Korean films: ...ing (2003) 3-Iron (Bin-Jip) (2004) Acacia (2004) Anarchists (2000) Attack the Gas Station (1999) Bilgu (1997) Chunhyang (2000) Crying Fist (2004) The Doll Master (2004) Duelist (2005) Everybody has Secrets (2004) Face (2004) The Foul King (2000) The Ghost (2004... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The contemporary culture of South Korea derives from the traditional culture of Korea, but since the 1948 division of Korea, it has developed separately from North Koreas culture. ... This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ...

External links

• 2009 Lost Memories at The Internet Movie Database
• Official Korean Site
• Official US Site