As one

"As One" a korean movie...
Every now n then u r looking for a sporty thrill, an aggressive passion, n sizzling forward dream to pursue. These all elements could be but found in movie, with sport as theme. "as one" is one such movie.
hahahaa...by the cover i doubted whether the characters highlighted r male or female :P . Soon the query demolished, as soon as the movie began :D . the story is centred upon 2 table tennis players from opposing parties North Korea and South Korea.  Korea is one such country still to todays time, with a division providing two separate national representation....as though both r different countries. One is so advanced in education n other sectors, n the other lagging...except for pursuing strictness n such.
The story reviews highlight it as an event based on 1991 or 1990 (i cant recall so) olympics table tennis session. North n south korea both get to play against each other in every olympics match...n whoever wins among them (as both get to succeed to the semi-finals) gets to play against the 'ace killer': The China, who maintains the status of consecutive wins.
For the first time in history, then the korea boards decides upon duelling on the idea of "as one". i-e both north n south korea will team up to reserve Korea's long lost respect in the olympics. though it was a hard nut to crack...teaming up the opposing teams..who had been maintaining aggressive attitude towars one another in every match.
God knows from where gets the call, n tied their hearts as one... friendship ties started to bud. but the twist arises here, n the board of directors suspended the North Korean team just before finals...omg wts gonna happen nxt???? n why the hell were they suspended??
bt a miracle happens ....n wt happens so onwards? wt exactly is this miracle?
wanna know?
then watch "As One"....
n get inspired to play table tennis ;)
i bet ya', u gonna crave t' play the game....'m on it! ;)

P.S
a true event based story, bt the unfortunate thing is that....north korea n south korea never played "as one" team ever again!

Update:
Oh well, buddy.. if there is some inconsistency in uttering a word or two about Korea, well that pardon me on account that I m no local to the country!
 

Bridal Mask

Have u ever got across a drama, that hath it all...all the floss, to quench the thirst that gloss one's heart. u gotta pinch ur cheeks, for its not a dream. Not at all! The drama that 'm gonna talk about, can fix u in a grid...that calls for titling u an addict. It chases ur nights. It chases ur mornings; until it traces ur existence to the final episode.
the script is unique, n i'll call it the story with most twists. there's always waiting one, walkin' n strollin' a step ahead of you: then smashing open to the most inquisitive minds...which r cultured so, to this point; by the exclusive story. it is a history based Korean drama. the story comprise of those days...when Japan over-ruled Korea. the peculiarity of the story is the guy with rosy cheek'd mask, who stands for the oppressed josean people. He is called bridal mask (gaksital). hmm..wherever the mask is...the question tag always follows. ;)

?????

So, among the set of characters....who could this guy be??

This question tag is just the beginning. this drama is filled with such questions...one after another. without u knowing, it knocks at the window pane of ur heart, which had been accustomed to the rust n dust of trials ov life.
There is one unamiable character in the Story: Lee Kang To, a Josean, yet a slave to Japanese by heart, to work money out...

Lee Kang To

He is the antagonist of the story...the souvenir of survivor, than the believer of faith.
to wipe off the false accuse (that he is with Bridal Mask) off his name, he chases him wildly...to the point that he traces him (bridal mask) to death: his final companionship...
bt poor Lee, he ended up being homeless. homeless in terms, that he hath his family killed by his own cause. his only family was his mother, n lunatic older brother.




Here follows the invincible twist... his brother was the bridal mask. unbelievable! right? bt when Lee realised that he had chased none bt his brother to death, he was already at the brink of dying.... In his wilderness, he seeked his mother, bt to his surprise...he found her dead too.
She died for the cause of protecting bridal mask's identity....just as a japanese police officer visited for being suspicious of Lee Kang San (older brother of Lee Kang To). and the officer being rude to josean by nature, chose to take his mother as bait...who ended up dead.
The ruling Japanese really demanded to unveil Bridal Mask's identity from the start, for he was killing some of their men...bt with a certain sign he always leave on their bodies...which soon, dispose off the fact that the sign represents a certain organization. So what is this organization? and why was he killing them?

huh?  could one believe that such a person is bridal mask, who runs out wildly wearing mask, to save people....bt couldn't save his own mother??? such was the rage bursting out from Lee Kang To, after finding his mother dead.
in such an intense feeling, he dared with the intention to drag him to the Japs, to unveil the Bridal Mask...they were crazy about.

So??? what happened next?
To know....how about watching it? for what i've elaborated is just the main briefing....There's alot more to come in the story.
Try it! Its worth it ;) .

P.S
As it is a twisted drama..so one cannot be convinced with the fact that there are just two leading characters. Well, to ur satisfaction..there are two more....to add to the spice of the story, to stirr till u r steam'd with same emotion, n gag the digested philosophy ov life that u hv reserved composed up yet!