Happily Ever After

    Lee Byung-hun and Jeon Do-yeon are two extremely popular Korean actors of all time. The two are famous for filming many movies together, appearing in 'Memories of the Sword', 'Ashfall', and 'Emergency Declaration'. They have an amazing acting career built steadily over the past years, which made them who they are now. But even they had their rookie days, and this movie, 'The Harmonium In My Memory', was filmed when they were still young, promising actors. It was also the beginning of their long, special relationship.   Hong-yeon is a late elementary school student of age seventeen. She falls in a one-sided love with the new teacher, Soo-ha. She expresses her feelings to Soo-ha ardently, but Soo-ha's attention is entirely on a fellow teacher, Eun-hee. Hong-yeon gets intimidated and heartbroken, but still she tries her best to make Soo-ha like her back.   Although the movie is quite old, released in 1999, the story doesn't feel outdated at all.

    Since this movie was already renowned for being a tear-trigger, tears were expected as I prepared myself for an outburst. But it wasn't just an outburst; it actually turned out to be a gigantic flood. And once the tears started running, soon they were running automatically every time someone in the screen showed some sign of crying.    Go-eun and Sora are mother and daughter. Sora is used to figuring things out by herself even though she is very young since her mother has always been busy with work, working as a wedding dress designer. Then, Sora begins to notice that her mom had become somewhat different. Go-eun starts to spend time with Sora more, and even encourages Sora to skip school to go on a trip with her. Sora also notices other things too, that her mother is sick. As days go by, Go-eun and Sora become more desperate for time, more time for more love.   The actress who played Sora, Kim Hyang-gi, made my heart break so much by impeccable acting. It felt as if the young