The disciple looked at the willows swaying in the wind outside the window, and
asked the Master:
"Master, is the willows swaying or the wind?" The
master did not lift his eyelids, but
smiled and replied,
"Neither the wind nor the trees move. It's your heartbeat."
Late autumn night.
The disciple was crying after waking up,
so the master asked the disciple:
"Did you have a nightmare?"
"No."
"Did you have a sad dream?"
"No, I had a sweet dream.
" Then why are you crying so sad?" The
disciple replied calmly while wiping away the tears:
"Because the dream I had will never come true."
South Korean director Jin Jiyun used a gangster action film "Sweet Life" ingeniously ( A Bittersweet Life, also translated as "The Road of No Return") to explain these two Zen words (the first of which is taken from the famous Zen "Wind Motion Flag"). This movie is reminiscent of Hong Kong gangster movies from the 1980s to the 1990s. At the same time, you can see Quentin Tarantino's early style.
Gang boss Jiang (Kim Young Cheol) has a secret lover named Hee Soo (Shin Min Ah). He recently suspected that she was having an affair with other young men, so he sent his powerful subordinate, Kim Sun Woo (Lee Byung Heon) to monitor Hee Soo for three days while he was out. If you find that Hee Soo Hong Xing has gone out of the wall, report it to him or kill the cheating man and woman directly.
Jin Shanyu has been following President Jiang for seven years and is loyal. Although this young man with a lean and handsome appearance and the appearance of a hotel senior white-collar worker is agile, unsmiling, stubborn, and decisive, he is incredibly simple and lonely in his heart. He has no girlfriend and no one he likes. It seems that he has no desire for life except to fight and kill according to the boss's instructions.
From the first day of monitoring Hee Soo, Jin Sun Woo was quickly moved by this beautiful and pure girl. Hee Soo showed him a completely different life: retreats with gentle and considerate bar waiters, emotional dinners, hot dance discos, leisurely shopping, and rehearsal of beautiful chamber music.
Every tiny and lovely detail of this woman flashed in Jin Shanyu's mind from time to time: the
girl inadvertently stroked her long hair that fell to her chest behind her ears, revealing her delicate and pleasant profile and ears.
Cute expression of girl eating ice cream.
The focused look of the girl playing the cello.
While watching the girls rehearsing chamber music through the studio glass, Jin Shanyu was completely intoxicated by the gentle and irritating music. His heart was full of sweetness that he had never felt before. He closed his eyes and smiled with emotion.
Kim Sun Woo quickly caught Hee Soo’s affair on the spot, but he was never soft, but he was unable to follow President Jiang’s instructions to kill him this time. He let go of the men and women, and only asked them to promise to forget what happened. See you no more. In his opinion, this is the best choice. However, it was the choice made by his heart that turned his life to a cruel ending.
First, the gangster white boss grabbed him, hung up and beat and humiliated him. Director Jiang put him to the back, but for a more severe punishment, ginger president questioned why he had to hide Hee show amour, "This is not your style, why do it?"
"To tell the truth, because she do?"
Is Because of her?
Is it because of her?
Jin Shanyu was speechless, everything happened so fast that he didn't have time to think about it.
In the rain, he was buried alive in the mud pit by his brothers from the gang. With a breath of hold, he struggled out of the ground. The pit was not dug deep. President Jiang just wanted him to tell the real reason for letting Hee Soo off the order, but he just wanted him to admit a mistake. But in Jin Shanwu's heart, he insisted that what he did to this girl was the best way. After suffering a long period of physical torture and mental humiliation, he unexpectedly found an opportunity to open a blood path and escaped with a tenacious will to survive.
President Jiang decided to issue an order to kill Jin Sunwoo. In his opinion, the world is difficult. You did the first 100 things right, but a small mistake is fatal.
He said: “Years ago, a smart young man worked for me. One day I sent him to do a simple task. He thought it was irrelevant and made a mistake. Now that I think of it, it’s not a big mistake. I could have done it. I let him off once, but he was a little strange and didn’t admit that it was his fault. He said he did nothing wrong. Maybe he was right, maybe it was my fault, but this is the rule. The boss said you were wrong. , You are wrong, even if you didn’t do something wrong, it’s as simple as that! He lost a hand, and a promising young man would destroy his own future, and this time, one hand is not enough."
Jin Shanyu also decided to do it for himself. He fought desperately for his dignity. Before the action, he bought the lamp that Xixiu loved (found when he was shopping with Xixiu) and sent someone to give it to Xixiu.
He killed all those who tortured and humiliated him, single-handedly killed President Jiang and pointed his gun at him.
Kim Sun-woo asked President Jiang: "Why did you do such a thing to me and tell me the reason." (To apply the sentence that President Jiang asked him completely.)
President Jiang: "You humiliated me."
Kim Sun-woo: "It's not like that, tell me The real reason. Tell me, I’ve been thinking about it, but I still haven’t figured it out. Tell me, why do we get to this point? Do you really want to kill me? I have been working for you like a dog for seven years, tell me My reason!"
President Jiang: "What's the matter with you? It's because of her? Don't do this."
Jin Sunwoo shot President Jiang in the heart with tears and said, "But we can't look back anymore, right?"
During the shootout, Jin Sunwoo There were also many shots in his body. Before he died, he called Hee Soo's phone. The bloody phone fell to the ground. He exhausted his remaining strength but couldn't pick it up again. "It's too cruel." He said the last of his life. One sentence.
A man curled up on the sofa to watch a movie. Suddenly he had a desire to smoke. After watching the movie, he stayed for a while. There is a faint smoke in the room.
Like this movie, A Bittersweet Life, actually has the meaning of bittersweet, more bittersweet life? The director has already made it very clear. Perhaps the sweet feeling is like a faint smoke, which is beyond reach. Once you become obsessed with it, the price is cruel.
The cool man wore a well-made, well-fitted black striped double-open high-end suit, a white shirt and a black tie. Sitting alone in the western restaurant of the hotel sipping the sweetness of coffee or chocolate cream pudding, with a calm demeanor. In another kind of life, he will be a lover of both sides, women are fascinated by it (such as "Everyone Has a Secret").
Fantasy and reality, which kind of life is more discernible?
Once had a sweet dream.
I didn't cry when I woke up, I just took care of the feeling carefully.
Even if you understand that it will never come true,
every bit you taste is always sweet.
There is a kind of love that only belongs to one's own mood until death. It
doesn't matter whether the other party realizes it or not,
because you just want to pay for it,
so it can't be said to be cruel.
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