No Regret
I'm going to jump forward now, and review a Korean movie I watched last night called No Regret . It had an immediate impact on me so I thought I would write about it while its impressions are still fresh in my mind. Summary: A young factory worker Su-min is struggling to make ends meet, and works numerous jobs. He's openly gay but has never had a relationship. When working as a for-hire driver one night, he meets Jae-min, drunk at a bar, and drives him home. Jae-min is instantly smitten but Su-min baulks and runs away, even though he is obviously attracted to him. When he loses his job at the factory, Su-min ends up working as a male prostitute at a host bar. Jae-min continues to pursue him obsessively, to the point where Su-min threatens to kill him if he doesn't stop following him. Eventually feelings develop further, but it's at this point that the story suddenly turns upside down and Su-min becomes desperate. Su-min makes a decision that could lead to total catast...