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Audio Format: DD 5.1 Surround Video Format: Widescreen 1.85:1 (Anamorphic) Languages: Korean, Thai Subtitles: English, Thai Region Code: ALL Year Made: 2001 Running Time: 116
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To hell with school!
Education and the school system are a sensitive issue to tackle in our society. In Korea's film history, countless films have been made about schools believed to represent the characteristics of the times. For example the mellow dramas that poured out in the 70s, action flicks, or recently released light comedies targeting teenagers. However, all of them fail to express in a realistic, straightforward fashion teenags for unrealistic sitcom-like situations or violence. " Spirits of Jeet Kune : Do Once Upon a Time in High School " is a story that unfolds in the year 1978 at a school in a fast-developing area. At that time, under military regime, schools fell victim to violence that prevailed every corers lives trapped inside the walls of Korean schools. It's true that, in Korean films, schools have been used as backdropner of our society. Teachers judged their students only by their academic achievements and family backgrounds and inflicted corporal punishment on those to their disliking. Over the past 50 years, Korea's national economic growth has been the main focus of our society. Therefore, our students have been forced to play a survival game, in which the winner is decided by power alone. " Spirits of Jeet Kune Do: Once Upon a Time in High School " successfully depicts the daily struggles and deviations of our teenagers in a realistic and passionate fashion. The director of the film, YOO Ha, mocked the twisted and discolored meaning of marriage in his second feature film, "Marriage is a Crazy Thing". Now his focus is on Korean schools!
 1978~2003, A hero in the hearts of those who dream, Bruce Lee!
Hyun-soo (starred by KWON Sang-woo) transfers to a high school on Maljuk Street in 1978. He worships Bruce Lee, a hero to most students who spent their adolescence in times when the ruthless, oppressive military dictatorial government was in power. Bruce Lee's life blossomed and withered in a flash. The nunchakus that he worked symbolized power. The bizarre noise that he made against his enemies sounded almost like a magical chanting ritual. Through him, students could get away from the harsh, oppressive reality ruled by the military regime. 30 years have passes since he died a tragic death. Yet, his worshipers can still be found today. He's a true hero to many people of different generations. Many martial artists criticized his creation of Jeet Kune Do. They thought it was created only to win fights. But his fans thought differently. What they saw was a different form of martial art. It was modern and free, denying conventional styles of other martial arts. Furthermore, it emphasized a just cause against the wrong. Forced to do nothing but study, students admired the freedom and strength that Bruce Lee possessed. In short, Bruce Lee meant freedom and catharsis. As long as there are teenagers with aspirations to be free, his name will never be forgotten.
Nostalgia, A film that appeals to both the new and old!
" Spirits of Jeet Kune Do: Once Upon a Time in High School " is a drama set in the classroom of the late 1970s, but it isn't only for those who lived through those times. Despite the social changes, the classrooms of today don't appear to be much different. The film is based on the recognition that the true meaning of an institutional education is long lost. It carries the message that a reflection upon the present with a consideration for the past is the only way to build a brighter future for our students. The film will bring back memories and emotional sympathy for those who went to school in the 70s. It will also bring fun to today's students who will be given an opportunity to look into a classroom that isn't so different from those of today. In short, " Spirits of Jeet Kune Do: Once Upon a Time in High School " is a movie that everybody can relate to, regardless of age.
The first love is always the hardest.
Like everybody else, Hyun-soo and Eun-ju (starred by HAN Ka-in) experience the pain of first love. Hyun-soo falls in love with Eun-ju at first sight. Though she becomes his best friend's girl friend, nothing can stop his love for her. Eun-ju chooses Woo-sik (starred by LEE Jung-jin), a charismatic womanizer, over Hyun-soo who is kind and gentle. Their pure love provides them with a chance to experience unfamiliar, but ardent emotions of lovesickness, sympathy, secrecy, fury, and understanding. The film talks about a first love that is so pure everyone can relate. No one forgets his or her first love. The love between Hyun-soo and Eun-ju will remind the audience of his or her first love that they've long forgotten.
Characters that spice up the film!
The harmony between the leading and supporting characters couldn't be any better. The story is so realistic, in part because many parts of the film came from the director's personal experiences back in his high school days. When upset, Stabber (Starred by KIM In-kwon) stabs people on the head with a pen. Jong-hoon (starred by LEE Jong-hyuk) abuses his power as a student patrol captain. Hamburger (starred by PKAR Hyo-jun) sells pornographic magazines to pay the tuition. Teachers favor Sung-choon (starred by SEO Dong-won), simply because his father is a three-starred general. Woo-sik is a charismatic fighter. Hyun-soo falls from a model student to a delinquent who frequents a disco. These characters have a little bit of everyone'?s past in them. The film therefore allows the audience to relate to them easily. The supporting characters, along with other veteran actors and actresses, spice up the film with their marvelous delivery of the film.
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