Eunhaengnamoo chimdae

I must say that when I see the trailer, I think this movie is real good! But when I see the movie I can just say: Not bad. The director present us very pretty Locations and the story is also not bad. But the end of the movie is so harmless! My ratting: 6 of 10

I saw this 3 years ago when I was in Army. The director of "Gingko bed" took mega hit his second work -- is called "SWIRI" --espionage thriller between North Korea & South Korea.(this movie is threatening total gross of "Titanic" in these days in Korea) What I like to say is this movie is a milestone of Korean movie-- especially cinematography, special effects. Soundtrack of this movie is very beautiful.. But, story lacks tense and climax, but overall this movie had captivated korean people's feeling -- grudge, sorrow, shame..

I hope this movie will be reproduced in English caption, better sound, and picture quality. So other sides of the people will understand Korea and Korean culture.

I think this film was a turning point in Korean movie history in its music score(which is a excellent combination between Western element and Korean traditional music instrument), concept( reborn, everlasting love, revenge.. )etc. it means this movie gave us the hope that we(Korean movie industry)can make various kinds of films.

Princess Bidan falls in love with lower-class servant su-hyun. they secretly meet each other in Palace, happily enjoy their own time. but General Hwang has an unstoppable love-obsession with Princess Bidan. General Hwang invade her country and ruins everything and captures Bidan. but Princess never open her mind to him and Hwang's one-way love leads these to tragedy. However, Its main stage is a Modern times, after 1000 years, Su-hyun got reborn, but not Bidan. General Hwang's curse never let this poor lovers get together.

Cinematography is beautiful, stunning, Music score is just Magnificent, Unforgettable. Costume Design was also excellent.

but Frankly speaking, there are lots of flaw in authentication. at first it's not clear what period, country this film based on. The Costumes seems to belong to China. and this film reminds me a Wonderful Hong-kong SF movie "Chinese Ghost Story" in some scenes. but it doesn't big deal. l love this one and want to ignore all the flaws.

Worth Seeing!!!

Eunhaengnamoo Chimdae or "Gingko Bed" is a beautiful and moving film. When i first saw it, i didn't expect it to be so good. It has a great concept about the endless power of love. And how no one can stop love, no matter how powerful they are. But what made this movie so moving was the score. The lovers theme just made the movie that extra bit beautiful. It brings a tear to your eye. The direction was good, and you really care about the characters. Which i think is a key element to any good film. Hyeon-jun Shin's performance was great, every film i've seen him in, he's been great. He also stars in Bichunmoo or "Flying Warriors" which is a must see. I really love this movie. If you haven't seen it i strongly suggest u do.

GINGKO BED is a strange movie. It's very convoluted, as if it had a lot of ideas but lacked the ability to bring them all into one coherent story. Instead, we get various plotlines that diverges into their own separate little movies. Oh sure, they eventually meet up in the end, but it all seems rather...superfluous. Of note is the girlfriend and her troubles at the hospital. Was this...interesting? Then there were the "we are spirits, thus we have no physicality" elements, which leads to the same problem that people had with GHOST, namely: If the characters have no physicality (i.e. no corporeal form) and they can phase through walls and what not, how exactly do they keep from falling through the floor, or float up the ceiling for that matter?

GINGKO BED was highly touted as a new breed of South Korean film. There's plenty of special effects, but the movie itself is hollow and its faux melodrama will only "touch" those who are easy to, well, touch to begin with.

4 out of 10

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