Movie: My Way

Frankly speaking, I don't feel like writing anything right now. But thinking of I owe you guys a story to tell, and I'm here. Here's the summary of this movie I watched three days ago, My Way.

This movie set in around 1940 something. It is about two rivals since childhood, Jun Shik (Korean) and Tatsuo (Japan) that have a strong rivalry in marathon because they have the same aim, to participate in Tokyo Olympics. On the day of the marathon, a chaos occurred and that made Jun Shik and a few more Korean men were forced to enlist in the army fighting for Japanese Imperial Army. Few years later, they meet Tatsuo who became their colonel because he grew under influence of his military late grandfather.

One day, they lose in a fight with Soviet and both Jun Shik and Tatsuo end up in Kungursk POW camp, in Soviet Union. But then, they still warring. When news comes that Germany had declare war on the Soviet Union, Jun Shik and Tatsuo are the among those forcibly drafted into the Soviet army. They get through the war together and they were separated when Jun Shik were trying to look for some medicine to save Tatsuo's life when Tatsuo was being shot.

Tatsuo ran through few years tracking for Jun Shik. One day, Jun Shik and Tatsuo set out on a journey westwards that will find them on beaches of the Normandy, France, just prior to the D-Day Allied invasion. On the day the reunite, Tatsuo found out that Jun Shik was deaf, the effects when he tried to save him few years back. One day, they planned to ran away home and not enslave themselves to the Normandy. They agreed and set a plan to ran at dawn. Unfortunately, that time was the D-Day Allied invasion. Sadly, Jun Shik was being shot and died when he was trying to escape together with Tatsuo. Before he died, he said he has no regret even he can't achieve his dream to become a marathoner in Olympic. He also said, from now on Tatsuo must be "Jun Shik" so that he was not killed for his Japanese nationality. Few years later, on 1948 Olympic Tatsuo seems running and winning the marathon game using Kim Jun Shik's name.

My Way is a great master piece that should be highly recommend. It touched my heart and I cried so hard watching this movie. I was moved by the friendship after the rivalry and war. It is sad to have Jun Shik dead at the end of this movie. But still I love this movie. 5 stars and credit to Jang Dong Gun (Jun Shik) and Joe Odagiri (Tatsuo) and the Kang Je Gyu (director, producer, writer).

p/s: Sorry if my summary isn't as you expected. But I can bet this movie should be watched! Here's the link if you want to watch it online. Click Here :)