Based on the Korean cartoonist Kangcho’s comic of the same name, the movie tells the touching love story of two elderly couples.
An old man’s wife suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, he works early and late every day, and when he comes home, he takes care of his wife, but she gets worse and is about to pass away, the old man can’t bear the loss of his wife’s life, so the two of them commit suicide in their home, and the old man’s death touches the other pair of elderly people very much, she loves the other person deeply, and doesn’t want to lose him, but he’s nearing the end of his life, and she can’t bear the thought of death separating them, and decides to herself to return to her old home alone with her fondest memories and grow old slowly.
What the elderly may fear is not death, but loneliness. With their children leaving one after another, the loneliness is the most frightening thing when their only family member, their partner, is also gone.
2011 / South Korea / Drama Romance / Choo Chang Min / Song Jae Ho Lee Soon Jae
On a snowy slope, an old man, Kim Man-seok (Lee Soon-jae), who delivers milk, meets an old woman, Song Yi-fen (Yoon Soo-jung), who collects junk.
Each of them has spent the first half of their lives carrying a difficult burden: Man-seok was a young man who did what he wanted until his wife died of illness, while Yi-Fen was abandoned by the man she loved in a corner of the city, and has never married since the death of her child.
The two old men meet on the silent streets in the early hours of the morning, and their lonely and miserable lives bring them closer together.
With the help of Yeon-a (Song Ji-hyo), the granddaughter of Wan-Chi, a first love affair develops in each other’s hearts.
Jang Jun Bong (Song Jae Ha), a parking lot attendant and friend of Man Cee, has been patiently looking after his elderly partner who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease.
Until one day, Junfeng learns that her partner is terminally ill.
Witnessing her painful episodes, Junfeng makes a heartbreaking decision …… The movie is based on the work of the same name by Kangcho, a famous Korean webcomic artist, and the stage play of the same name which has already been performed has also been well-received.
