# 2009: Lost Memories (2002)

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**Original title**: *2009 로스트메모리즈*
**Runtime**: 136 min
**Genres**: Thriller, Action, Drama
**Directed by**: Lee Si-myung
**Written by**: Lee Sang-hak, Lee Si-myung
**Starring**: Jang Dong-gun, Toru Nakamura, Seo Jin-ho, Shin Gu, An Kil-kang, Kim Gyu-ri

> *The war has begun!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Seoul streets at dusk with sirens blaring 
A Japanese governor's failed assassination sparks a divergent timeline 
This thriller unfolds in a dystopian 2009 where Korea is a Japanese state.

**Mood tags**: outsider, paranoid

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