This is what's bothering me about Lee's remake — it doesn't necessarily look like he's adding to or reinterpreting the original. I had heard rumors that he was going back to the original source material (the manga) or that he was going to inject race into the story (which wouldn't have been surprising, but possibly…

The not-quite-resolved ending is a staple of Korean films, from romantic comedies to melodramatic period pieces. Korean sensibilities are such that they need a little bitter to go along with the sweet. You can chalk that up to almost 50 years of brutal occupation, followed quickly by a devastating civil war that…

So it's like reverse tentacle porn?