Parasite

In February 2020, I watched the Korean movie Parasite at TOHO Cinemas Nagareyama Ottakanomori, a multiplex. I felt that it was like a Korean version of the Japanese movie Shoplifters in the first part of it. I also remembered the animated movie Weathering With You in the part when heavy rain continued. I gradually felt that I could predict how the story ends. Then I started to be kind of disappointed when I watched the chauffeur acted by Song Kang-ho changing color as he was hearing his employer backbiting about him. However, the story developed far and away beyond my imaginations toward the end of it. 

Although the film is not my cup of tea, yet I can't help recognizing it as a masterpiece. It really shows the current condition in Korea and is quite entertaining, though I think that it is not so deep and I cannot understand why it received an award in the Cannes Film Festival. It might be just that I cannot appreciate lofty films and understand artistic things, which might be why my remarks are always kind of shallow and snobbish. 

The sister of the main character was a simple beauty. The actress, Park So-dam, struck me through. The most impressive performer was Song Kang-ho, a great Korean actor, who I had watched in the movie Joint Security Area for the first time more than 15 years before when I cried and was impressed with his acting. I have been interested in him since then, though I hardly watch Korean movies. Watching the 2019 movie, I was again fascinated by his casual but hot acting. 

Although I cannot praise it because I do not like the style, yet I believe that the workmanship is wonderful.