Sean Akizuki's East Asian Drama and Movie Blog

I decided to check out this Netflix movie which I treated like an unwrapped birthday present. The film's literal meaning is I Just Dropped My Smartphone while the international distribution title is Unlocked . I wanted to watch some legal K-Drama but with me watching some more older Tokusatsu (for now) - I felt watching this movie would be better than my planned watch of the legal comedy Love to Hate You . The source material is Japanese novelist Akira Teshigawara and a Japanese film named  Stolen Identity . A familiar face returns when Chun Wo Hee (of Argon ) returns as the main character. It was fun seeing Wo Hee and her excellent acting in Argon . Sure, I don't find her pretty but good acting matters more. Though I kinda wanted Shin Hye Sun to be the main lead even if Wo Hee still convinces me that she's in a state of dilemma. We also have Im Si Wan as "Oh Jeon Yeong" (his real identity is a mystery) and some brutal murders. A father thinks his son was committi...

  It's really an oddity when some older Chinese never knew that Buddhism came from India. Some people have even mistaken the Laughing Buddha for Siddharta Gautama. It might have even shocked some Chinese Buddhists when they were told that Buddha was an INDIAN man. Now, another character often represented as Chinese is actually also too obviously INDIAN. That's the goddess Guan Yin whose full name and title is Guan Shi Yin Pusa. The name means "She who hears the cries the cries of the world." Avalokitesvara means "one who looks from above". Another Sanskrit name is Gayatri meaning "she who hears the cries of the world". Guan Yin in the Hindu context Guan Yin's equivalent would be the goddess Gayatri. Gayatri is seldom seen as an incarnation of Saraswati or a totally different character. The name Gayatri is more synonymous with Guan Shi Yin than the name Avalokitesvara. Gayatri is called the Goddess of Mercy herself. One of Gayatri's temples ...

At first, I didn't feel like watching Mr. Queen which is one weird WTF series with food porn. I'm wondering why Choi Jin Hyuk is given a rather minimal role on-screen. Jin Hyuk plays the role of a playboy chef Jang Bong Hwan. Bong Hwan gets accused of something and he tries to escape. Bong Hwan falls into the water, Shin Hye Sun (Kim So Yong) kisses him for some reason, and the two become merged with So Yong as the dominant body. I was expecting it to be a body-swapping role where So Yong gets into the modern day and Bong Hwan stays in the Medieval era. I felt it was punishment from the gods that Bong Hwan should occupy the body of a woman. Instead, it becomes a weird mix when Bong Hwan and So Yong. At first, Bong Hwan is the dominant force while his body is in a coma. However, his body would later attempt to reawaken which causes So Yong to somehow switch between personalities. There are times Bong Hwan's personality becomes dormant while So Yong becomes the dominant force...