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Expanding its Japanese content, Netflix has set up “ Soul Mate ,” a live-action series that charts the ten-year romance between a Korean man and a Japanese man.

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It is written and directed by up-and-coming creator Hashizume Shunki (“Scroll,” “More Than Words”). The idea for the series began with a conversation over coffee between Hashizume and executive producer Ota Dai, leading them to decide on the title “Soul Mate” early on.

“We arrived at the ultimate destiny story, where people from different cultures and backgrounds meet in a foreign land and their lives intersect,” Ota said. “The story, filled with life’s joys and pains, combined with the exceptional performances from Isomura and Taec-yeon, will warm the hearts of viewers.” 

Isomura (“Extremely Inappropriate!,” “(Ab)normal Desire,” “The Moon”) said “The script moved me with its story of love amidst sadness and pain, and the incredible 10-year story arc crafted by director Hashizume has truly immersed me in the character. Working with Ok Taec-yeon has been inspiring; his charm draws me in more each day. Filming in Japan, Korea, and Germany gives the project a truly global feel.”

Other recently-unveiled Japanese content from Netflix includes an untitled romance series based on the 2010 French film “Les Émotifs Anonymes” (aka “Romantics Anonymous”), directed by Jean-Pierre Ameris. Blending romance and humor, it charts the romance between a man and a woman who have different anxiety disorders. The man can’t physically touch others, while the woman can’t make eye contact. However, they share a love of chocolate.

The cast is headed by Japan’s Oguri Shun and Korea’s Han Hyo-joo, with Akanishi Jin and Nakamura Yuri. The now in-production series is directed by Tsukikawa Sho (“Yu Yu Hakusho”). Production is by Yong Film and Ryu Film, with production cooperation from Riki Project.

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[Movie Review] Soulmate shines as it paints a dark portrait of friends

By dramaddictally.

In a story that understands not all relationships are linear, two childhood best friends embark on vastly different life journeys, but keep colliding with each other along the way. Toying with ideas of art and authenticity, the film makes us question our heroines intertwined lives right up until the very end.

  MOVIE REVIEW

Soulmate is a lot about contrasts. Hazy, fantasy-like scenes are braided together with darkly realistic moments. Stories and lies are often mistaken for true life experiences. And opposite emotions – friendship and rivalry, closeness and distance, even love and hate – are shown to be inexplicably linked when it comes to our most enduring relationships. As one character points out, shadows exist because of the sunlight.

Released theatrically in March of this year and now available for streaming, the film follows two young friends as they make their way to adulthood and navigate the life beyond. It’s a subtle tale that marks its life transitions with fractures so tiny they remain almost imperceptible to the audience — and to the main characters. By the time the damage is done, they (and we) are asking, “How did we end up like this?”

Our protagonists, AHN MI-SO ( Kim Da-mi ) and GO HA-EUN ( Jeon So-ni ), meet as pre-teens (played beautifully by Kim Soo-hyung and Ryu Jian as their respective younger selves) when Mi-so arrives to a Jeju classroom after transferring from Seoul. Right from day one, the girls are inseparable – complimenting opposite aspects of each other and picking up the slack where the other might falter.

The two are so close that when Mi-so’s mother decides to up and leave town again, Mi-so stays in Jeju with Ha-eun, rather than have her life uprooted continually. And from the beginning, this seemingly slight, almost-hidden difference has a big impact on the ways their lives play out. While outwardly they grow up like sisters, the reality is that they’re not. Mi-so has been abandoned while Ha-eun has her parents’ love. This isn’t an explanation for their behavior, but rather, it’s one of the small crevices that will deceptively add to the major crack between them.

Years flash forward and we see them as high school seniors, with Mi-so outspoken and defiant and Ha-eun quieter but eager to follow Mi-so’s trouble-ready lead. Both girls are artists and Mi-so’s dream is to travel the world and paint – living hard and burning out early like Janis Joplin. Ha-eun, though, is afraid to fly, and so she declines when Mi-so gives her the hypothetical offer of traveling the world together someday. Ha-eun is so timid that even though she’s great at drawing, she plans to follow her father’s wishes and become a teacher instead.

As we start to see the tracks laid for how their paths might diverge, the biggest breach of them all appears in the form of a boy: HAM JIN-WOO ( Byun Woo-seok ). He’s Ha-eun’s crush – and will be a life-long source of problems for the two best friends.

At the outset, there are signs of trouble. Jin-woo isn’t initially aware of Ha-eun’s existence and Mi-so (not subtly) pushes him into dating her. But it’s clear even in their first conversation – which is about Ha-eun – that Jin-woo is attracted to Mi-so. Once he and Ha-eun are firmly in a relationship, the duo becomes a trio, spending all their free time together and enjoying their final summer of youth. It isn’t long before all those playful hours culminate in a forbidden kiss that shakes Mi-so badly enough to send her fleeing to Seoul to embark on the next phase of her life.

From here, the split in the friends’ lives becomes blatant but the real reasons for it aren’t clarified until the end – when both women have had time to contend with their own lives. We see Mi-so living a bohemian lifestyle, working odd jobs and taking painting classes, until she’s ditched by whatever guy she’s taken up with and told by her art teacher that her paintings are mediocre. Yet, for five years, she writes letters back to Ha-eun, fabricating a successful life and lying about all the world travel she’s doing.

Back in Jeju, Ha-eun stays the course on her teaching career and continues her relationship with Jin-woo. All the while, she receives letters and postcards from Mi-so, and is glassy-eyed over the life Mi-so is living without her. One day, out of the blue, Mi-so arrives in Jeju and the two old friends hug and gulp back their tears without saying a word.

Their happiness to see each other is short-lived, however, when Ha-eun witnesses the way Mi-so lives – the things she does for money – and becomes judgmental. The tension rises until they’re both speaking out loud the feelings they’ve been holding secret for all these years. Jealousy, rivalry, pity, contempt – before they’ve even started dinner, Ha-eun is up from the table and leaving the restaurant and it’s clear the rift is too big to repair.

Time pushes forward again and we see Mi-so try to make a stable life for herself only to be knocked into chaos time after time. When she’s dealt a horrible blow, Jin-woo is the one to pick her up – even though he’s engaged to Ha-eun. This last betrayal leads to the movie’s climax – a fight which takes place in Jin-woo’s small, cramped apartment bathroom – where a drunk Mi-so is sobered up by the cold, hard reality of what’s happened to her friendship with Ha-eun.

The scene is quite brilliant in its nuance and also serves as a turning point for the characters as well as the audience. While Mi-so has had the harder life, Ha-eun has been the more sympathetic character. At this point, Ha-eun’s true colors come out when it’s clear she’s known Mi-so’s core weakness all along. Afterward, as they pick up the shattered pieces of their lives, they both change tracks, seemingly gaining from each other what they lack in themselves, just like they did as children.

Soulmate is gripping in its first half to three-quarters, but lags in the final stretch where it moves away from plausibility and toward melodrama to close out the story. Still, its questioning of what it means to be a soulmate is solid, with two women whose lives touch and disperse from each other continually in a tiding journey about friendship, family, love – and all the shadow sides that make the good parts shine brighter.

We’re told in the opening sequence that Ha-eun’s drawing style is called “hyper-realism” – a method by which the penciled portrait looks like a photo. With cinematography that moves from lovely washed-out colors to grainy shots that conjure the sticky summer heat – as well as a slight, resonant narrative – the movie lands in hyper-realistic territory itself. Following its painterly eye, we come to see the contrasts that make our heroines’ lives so painful and yet so beautiful.

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September 19, 2023 at 7:31 AM

I remembered I wachted the Taiwan movie and the Chinese drama, I'm not sure I want another one version.

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September 19, 2023 at 7:37 am.

I watched this film as soon as I had access to it for Ki, Da-mi, but really the standout performance comes from costar Jeon So-ni. Truly excellent acting. Yes, as the film progressed my mind did go to where the story would had gone if it had been an American film. I had to keep reminding myself I was watching a Korean adaptation of a Chinese film so it would naturally be following different tropes and have different expectations.

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September 19, 2023 at 10:18 am.

Jeon So nee is a remarkable actress. She has been underutilized I feel.

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May 6, 2024 at 12:13 pm.

I agree. But I also really get and appreciate Kim Dami’s prickly, hiding sorrows from the world through a tough exterior image. I loved her in “Our beloved summer” even if many beanies didn’t.

May 6, 2024 at 4:44 PM

I have a strange thing going on with Kim Da Mi. I don't like to see her on screen, I do not know why, but she is fabulous actress, one of the best really. She grew so much on me in Our Beloved Summer that I ended up rewatching it just for her.

May 6, 2024 at 4:47 PM

I’m happy you watched her despite the initial aversion. I hope the aversion is now history. She is indeed a very good actor. In my view, one of the best too.

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September 19, 2023 at 7:47 pm.

I didn’t really understand the movie’s ending..

May 6, 2024 at 5:03 PM

• SPOILER Please scroll if you do not want to know the end.

Mi-So creates an alternate world where, in her mind, Ha-Eun is alive, doing what she wanted to do - paint and travel the world. While raising Ha-Eun's daughter, Mi-So updates Ha-Eun's blogs, paints and does exhibitions, and lets people believe that it's all Ha-Eun's work. The last scene is possibly a depiction of Ha-Eun's spirit, traversing across the icy land of Lake Baikal, a place where she dreamed of visiting.

Mi-So lets Jin-Woo back into her life, so he could have some kind of relationship with his daughter. Mi-So hides from him that Ha-Eun is dead, putting an end to all speculations that she would ever allow him to have any importance in her own life.

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May 8, 2024 at 7:35 am.

Thank you Minnie!

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September 19, 2023 at 9:05 pm.

I watched the 2016 Chinese version on Viki and I liked it. Is the K version any different or worth watching if I’ve already seen the C version?

September 19, 2023 at 11:12 PM

That’s my question too. I like the original Chinese movie from which the Korean version is adapted - but is it more of the same or different? I’d certainly think the two female leads in the K-version are well worth watching.

April 6, 2024 at 5:48 PM

I’ve not watched the Chinese version though buh I will tell the Korean version is worth watching

May 6, 2024 at 6:16 PM

I have seen both.

So, some scenes are frame by frame copy of the Chinese, but where it differs greatly is the treatment of the relationship, and the characters of Ha-Eun and Mi-So. The chinese Mi-So and Korean Mi-So were very similar, but I loved the interpretation of Korean Ha-Eun. In the original, Ha-Eun was stronger of the two, and somewhat selfish. In the Korean version, Ha-Eun was softer, someone who had let everyone around her walk over her. So her quest for freedom was more believable.

The chinese actor who played Jin-Woo was phenomenal. You see his struggle between both the women, but in the end, you can't really sympathise with him, even though he makes sacrifices that Korean Jin-Woo does not.

I also loved the Korean dialogues more but the production value of the Chinese one is better.

It's worth a watch.

September 20, 2023 at 1:12 PM

I would like to watch this. Which streaming site is this available on?

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September 20, 2023 at 11:03 pm.

I just looked, it can be rented on Youtube movies, Apple TV, Amazon Video. There's also 'the streaming site that shall not be named'. Because Streaming a DRAMA on that site isn't COOL.

September 20, 2023 at 11:08 PM

Thanks a lot for sharing! 😊

May 6, 2024 at 6:19 PM

If you are in US, then you watch it on Tubi and Plex (as long as you don't mind some ads).

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September 20, 2023 at 11:18 pm.

I just now recalled the Louis Malle film 'Damage' (1992) starring Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche. It comes to mind because the film ends with the male lead sitting in a white room with an entire wall covered by a huge picture of his son, rather like the huge portrait of Mi-so. Wow, that was a tiny corner of my brain I hadn't accessed in 30 years!

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May 6, 2024 at 7:41 am.

Why Byun Woo Seok didn't leave an impression on me in Soulmate .

The DB discussion on Byun Woo Seok had me mulling why someone like BWS left such little impact in a movie where he was the only male and had an equal number of scenes with both the leading ladies. His character was layered and suffered from confusing emotions, yet he was almost like a background shadow. To understand this, I watched Soulmate again yesterday (a part of me also wanted to rediscover BWS, but I digress).

Spoiler alert: The movie has three main characters: Mi-So (Kim Da-Mi) Ha-Eun (Jeon So-Nee) Jin Woo (Byun Woo Seok)

Mi-So and Ha-Eun are best friends, and it's their journey. Jin-Woo is Ha-Eun's crush and eventual boyfriend.

The complications start when Mi-So learns Ha-Eun has a crush on Jin-Woo, waylays him while walking to school, and sternly warns him to be good to Ha-Eun and not play with her. It has to be long-term or nothing.

While Ha-Eun and Jin-Woo end up being together soon after, Jin-Woo can't shake off his attraction to Mi-Soo, even though he seems to be in a committed relationship with Ha-Eun. Then, one day, he crosses the line and tries to kiss Mi-Soo, who rejects his advances. Curiously, while she bites and kicks him, the next moment, she asks for his good-luck charm necklace - a jujube necklace - so she can live longer (for some reason, Mi-So is convinced she will die by 27). We learn later that Ha-Eun had witnessed the incident but never confronted any of them about it.

Whether it is guilt or plain unwillingness to muddy her friend's relationship waters, Mi-So leaves Jeju with a guy, citing her desire to paint and travel the world (both women are artists).

That jujube necklace symbolises betrayal between friends and creates a rift. In Mi-So's mind, Ha-Eun has everything - a loving family, money, security and a boyfriend. She has nothing, and taking a jujube necklace from her friend's boyfriend, who also has an unhealthy crush on her, should not be a big deal. Mi-So creates a make-believe world where she is having the time of her life travelling the world and writes to Ha-Eun about them, while in reality, she is scrubbing toilets and washing dishes for survival. At the same time, Ha-Eun can only sigh wistfully over her friend's fun existence while she is mired in the mundane, comfortable life of a teacher and girlfriend of a successful man.

When the truth rears its ugly head, it's quits for the friends. Here is where the whole story turns on its head. Eventually, we realise that it wasn't as much about Ji-Woo's betrayal that hurt Ha-Eun but rather the distance it created between her and Mi-So.

Jin-Woo is a chaotic character throughout. He remains committed to Ha-Eun, but he can never truly let go of his attraction to Mi-So. He is bright and prosperous and becomes a doctor, but he still makes choices that are strange at best and questionable at worst.

One day, he chances upon Mi-So in a...

One day, he chances upon Mi-So in a vulnerable situation. He takes her home (she has been thrown out of her home after her lover loses her money and commits suicide) without telling Ha-Eun. He ignores Ha-Eun's calls and does not respond to messages while supporting Mi-So, who is drowned in drunken misery over her situation. Ha-Eun eventually flies in from Jeju and finds her fiance helping a drunk Mi-So to his apartment. In a rare exhibition of assertion, Ha-Eun takes Mi-So in and locks Jin-Woo out of his own apartment.

The two friends end up having a long, heart-wrenching discussion about what went wrong with them (it's a spectacular scene). They clear the air but don't make up.

Later, Mi-So cuts the cord with Jin-Woo by returning his jujube necklace and thanking him for helping her. In turn, Jin-Woo finally returns to Ha-Eun. She accepts him back, only to reject him at the altar on her wedding day when she realises he does not get her and perhaps finally understands that she does not want to lead a 'normal life'.

There is still a lot more left to the story. But this post is about why BWS didn't make an impression, even though this character was remarkably complex. On my second watch, I was sad that my impressions of him didn't improve much.

The situational understanding of his conflicting emotions is clear; BWS himself does not bring much to the character. There are many missed opportunities. It's unclear what makes him stick to Ha-Eun when it's apparent that Mi-So interests him. Is he looking for domesticity from Ha-Eun and forbidden fun from Mi-So?

He looks sad and seems bland in places where he should have shown passion or pathos. He is capable of both, so I don't know why he is so wooden in many crucial scenes. The chemistry between the women is off the charts, while his chemistry with both women is meh. It could be the director's intent to keep him like that because eventually, we realise that while he, in his own way, loved both the women, none of them were really into him because all they needed was each other. 

In the end, Soulmate was a miss for BWS, and I am thrilled The Lovely Runner happened for him.

May 6, 2024 at 12:23 PM

I haven’t been able to find this movie but read a thoughtful article that raised the issue of a same sex love relationship which couldn’t be told due to the prevailing reality of how queer women are rendered invisible in SK both in RL and in entertainment. At least, the BLs exist and thrive in SK but try and see if you can find an equivalent genre depicting queer women. The writer echoed your views about BWS’ character and stated that in their view, the writer intended for him to be regarded as an ultimately redundant person in their lives. Miso and Haeun were always the loves of each others’ lives.

May 6, 2024 at 4:52 PM

There were a couple of very interesting allegorical scenes that might allude to Ha-Eun's real feelings for Mi-So, but it's very subtle and you can depict it either way.

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K-Movie Review: ‘Soulmate’ – A Heartfelt Portrayal of Youth and Friendship

Edited by Ye Eun Cho Translated by Yu Jin Kim

Most people have probably experienced growing apart from a close friend at some point in their lives. Chums often naturally drift apart over time, without any major conflicts, due to pent-up emotions towards each other or changes in values and lifestyles. However, even though it may be difficult to repair a broken relationship, you sometimes find yourself thinking about the friendship you once shared. This type of friendship is portrayed in the movie Soulmate ,  which follows the story of two best friends, Mi So (played by Kim Da Mi ) and Ha Eun ( Jeon So Nee ), who knew from the moment they met that they would be inseparable.

Mi So and Ha Eun are best friends who mean the world to each other. Despite spending less time together after going to different high schools, their bond remains unbreakable. However, their friendship starts to waver when a boy named Jin Woo ( Byun Woo Seok ) enters their lives. Ha Eun falls head over heels for him and brings him into their circle of friends. But as time goes by, Ha Eun realizes that something is happening between Mi So and Jin Woo. As they grow into adults, Mi So and Ha Eun go down their own paths while carrying the weight of their broken friendship in their hearts. Eventually, the two unintentionally hurt each other’s feelings due to the harsh realities of life and the exhaustion that comes with it.

The first half of the movie takes place on Jeju Island and portrays a typical coming-of-age story. It features the breathtaking blue emerald sea, a leafy cave in the forest, a cozy-looking house, and an adorable cat, all capturing the island’s natural beauty and serene atmosphere like a painting on a postcard. The stunning scenery of Jeju draws the viewer’s attention, while the pure friendship between the two protagonists leaves us wondering what will happen next.

Nostalgic details that remind us of the 90s undoubtedly add to the fun of watching the movie. For instance, the DDR Pump game featuring the great chemistry between Mi So and Ha Eun, the group blind date where Jin Woo first encounters Ha Eun, and the Can More café where Ha Eun confesses her love for Jin Woo all evoke memories of the past. Moreover, the film offers a glimpse into pop culture back in the 90s. It is also worth noting the adorable cat Maru in the film, which symbolizes the friendship between Mi So and Ha Eun as they rescued the cat on a rainy day.

However, the general tone of the movie shifts after it reaches its mid-point, with several conflicts arising. In contrast to the lively atmosphere of Jeju in the first half of the film, the story unfolds in the desolate city of Seoul, alternating between the different lives of Ha Eun, who starts college, and Mi So, who decides to go it alone. As a result, the screen is filled with emptiness, longing, and bitterness instead of the shining moments of youth. The overall color palette on the screen becomes subdued, but the protagonists display even more diverse emotions, keeping the viewers engrossed in the story.

The line “We were great once. When did things change?” not only reflects the relationship between Mi So and Ha Eun but also highlights the downsides of the film’s setting. While multiple events occur in the latter half of the movie, some of them seem excessive. Although these incidents may have been intended to indirectly portray the protagonists’ emotional changes, they instead make the characters’ behaviors a bit difficult to comprehend. The continuous twists and turns are also unsatisfactory as similar techniques are used whenever they appear, making the story dull. It might have been better to either omit the latter 30 minutes of the movie or present the story in a different way. While such plot twists play an essential role in the original movie, that doesn’t mean they have to be applied in the remake version. Unless the main storyline follows the original, the ending doesn’t have to be similar.

Soulmate manages to tell the story of the three friends effectively in the first half of the film, but as the conflicts intensify, the plot loses its direction. Surprisingly, the identical plot twists and ending from the original movie make the Korean version less captivating. It appears that the struggle of not knowing how to resolve a complex situation is not just limited to Ha Eun and Mi So’s characters.

Despite some unsatisfactory aspects, the film undoubtedly has its own unique charms. The refreshing scenery of Jeju, the wide range of emotions displayed by the protagonists, and the actors’ delicate performances are all what make the film appealing. In the original Chinese version of the story, a novel served as a bridge connecting Ha Eun and Mi So, while in the Korean version, a painting takes on that role, as shown in the line, “Now I want to draw your face. A painting that is impossible to draw without love.” Their intense love for each other may have made fear and hatred loom larger over them. Perhaps the film is trying to convey to viewers not to make the same mistakes as the characters.

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Review | Soulmate movie review: Korean remake of 2016 Chinese hit, starring Kim Da-mi and Jeon So-nee, is a faithful adaptation set on Jeju Island

• Mi-so is quirky and outgoing, Ha-eun pretty and introverted. They become fast friends – until a handsome boy causes a rift between them
• Told in flashback, this remake of Derek Tsang’s 2016 hit Soul Mate is faithful to the original story but more restrained, making the ending harder to swallow

After being bounced around from city to city, quirky, outgoing Mi-so (Kim) and her mother finally settle in Jeju, where she meets the pretty, yet introverted Ha-eun (Jeon).

The mismatched pair become fast friends, and Mi-so is embraced by Ha-eun’s family when her mother inevitably goes off the rails again.

The inseparable pair’s friendship is put to the test by the handsome Jin-woo (Byeon Woo-seok), with whom Ha-eun is infatuated but who secretly has eyes for Mi-so. His presence causes a rift between the girls that they will spend years attempting to reconcile.

Through a series of flashbacks, Soulmate introduces us to Mi-so as a successful businesswoman and single mother living in Seoul.

She is approached by an art gallery that has secured a huge, striking pencil sketch of Mi-so as a teenager, and is hoping she can help them contact the artist, Ha-eun. This leads her to her friend’s old blog, which recounts their tumultuous friendship and forces Mi-so to relive her wayward youth.

Min’s adaptation is a softer, more restrained retelling of Tsang’s abrasive story – he was not averse to showing life’s hardships in all their grim detail.

Min leans into rose-tinted nostalgia for the late 1990s and early 2000s, celebrating the pair’s childhood innocence over their tough, real-world experiences.

Thankfully, neither version muddies the waters of their friendship with any clumsy suggestion of homosexual attraction, but rather celebrates that they are one and the same, kindred spirits – soul mates.

Min’s mostly faithful adaptation succeeds in making the story more accessible to a younger audience, who may recognise themselves and their challenges on screen.

In a few specific instances, however, not least a running joke between the girls about their breasts, the film is rendered almost incomprehensible by Min’s timid approach.

His restraint also makes the film’s admittedly rather ludicrous denouement somewhat harder to swallow, given that he has not subjected the characters to the same life lessons as Tsang’s film beforehand.

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I don't sugarcoat., movie review: soulmate (소울메이트).

It seems to be popular these days for filmmakers in east Asia to remake each other’s films. The latest example of that is the South Korean film, SOULMATE, which is the remake of the 2016 Chinese film with almost the same name, SOUL MATE (七月与安生), by then first-time solo director Derek Tsang/曾國祥. That same year, Tsang’s film picked up seven Golden Horse Film Award nominations and it became the first film ever to receive a joint Best Actress award for its two leads.

Min Yong-keun/민용근’s first film in ten years differs from Tsang’s version but it follows a similar arc. Told in flashback, Mi-so (Kim Da-mi/김다미) and Ha-eun (Jeon So-nee/전소니) meet in school on the quiet southern island of Jeju when they’re 13 and become immediate best friends. The two girls couldn’t be more different though. Mi-so is as free-spirited as her wayward mother, who dumps her child and returns to Seoul right away, while Ha-eun comes from a warm and loving family and is well-grounded. The pair share an interest in art but while Ha-eun has a knack for drawing hyper-realistic pictures, Mi-so likes to draw what the eyes can’t see. As different as they are, they complement each other perfectly. Their relationship starts to develop cracks, though, when they reach high school and Ha-eun falls for Jin-woo (Byeon Woo-seok/변우석) and he for her. Mi-so takes off to see the world and Ha-eun stays close to home to become a teacher. Over the next decade, their paths, along with Jin-woo’s, continue to cross, leading to a few surprising revelations.

I’ll admit that I haven’t seen the Chinese film so I can’t compare the two but SOULMATE on its own merits is pretty good entertainment. Unfortunately, the bad wigs and freckles that the director puts on the two actresses to age them down is bit OTT and the big plot twist stretches the bounds of credibility but, overall, the women’s solid performances go a long way to make audiences believe that their characters’ yin-yang relationship is possible. The film’s strength, though, lies in its cinematography by Kang Gook-hyun/강국현. The photo that Ha-eun takes of Mi-so when they are teenagers, which is used as the basis for a piece of art that is shown at the start of the film, is absolutely stunning. The actress should use it as her headshot from now on.

Even though SOULMATE plays it safe and stays away from such edgy topics as homosexuality and child abandonment, I still enjoyed it more than I expected I would. It’s clearly targeted to the teenage/young adult demographic so it’s sure to do well at the box office both at home and abroad.

SOULMATE opened in South Korea in mid-March and is playing in Hong Kong’s cinemas now.

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2 thoughts on “ Movie Review: Soulmate (소울메이트) ”

how’s homosexuality is an edgy topic? also who do you think are the soulmate in the question? you clearly don’t have understanding of girls’ very complex homoerotic friendships that causes miscommunications often times. just cause something isn’t explicitly said it doesn’t mean it isn’t heavily implied.

In this part of the world, homosexuality is an edgy topic. Please do not claim to know what I understand or do not understand. No offense was intended on my part.

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A decade-long love story of two young men is the subject of Netflix ‘s latest Asian series, Soul Mate .

The drama stars Japanese actor Hayato Isomura and Korean singer-actor Ok Taec-yeon from boyband 2PM, and will follow their enduring relationship despite the distance. It begins when Rye Narutaki (Isomura), who left everything in Japan , is saved by a boxer named Johan Hwang (Ok) in a foreign land.

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The series is the second Japan- Korea collaboration of 2024 for Netflix. As we revealed a month ago, the streamer is also adapting 2011 French film Les Émotifs Anonymes  ( Romantics Anonymous ), with Shun Oguri ( Godzilla vs. Kong ), Han Hyo-Joo ( Moving ), Yuri Nakamura and Jin Akanishi starring. A Korean production house, Yong Films, is making the romantic drama in Japan.

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Allison (Annie Illonzeh) and Jason (Charlie Weber) wake up and find themselves in a very interesting situation. They've been kidnaped and chained together by a dating service known as Soul Mates, and are informed by the Matchmaker (Neal McDonough) that they need to sign up for their services which help you find your soulmate. Of course, what the Matchmaker really means by all of that is, "I want to play a game."

So you've got one or more people waking up in a strange location, a mazelike factory or warehouse setting, elaborate deathtraps, a sadistic game master on a video screen, and a twist ending. It's all things that most horror fans have already seen, so your enjoyment of this movie depends entirely on how played out you feel all those tropes are. Unfortunately for Soul Mates , one thing going against it is the timing of its release. Not only is it coming out on the heels of yet another Saw movie , but the best reviewed Saw movie of all time.

Of course, to all the writers out there, trying to come up with something that's never been done before is a good way of driving yourself crazy. The key to success is not always being completely original, but coming up with a new angle to put on something. In that regard, Soul Mates succeeds by giving us Saw by way of a romantic comedy. And in case you're wondering, yes, there is an element of humor to the film, though you need a specific sense of humor.

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It's subtle, but the comic relief in the film mostly comes from the Matchmaker's glib commentary and the ridiculous scenarios the main characters are put through. For instance, at one point they need to save two people from being assassinated by winning a karaoke contest. Some directors would have played into the silliness inherent within the premise by making it even more over-the-top and campy, but director Mark Gantt plays things much more straight. And it works, though some audience members may prefer the former approach having been taken.

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What a Twist

In most movies like this, the world outside the games is either never seen or relegated to only a brief few minutes. Soul Mates , however, goes in a different direction by having Allison and Jason win their freedom with about half an hour still to go. Of course, any moviegoer worth their salt knows that means there's going to be another plot twist, and Soul Mates goes with one that most audience members are probably going to see coming.

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It turns out that Jason hired the Matchmaker and Soul Mates to make Allison fall in love with him, which casts all of his earlier actions in the movie in a completely different light. Jason also reveals that all the deaths which happened during the games were actually staged; now that's a twist which is a bit harder to see coming, at least assuming that Jason is telling the truth. His credibility is a little shot by that point, but if true, then the film emulates David Fincher's classic, The Game , by ret-conning everything you've seen before and putting it all in a new, less menacing light.

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While Soul Mates not be the most original of movies out there, it is a solid and entertaining film. The best parts of the film are its performances from Weber, Illonzeh, and especially a fun Neal McDonough . The directing and cinematography is also well done; it's ultimately an efficient, well-made little thriller that asks some interesting questions about romance. So, if you needed a scary movie to double feature with Saw X this Halloween season, we'd highly recommend pairing it with Soul Mates . Call it Saw Mates , if you will.

From Faith Media Distribution, Soul Mates will be in theaters on Oct. 20.

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Two unsuspecting strangers, Jason and Allison, find themselves participants in a twisted new dating service. Led by the Matchmaker, it forces the two singles inside a nightmarish maze designed to help them find their soul mates, or die trying.

Neal McDonough Charlie Weber Annie Ilonzeh Starletta DuPois Kayla Eva Taylor Krasne Saxon Cardenas Seth Brubaker Michael Terrell Williams Danel Azimova

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Review by Oney M. ★★ 2

LOL.  This was like a Tubi-fication of Saw and Escape Room.  There’s not an original idea anywhere in its DNA.  The few *games* that were highlighted were semi-amusing because they were morbid inspirations from the “dating” scene. Hands down, my favorite was the Karaoke-For-Your-Life bit, except someone else’s life was in the contestants’ hands.  So silly.  

The actors were *fine*, just completely underdeveloped which lead me to not caring what happened to either of them.  There’s this random ass shower sequence in the middle of chaos that served absolutely no purpose other than gratuitous shots of the two actors’ butts.  I’m serious.  Both leads were also super casual about their whole ordeal by the finale, total La-Di-Da vibes.

Review by Abby👻 ★★

An interesting concept that was not executed well. I think it would have been better if they went full horror comedy, there were definitely glimpses of that throughout. 

Felt like a not great shudder original.

Review by Kevin_Robbins ★★½

I watched Soul Mates (2023) in theaters this evening. The storyline follows two strangers who wake up handcuffed to each other and discover they are in a game to find true love. They must go through a series of dates, and the outcome will determine someone’s fate they they know. Can the strangers work together, save lives, and maybe even fall in love in the process?

This movie is directed by Mark Gantt (A Deadly Price for Her Pretty Face) and stars Neal McDonough (Minority Report), Charles Weber (How to Get Away with Murder) and Annie Ilonzeh (Peppermint).

The storyline reminded me of a mix between Saw and Escape Room. This is one of those films where, when all the…

Review by Mark Hanson

"What if Saw but a dating reality show?" is exactly the kind of premise that I live for, especially in an age when the average Love is Blind episode already feels like the kind of demented social expEEEriment that Jigsaw might dream up. But in yet another case of people making reality television inspired horror that clearly have no interest in reality television, Soul Mates squanders this opportunity HARD right from the jump, saddling us with two poorly written characters who wake up chained together in an elaborate dungeon environment and then have to play a series of twisted games that will maybe lead to them falling in love. There are so many interesting and fun ways to take this…

Review by lllamas ★

I knew something was fishy when that mf couldn’t sing how to love……

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Review by ghostface kait ★★★★ 1

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

🎶 Getting to like you, getting to hope you like me 🎶 

So Escape Room , Match.com , and Scare Tactics  walk into a bar… and they were Soul Mates . 

I went into this one not expecting much, but actually loved it? It reminded me a lot of some early 2000s horror movies that I’ve seen and enjoyed!

Can I just say that men really be doing what Jason did, but the only difference is they get away with it (sadly)?  😂

I loved the different rooms & challenges they had to face, especially the dinner date and the karaoke room. “In The Air Tonight” AND “How to Love”? ATE.

When Jason found out he ate Liana… oh that had me (and Jason) GAGGED. Although, I guess now I know that wasn’t truly the case. I guess.

Bonus points for including “How to Love” in the credits!! Solid, fun film; it’s not for everyone, but I would certainly watch it again!

Review by Avery ⚧︎ ★★

what if saw was actually like 10x funnier. featuring traps such as "lil wayne karaoke" and "agreeing to a website's terms and conditions page" and "watching a really uncomfortable dubious consent scene while a kinda bad taylor swift song blares from a theatre halfway down the hall".

deeply stupid but very committed to the bit and high on camp. may or may not find its cult audience of defenders, but if it does i will be in that audience rest assured.

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I bought my Saw X ticket on wish and this is what I got. Still enjoyed it for what it was.

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"I guess we're done."

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Saw this out of curiosity because: A) I saw it pop up at my local AMC playing only once a day in a late-night 10:30 PM slot, B) nobody is talking about it with less than 100 logs on here, and C) I just got A-List and knew I could subsidize the cost of it with other movies.

Soul Mates lacks scares, tension, or coherence. The movie mostly plays as a horror-ish thriller, but occasionally throws in these moments that are supposed to show the romantic connection between the leads growing. The music turns into elevator muzak, and bafflingly the leads begin to fall for each other despite knowing hardly anything…

Review by Vicgrimes ★★★½

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