Hi trev, hope you don't mind me adding a korean movie that I've watched recently 

Failan (2001) 

In this movie, Hong Kong star Cecilia Cheung plays a chinese woman named Failan who after the death of her parents comes to Korea to live with her relatives and make a living. Upon arriving, she learned that her relatives already moved to Canada. In order to stay in Korea and make a living, she agreed to a fake marriage to get a working permit bu is sent to a prostitute den. In her wit, she has convinced them that she is sick and unillegible to work and found a job at a laundromat run by an old woman. 

The main focus of the film is on her legal husband named Kang-Jae (played by Choi Min-Shik, the star of Old Boy), a third rate gangster whose life has no direction. Later, he was informed that her wife, Failan whom he has never met is already dead. 

This film re-examines the life of Kang-Jae as his life was changed by Failan's death. There are unexpected emotions and mixed feeling that slowly unfolds as the story progresses. Despite having never met, they end up giving each other the dignity and self-respect that their lives had been missing for so long that leads to a heart-breaking scene that displyas what it means or feel to be in love. 

This film is one of my personal favorite and should be watched by anyone who searches for an original story and that has great acting from Choi Min-Shik. Although, the film also has flaws as the female character was not presented with the same depth as the way they presented Kang-Jae. I'd still highly recommend this film. 

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