404 Not Found
Korean Web Film / Drama (2017) Review Grade: A
Review by Jill, USA
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A
poignant but very short Korean film / web drama from
2017, 404 Not Found, lasts only about
twenty-eight minutes long, but packs a powerful
emotional punch nevertheless. As I watched it I kept
being reminded of the Japanese anime film classic 5
Centimeters Per Second from Makoto Shinkai. It
has a similar kind of ambiance where a young man in
adulthood can't forget his first love. Korea abounds
with stories like this one too, in their dramas and
films both, but here the two teenagers have even a
shorter period of time to be together in their youth
than all those other stories.
Starring young actors Yoo Jae Sang and Ahn Seo Hyun,
who both appeared in Revenge Note 2 K-drama
together, it tells the story of two high school
students who have two things in common: one, they
both love the Korean female singer Lee Sang Eun
(though both prefer two different songs of hers as
their favorites), and two, they both originally came
from the city of Daegu. There is actually a THIRD
circumstance they have in common, but that plot
twist is only revealed near the end of the story, so
you'll have to watch and find out for yourselves
what that is. No spoilers here!
Enjoy this bittersweet but gentle love story.
The two Lee Sang Eun songs the characters liked
best.