Yong-ho crashes a reunion picnic of his old student group. His erratic, self-destructive behavior culminates in his suicide on the tracks.
Peppermint Candy: A Cinematic Descent into Korea's Soul Lee Chang-dong's 1999 masterpiece, ( Bakhasatang ), is a cornerstone of the Korean New Wave, offering a harrowing exploration of personal and national trauma. The film begins with a visceral, iconic scene: a middle-aged man, Kim Yong-ho, stands on a train trestle screaming, "I want to go back!" as a train hurtles toward him. What follows is a reverse-chronological journey through seven chapters of his life, tracing his tragic descent from a cynical, broken man back to his innocent, idealistic youth. The Reverse Journey: Seven Chapters of a Life peppermint candy lee chang dong vost fr eng dvdrip saoc top
The film ends where it began—at the same riverbank twenty years earlier. We see a young, hopeful Yong-ho who dreams of photography and shares a piece of peppermint candy with Sun-im. Yong-ho crashes a reunion picnic of his old student group
Three days prior, a destitute Yong-ho visits a comatose former love, Sun-im, and leaves a tin of peppermint candies. He receives an old camera from her husband—a symbol of the life he could have had. The film begins with a visceral, iconic scene:
Yong-ho is a furniture store owner whose marriage and business are crumbling. He treats his wife with cruelty while engaging in his own affairs.