I watched Daisy on Mayday eve. It's a Korean movie directed by the Hong Kong directed, Andrew Law, who directed Infernal Affairs. The scriptwriter is another Hong Konger, Felix Chong. It's shot in Amsterdam. Overall, I enjoyed the movie, except that I do not understand what the director trying to say with the last scene.

Click here for my report on Daisy. It contains spoiler.

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The lead male character, Park Yi is an assassin. One day he saw a pretty artist at a daisy field. He felt attracted to her. Then he saw her attempt to cross a log bridge and falls into the river. He started running to her, but before he reaches her, she has scrambled out of the river onto her bicycle and left. He saw her painting equipment floating on the river and retrieves it.

After this incident, the lady, Hye Young, starred by the lovely Jung Ji Hyun, decides to take a detour then to cross that log bridge. 1 day, she happens to walk back to the place where she fell into the river and instead of the log bridge, she sees a proper bridge, and her painting equipment is placed in the center of the bridge. She felt as if someone built that bridge for her, which, of course, is true. The bridge is built by Park Yi. After she finishes painting the daisy field, she left it on the bridge for her secret admirer.

After that, she receives a pot of daisy at her doorstep everyday. They were given by Park Yi. He is concerned about putting her in trouble if he gets too close to her, so he always observes her from afar.

Everyday, Hye Young sets up a stall to help people draw their portraits. One day, Jeong Woo, an Interpol officer, sat down at her stall with a pot of daisy, and asked her to draw his portrait. He was trailing some drug syndicate and the pot of daisy he picked up while he was following some suspects as cover. He sits at Hye Young's stall because it gives him a good view of the place he's monitoring and yet be covered by Hye-Young. It causes Hye-Young to suspect that he may be her secret admirer. He visited her a few more times and their relationship grew.

One day, he shows up at her house. This makes her surer that he's the daisy man, as she has never told him her address. She told him about her experience with the log bridge and the daisies and asked if he's him. He did not answer and just hugged her. Seems like a good deal. In 1 move, he claims credits to all Park Yi's efforts. :P

One day, while Jeong Woo was talking to Hye Young at her store, several thugs approached them with guns. As Park Yi was observing her with his rifle's telescopic lens, he saw the thugs as well, and he shoots at them before they reach her. There were several more thugs and a gunfight ensues. Hye Young was injured in the process. Jeong Woo saw Park Yi shooting in the building and thought he's part of the thugs and tried to pursue him, but he was shot in the leg by Park Yi. I think Park Yi have no intention of harming him Jeong Woo as he only shot him only in the thigh.

After this, Jeong Woo is recalled back to Korea. They think he bungled the mission and do not let him go back to Amsterdam. Hye Young was hospitalized and lost her voice as well. She was heart broken to hear that Jeong Woo is gone.

When Park Yi saw her so sad, he decides to show up and tried to cheer her up. He did not reveal that he's the daisy man though. He managed to make Hye Young cheer up though she still misses Jeong Woo.

Jeong Woo's superior in Amsterdam managed to get him assigned back into the team. He met up with Hye Young to apologize for putting her in danger and causing her to be injured in the process. He saw Park Yi there as well and thought that they are now a couple.

His superior found out that it's an assassin who shot and injured Jeong Woo in that gunfight. He decides to hire that same assassin, which of course is Park Yi, in order to lure him out. He has already found out the way to contact the assassin. The question is hire the assassin to kill who? Jeong Woo volunteered to be the target. And thus, Park Yi is tasked to kill Jeong Woo.

Knowing that he has no future with Hye-Young and that she thought Jeong Woo is him, he decides let Jeong Woo be back with Hye Young. While Jeong Woo and the other Interpol are laying a trap for Park Yi, he approaches Jeong Woo. Jeong Woo recognizes him as Hye Young's new beau, and he tells his superior that he saw a friend and he'll have to leave for awhile to talk to him. Park Yi tells Jeong Woo that Hye Young still loves him and that he can continue to let her believe that he sends the daisy and built the bridge. As for Park Yi, Jeong Woo can either arrest him, or he'll run away and hide. Unfortunately, the organization that sends Park Yi to kill Jeong Woo sent a back up. The back up killed Jeong Woo when he sees that Park Yi is not going to do it. The Interpol are now looking for the friend that Jeong Woo went away with. They believe that he's the one who killed Jeong Woo.

Some time passed. Hye Young managed to get over her grief somewhat. Park Yi is still taking care of her. He even picks up lip reading so that Hye Young can talk to him. One day, Hye Young was taking to Jeong Woo's superior when he told her that when Jeong Woo died, classical music is playing in his car stereo and that Jeong Wo never listens to classical. He also told her that black tulips are being used to hire assassins. Hye Young remembers seeing black tulips at Park Yi's place and Park Yi loves classical music. She went to Park Yi's place and went break into the storeroom that Park Yi kept locked all the time. She found a picture of Jeong Woo and a picture of his superior.

She thought Park Yi killed Jeong Woo and is very angry at him. Park Yi is preparing to kill his new target, Jeong Woo's superior, and he sedated Hye Young when she confronts him. He left her the daisy field picture she left on the bridge for her and a note that tells her the whole story.

When Hye Young wakes up and read the story, she realizes that the guy she was waiting for all this while is actually Park Yi. She rushes to where Jeong Woo's superior is and stands in front of him holding the daisy field picture above her, mouthing a message to Park Yi. She beseeches him to stop killing. And now that she realizes that he is the man she is looking for all these while, they can now be together finally.

Park Yi is touched and decided to forgo this mission. He went to Hye Young. As they were talking, another assassin sent by the organization took a shot at him. Hye Young saw it and jumps in front of Park Yi and took the bullet herself. She died.

I thought this is a pretty good story. The shots are quite nicely done as well. And of course, Ji Hyun, is gorgeous. There are a lot of things that Park Yi does for Hye Young that is so sweet. He built a bridge for her when he saw her fell. He sends her daisy's everyday. He picks up lip reading when she lost her voice. He even offers Jeong Woo to take his credits. Too bad he's an assassin.

After Hye Young died, he's overcome with grief. He went on a rampage and kills everyone in his organization, including his boss.

The last scene shows the 3 of them, Park Yi, Hye Young and Jeong Woo hiding from the rain in some shelter. They seem not to know each other. When the rain stops, the 3 of them left separately. I thought this is a weird ending. I got no idea at all what the director is trying to say, or if he has anything to say at all. Those who have any idea, please tell me. Thanx.