No Regret

BOYS LOVE! Don't like it? That's fine, don't read this review then. Thank you~

후회하지 않아 (No Regret) is a South Korean Boys Love movie released in 2006.

나도 이유를 모르겠어. 그냥 니가 좋아... I don't know the reason either. I just like you...
I seriously love this line so much. It basically explains how people fall in love. It's impossible to give reasons why you start liking a person.

Story: Lee Soo-min is an orphan who wants to study at art school so he works two jobs. One night, as a driver, he picks up Song Jae-min, who's completely drunk then, and tries to bring him home safely.
The next day, while working at a factory, Soo-min meets Jae-min again. Jae-min is the boss' son and tries to help Soo-min who's close to loosing his job because of a round of layoffs. But Soo-min is too proud and ends up quitting his job. Because of his bad situation he ends up working in a hustler bar selling his body to men who pay well. Jae-min finds Soo-min and wants to stay with him for longer, even if it's about him being a customer.

Cast: Lee Young-hoon as Lee Soo-min is doing a great job in this movie, as well as Kim Nam-gil as Song Jae-min. As far as I've read, at least Lee Young-hoon still gets asked about his sexual orientation in interviews. If people seriously believe he's gay (which he denies, he himself states he's heterosexual) he did a really good job, and I agree with them! I really liked the main cast, though some scenes were weird.

After all, to me this movie is a 10/10. I did love this movie a lot.
Yes, the end is not clear at all but it somehow made me laugh.
Yes, there are some sexual scenes - and it's not bad, after some time of watching Boys Love movies I became sick and tired of holding hands and the oh-so-innocent-love. Sexuality is something normal in human life.
So did the conservative country Korea open up? A little bit, yes. BUT thinking about this movie, it was only shown in nine cinemas all over Korea. That's not that much.
Finding the locations for filming was difficult for the crew because the owners of clubs were scared they would have to close down their clubs if the address was published. And money was an issue as well, the actors basically worked for no money, and the whole team even contributed their personal cash to make this project possible (it was made with 100.000$ only, that's not much..).

Anyways, if you don't mind seeing some sexual stuff between guys, this movie might be a great option though. And I've already stated in the first part, if you don't like Boys Love this is definitely nothing you should watch.