#kim sang oh

[binging-asian-dramas]

Graceful Friends. 7

Story: 8

Acting: 10

Chemistry: 9

Comparable to: Penthouse (kdrama); Sky Castle (kdrama); The World of the Married (kdrama) the Glory (kdrama)

This drama will definitely not be for everyone. It’s very melodramatic, it’s very soapy. Every character is basically an blackmailing cheating asshat so it’s hard to choose who you want to root for. It’s basically one of those dramas you want to stop watching but can’t seem to 🤷‍♀️

[isabelleadjani]

KIM GO-EUN & NOH SANG-HYUN for ELLE Korea, October 2024

[kdramamilfs]

Kim Go-eun as Oh In-joo & Uhm Ji-won as Won Sang-ah in LITTLE WOMEN (2022)

[kdram-chjh]

Kdrama: The Judge from Hell (2024)

When Demons live with humans 😅 | Drama: The Judge from Hell | kdrama edit #shorts #funny

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wWRg44OSsaU

[stuff-diary]

Hellbound (Season 2)

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

Hellbound (Season 2, 2024, South Korea)

Director: Yeon Sang Ho

Writer: Yeon Sang Ho & Choi Gyu Seok (based on their own webtoon)

Mini-review:

I feel like I'm one of the few people who loved the first season of Hellbound. It used an original and terrifying concept to showcase a fascinating exploration of themes like religious fanaticism, sectarianism and media manipulation. And this second (and final?) season delivers the goods once again. Yeon Sang Ho continues to be a master director of action scenes, plus the performances he gets from this cast are simply superb. On top of that, the CGI is much better than it was in the first one; I'm glad they made an effort to improve on that. I'm sure many people will stay mad at the show for refusing to give clear answers until the very end, but I think that makes the viewer feel the same chaos as the characters. If this is really the end, I have to say I really enjoyed what this dark fantasy had to offer.

[eveneechan]

Little Women Episode 8: Sangah x Hwayoung x Injoo

"I like secret plays. It's my way of playing with dolls in this boring world" - Won Sangah

Special Fan Poster to celebrate one of sickest plot twist in Little Women Ep 8 🤯🌸👠

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References:

Three elements from Little Women opening:

1. Blue Flower Orchid

One of key mystery that move the plot; main symbol of Jeongran society

2. Chandelier of Doll House

symbolism when the "Doll House" game started; appear in opening, in ep 1 when Injoo turn on the light, and in ep 8 at hotel

3. Green Flower Wallpaper

symbolism of "garden"; they are in "flower garden" of Sangah's doll house game

 

Three Bruno Zumino wearers

Three important people who are root of the conflict

Injoo & Hwayoung (shared same shoes)

Pink & Purple: 2 original color of Princess of Thieves

Sangah: Yellow

Additional color that appear on 2nd Princess of Thieves in Singapore; symbolizing "fake"/"intruder" (Sangah act as fake Hwayoung to trap Injoo)

[i-have-so-many-qns]

No Gain, No Love is so fun OMG.

1. Shin Min-ah is becoming my favourite.. I just finished Oh My Venus

2. Starting to like Kim Young-dae, not familiar with a lot of his work yet.

3. Also, I initially wasn't sold on the long hair look but I changed my mind as i continued watching.

4. Lee Sang-yi is so cute too. I liked him in Cha Cha Cha, I like him here. Looking forward to Bloodhounds. I want to see him lead soon.

Can't wait for this week's 2 episodes...

[yourann]

"Forgiving her doesn't mean you'll forget your wife."

Welcome to Samdal-ri (2023) | 웰컴투 삼달리 Episode 15

[xokittydaily]

Anna Cathcart via Instagram stories (June 17, 2024)

[fansof-heo]

It's official!!!!!

The Korean Drama 'Good Boy' stars actors Park Bo-gum, Kim So-hyun, Oh Jung-se, Lee Sang-yi, Heo Sung-tae, and Tae Won-seok 🎉

• Synopsis: Good Boy' is a comical action investigative drama in which medalists who become police officers through special recruitment wear police IDs around their necks instead of medals and fight against a world full of unscrupulousness and foul play

• Heo Sung-tae will portray the role as Go Man-sik, a bronze medalist in wrestling and the leader of the Special Forces Team. Man-sik was weaker than others in terms of physical strength and skills during his time as a player, but he worked hard and was better at holding on than knocking down. This past is a great help to him in his job as a police officer. He has a natural, innocent face and excellent lies, and he thinks of ways to win without using his physical strength and deception, and his intuition for sensing a crisis is Man-sik's optimal survival weapon. He is a bit of a jerk and unreliable, but he is a pillar of support for his team members.

[mostlyfate]

You seem slow-witted, so let me tell you this. She's not an ordinary woman anymore. She's a pro boxer who's getting ready for her comeback match. Do not contact her without my permission. And do not visit her unless you've made an arrangement in advance. Mister. What's the big deal about him contacting me? Why does he need your permission?

MY LOVELY BOXER 순정복서 (2023) — dir. choi sang yeol, hong eun mi.

[anemoiawithatouchofobsession]

Korean countryside childhood in the 90s

[the8skermit]

The following is a RANT because wedding impossible is got me in a RAGE

Istg I'm watching wedding impossible and why the heck are they trying to make Do Han look STRAIGHT-

Mans acting like a whole questionable second male lead when his stroy should have been given the screen time it deserved :D

Like even the little things like how when Do Han meets his ex there's no real indication that they liked each other at any point. Like you could pass him off as a stalker and be done with it. It's like the script is intent on making the queer aspect 'palatable' for mainstream straight audiences and shooting themselves in the foot.

Then this whole narrative of oh Ji Han and Ah Jeong shouldn't be blamed for something they didn't do - just - pause. The show is so insistent on making them victims when in reality they both have zero fucks about the situation they were putting everyone in.

Like they're literally running around public even though the engagement was announced? Like fake marriage or not this is literally about keeping your promises and not acting like absolute jerks.

And the press conference fake out- not the show spending the entire run saying it's "selfish" to not come out and then REFUSING to let Do Han to act on his own accord when he wanted to - because its totally not important for him to be the one deciding his own story ahahah -

And Also Ji Han's whole shtick about "living his life for his brother" is just absolute bs but the show does not want to admit it. Like the man literally planned his dream life of conquerorkng LJ and put Do Han in the picture cuz he knew the grandfather wouldn't give him the company.

And the audacity of this show to say that its wrong when Do Han wants to give up the company and not like the life he's been put up to but it's okay when Ji Han wants to give everything up? Like DO YOU HEAR YOURSELF.

I found it very difficult to believe that the brothers actually loved each other. Especially in Ji Han's case because he claimed that he's been living his life to guard Do Han and then he goes and BEATS HIM UP because being closeted in a homophobic country is SELFISH and suddenly the fact that it was a mutual contract doesn't matter because now thay he likes ah jeong she can do no wrong and is bejng used EVEN THOUGH she literally said yes on a whim with zero actual intent to "protect" Do Han. Girl literally did it for REVENGE.

I really enjoyed the first few episodes but then the direction they took was utterly exasperating.

I cannot

I'm not even done with the series yet

[runningmanoutofcontext]

[stuff-diary]

Mr. Plankton

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2024

Mr. Plankton (2024, South Korea)

Director: Hong Jong Chan

Writer: Jo Yong

Mini-review:

As I mentioned in a previous post, Mr. Plankton was my most anticipated k-drama of the year. And, while I liked quite a few things about it, I can't help but feel slightly disappointed. For starters, both the plot and the tone are kind of all over the place. There was a lot of potential in this story, but I think the writer didn't know where to put the main focus. Also, the male lead is rather unlikeable, to the point that not even Woo Do Hwan's immense charisma can fully save him; he's definitely an interesting character, but sometimes it gets hard to root for him, especially during the first half. Still, the entire cast delivers powerful performances and the show's sense of humor is pretty funny, so the whole thing ends up being a highly entertaining experience. It wasn't the life-changing drama I expected it to be, but I enjoyed going on this crazy trip with these characters.

P.S. I used this random poster cause the official one is ugly AF.

[eveneechan]

The Color Concept on Little Women (2022)

Part 1: Princess of Thieves

The Princess of Thieves Orchid have 2 colors: Pink and Purple

Which is the color of dress that Injoo and Hwayoung wear during Singapore climax scene

Injoo: Pink

Hwayoung: Purple

Pink as Injoo's color

Pink orchid have meaning: Romance, Love, Friendship

Injoo's main plot always not far from her sisters and Hwayoung. Her love for them is driving force that keep made Injoo move foward

Purple as Hwayoung's color

Purple orchid have meaning: Wisdom, Intellegence, MYSTERY

Wisdom: Hwayoung is Injoo's senior at workplace. Injoo saw Hwayoung as someone who teach her many things

Intellegence: Hwayoung had planned things very further and details, and outsmarting Sangah's manipulation

Mystery: Hwayoung is central mystery of the story

Hwayoung's Apartment

Hwayoung have small purple orchid on her apartment at Singapore

Hwayoung's apartment wallpaper at South Korea have purple as main color. The wallpaper also used as background for one of main poster

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Purple and Pink on title of Little Women

In opening sequence, the title Little Women have purple with pink shade as background color

In each ending of episode, the title Little Women appear before credits, usually appear in white text and black screen, before the text got painted. The first color of paint in text is Pink and Purple

Which is color of Injoo and Hwayoung

It's like indicating how Little Women's plot story, beside the Oh Sisters, mostly will be around Injoo and Hwayoung

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A glimpse of Pink and Purple color on Injoo and Hwayoung's clothes at South Korea

At South Korea, Injoo mostly wear earth color pallete clothes and Hwayoung mostly wear colorless (black/white) clothes

(more explaination on Part 2: Earthenspoon & Nospoon)

But in 1st episode, there's small purple part in Hwayoung clothes. And when Injoo "playing rich", she wear pink clothes.

It's like hinting how they are part of Princess of Thieves later in story

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Cinderella and Fairygodmother

Hwayoung and Injoo in restaurant scene heavily referenced from Cinderella

Hwayoung is like Fairygodmother who dressing Injoo, the Cinderella, to "playing rich"

The Purple color on Hwayoung and Pink color on Injoo is similar with purple color on Cinderella's Pink dress and Fairygodmother's Purple cloak

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Color Mood of Princess of Thieves

In each scene when Injoo had thinking or talking about Hwayoung, the color mood around her change into combination of Pink and Purple; the color of Princess of Thieves

Quoting from Choo Jahyun (Hwayoung's actress)'s interview:

"It felt like Goeun (Injoo's actress) was living as both Injoo and Hwayoung at the same time in Little Women"

The combination of pink and purple color mood on those scenes is like symbolized how Injoo and Hwayoung become one on Injoo's mind

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The Intruder: Yellow

On Princess of Thieves that appear on Singapore's auction, the flower has little shade of Yellow

Which is color of Won Sangah and fake!Hwayoung's dress on Singapore

Won = name of Korean money currency

Korean highest currency (50,000) has color of Yellow

Yellow = Sangah and Won Family = Capitalism

Yellow vs Purple

On color wheel theory, Yellow and Purple are color that opposite to each other

Symbolized how Hwayoung (Purple) and Sangah (Yellow) are total opposite

In opening sequence, Oh sisters were drawn mostly with shade of purple, and their background is yellow.

Indicating how the sisters are like "actors" in Sangah's play vs Hwayoung; how the battle between those masterminds was told from three sisters' perspective

It's also symbolized how Sangah = Yellow = Money = Capitalism is the main enemy

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The Shadow of Flower

Hwayoung (화영)'s name have meaning Beautiful Flower. The writer JSK had mentioned that she want to give a name to Hwayoung that relate to Flowers because Hwayoung love gardening

In hanja, Hwayoung have secret meaning of her name: 花影 = 꽃의 그림자 = Shadow of Flower

It's like symbolising how Hwayoung is shadow part of flowers:

1. Princess of Thieves: to Injoo

At first, Hwayoung's color seems like also Pink

Hwayoung mostly wear pink on her second account/alter ego Jin Mikyung and on Injoo's imagination about Hwayoung's second life

It's like foreshadowing how Hwayoung live under Injoo's name at Singapore

On locker scene, Hwayoung seems like giving off her pink clothes to Injoo. Like symbolizing she's fully giving the pink side of Princess of Thieves to Injoo, together with all money and Bruno Zumino shoes that she give to her on the bag

2. Blue Ghost Orchid: to Sangah and Won Family/Jeongran

The surname Jin (진) on Jin Hwayoung is to give impression that Hwayoung is came from place that far away (indeed in character description of Hwayoung on official website, it's written Hwayoung is not from Seoul and came to there to work on Orchid Construction). If we look to Jin in Chinese surname version, it has meaning GOLD

It's like secret meaning on how Hwayoung in back have so many money and assets, because she's part of secret society Jeongran and worked for Won family

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Thief Princess

There's Little Women OST titled "Thief Princess"

The OST indeed mostly got played in some scene that relate to Injoo or/and Hwayoung:

When Injoo decided to search the truth behind Hwayoung's death, and she look to the unbloomed Princess of Thieves

When Sangah give Injoo a blue suit, and then Injoo remembering how Hwayoung give her a black suit before this

When Hwayoung confess that she want Injoo to be happy on court scene