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Post by Soju on Apr 19, 2006 23:20:38 GMT -5
Who's father is he? I am getting so confused since the flash-forward - mostly because all the older women have the same hairstyle. They sould put their names on the screen when they appear, like they would do with the ministers in a Historical Drama. I hope I get all these characters straightened out soon!
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Post by CaptainVideo on Apr 20, 2006 0:15:52 GMT -5
All I know is that the child is a son and the old man is the guy that implicated Kyungsook's dad (he was there when he died, too.) Why did you ask the question in that manner? I found it very interesting that they mostly referred to the parents as ________'s father/mother as opposed to their own names.
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Post by gpaul on Apr 20, 2006 6:46:04 GMT -5
Soju, I think that the old man with the stroke is the father of Kyongsook's friends, Mija (the girl who was pregnant) and her brother Bongku (the boy with the motorcycle). Please forgive me if I have the names wrong, I should write them down at the beginning of a drama. Mija owns the bar where Kyongsook works, and her father seems not to like what she does for a living. The little girl who came out of the bathroom must be the child that Mija was pregnant with.
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Post by mikey on Apr 20, 2006 9:58:14 GMT -5
Yes, I’m also pretty sure that the amusing old crippled guy is Bong-ku’s father. I think he’s Mija’s father, too - but I’m not 100% sure of Bong-ku’s and Mija’s sibling relationship, since they don’t share a common generational name. They could have some other kind of family relationship (cousins, etc.) or perhaps they are step-siblings. I don’t remember seeing Bong-ku’s father during the first part of this series, which doesn’t make identification of these now-adult characters any easier.
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Post by Soju on Apr 20, 2006 11:11:05 GMT -5
I feel like i should watch the show again from the beginning, and take extensive notes this time.
The guy who implicated Kyuoung-sook's dad is not the guy with the stroke; he's the father of the heavy cop . He's working in construction.
I can see I'm going to have to make a character chart for myself, too, so I can ID the characters by name, rather than "The guy who . . ." and the like.
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Post by kathleen34 on Apr 20, 2006 11:28:20 GMT -5
Soju, I think that the old man with the stroke is the father of Kyongsook's friends, Mija (the girl who was pregnant) and her brother Bongku (the boy with the motorcycle). Please forgive me if I have the names wrong, I should write them down at the beginning of a drama. Mija owns the bar where Kyongsook works, and her father seems not to like what she does for a living. The little girl who came out of the bathroom must be the child that Mija was pregnant with. ThankYouThankYouTHANK YOU, ;D> ;D gpaul... I was very confused last nite and wondered which character was playing the pregnant girl ???who I thought was the sister of Kyongsook ... but perhaps they have different parents... I like Soju's idea of designing a chart... much like an organizational chart. Your post helped a lot, I won't be as frustrated tonite when I watch it.
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Post by Ducky on Apr 20, 2006 11:39:44 GMT -5
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Post by gpaul on Apr 20, 2006 12:42:38 GMT -5
I'm glad I could be of service to you Kathleen34, I was confused for awhile also, but it is becoming clearer.
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Post by Ducky on Apr 20, 2006 14:36:27 GMT -5
Yes, I’m also pretty sure that the amusing old crippled guy is Bong-ku’s father. I think he’s Mija’s father, too - Kyung-min introduced him to Soon-shik as Mija's father... Oh Yeah....Does Kyung-min remind anyone else of Jin-kook from MPC?...The way he looks, not acts....
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Post by CaptainVideo on Apr 20, 2006 21:35:15 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I definitely had that all wrong; I have no idea who that guy is now....
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Post by Ducky on Apr 20, 2006 21:53:12 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I definitely had that all wrong; I have no idea who that guy is now.... The old man w/ the cane/stroke is Mija's father--- The man who implicated Kyung-sook's dad is a constuction worker --- Yes, I’m also pretty sure that the amusing old crippled guy is Bong-ku’s father. I think he’s Mija’s father, too - but I’m not 100% sure of Bong-ku’s and Mija’s sibling relationship, since they don’t share a common generational name. ... Koreanwiz lists Bong-ku as Mija's little brother....
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Post by Soju on Apr 21, 2006 16:00:47 GMT -5
This started to become clear to me when I started work on my character chart. I took the main illustration from the Character page on KBS's site, and overlaid it with Romanized names. There were a few pitfalls, though. Soon-sik's father is "Chang-han", but his mother is "Chang-han's wife". And Keum-sil's mother is just "Keum-sil's Mother". At first, I thought that "Keum Sil-mo" was her name
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Post by CaptainVideo on Apr 27, 2006 8:40:25 GMT -5
And now, thanks to last night's episode, we all know that the old man with the stroke is Bongku's father. But why are the older people still referred to so and so's father? Obviously, they have names, but it's as if the story is being told from the viewpoint of a child. There used to be a series with Dianne Carroll, called Julia, in which she played the widow of a GI in Viet Nam and was raising her son Corey working as a nurse for the irascible Lloyd Nolan. In any event, Corey used to have a best friend in the building where he lived, and would always refer to his friend's mother as: Earl J. Waggedorn's mother, as he always called his friend by his full name.
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Post by Ducky on Apr 27, 2006 11:27:29 GMT -5
And now, thanks to last night's episode, we all know that the old man with the stroke is Bongku's father. Anyone who read my post knew that last week The old man w/ the cane/stroke is Mija's father--- Bong-ku is Mija's little brother.... But why are the older people still referred to so and so's father? They do that all the time,......Like in Who's My Love Go-eun was commonly referred to as "Joon's mother", and Go-eun's mother was "Joon's grandmother".
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Post by Soju on Apr 27, 2006 13:42:29 GMT -5
I think addressing someone by their name is deemed impolite. Using WML as an example again, Grandma chided the youngsters for doing that: "Are you calling a dog?", and admonishing the newlyweds to not even call each other by name in private, as this would be disrespectful to each other.
This is why spouses so often call each other "Yobo".
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