It’s a film that I assume a large part of the audience didn’t really like, and you can tell just by looking at its rating. It’s not actually a bad movie, there are things it tries to convey. In the end, I wasn’t surprised by Kafka killing himself; after seeing throughout the whole film how drugs and his past traumas had destroyed him, expecting a happy ending would have been too hopeful. As for Daniel, if you’re really in love, brother, you become a good doctor and psychiatrist, you don’t go get high with him on drugs. Oh, and also, throughout the film, there were one or two scenes from the very beginning where I couldn’t understand if they were dreams or flashbacks. These scenes could have been placed better in the film, and I also don’t get why the edited scenes were done so simply, they could have been much better. And finally, what was the point of the scene where Kafka rapes Linda? Was it really necessary? What did it prove? Even though it was a nonsensical scene, I still respected what the movie was trying to say. Love is not enough for everything. 6/10.
The FL looks perfect, but my eyes kept going to the white belt she paired with the cherry-themed outfit. Also, in the job interview scene, while she was wearing that stunning red dress, there was a bracelet on her upper arm. Aside from these two details, her hair, makeup, and outfits were amazing. The first episode was enjoyable, let’s see what happens next.
You have a character like Gu Dongmae and then you write the hot young FL falling for the middle aged guy she barely…
I just finished the series and was reading the comments one by one. I came across your comments and I agreed with them, and at the same time, I laughed lol. You're right, if I were in the FL's place, I would have fallen for the second guy.
I got angry at the part where the ML slapped the FL. The man had already hit his sister before. I don’t know why the screenwriter felt the need to write a violence scene. It’s a short 12-episode drama, so did the male character we were shown really have to be a perpetrator of violence? Couldn’t he just stay as a calm man, left untainted? Was it really that necessary? In the following scene, when the FL pushed him onto the bed, I was happy, if only she had also hit him back or thrown something at him. Because of their 10-year age difference, the ML looks more mature and older next to the FL. When his ex caressed his cheek and tried to kiss him, he didn’t stop her, he just waited. As he himself said, he does things that can easily be misunderstood. I’m trying to erase that slapping scene from my head, because it was awful! Anyway, the FL’s childish and innocent demeanor added color to their relationship, because the man has an old soul, you know? Sometimes he feels more like 41 than 31. Still, there’s something I don’t understand: this guy went to his mother and said, “Thanks for taking care of me for 10 years,” blah blah… and when his sister acted like a complete idiot, he treated her kindly too, except for slapping her. I mean, you created a kind, non-violent character, so WHY DID YOU MAKE HIM SLAP both his girlfriend and his sister? As for the girl’s cheating, she wasn’t mature, and she made a mistake, I wasn’t surprised. But continuing her relationship with her childhood friend for a while was just ridiculous. How healthy can a relationship be when the woman is in her 20s and the man is in his 30s? Anyway… Watching the first 6 episodes was enjoyable, because I watched them in relatively good quality on a good site, and at that time both of them were really cute… like when the man hugged her while crying, that was nice. I enjoyed the second half of the drama less because I had to watch it in 360p with French subtitles. But still, I realized that watching old Japanese romance dramas is fun, so after finishing the shows I’m watching now, I want to watch another Japanese drama from 30 years ago… 8/10. The score could have been lower since the last 2 episodes kind of ruined it and the ending was open-ended, but anyway… I guess I couldn’t be that harsh.
That’s what I wondered too like there was absolutely NO need to make them relive their traumas even more :/
They accepted to be part of this project because they wanted all people to learn about the torture they had gone through. For me, it was highly unethical that the director tied their hands with ropes and made them repeat the act of standing upside down just to show how it looked, and that he built a replica of the house to conduct the interviews there. It should have been done in a different setting so that they would suffer less psychological damage. But I guess, for someone whose desire to make money has overshadowed the concept of ethics, this didn’t matter
I just started watching the first episode, but something caught my attention. Why did they put the victims back into that setting, dress them in those clothes, and tie their hands? I mean, it creates a powerful visual, but how ethical is it really? It could have been done in a different way.
As for Daniel, if you’re really in love, brother, you become a good doctor and psychiatrist, you don’t go get high with him on drugs. Oh, and also, throughout the film, there were one or two scenes from the very beginning where I couldn’t understand if they were dreams or flashbacks. These scenes could have been placed better in the film, and I also don’t get why the edited scenes were done so simply, they could have been much better.
And finally, what was the point of the scene where Kafka rapes Linda? Was it really necessary? What did it prove? Even though it was a nonsensical scene, I still respected what the movie was trying to say. Love is not enough for everything. 6/10.
Still, there’s something I don’t understand: this guy went to his mother and said, “Thanks for taking care of me for 10 years,” blah blah… and when his sister acted like a complete idiot, he treated her kindly too, except for slapping her. I mean, you created a kind, non-violent character, so WHY DID YOU MAKE HIM SLAP both his girlfriend and his sister? As for the girl’s cheating, she wasn’t mature, and she made a mistake, I wasn’t surprised. But continuing her relationship with her childhood friend for a while was just ridiculous. How healthy can a relationship be when the woman is in her 20s and the man is in his 30s? Anyway… Watching the first 6 episodes was enjoyable, because I watched them in relatively good quality on a good site, and at that time both of them were really cute… like when the man hugged her while crying, that was nice.
I enjoyed the second half of the drama less because I had to watch it in 360p with French subtitles. But still, I realized that watching old Japanese romance dramas is fun, so after finishing the shows I’m watching now, I want to watch another Japanese drama from 30 years ago… 8/10. The score could have been lower since the last 2 episodes kind of ruined it and the ending was open-ended, but anyway… I guess I couldn’t be that harsh.