Both of Park Chan Ok's movies, this and Paju, are 2 of the greatest Korean movies I've ever seen. What an amazing talent. I don't know why she hasn't made movies in many years, but I hope she returns to filmmaking.
Ae Ri's mom is totally annoying. Why did she just sit on this evidence for decades? And then, instead of going to the police like a normal person, she tries to use it for blackmail, endangering herself, her beloved daughter, and Jin Ho. How stupid and greedy can you be? And why didn't Hyun Chae just pay Taek Kyu to kill off her dad? And how come the incriminating voice recording from the future didn't dissolve away when the timeline changed so that the meeting when Seo Jin is thrown off the building never happened?
And since that falling off the building timeline changed, that means Seo Jin is still alive a month later and can still take phone calls from Ae Ri. So they should continue to take advantage of this magic power, buying more lottery tickets, playing the stock market, betting on horses, etc. Also, Seo Jin is the only ML I can think of who doesn't have a best friend (or any friend at all). But clearly Seo Jin and Geon Wook are going to have to eventually fight it out over Ae Ri. If Geon Wook loses, he can at least settle for Soo Jung, so I hope Seo Jin wins, since he doesn't have any fallback options. Minor questions aside, this show was really tightly plotted, addictive, and entertaining.
I think the movie was better and had more emotional impact (tears), but the drama had more detail and extra characters, so I'm glad I watched both. Now I need to read the book. I like the fact that, even though the premise is pure fantasy and has been used many times before, they took the premise seriously and tried to portray realistic consequences of this magical plot device.
The ending makes no sense whatsoever. Does the gangster boss not know he's still alive? Rule #78 in kdramas is if the male lead is stabbed in the gut near the end of the series, don't worry because he'll survive like nothing happened.
Also, every single character acts like a complete idiot. Even Eunji, who I think is the most sympathetic character in the entire show, is stupid too because she's wasting her life away hanging on to these 2 completely misguided, foolish, self-destructive, irrational boys.
I still have yet to find anything quite like this. They did make a kind of sequel with a male lead, which I’m looking forward to watching, although it has different creative staff behind it: https://kisskh.at/57719-tokyo-danshi-zukan.
IMO Kurasawa’s greatest masterpiece. Harada is amazing, fulfilling the potential shown in her debut in Lullaby of the Earth. The cinematography, the costumes and design, Takemitsu’s score ... what can I say. Billy Shakespeare provided a decent story idea too. That ending is absolutely shattering.
The guy is a fucking asshole. Also, the 2 sets of actors don’t look alike. Watch On Your Wedding Day instead, which is a far better example of this type of plot.
Thanks, I’m definitely going to watch that, especially after just seeing Kim Soo Hyun in Dream High. But I always wait until the airing is finished before I start watching because I like to binge shows in a few days. I hope people like it all the way to the end.
It took me like 4 episodes before I got into it. I was this close to dropping it and I had to force myself to keep watching, because the acting, directing, plot, dialog, music, and overall production seemed very cheesy and low-budget. But I’m glad I stuck with it because I eventually found out why so many people rave about it. It turned out to be one of the most emotionally involving dramas I’ve ever seen, and I came about the closest I ever have to losing my shit and bawling during a drama. Despite the sub-par acting, totally ridiculous plot featuring characters wasting lots of time, and continuing cheesiness, I stopped caring about all the flaws because I was so engrossed in the story and in the fate of Ji Hyun and Yi Kyung. The scene between Yi Kyung and Yi Soo was especially poignant, and I’m glad no one else was in the room while my eyes got all dewy. I’m not 100% happy with the ending, but I don’t hate it either.
And since that falling off the building timeline changed, that means Seo Jin is still alive a month later and can still take phone calls from Ae Ri. So they should continue to take advantage of this magic power, buying more lottery tickets, playing the stock market, betting on horses, etc. Also, Seo Jin is the only ML I can think of who doesn't have a best friend (or any friend at all). But clearly Seo Jin and Geon Wook are going to have to eventually fight it out over Ae Ri. If Geon Wook loses, he can at least settle for Soo Jung, so I hope Seo Jin wins, since he doesn't have any fallback options. Minor questions aside, this show was really tightly plotted, addictive, and entertaining.
Also, every single character acts like a complete idiot. Even Eunji, who I think is the most sympathetic character in the entire show, is stupid too because she's wasting her life away hanging on to these 2 completely misguided, foolish, self-destructive, irrational boys.