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A 'difficult', dark, heavy, bitter story that starts quietly but after a while explodes with a powerful emotional force, leaving us jolted out of our seats.
Quirky, daring and intriguing story, wisely used cold and white colors depicting perfectly the greyish lifeless atmosphere and stellar, emotionally charged performances (especially from Chang Chen in his role as the suicidal convict Jin).
A mixture of poetic tenderness and cruelness, pleasure and emptiness, passion and apathy, freedom and imprisonment, life and death.

Such an interesting article about the underrated weekend family dramas!
I've watched and enjoyed all of the dramas you mentioned.

My 10/10 are 'Smile, You' (my 1st family drama) and 'Five Enough'.
Family dramas not included in your list that I've rated with 8.5/10 and above are:
'New Tales of Gisaeng', 'The Gentlemen of Wolgyesu Tailor Shop', 'Glorious Day', 'My Golden Life', 'Ojakgyo Brothers'.

Special mention: 'Gloria' - a very underrated, not typical weekend family drama, with Bae Doo Na!

Brilliantly heartwarming!

Ueda's much anticipated follow-up movie is a funny, lighthearted and brilliantly acted story (especially from Oosawa Kazuto) about brotherly love and overcoming fears. The element of surprise was unfortunately missing but, even tough less inventive, it's still uniquely compelling, with an ending that was definitely rewarding and inspiring.

Heavy, dark, overwhelming revenge drama with excellent performances from both main leads.

Uniquely bizarre, refreshingly entertaining, with perfectly-balanced funny, emotional and deep moments, this zany drama has one of the best and most natural (well... almost natural xD) representations of real life issues and problems modern women have to deal with, without being overly dramatic or preachy, as well as a satisfying character development many 'more serious' dramas should be jealous of.
One of a kind drama, totally recommended!

Thanks again @HPriest for subbing this little gem xD

A heavy, odd, eerie, intriguing and artistic film with an impressive combination of music and cinematography. The stunning white and cold snowy mountain scenes and the dark and warm interior set make a brilliant symbolic contrast.
With only a little dialogue and some worth noting quotes, an outstanding performance from Eita and a unique depiction of his heartbreaking inner conflict with his angelic and demonic monsters, this film may not be for everyone, but it's definitely worth it for the 'unconventional' movie lovers.

Eerie, just like its name suggests, dark and suspenseful, with a clever and solid plot, intense and captivating music and cinematography that enhanced brilliantly the viewers' curiosity and tension.
Raw emotions derived from power greed, desires, deception, infidelity, bullying, loss and loneliness, but also trust, acceptance, escape and hope were perfectly conveyed.
A hidden gem mystery drama, definitely recommended!

What an interesting and funny subject you chose, what an awesome bonding you have!
Thank you both for this refreshing and very entertaining article xD

A slow-paced, comforting and healing movie (adapted from the homonymous novel by Banana Yoshimoto) about overcoming breakups and dead-ends in life with the help of strangers' kindness, warmth and acceptance.

Brilliant money and politics games, intriguing multilayered and grey characters, excellent verbal duels, stellar acting battles!
Directing, cinematography, colouring and lighting, music and writing are on another level.
It's heavy, tense and dark, but also detailed, poignant and passionate.
Drama time well spent xD

And Eugene Han... ❤

Intense, intriguing, well-built suspense and an excellent performance from Shin Hye Sun in her first leading movie role!

An atmospheric, gripping mystery-thriller and political movie, set in the end of the Korean War, with engaging performances and a unique plot that changes brilliantly and smoothly between its genres.
The directing and cinematography successfully managed to create a film noir-ish, Agatha Christie-like setting, with a strong air of tension, suspense and intrigue and a well-placed building-up that leads to an unexpected turn of events.

Sad, touching and inspiring!

A heartbreakingly cruel social commentary on people's indifference, their attitude and reaction to danger/problems when they aren't directly involved.

The problem is not the sudden increase of tags per se, but specifically the increase of identical/extremely similar tags, non-sensical/obvious/unnecessary tags like 'death', lying', misunderstanding', etc. But you get the gist ^_^

It's worth watching!
Not a masterpiece, better than Mystic Pop-Up bar, but not as entertaining as Kkondae Intern... Very cute, refreshing couple!

Likewise ❤

Love you too ❤❤❤
(and always keep an eye on your posts and comments to find something intriguing to watch xD)

I agree that over-tagging, just for for the sake of tagging (or, let's be honest, for the increase of edits!) has become too bothersome and confusing...