I go on a Jo In Sung binge..
My next angsty kdrama?
PianoPiano involves a really messed-up extended family. Older Gentleman I am not interested in (Gangster) is a gangster who discovers he has a son when the kid is 10 years old (grown-up kid will be played by Go Soo). He also falls in love with Older Lady I Don't Care For Either (Old Gal). Old Gal used to be part of a happy, ( Read more... )
PianoPiano involves a really messed-up extended family. Older Gentleman I am not interested in (Gangster) is a gangster who discovers he has a son when the kid is 10 years old (grown-up kid will be played by Go Soo). He also falls in love with Older Lady I Don't Care For Either (Old Gal). Old Gal used to be part of a happy, ( Read more... )
More mobster angst, more family angst.
The sis and stepbro show at the apartment, and end up thinking the kid is actually his son, despite protest. They tell stepdad who buys the kid toys and goes to see him as 'grandpa' (Aw.)
He gets beaten again, and when he returns to the apartment, again the girl asks who she is to him, why she and her son stay, etc. I get the feeling that since no one's ever told her they love her, she's looking for a little something, anything from him. He clearly loves her son (in his actions), but he never says anything to her. Angry and angsting, he pins her to the ground. She tries to say no, but he...forces her, I think. I'm 96% he rapes her. Then, she has trouble standing and...well, that's no good.
Mob angst, mob angst,
He's told by the boss that he has to go somewhere and later, he tells the girl that when he comes back they can be together - as a real couple. Only, she's more or less frozen in place and sweaty and having trouble seeing and...
Family angst, mob angst,
One day, he returns home and is told by some lady that he has to go to the hospital - girlfriend fell down!
What's the problem? MS - and its advanced VERY advanced, as part of her brain has already begun to get hard. :( He promises that stepbro (now a doc) will save her. Much teary angst. He explains to stepbro "She spent so much time trying to get to me. Now, that I want her, she's going away." :(
Mobster angst, family angst due to stepbro/sis forbidden love.
He and mobster crew go to attack stepdad's bakery shop and just as things are going down - little boy (whose there with 'grandpa') talks. He looks up and crying says 'Goodbye' over and over again. Everyone is shocked. Turns out his mom dies at that moment.
The girl's ashes are spread at sea, and he tearful tells the little boy to scream out 'Goodbye Mom', because this is goodbye. In a voice over 'letter', the girl tells him she's sorry. That she didn't know she was that sick and that she just wanted to be with him and be happy, etc, etc. She asks that he watch her son for her. (Very sad.)
More mob stuff. Little boy gets kidnapped, and he and stepdad go to save the boy. Mirroring earlier events, stepdad dies protecting his stepson. Nearly insane with regret and grief, he breaks down with the body and then again with his siblings at the hospital. They all scream, 'Dad.' and 'I'm sorry, Dad.' and 'Wake up, Dad.'
The series ends with the four siblings going to their home (before or after the funeral)(it was their childhood that was sold. The Dad spent years raising the money to buy it back so they could all live together and has bought it - along with the paino the mom used to play) to find the little boy inside, playing the piano as if he had always been there.
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Btw, I think I'll check out Shoot for the Stars instead, first :) He definitely gets the girl there.
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I thought about SftS, but I heard it was cheesy and draggy. Let me know if its worth a look.
BTW: did you ever get around to watching Chinese Paladin?
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