10/10
A real gem - touching and unforgettable
26 February 2023
What a touching gem. This movie is based on a Chinese novel expertly adapted to the screen and changed to Korea after the war. The production of the shanty town they live in is well done. The rousing emotional score is perfectly suited. The movie starts off hilariously with a look at love and courtship in the 50s. It's so funny when they find out his eldest son was actually fathered by his wife's ex boyfriend. Very meaningful look at the love of a father for his son and whether a blood relation matters.

The cast is so good they move you to tears. Ha Jung Woo is hilarious and then moving as the father. His scenes of giving blood are unforgettable. Child actor Nam Da Reum acts so well - what an acting prodigy. Ha Ji Won just right as the pretty provincial woman. This is on viki. Watch it!
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