;). that would be too much. Jo Moo Chul [Gangster] Support Role. Boss Man is hosting the game, and announces the grand prize seven million dollars. Monsoons are most often associated with the Indian Ocean. Superb acting from Kim Tae Woo as Moo Chul. Five minutes before the ending: WHAT!? She got the call from Jin-sung while she was on her way to treat Young. I loved the emotional humility of Soo's character. It is what it is. We find Lawyer Jang, Secretary Wang, and even Myung-ho with Young and the kids from the visually-impaired center on an outing, where all the guardians have to wear blindfolds in order to experience a day in the life of the blind. Lee Myung Ho [Young's fiance] Support Role. questions. But then Id be asking for realism, and that is not what this show was selling. I'd rate this above "Nice Guy" but below "I Miss You". "The Wind ," an impressive horror/western hybrid, is the kind of artful genre movie that some filmgoers think simply doesn't get made anymore. But it could be Minions shady-lookin dude guarding them, which means its a good thing. Wind carries heat, moisture, pollutants, and pollen to new areas. And as a result of their country being deemed as a potential target . Young goes to a cafe to wait, and we see Soos tree painting hanging on the wall, completed. Fresh out of the oven from their dangerous and daring adventures in America, the book finds Simon, Baz, Penny, Agatha, and Shepherd back in the UK with a laundry list of problems to take care of. Me too Jo In Sung forever.I'm like Lee Min Who?hahaha. We shouldnt have to go through what a character is feeling in order to understand them if that were the case, how could I understand the plight of second generation chaebol princes or cross-dressing nuns joining an idol group if Ive never been in those shoes? Why did he have to go stab Soo? Yet, there's one particular standout role, back in the 2014 show, That Winter, The Wind Blows. but I wondered if it would be rude in a way or something. There are a bit of similarities between both shows which leads me to wonder what is it with the all the melodrama cliches? And coughing drowns the parson's saw. So the truck didn't run over everyone? TWTWB Lover Apr 01 2013 5:00 am Im just hoping this drama will have a truly happy ending. 3. Which is why I'm so happy Soo lived. And is of a piece with the whole, what about Boss Kim? Maybe there's no message. Great work, Heads. Forgiving her, I guess, is all right but I felt letting her back into the house was another thing. (Seriously! The weathers nice today, isnt it? she asks, and the man clearly responds with Soos voice even though his figure remains blurred. I think the whole flower thing is to amend for stabbing Oh Soo. (Dude, where were you when your boss was driving on pain killers?). But I thought her extreme trust issues were well shown so I bought her character as a whole. JS looked very sad at the point when he agreed to what Hee-sun suggested but the the face of JS was a type of confused or something that the director suggested for him to do to make us bewildered of what really had happened to Oh soo. I hate unreasonable story, because it messes my head. Young wakes up to find Soo asleep at her bedside, and as she brushes her fingers across his face she remembers his desperate plea for her to watch his video. It is only 16 episodes. So any drama that shows someone trying to kill someone will probably involve a knife. If that was for Oh soo's grave then why it is on the table? There is absolutely no reason to vague up a happy ending so yeah that was not a happy ever after ending. All suicide attempts are a cry for attention? Like you, I didn't understand why she couldn't have that conversation with OS when she was having her tea and he was there (right there), and she had already shared her questions with him. Really? The graphic novel was written around the height of the Cold War. Jin-sungs betrayal was so out of character. I did chuckle many times reading this recap. Talk about a quick recovery time. It's almost like the story is saying that sometimes people really, really hurt the ones they love but we forgive them? I do agree with you that how we got to that light at the end of the tunnel was more important than the light itself. endings were perfectly done. Summary. I dont buy that this show was making a statement about clinical depression through Young, but I do buy that she had Drama Depression, with all its requisite symptoms of plot convenience. English Title: Wind Blows in Winter Korean Title: , Cast: Jo In Sung, Song Hye Kyo, Kim Bum, Jung Eun Ji # of Episodes: 16 Airing Days: Wed-Thurs Broadcasting Station: SBS Teasers: 001, 002 Associated with: Jdrama - I Don't Need Love & Kmovie - Love Me Not Synopsis: A melodrama about a man and a blind woman who don't believe in love. The cinematography was imo not distracting but rather very well intergrated and instrumetalized, the music was good (this is where i usually loose my patience first) and Jo In Sung and Song Hye Gyo just clicked for melike massively, hugely, "pleaaase work together again". fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); 03 Light breeze. Because, it was so sweet but then it was so BLURRY! I agree with you on the ending.The blurriness of the scene was to depict Young's perspective.After surgery her vision is most likely not going to be perfect thus there is a blurriness in her vision.Furthermore, Song Hye Kyo and Jo In Sung stated in their interviews that it was indeed a happy ending.They actually knew from the start that it would be happy ending since Writer Noh that it would be one.So hopefully everyone is no longer confused about the ending being sad or an open one. Because the earth's surface is made up of different types of land and water, the earth absorbs the sun's heat at different rates. Early Spring 2013. The whole premise of this drama was about a woman who wanted to die and a man who wanted to live, so im guessing this outcome makes sense. It ranked top within the first two episodes and was requested to add a few more episodes towards the end but was decided to stop there for the sake of perfection. If it was Young's imagination, why did she have to make it so that Soo only shows himself to her after a year? Source . Monsoons always blow from cold to warm regions. Home; Service. Its not over between us, she says, echoing his line from the video. Honestly, after having long hair for so long and not being able to see it, probably one of the first things I would do is buy a wigif only just to see how I looked all that time. They could be referring to the REAL Oh Soo. She needed her since Soo was not in her daily life. I waited until you would talk to me., I couldnt bring myself to do it, Soo says with a sheepish smile. (futile question, I know)." is the table a grave? :). As for the actual epilogue to all this coordinated madness, I found the actual stabbing inconsequential and the final scenes bizarre. I love you, very much. Soo pulls her into an embrace even as he cant help but crying, and he repeats over and over again, I love you. 1.6K Views. The ending just seemed so fanservice (and I know I have already said that, however, that feeling kept staying with me). Soo keeps an eye on his watch, knowing time is of the essence. One thing I'm going to disagree with you on Heads is the sentiment of Young's suicide attempt being "merely" a cry for attention, because that's what all suicide attempts are. Also, I have to agree that the pace of the finale felt waaaay off. Granted, some things started to not make sense towards the end, but NOTHING about this show makes me think the director or writer became lazy and gave up along the way. How will Gangster Kim overlook a non dead Soo. Meanwhile, Hee-sun sees a big truck headed their way on an empty street and warns Jin-sungs father, but he can only look in shock as the truck keeps barreling toward them. This drama was beautiful and I no doubt loved it but the ending didn't exactly get stupid, it just never explained itself.. I guess I cant begrudge a character for not being selfless, so Ill boil it down simply: No matter her deep-seated issues, Young didnt make for an enjoyable heroine. He struggles to his knees as we pan to the shoes of the man who stabbed him, the trembling man holding the knife, and up. Beautiful settings and looks, characters with deep scars and flaws. Though I did see the charm the actor brought to the role that was a little too fan-servicey for me. Her scene at the coffee shop was too prosaic. 4. The bit with Secretary Wang is so, so weird. this drama reminds me of eating cotton candy, while eating it, it is sweet and seems tangible, but when you are done you realize all that puff was mostly air. The cafe, the talking people, Soo dressed as a waiter. And I read and understood the part about OS wanting Boss Man to join in the game so OS can gamble against him and win his money. I normally question these things in my head, but this time, I prefer that everyone heals for no apparent reason to get my happy ending. And how, for the first time, the world seemed fair. This happy ending is actually way too perfect to be realistic, and these characters definitely lucked out to be able to survive in a melodrama. There was something old Hollywood about him, maybe Bogart or Grant that made this leading man into more than just a smooth talking conman. Soo makes Jin-sung and Boss Man nervous when he keeps folding, but Soo reveals his tactic during a time out he wanted to come this close to losing so Boss Man would have no option but to buy in. She lost her mom, brother and though secretary wang is there, she is controlling OY. I need you next to me. Indeed, I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees it this way. (Shes implying that people need people, and that they need each other.). 63m. Otherwise she's hanging out in the afterlife with her ex-fiance. Son Mi Ra [Young's friend at the Cafe] Support Role. Thats where Young fails as a character, even though earlier episodes showed her growing and changing from the cold and prickly person she once was, which was mostly due to Secretary Wangs heavy hand in keeping her in a child-like state, into a woman who realized that the world wasnt always out to get her. Now the shot focuses, and we see that its definitely Soo dressed as a waiter. This ambiguous ending reminds me of "Ironweed" by William Kennedy. By no means does that make the show terrible or the journey not worth taking, but theres that feeling of What Could Have Been, even though that feeling got tempered by all the pretty people and all the pretty cinematography. I think if they showed the process of Jin Sung contemplating whether to stab Oh Soo or not, then we wouldn't get that element of surprise. When you said this, "(Seriously though. One thing the show did really, really right I thought was its depiction of blindness. I was also wondering, why shouldn't have JS hanged up on HS? The painter Soo was completely left off from the first episode. I missed the Soo whod scold Young in front of a mall crowd for not accepting help, or the one whod return a punch thrown at him. Nooooooooo!!!! Hes leaving, but not before he kisses her on the forehead, eyelid, and cheek. Young gives a coy smile, causing them both to break out in grins before Soo takes her face in his hands and kisses her. But I'm leaning toward a happy-ever-after both are alive and living and loving ending, because hey, this is K-drama land, and if Young can survive a wrist-slitting, then Soo can survive a fatal knife woundtwice. Oh and Kim Bum, I don't think I can forgive you. Thanks Heads! But then again, I never felt like Jin Sung was a quick thinker in difficult times. I think Jo In Sung really out did himself here and would watch it again. There were some really amazing nuances to this drama that I just loved. But since it didn't really do anything anyway I just push it from my mind and enjoy what's left. Blurry. I will have to agree to disagree on the ending. Desperate for Soo Jin to have a good life - even if that means being apart . - I really praised the writer for having this kind of story. When he was taking MCW's character to sell her into sex slavery he was really taking her to sell into sex slavery. It was only in the last episode where the drama hinted at how he likes to cook. Song Hye-kyo sunk into the role of being a broken, blind and suicidal woman, who is struggling to shut down from the world outside. I am not sure I can bothered to understand anything from the last episode. Gangster Wannabe goes scurrying off with his tail between his legs just as Moo-chul collapses, spitting up blood from his stomach cancer. Moo Chul? I did not feel a thing at the end of this show. Soo lies(?) Melihat peluang untuk memperkaya diri dengan menipu seorang ahli waris buta, penipu ulung Oh Soo melakukan apa yang menjadi keahliannya. Director: Kim Kyu Tae. But its time to let bygones be bygones and say farewell to Winter. He already got his money back now, WHAT ELSE DOES HE WANT FROM SOO? I loved this drama. This is not the case with That Winter, the Wind Blows. No thanks.). The sun heats the land more quickly than the water. Can she see? We dont hear or see it, but the look on Jin-sungs face seems to tell us that the truck plowed into his familys car. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, But I can't deny how much I enjoyed looking at these ridiculously good-looking couple. Sad that it's not really a ratings success even if NHK lost her soul to the devil. They talked about making Jin-sung betray his friend, but the way they chose to do it didn't make any sense whatsoever. He acted well but he still not converting me as one of his fans. The camera clearly focused on him, when he was on the ground, stabbed, after the flashabck he had his eyes were wide open for like seconds. And the good times keep going as Soo helps Jin-sung and his family pack for their move to the countryside. Was this technique not used by both Soo and Young more than a few times throughout the drama? Theoretically, you have a beautiful setup with Jin Sung regarding Soo as his brother, as a part of his family, as the object of his loyalty and on the other side his commitment to his blood-related family and Hee Sun and Boss Kim in the background, pulling evil strings and digging his grave. Bravo to the whole cast, and especially to the dreamy Zo in Sung. Jin-sung arrives in the meantime so Boss Man can declare him Soos gambling partner, and all of Soos huffing and puffing cant reverse the situation now. The bad friends, the conniving fiancee all forgiven and even rewarded, what a message to send to the public. (I frowny-faced at that, honestly. As you said, this show was well acted, well scored (and the editing was well done for the acting and for how the music was placed in the show). So is she over the suicide thing? Personally, I feel that they died and met in the afterlifeonly because the whole Jinsung stabbing Soo scene hinted that he had killed himjust the way it was executed and by the end he fell to the ground like a dying person. It's not like she's an emotionally stable person thinking through exactly how this will effect the people around her. Just read and look where Song was interviewed, she also concluded TWTWB was a happy ending story. The film's latter stages are a painful, fittingly bleak portrait of the . hmmm i thought the flowers were for the real brother Soo? If we add the something else, then this was an insanely beautiful if not sometimes-frustrating exercise in understanding people who looked like people, but had some moments where they didnt really act like people. However, I really think her brain cancer would be treated with gamma knife radiation - had a friend's mother die from a brain tumor and they didn't treat with chemo but radiation. Is that really the type of mommy dearest love we are supposed to buy into? Oh you have made it perfect sense.I did not feel the flowers were for the grave, as lambs ear was more for OY than OS. var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; If there's one thing that i loved coming out of this show, it's my new love for jo in sung. The show was very beautiful to look at. Home> That winter the wind . You will receive a link to create a new password via email. I so needed this recap to make sense of the endingare they both alive and getting a chance at love? The ending was open ended. Another BIG factor as to why the last scene is not a depiction of heaven, or Young's imagination, is because the conversation between Soo and Young in that cafe is waaay too elaborate to be fake. When the Wind Blows is a hybrid of traditional and stop-motion animation. A monsoon is a seasonal change in the direction of the prevailing, or strongest, winds of a region. If the fact that AFF is a story about a sexual relationship between two people growing into something else isn't enough justification for it having sex scenes, I don't know what is. She was slowly recovering her vision. When I heard her speech in this ep about how she wanted Soo to come and save her I was really disgusted. The man with the bracelet stops ahead of her, but doesnt turn back. Really, why? Apparently shes been a regular at his restaurant and picked up on the sound of his bracelet, and though hed always bring her tea he never showed his face to her. I cried like a baby. The promise of sizzle from early on in the show fizzled out too. Advertisement Whether you really loved me. OMGAI thanks so much for recapping this, HeadsNo2 n.n I've literally been coming back to Dramabeans every other hour to see if the recap has been posted yet lol (and all my other hours, I've been watching and re-watching, then rewinding and re-rewatching the same 1 scene from episode 8 of "You're the Best, Lee Soon-shin") haha n.n, It seems to me that the writer changes her mind many times regarding many aspects as she wrote the drama. I don't recall Nice Guy's best friend betraying him, though. It's a remake so obviously the framework will be the same as the original. Outside the room, Sun-hee tells Soo that Moo-chul died after being sick for far too long. Aka, back off. What's with Jin sung and Hee sun talking 'bout bringing flowers to Oh Soo? I can accept this ending though I wished for a happier one. Young says that shes known his whereabouts for twenty days, since Secretary Wang waited to tell her until she finished her chemotherapy. (maybe the real one, since they were going in the same direction?). D: I checked my brain at the door before watching this episode and was perfectly happy with the ending. (function(d, s, id) { He tightens the bell bracelet on his wrist in preparation, since its his life on the line. Cant we get some blunt force trauma up in here to change things up? We have to keep in mind you can survive these things and it's not completely out there. Im going to backtrack a bit to the attempted suicide, frankly because it still doesnt make any godforsaken sense on my end. Sex isn't a shameful thing. this reminds me why I'm not a fan of the genre. I just enjoy the cinematography. and yeah. ", so many times during the last 2 episodes. It looked blurry because Young's sight wasn't perfect, but just enough for her to make things out. That ending just confused me. Third, I agree with Ashely above in that Sung's relationship had soured (three suiters?) To me, this drama fizzled out around episode 8. Since everyone went all in, he won the game, and all of Boss Mans money. That Winter, the Wind Blows. But it doesn't make sense. Beside all the beautiful faces and cinematography, noise marketing, media play, exaggerated praise help the popularity of this drama also. I said above, that I hoped for a more straightforward ending bu that I'll take this, too. I made the mistake to watch Frozen flower since everybody was talking about it. Seriously, I can't wait for his next drama! You could drive a truck through them. Im going to carry you.. I don't buy that Young is done with her suicidal tendencies, but she seems a lot happier probably because before she was so untrustworthy and felt like everyone was out to kill her anyway, but now she's starting to trust people and she's more at ease. Who, out of the two of them, showed more human compassion? And Soo saying that he made a mistake in ousting her?! Congrats, Liera! Or something? I don't blame people for being suspicious though. He has, because he loved a girl who was blind. (Seriously though. Genres: Romance, Crime, Melodrama. js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; d. winds blowing past a chimney. I crack up at times while reading her recaps 'cause she's writing about serious moments in such a dry, humorous way. At first, I thought it might be too boring (it's the opposite of TWTWB in terms of its lack of slickness and heightened intensity), and frankly, I couldn't imagine myself getting terribly invested in most of the characters. Drama bergenre romantis sepanjang 16 episode ini dibintangi oleh Kam Woo Sung dan Kim Ha Neul. It being a cry for help doesn't make her suicide attempt less legitimate or fake in any way. Like it's sometimes distracting. The focus is oddly blurry as she gets out of the taxi, and the sound of Soos bell charm reaches her ears as a man wearing it passes her on a bicycle. I don't care what others may feel about this drama, but from any dramas so far in 2013, this is the only drama that artistically the best, directed the best and acted the best. No surprise there especially after MC was redeemed, shown to be running interference all along and Wang was let off the hook which was crud. Manufactured appropriate for the county icivics county review worksheet answers at the constitution as studying does it below each generation of. This final episode left me confused and with a sense of "this was it?" I'm in agreement. (And we don't know because we don't see anything alluding to that). I for one liked the ending. I'm in dramaland and i want the happy ending of course. It's even weirder cuz 2 eps ago lawyer ahjussi was angrily throwing her out asking her if she's human and all and then hey! They seemed to have resorted back to their just friends status although Sung was still very much in love with her still. however, this drama, That Winter, The Wind Blows is the most amazing drama that i ever watched. It was a pleasure reading them. If you get it, please explain it to me You know, I don't know if I can do a good job explaining it. More importantly, Young, you are being kissed by Soo! I haven't seen NHK's previous works, so thanks for sharing your insightful thoughts. or I'm glad that this was my first. She doesnt want blindness to haunt Young any longer and cries that shes sorry, which Im guessing is finally an apology for causing her blindness in the first place. If it was a "porn" movie it wouldn't get nearly as much critical acclaim as it did. Screenwriter: Noh Hee Kyung. Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. He kept his con going for a lot, lot longer. I decided not to count Youngs full head of hair as part of the equation since I considered it a vanity issue, despite the fact that brain surgery and long-term chemotherapy should produce some visible, physical effects. At times, I couldn't understand OY and I found her irritating sometimes. These 2 things really disappointed me, there were definetely some things who could have been done better, but on the other hand, im sure not many directors/writers could have succeded in making it better or at least as good as these producers did. You have to make Jin-sung want to blame Soo and they just didn't do that at all. The drama That Winter, the Wind Blows is a series about Oh Soo; he is also known as the best gambler in Cheongdam city. (I'll vote for SJK's character in Nice Guy. Klasikong Pelikula. Even if you didnt take the money, it wont bring everything back to the way it was.. Call Us Today! But, bite the cat that corners you, don't run and bite your mouse friend D': Maybe, he pulled a Moo Chul and was helping him in a way? (There were some recaps that got things factually wrong and so of course they didn't make sense.). I even watched the rerun on the weekends. Kim Tae Woo. The conartist makes a sport out of targeting rich women, and when he meets Oh Young . They eventually decide on lambs ear, because that was the plant special to him and Young. A final note: the KISSING! 6. Thank you all, and thank you HeadsNo2 for your recaps. i'm a great fan of head's writing superpowers. This was my reaction seven minutes before the ending: WHAT!? Still, I'm glad that none of the main characters died. My biggest gripe is the directing of this show. Hmm .. This show started out great but slowly became distant with the sudden implausibilities and uncertainty of what Young was thinking as well as glossing over Sec. GRRRR!! It's a really nice juxtaposition, imo. I've come to that after thinking a bit more but, she's still not a character I will pretend to understand through and through, lol. Soo is on a timeline to make it back to the hospital, and he cant help but think of Youngs promise of all the things she plans to tell him in the future. But hes not there to hear about her family life, and instead asks her to return to Youngs side. Many daily weather patterns depend on wind. And birds sit brooding in the snow. Also, most of the other NHK dramas I've watched have all felt remarkably real-- but in a way that evokes an appreciation of the human experience. I know what youre saying: Heads, thats crazy talk! Trust me, I know. And when he turns around he gets stabbed. But thanks for the pretty and until the end am still team KKB, boy's way too fine! It didn't disgust me though. Young's hair, everyone's fantastic health etc. When his girlfriend double-crosses him, Oh Soo is sent to jail. Maybe because I felt like whether or not he gave it in, Kim still was going to find some excuse to kill him. But "Nice Guy" completely forgot about its main female lead, leaving her propped up in the corner while they finished out the main guy's story. As for Secretary Wang, I wished she had stayed gone. i had the same reaction when a friend told me, man! Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff . After they each pull away, Young comforts him: Dont cry. No one told her Soo was dead. While watching a weather forecast, you may hear the meteorologist say something like, "We have a north wind coming in today." I don't think he's a chef, but I do think he owns some kind of restaurant. It's a modestly-scaled character study about Lizzy ( Caitlin Gerard ), a resourceful, alienated frontierswoman wholiving in a desolate cabin in the middle of an undisclosed part of 19th . I agree with you Canxi. I think the idea of ''the best friend as a traitor'' does make sense in this plot. Young not only forgives her, but understands that Wang loved her all this time and just couldnt express it properly. Also, um. But, to be perfectly honest, I wasn't thinking about her hair at all this episode, haha. Young made it thru surgery. "If that had been me, Id have taken the knife and gone after Kim.". It made me wonder if because this was a melodrama, the writer had the characters inflict (more) pain to each other for the sake of the nature of the drama fitting the bill (of a melodrama) till the end. Things arent looking good for Soo in the game, as Boss Man starts laughing as he turns over his cards. Then again, that just adds to the brokenness of Young's character- having to depend on the person whho crippled you and over time accepting that person's love? appId : '127538621120543', I don't know. As she takes a taxi home, she opens the window to feel the wind. His life will be in danger if he can't come up with a large sum of money quickly. According to Secretary Wang, Soo started there six months ago. Your email address will not be published. As far as I'm concerned I"m happy with the ending, the viewer can choose. Out of all the melos I've seen, this one is definitely the most satisfying. Thank you so much, Heads, for verbalizing all of my frustration and crankiness over the ending of this show, especially the illogical, disjointed mess of the final episode. fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; Just like the one guy says, "Soo was willing to forget pride". Doctor Sun-hee treats Young at home, with Lawyer Jang and her closest friends watching nervously even as Sun-hee declares that Young will be fine when she wakes up.