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In some places, where she seems very traditional and her decisions seem virtuous in the service of the family, she also turns out to be truly modern. The processes she goes through again and again are numerous and moving. I think actress Youn Yuh-jung rocks the entire show. Finally, it is also about pride, guilt, shame, reconciliation, forgiveness and emancipation. The questions of who is allowed to marry whom and what that means for family life are worked through. The issues of disability, adultery and flaws of single parents are dealt with. In "Wonderful Days" you experience family as it would like to be and family as it really is, behind the facade - with all its taboos and lies and secrets and flaws.

The setting for this is fittingly the traditional hanok, in this case a giwajib, a dwelling for a middle-class family. And so "Wonderful Days" is the perfect KDrama to study family structures, dynamics and values as well as its impact on every day life in South Korean culture and tradition.įamily hierarchies, manners, customs and traditions are presented in detail. However, sooner or later is always about family. Of course there is a romance (and not just one). However, I think the whole family belongs here because family is the issue. Typically, the list of the main actors only contains Lee Seo-jin, Kim Hee-sun and Ok Taecyeon. If you´re only in it for the romance, than skip that one.