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Young Mother: The Original

2016 · 85 min

A slow-burning, emotionally tangled drama where secrets and forbidden desire create a constant undercurrent of tension.

Directed by: Jeong Do-soo
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Jin Si-ah, Oh Gil-jae, Ahn So-hee

Tagline: I had a dream...sleeping with you and Hwa-yeong.
Overview: I had a dream...sleeping with you and Hwa-yeong. Jin-goo and Joo-hee were happy until one day their daughter Hwa-yeong, who had eloped with another man, came home. Hwa-yeong and Jin-goo were a couple at school and she had gotten pregnant. So things took place quickly and they got to live with Hwa-yeong's mother Joo-hee. However, when Hwa-yeong found out she wasn't pregnant, hit it off with another man and left the house. Jin-goo and Joo-hee had fallen in love while she was gone. Hwa-yeong had broken up with her other man and came home. However, she finds it weird that Jin-goo is still at her mother's house. Jin-goo and Joo-hee put out all sorts of lies to hide the truth from Hwa-yeong.

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Directed by: Jeong Do-soo
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Jin Si-ah, Oh Gil-jae, Ahn So-hee

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
deception
love
betrayal
identity
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex strong

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	7
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Jeong Do-soo
Starring: Jin Si-ah, Oh Gil-jae, Ahn So-hee, Do Mo-se
Runtime: 85 min
Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean

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