A Bad Family

It is a 2017 South Korean drama. Directed by Kim Min Kyung. Screen writer Kwon Hye Ji. Starring lee Joon Hyuk, Shin Eun Kyung, Hong Seo Young, Song Ji ho.

A high school daughter declares that she will live with boyfriend & quit school. A cheating mother. A father who is rarely home. The son who completed his military training. Quit SNU law school & works at home doing household chores. Family friendly comedy.

Hong Seo Young as Kim Na Na is perfect. I have seen her in ‘The Liar & His lover’ 2017, ‘Her private Life’ 2019.

Shin Eun Kyung as her mother is graceful. She doesn’t look her age. ‘Oh My Ghost’ 2015, ‘The Last Empress’ 2018, ‘The Penthouse: War in Life ‘ 2020, ‘The Penthouse Season 2 & 3 ‘ 2021. She never ceases to amaze.

Lee Joon Hyuk as Na Na ‘s father. I was watching him after so long. ‘Hyde, Jekyll, Me ‘ 2015, ‘Doctors’ 2016, ‘Love in the Moonlight’ 2016, ‘My Father is Strange’ 2017, ‘Misty’ 2018, ‘100 days My Prince’ 2018, ‘Touch Your Heart’ 2019, ‘Doctor Prisoner’ 2019, ‘Eulachacha Waikiki season 2’ 2019, ‘Catch the Ghost’2019, ‘Hot Stove League’ 2019, ‘Mystic Pop-Up bar’ 2020, ‘My Roommate is a Gumiho’ 2021.

Song Ji ho as Na Na’s brother. ‘Stranger’ 2017, ‘Stranger season 2’ 2020, ‘You Are My Spring’ 2021, ‘Doctor Cha’ 2023,’Lovely Runner’ 2024. He is Im Sol’s brother. And any soul doesn’t know Sol is not possible!

Baek Soo Ryun as grandmother. She makes a grand entry in the house & in the hotel later to throw everything in chaos.

Park Sung Hoon as Na Na’s home room teacher. Reading through all the comments I found people noticed him as being cute. Now, they know him from ‘Glory’ & “Queen of Tears’!!! Did he have that negative streak in his roles, always ? Here, he falls for Na Na’s mother, unaware that she is married!

After the first police station scene, as Na Na’s boyfriend takes money & leaves. Or earlier when her mother calls him ‘an orphan’ he cries, I knew this drama is different.

Family ties are different in every family. Labelling them ‘Bad’ will not do. Why do we expect parents to be always right? There are flawed parents! We should expect & accept variation.

It keeps you on toes.

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Hi all! I am a lover of Asian TV series and films and these are my random musings on the world of Asian entertainment :)

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