Jang Young-nam reflects on the meaning of family by portraying a heartbreaking mother-daughter relationship.

tvN weekend drama ‘Unknown Seoul’, which aired on the 21st and 22nd, deeply resonated as it showed the process in which Kim Ok-hee(Jang Young-nam)resolves the complicated conflicts with her daughters Yu Mi-ji(Park Bo-young)and Kang Wol-soon(Cha Mi-kyung), who were always her sore thumbs, and grows into a true family.

In the broadcast that day, Kim Ok-hee realized that her twin sisters, Yu Mi-rae(played by Park Bo-young)and Yu Mi-ji, were changing their lives.She became suspicious because Yu Mi-ji, who had been to Seoul, was acting differently than usual.She immediately went to find her mother, Kang Wol-soon, and asked her, but was shocked when she was told, “Don’t scold the kids too much.”

At this time, Kim Ok-hee’s appearance of asking, “What does everyone think of me?” as if she was hurt also made the feeling even more pitiful.

The process of resolving the tangled conflict between mother and daughter was enough to bring tears to the viewers ‘eyes.

When Yumiji asked if she thought of her as her daughter and what she could do, she said, “Why can’ t you do something else? I told you that you can do anything,” and “Wherever you want to go, do what you want to do.Since your mom is here, you should leave,” for the first time, without beating around the bush, showing her true feelings.

The complex emotional acting displayed by the mother, who was always thought to be strong, when she turned into a child made the viewers ‘hearts ache.

In particular, the line, “I’ve never seen a face like that… but I think that there must have been a face like that inside, so I don’t know what I hated.All my life” was a moment that made me think back on the emotions of a mother and daughter that had been lost over time.

In this way, Jang Young-nam is proving her worth as a trustworthy actress by persuasively portraying Kim Ok-hee’s complex emotions, from the face of a mother who hides her clumsy sincerity behind her seemingly indifferent words to the moments when she lives as someone’s infinitely young and delicate daughter.


Reporter Lee Jeong- annjoy@donga.com

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