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DARK as hell but definitely an edge of the seat thriller!
Story-The first thing that comes to my mind after watching Children of Nobody is that this drama is quite unique when compared to other dramas, in a lot of aspects. It begins and ends and does not give you any breathing space. It's one hell of a ride and mind you, it's not a happy one. Children of nobody touches on the concept of (spoiler- child abuse) and portrays it's lasting mental and social effects on the victim and his/her family even as an adult. No complaints there, as this drama does not hesitate to show the darker and gruesome aspects of (spoiler-child abuse). Some really tragic but realistic situations in the society are shown in this drama and makes you question people and humanity in general.Mind you, this one has no happy and mundane, friendly/ family drama going on. It does not waste time on any unnecessary topics and dives straight into the mystery. Every moment in every episode has a relevant connection to the story and all of it unfolds beautifully in the final episodes. The director has done an amazing job at connecting all the cases and characters and the story line surprisingly does not drop in any episode. In hindsight, I don't think I found any episode boring or lagging. This drama has enough suspense elements to keep the audience on the edge of their seat.Acting-Coming to the characters, the two main leads have done justice to their respective roles. The supporting characters are pretty good too. However the main female lead, Cha Woo Kyung was a tad bit dull in some scenes. She has the exact same blank,forlorn expression in most of the scenes and according to me she could have been more expressive but none the less her acting does not hamper the story in any way. The male lead, Ji Heon is top notch in his role of a cop. The characters are believable and draw you into them. The good guys make you root for them while the bad guys are creepy as hell. So that's a thumbs up. I was pleasantly surprised to see the children playing such profound and deep roles in this show and they have nailed it for sure. You sympathize with the children which deepens your animosity towards the inhuman parents and root for justice.
Music- There is not much of an ost or any profounding soundtrack here. Nothing memorable. For this kind of a drama it's not even required. The background score is good enough.
The best part about Children of Nobody is that it keeps you guessing till the last episode as to who the killer is. It keeps you confused till the very end. I believe some people can actually watch this drama in one go. Apart from the social message on child abuse, it also leaves behind a very significant question for us to think over as to who the bad guy really is. This drama is definitely a must watch. Do not give it a miss.
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Story -
As i said above the story was different and mind blowing from the beginning. A set of mysterious murders take place without any trace or evidence, the dectatives are trying very hard to figure out the killer. ,There is child abuse and things are quite complicated and even more suspicious. The dectative suspect many people involved in the spot or related to the victims. The investigation going deeply and it also involved emotional pain and suffering.There are some hard hitting emotional moments.. last 5 episode before the finale was just outstanding..
Acting -
All characters are awesome and real. Some of them are very mysterious. You will definitely fall in love with each and every characters
Music-
This is a throughout investigation journey, so the back ground score playing an important part of it. And it was superb. It makes this drama more intense and realistic with that extraordinary bgm.
Making -
Am so stunned to see the technical side of the drama, especially cinematography. It looks so real in each and every frame. The dark scenes are looks so magical and it created a horror feeling in some shots.
Last word -
You guys should just give it a try, its not an ordinary style drama, it has even more realistic emotional intense and mysterious after each and every episodes throughout from the start to end. It will surely surprise you
ONE OF THE BEST INTENSE DRAMA I SEEN
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An awesome thriller!
LIKEFor the first four episodes, my heart was racing as everything seemed spooky and mysterious
When Woo Kyung completed a poem, my heart skipped a beat - omg that was scary
DISLIKE
Nothing to complain about a great thriller
MUSIC - personal fav
Smile again - Kim Min Seung
REWATCH VALUE
I'll re-watch someday as I have way too many outstanding dramas on my list
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Unlikeable FL
I'm writing this after watching 20 episodes (12 left to go) because of how frustrating it is to watch a moral drama with such an unlikeable FL (Cha Woo Kyung). Maybe things will change in the last 6 episodes to completely change my mind, but 10 episodes in, the show has been spoiled for me by the FL. It's too bad because so much of the show is good: acting, plot, sense of mood/mystery/suspense. It tackles a tough issue and does it well--no makjang elements or silly comedic relief here. But for a show that is about good vs. evil, I found myself being frustrated by how unconvincing the good element is. I'm not saying that the heroine needs to be 100% purely good, but the FL is so self-righteous and so blind/defensive about her motives/actions that it's hard to root for her. Other than her desire to see child abusers punished--and who doesn't?--she is not a nice, likeable character; she does not treat others around her--colleagues, husband, daughter--very fairly. So at least partly due to her strong sense of moral cause, she is stubbornly blind to her moral failings. Especially frustrating is her inabilility to admit her weaknesses and ask for help, when she spends all of her time/energy demanding that everyone else fall in line with her sense of judgment. I wanted to root for her, but there's such a wall of coldness/self-righteousness around her that I just couldn't do it--and that has so far spoiled the drama for me.Again, perhaps everything about her motives/actions/personality will be explained in the final 6 hours in a reasonable way, but so far, I'm realizing that I need the heroine to be likeable for me to really care about what she cares about. Of course, child abuse is something we can all agree should be prevented/punished, but fighting against child abuse shouldn't excuse other types of moral failings.
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Perfect in every sense of the word
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Maybe you all will not believe I gave all a round perfect star for story, cast, music etc.It just such a long long long time South Korea did a pure one on those genre, based on child which happend only on big screen like the one Bae Doona eonni took. Just on story itself this drama did ensure their winning, all character have their own past base story which made them do like that, even I who usually get whose the criminal and plotline did lost because their are tons of possibility that happend in here.
The cast from Kim Sunah who get a title of queen of romcom from her previous drama with Hyunbin (My lovely Sam Soon) did a pure genre of these thriller, criminal, etc which drained the actor energy to potray the character, which maybe she did train in Woman's Dignity. Our Lee Yikyung first male lead role *congratulation(if you ruled out Yoo Mi's Room) after countles of supporting character like bully student in School 2013 (our Woobin and Jongsuk oppa deul), young version in Nine, You, Who came from star as the killer's secretary, and Descendant of Sun as contractor worker which made him into a stardome limelight. Nam Gyuri (49days) and N which his acting become more and more better even leap into B class actor after the disaster Sassy Go Go even when the story was good. More of it all the children actor and actress sure did a very good job (cant wait for them grow up like Nam Dareum and do pick a lot of good pieces in drama and movie or another job in variety or such) It make us believe the PD, Screenwriter did their homework for made a plausible story and casting a good actor which sync perfectly into their assigned roles.
Drama set, vehicle, even their costumes will not like your usual drama which a lot of kind ppl scene, this drama is 99,99% art drama. Not so glamorous, pricey (even the real one those are cost us for fasting in months).
Music too sure, keep us being creep as the msytery happen etc. Only a total detective and such will love this kind of story so for others who cant handle it should not watch it because it's not your pinky pinky love story and such plus bit of humour like in Son, The Guest, its total dark drama.
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