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A must-have for makjang-lovers. A roller coaster of evil where you end up feeling for the worst, too
"Five Fingers" is a must-have for all those who love "makjang". A roller coaster of evil... and it doesn't stop. The spectators are allowed to tear their hair, wriggle, turn, annoy themselves to the bitter end... It's about the piano, too - some battles take place while playing, being around and doing business with the grand piano.This is about family and South Korean family values/virtues in particular. Submission to the value system is declined as a virtue in all its fatality. In the interweaving of events, the viewer inevitably faces the question again and again: is it virtue or stupidity, virtue or impertinence, virtue or arrogance?
The series dates from 2012 and makes a cunning attempt to challenge viewers to confront the value system. The rebellious thoughts inevitably arise in the minds of the viewers, because the well-meaning decisions that the protagonists make over and over again drive the values surrounding family (love) to the absurd and trigger suffering one after the other.
The ambivalence inherent in this is exploited perfectly. The actors do their part.
With 30 episodes there may be a tendency to flee in between, but I don't know anyone who didn't stick it out to the end. The ending may not be the classic happy ending, but it may be the true happy ending: the wheel of fortune comes to a standstill. Peace.
At first glance, the greed for money and power seems to be the driving force behind all evil. But actually it is the greed for love and recognition. The wheel of fate and suffering has already been turned on long before the protagonists - the two half-brothers In-ha and Jin-ho - compete against each other. To a certain extent they live out the unresolved conflicts of their parents. If you want to ask who is to blame for everything, then the root goes back a long way. The father pulls the strings out of the grave and it goes even further. A nice psychological study. Especially since you can't help but feel sympathy for everyone, even the worst troublemakers.
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Joo Ji Hoon will be the initial draw for many. His performance as Yoo Ji Ho is tremendous fun. While the character starts off ridiculously trusting and naive, his development in the second half more than makes up for it. This point is also where Ji Hoon settles into his element. Seemingly improved from Warrior Baek Dong Soo, Ji Chang Wook plays a precariously balanced role with ease. I wanted to hate his Yoo In Ha, but couldn't completely; he was such a pitiable man and, in another life, things might have been different. The three veteran actresses portraying the mothers were also compelling, Chae Si Ra in particular. It must have been difficult pulling off such a complicated character like Young Rang.
Music may be considered another star in Five Fingers. There were many pleasing vocals, including a sad theme by Ji Chang Wook himself: "Fills My Heart." Lim Jeong Hee's "Don't Love Me" seemed to play the most and nearly brought me to tears once or twice. Classical and original instrumentals pepper the rest of the scenes. These work marvelously to amplify their impact and while dynamic, never bring the action over into the cheesy.
Viewers should be aware that Five Fingers deals in themes of domestic abuse and portrays one of the most dysfunctional families ever to grace the screen. The portion before the time skip can be a little hard to watch, and personally my emotions were all over the place.
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was a newcomer to me as I had never seen him in anything before but I will remember his name. Cha Hwa Yun as Madame Na, this has to be the first time I've loved her character!! This definitely ran the gamut from mental abuse to revenge and it was well served. Great job by all! Cannot wait to see them in the future!
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The moral of the story is.. show you have forgiven someone while we can because it might be too late..
I am not quite satisfied though with the ending cause we did not know what happened to DaMi, the Grandma and the Father. Who was the child JI Hoo bump into when he entered the place where he played the piano with In Ha? Is she the child of In Ha and Da Mi? A Special to this drama should be done to satisfy us viewers.
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Story: It was well written and well paced. It never got draggy and once the revenge started each episode got more and more addicting. There was a major twist thrown in towards the last half in which you wouldn’t think was possible but it makes the drama more exciting. The weakest part though was the romance. Its not a focal point as the writers focus more on dysfunctional family relationships and revenge. I also didn’t like the ending at all. It pissed me off in many ways!
Acting/Cast: Both Joo Ji Hoon and Ji Chang Wook showed different sides in the characters they played. I wouldn’t have recognized them from their past characters that Ive seen. Really big props to JCW though cause his villain was super believable. The actress that plays the mother deserves an award because although she plays the main villain throughout, from the beginning to the end I always had sympathy for her. She did many unforgivable things and yet I just wanted her to seek forgiveness and live a happy life. As for Jin Se Yun, Im just going to say it: it was a big mistake to cast her. I know their was a lot of controversy cause she was replacing the girl from T-ARA but even then, she just did not fit the role of Hong Da Mi and she had zero chemistry with both male leads, which made the romance pointless to me. I thought the supporting cast was perfect.
Music: Lovely classical music being this is a classical themed drama. It was also intense at times and really made scenes more exciting.
Rewatch: Although I didn’t like the ending at all and was disappointed in the romance, I wouldn’t mind watching this again sometime in the distant future.
Overall if you like family melos such as Baker King and Can You Hear My Heart than you should add Five Fingers to your list.
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I basically wanted to watch because of J Hoon, who I really liked in Goong, and also I wanted to support him as he went thru a tough time with his scandal and all (after all everyone makes mistakes when young) Well he did a brilliant job in potraying his character, along with the second lead. The bromance (or brohate) is quite good between them.
The story is quite interesting as I like revenge type melos, although not one of the best. It mostly deals with emotions between parent and child and siblings. Sometimes its quite painful to watch but at the same time quite addicting that you cant stop.
Its a little long and tends to have repititions and my opinions is that it could have been a wonderful drama if it was 16 or 20 episodes max. The latter part of the drama is much more interesting than the first as there are lots of twists to keep you engrossed.
The romance is absolutely cold...not even luke warm, with no chemistry between the leads. Im sorry to say but the girl cant act.
The mother is played amazingly and definatly steels the show even though she is an evil character.
the ending.....well I didnt like it. I think they could have thought out a better end for that family, it felt a bit unsatisfactory.
All in all not bad, but not great either..watch if you like revenge melos, but there are much better ones out there.
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