One night, Amemura Shinsuke, a bartender at a Nishi Azabu bar in Tokyo, is attacked by a male stranger and loses a part of his memories. However, he soon learns that he caused the death of a woman called Kishinaka Minae in a traffic accident one and a half years ago. And the man who came to attack him and later committed suicide, was her husband Reiji. For some reason, Shinsuke is frequently advised by the people around him that it is better not to recall bad things. He begins to have misgivings about the truth of the accident. Then when Shinsuke returns to the bar on one rainy night, Ruriko, a woman in mourning clothes and of unwordly beauty, shows up all of a sudden. From the time of her appearance, Shinsuke descends into a world of madness and anguish. Does she truly exist or is she a figment of imagination conjured by a guilty conscience?
The background is a detective story plus thriller, the MCs are kind of cold and unapproachable by most people, they both deal with an almost Impostor's Syndrome situation over and over again (except they don't doubt themselves, just don't fit in, for reasons).
There's quite a bit of similarity between the endings of the two dramas, too (can't tell more in order not to spoil them.)
Also, the acting is through the roof - you've seen the male leads together (Lee Joon Gi and Jung Kyung Ho) in another rather good drama, Time Between Dog and Wolf, and they nailed it there, too.
There's quite a bit of similarity between the endings of the two dramas, too (can't tell more in order not to spoil them.)
Also, the acting is through the roof - you've seen the male leads together (Lee Joon Gi and Jung Kyung Ho) in another rather good drama, Time Between Dog and Wolf, and they nailed it there, too.
Main character also uses someone else identity due to complicated family issues.
She then falls in love and starts a relationship while hiding her true identity.
Mask is more about the lies and betrayal between the couple, their relationship is more complicated and not as stable as in Flower of Evil.
She then falls in love and starts a relationship while hiding her true identity.
Mask is more about the lies and betrayal between the couple, their relationship is more complicated and not as stable as in Flower of Evil.
SIMILARITIES
• Both follow a married couple with a child (both are daughters)
• Both couples both struggle with their relationship at one point
• Someone in the family is kidnapped (/held hostage) at some point
• The stakes are pretty high in both dramas - you will feel tense watching both dramas
• Both are mystery and thriller - crimes that take place in present time are related to characters' past, so there's multiple mysteries to an extent
DIFFERENCES
• Flower of Evil follows a morally grey character ML who has been through a lot but still wants to do everything he can to protect his family. Whereas in My Family, the ML is basically an absent father who doesn't pay attention to his wife or daughter.
• Both follow a married couple with a child (both are daughters)
• Both couples both struggle with their relationship at one point
• Someone in the family is kidnapped (/held hostage) at some point
• The stakes are pretty high in both dramas - you will feel tense watching both dramas
• Both are mystery and thriller - crimes that take place in present time are related to characters' past, so there's multiple mysteries to an extent
DIFFERENCES
• Flower of Evil follows a morally grey character ML who has been through a lot but still wants to do everything he can to protect his family. Whereas in My Family, the ML is basically an absent father who doesn't pay attention to his wife or daughter.
Although Baek Hee Sung is hiding a dark secret surrounding his true identity, he has established a happy family life and a successful career. He is a loving husband and doting father to his young daughter. But his perfect façade begins to crumble when his wife, Cha Ji Won, a homicide detective, begins investigating a string of serial murders from 15 years ago. Ji Won notices changes in Hee Sung’s behavior and begins to wonder if he could possibly be hiding something from her.
Sakuragi Shun is a salesman who works for a Sunbath Home Housing, a house manufacturing company. He enjoys a happy life at home with his wife and daughter. Due to a sudden personnel change, he was assigned to transfer to Kagoshima, a city he was familiar with from his junior high school days. There, for the first time in 17 years, he is reunited with his first love Takeda Hana. She works as a junior high school teacher, while her husband who works as first mate, spends most of the year at sea, so she usually lives alone. While reminiscing the bittersweet memories of their high school days together, a hidden Pandora's box begins to open...
Furthermore, sparks also fly with Katoyama Naoya, Shun's friend and former love rival from their junior high school days, who now works for another company in the same industry. Although Shun has a beloved wife, the flames of jealousy quietly flare up. Meanwhile, Sakuragi Shun's wife is trying to suppress her anxiety. Based on their phone calls and emails, she becomes suspicious that her husband is cheating on her, and in order to eliminate her fears, she takes a trip to visit him in Kagoshima. As the slight lies begin to pile up, the truth becomes complicated, and when the lies are exposed, how will the relationship between the four of them
change?
Furthermore, sparks also fly with Katoyama Naoya, Shun's friend and former love rival from their junior high school days, who now works for another company in the same industry. Although Shun has a beloved wife, the flames of jealousy quietly flare up. Meanwhile, Sakuragi Shun's wife is trying to suppress her anxiety. Based on their phone calls and emails, she becomes suspicious that her husband is cheating on her, and in order to eliminate her fears, she takes a trip to visit him in Kagoshima. As the slight lies begin to pile up, the truth becomes complicated, and when the lies are exposed, how will the relationship between the four of them
change?
He Fei's wife, Li Mu Zi, disappeared mysteriously during their wedding anniversary trip. While he was searching for Mu Zi, she appeared again out of nowhere, but he insists that the strange woman in front of him is not his wife. Lawyer Chen Mai gets involved in this bizarre case, and more mysteries slowly emerge.
Completely different genres as one is based on a crime, one is sci-fi but..
Both romance
Both explores acceptance, embracement and loneliness.
FOE - male is lonely and female comforts
MHL - both lonely and comfort each other
Both have traumas.
Both have a nice and cold guy within one person/face
FOE - male's facade (who he wants to show)
MHL - man and robot (who he wants to be)
Both romance
Both explores acceptance, embracement and loneliness.
FOE - male is lonely and female comforts
MHL - both lonely and comfort each other
Both have traumas.
Both have a nice and cold guy within one person/face
FOE - male's facade (who he wants to show)
MHL - man and robot (who he wants to be)
