Mother

The Plot

Frustrated with the cursory investigations and unhelpful public defence attorney, a widowed mother went out to prove her mentally challenged son's innocence when the latter was accused of murder of a young girl.
(Cr : dramawiki)


The Cast

Kim Hye Ja - Mother

Won Bin - Do Joon

Jin Goo - Jin Tae

Yoon Je Moon - Je Moon

Jeon Mi Seon - Mi Seon


Foxi Feels

I must say that the Koreans are getting better and better at their story telling.


Forget about the love between Juliet and her Romeo; or between Delilah and her Samson; or even between Eve and her Adam.

It is a mother’s love that truly knows no bounds.


It is often a mother who will go through hell to bring her son back into the world.


It is always a mother who will continue to believe in her son’s innocence when others won’t.


And it is also a mother who will take secrets to her grave for her son to continue living.


Due to lack of local promotions, I often follow the Japanese and Korean entertainment scenes based on my preferred entertainer. In other words, if I like a certain actor, I will try to follow almost all of his or her work.

Can the real Won Bin please stand up

Likewise with Won Bin, I managed to watch almost all of his dramas and movies; and have just now completed sitting through his first movie after leaving the army – Mother.


Though, the producers naturally used Won Bin’s name to brand the movie, I believe the movie was truly carried by Kim Hye Ja, who brilliantly played the role of the Mother.

While the Korean horror movies always get the best reviews, I tend to shy away from them, preferring the romances and the thrillers instead.


Mother is one such thriller, telling a seemingly simple story of a mother trying to prove her son's innocence in a murder case.

It did not help that the evidences pointed straight to the son; and him, being a  simpleton, played along to the police’s manipulative ministrations.


At the same time, being poor, the Mother and son team cannot afford to hire a proper defence lawyer and had to resort to the incompetent services of a public defence lawyer.


In the end, Mother does who Mothers do best - take matters in her own hands and seek justice for her son.

Beautiful Kim Hye Ja with her on screen son

Personally, I liked it!


I like the twist in the story, the grey overtones, Won Bin's scraggly looks and the brutality of some of the characters. But most of all I really liked the Mother!


As mentioned above, Kim Hye Ja pulled off the character really well.


(while Won Bin proved yet again that he is truly an actor by not banking on his good looks for the role of the mentally challenged Do Joon)

Mother and the mentally challenged Do Joon

If you are a mother, you will identify with her. With her desperation, her need to save her son and to some extent her guilt to her son's predicament. 


But then again, life can sometimes be cruel; and at the end, the balance between right and wrong is only slight tilt of the scale.


Here's to all Mothers out there, God Bless!

English Subbed Trailer of Mother