To sum it all up in one question...
- Why did the woman kept on living with her busband?
He was extremely agressive to her and it seemed to me that the husband is somehow "superior" to the wife. Is this a korean women´s right issue or was it just a isolated case?
Thanks.
Korea's divorce rate today ranks among the world's highest. So, I think it is just an isolated case, like Julia Robert's in sleeping with the enemy.
sharethe bribe should be enough for you to understand. he is obsessed about his posessions and he has means to do anything within society's norms.
This story is about two characters with strong determination who chose to weed out arguments and fights. That's pretty much what a divorce would be about.
OP, you have a good point, I wondered about that too. Not so much just why she stayed with him even though he obviously beat and control her, but when they were caught by the police it seemed the cops handed her over to her husband pretty much like she was a child or something.
I understand that her husband was a powerful man who obviously could bribe the police, but it still seemed strange to me.
well... now these days... South korea has high divorce rates. The concept of divorce/ unhappy couple is constantly used in K-drama/soaps. And who is in the middle of all this strife? the kids...
The woman in this movie is supposed to be a lonely loyal wife.
Seems to be a Korean issue. I remember reading about how Cambodia banned mail order marriage to South Korea. Because they kept being killed and beat. So there is definitely some old style mail superiority,female submissive in Korean marriages. As South Korean becomes more open to Western ideas,business,etc. Its starting to become somewhat like Japan.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.