If it was sooner rather than so close to the end, it would have sat in place better, narratively. Five minutes before the ending: WHAT!? If there's one thing that i loved coming out of this show, it's my new love for jo in sung. When I slit my wrist, I looked forward to you opening my door instead of feeling scared. Happy waiting for the next trip everyone. Bravo to the whole cast, and especially to the dreamy Zo in Sung. All suicide attempts are a cry for attention? - I really praised the writer for having this kind of story. It's almost like the story is saying that sometimes people really, really hurt the ones they love but we forgive them? if (d.getElementById(id)) return; Like you say, she made Young blind! Later that night, Soo affixes the bell string to her wrist again. Was this technique not used by both Soo and Young more than a few times throughout the drama? 1.6K Views. After watching the last ep, even though we got the happy ending, I felt that it was a frustrating journey. They are most probably dead and in heaven somewhere. It's lovely and I don't think you can blow it off as just pretension. Connect with Facebook I love this show for all its prettiness and as much as I try to make myself truly love it, I can't help but leave feeling empty and cold towards the latter part of the show. i don't think dreaming would be like that. Had he survived, there would be no talk of bringing flowers to see Soo. (Just enough to pay Soos debt.) There was something old Hollywood about him, maybe Bogart or Grant that made this leading man into more than just a smooth talking conman. She can see him, even if the picture isnt too clear, and smiles brightly. And if somehow the show fails to root a characters emotions and reactions in some form of universal logic, then in the words of Cool Hand Luke, What weve got here is a failure to communicate.. (And not a moment too soon!). Loving "oh couple" #OhCoupleForever besides, Song Hye Kyo, Jo . This show started out great but slowly became distant with the sudden implausibilities and uncertainty of what Young was thinking as well as glossing over Sec. I do agree with you that how we got to that light at the end of the tunnel was more important than the light itself. Also, if they were both in the afterlife, I'm sure Young would get 100% of her sight back. This is my third drama with this writer and it looks like she enjoys getting her characters to the lowest they can go (sickness, almost dying) and then having then come out unscathed and fine. I didn't have a problem with Soo not taking the $$ though! What's with Jin sung and Hee sun talking 'bout bringing flowers to Oh Soo? Wind carries heat, moisture, pollutants, and pollen to new areas. The show was very beautiful to look at. A final note: the KISSING! This doesn't change the fact though that this show was sooooo purttty. So many times I said "but why?" So, you never know right! Here it just doesn't compute. Jin-sung just kneels there, shaking and sobbing. Thank you so much for the recap. Or maybe Soo went into hiding until gangster Kim was arrested? She can write characters with extremely logical and complex psyche, even the baddies. But I'm just so thankful. Jin-sung, WHY did you hang up on Hee-sun?! I've watched it happen in quite a few dramas. it's out of topic but I have to disagree that it's a porn movie, it is sexually graphic yes, but those are used to show how they become lustfully needing each other and to INCREASE TENSION as we go to the part when the deception was caught in the act (we can see their progress of being indifferent to each other up to the point that they're comfortable to do all the positions they want). When the Wind Blows. JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Wind Blows merupakan drama Korea garapan sutradara Jung Jung Hwa yang dirilis pada 2019 lalu. I think the whole flower thing is to amend for stabbing Oh Soo. If not, its a bad thing. It is what it is. Wind is caused by uneven heating of the earth's surface by the sun. We knew it would be, but it hurts to see the crazed look in Jin-sungs eyes as Soo hauls himself up to eye level. If the ending wasn't real then that was s a very elaborate dream with the cafe, watress, the fact that Soo had been for 6 months. Blurry happy ending scenes are so cliche. (Seriously! Question: I know Heads explained it, however I am still confused, did OS kept folding because if he didn't win he would be dead (being killed by Boss Man) and Boss Man wouldn't be able to get his money back (and OS of course didn't know that Boss Man wanted him dead anyway, regardless of the results)? (Dude, where were you when your boss was driving on pain killers?). This song is based on a novel released in 1982 entitled "When the Wind Blows". Though IMY is a drama I'd only recommend with warnings attached (it's definitely not for everyone) there was no story-logic fail. Keep attention that in this case, the arrowhead points to the direction to WHICH the wind blows and the beginning of each arrow is FROM where it blows. (and really, if it's a happy ending, is it so hard to just give us a straight forward ending but why also a stabby scene? I don't think it was an excuse to put in alot of sex scenes. It looks like the writer got tired after a few episodes and, especially in the end, realized there were things to be told, so they had to be smashed to fit into the general picture. I beg to differ . Lee Myung Ho [Young's fiance] Support Role. Shes had it rough, but so did Soo. If nothing else, this was an insanely beautiful show, well-scored and well-acted. Or that he was dead and the ending was a dream. That problem didnt exist as much with Soo, though these past few episodes didnt do him a ton of favors. I also think it's real because Jin Sung and Hee Sung can't possibly be so cheerful had Jin Sung killed his hyung. Really? This is the perfect way to describe how I was feeling about the show in its final eps. Oh, and yes, thanks to TWTB, I also discovered Jo In Sung!! Has anyone watched the japanese version? Had Soo survived, there was no way, the gangster boss, Kim, would have let Jingsung lived happily. But the scenes with Lawyer Jang and all of them wasn't from her perspective. GRRRR!! When I started watching I already accepted the fact that someone or even all of the lead characters might die. BOO-mother-frikkin-HOO. The beginning of this drama was so so so good!!! Boise spokesperson Colin Hickman said the city was not aware of any statements . WHY WOULD YOU KILL HIM!? Did the show sacrifice its potential just for fan service? i had the same reaction when a friend told me, man! I am just speculating of course, however, that was what went through my mind. FB.init({ appId : '127538621120543', But it could be Minions shady-lookin dude guarding them, which means its a good thing. I've just finished watching That Winter, The Wind Blows and I thought that overall the series was great and well worth the watch. If Oh soo died, the flowers would be placed to a location where he died or to his favorite place or maybe where Oh young and Oh first met. My first reaction to the ending was Soo is dead and all is in Young's head (because I'm a sucker for apparently, the traditional melodrama ending - I've been so out of it, I didn't know open ending or happy ending is an option!). As for the ending, I still kinda feel in some way that Soo is actually dead and whatever was happening was happening in some parallel universe, lol. It is only 16 episodes. Why is everything so blurry? I didn't think there were many loose ends or plot holes, but the last episode sure makes it seem like there was just because it was like fitting a bunch of things haphazardly in a suitcase in way. There are a bit of similarities between both shows which leads me to wonder what is it with the all the melodrama cliches? Secretary Wang wants to know why, considering how she made Young, you know, blind. Even at the moment when I wanted to end it, a part of me still wanted you to run back to me. Hee-suns alive and living in the countryside with Jin-sung, and Jin-sung effectively scares away a possible suitor by telling him that hes already slept with Hee-sun. This is not the case with That Winter, the Wind Blows. As she takes a taxi home, she opens the window to feel the wind. I took the time to read Liera's but I didn't know how to respond. Young finally prepares for surgery, as she tells Sun-hee that shes prepared for any eventuality though it would be nice to live through the surgery. That scene jump from cafe to that path lined with cherry blossom trees was so abrupt and strange, kind of like how it would happen in dreams. There was realism to that. This is one drama that defies logic. Too many very explicit sex scenes without enough justification. Tags: featured, Jo In-sung, Kim Bum, Song Hye-gyo, That Winter the Wind Blows, Your email address will not be published. I mean, if you want to commit suicide, don't you really slit your wrists (BOTH of them) and get in the water for maximum bleeding? I did not feel a thing at the end of this show. And HeadsNo2, thank you, once again, for not squandering your gift and for so generously sharing it with us. I for one liked the ending. Which is crappy and yes, obsessive and crazy! She takes Soos face in her hands as she adds that she has more to tell him, but itll wait until after her surgery. Though I was happy to see OS alive, I was not jumping up and down, I was not clapping (meaning I was not overly excited), and I couldn't help but wonder if MC dying (though maybe we had that coming) and the other characters being alive (I am assuming) was a way of doing fanservice, the main characters got to live and all. I don't see how the ending could be just a dream. It's a modestly-scaled character study about Lizzy ( Caitlin Gerard ), a resourceful, alienated frontierswoman wholiving in a desolate cabin in the middle of an undisclosed part of 19th . If the fact that AFF is a story about a sexual relationship between two people growing into something else isn't enough justification for it having sex scenes, I don't know what is. As for Secretary Wang, I wished she had stayed gone. Wah anywhy was a great drama plus the acting was awesome X3. M/V contains the ending scenes of the drama That Winter, The Wind Blows starring Jo In Sung and Song Hye Kyo, The song is Angel's Wings (with English subtit. His parents dumped him when he was at his early age. He could feel it "push" and hear it . *cries*. Boss Man turns over Soos cards, revealing that Soo did have a flush, and thus the winning hand. She got the call from Jin-sung while she was on her way to treat Young. He lives a meaningless life where there are no goals, no ambitions, no future, nothing. Like you, I didn't understand why she couldn't have that conversation with OS when she was having her tea and he was there (right there), and she had already shared her questions with him. And yeah, if you compare the movie ending, there were no people around. I think if they showed the process of Jin Sung contemplating whether to stab Oh Soo or not, then we wouldn't get that element of surprise. There were a lot of "wth" moments in the last few episodes that were left unresolved. If not, theyll call the cops. I just erase it. However, I really think her brain cancer would be treated with gamma knife radiation - had a friend's mother die from a brain tumor and they didn't treat with chemo but radiation. Oh Soo (Jo In Sung) has always lost the people he has loved. I love reading your insightful, witty and humorous recaps. But time skips are not a panacea, and its a universal truth I really wish dramaland would accept, especially when the end result isnt anything we couldnt have reached without it. Just like Young, this show grew and developed until about halfway, when it started losing its momentum, getting more secretive, and reverting to bad old habits. The surreal film follows a woman's slow descent into madness as she struggles to survive the crushing solitude of the 19th-century frontier lands. Thats where Young fails as a character, even though earlier episodes showed her growing and changing from the cold and prickly person she once was, which was mostly due to Secretary Wangs heavy hand in keeping her in a child-like state, into a woman who realized that the world wasnt always out to get her. Danny has been going off for days about the meteor shower that will happen tonight, but no one can watch it with him. I dont want to admit it, but I cant be a better person. "The Wind Blows" is a 2019 Viki Original Korean drama directed by Jung Jung Hwa and Kim Bo Kyung. Monsoons cause wet and dry seasons throughout much of the tropics. :(. Now that i know there's a happy ending TIME TO WATCH!! Oh and Kim Bum, I don't think I can forgive you. There is absolutely no reason to vague up a happy ending so yeah that was not a happy ever after ending. But then Id be asking for realism, and that is not what this show was selling. The wind direction in the form of arrows is indicated on the widgets of the spots closest to you, including weather stations. Make Kim think Oh Soo, died like Moo Chul had everyone thinking he was threatening Soo instead of just warning him? If he didn't I'd have to wrestle with that scene. It may have lost itself in its own mesmerizing cinematography at times, but I thoroughly enjoyed the visual experience. SHK and JIS are really good looking. 5 min. It was almost as if there were no real repercussions to her actions, except for some of the company's stocks she lost (I think) and the fact that she was homeless for a few weeks (I am assuming)? Sometimes you can't explain your heart. Retinitis pigmentosa is not curable a disease. When it finally drops, Jim's typically British and succinct reaction is "Blimey". Kim Tae Woo. endings were perfectly done. I normally question these things in my head, but this time, I prefer that everyone heals for no apparent reason to get my happy ending. Setelah menjalani operasi ahir nya sang putri bisa melihat kembali meskipun tidak sepenuh nya sembuh. But gradually, the characters grew on me, and their relationships touched me. Soo mention od secretary Wang and the scene with the blind folded Wang, M and Jang say yes. Like it's sometimes distracting. I loved the ending, but I don't know what to make of it. !good point haha. But seriously, despite its at times heavy flaws- I still love the show. With TWtWB's both leads had their stories wrapped up fairly well and the story-fail was in a secondary line that, in the end, didn't actually affect much. Can she see? This drama was beautiful and I no doubt loved it but the ending didn't exactly get stupid, it just never explained itself.. I still think this would have made for a interesting -if somehow predictable- conflict. Summary. Instead of theorizing, theres another option, in that the obligatory happy ending could have just made sense without requiring leaps in logic. We have to keep in mind you can survive these things and it's not completely out there. Now I've sat here formulated my own thoughts and ideas about what happened in the end, but I thought that it might lead to some interesting discussion as to how other . Yep! I'll bet Young cut the short way across her arm too, rather than the long way, which would again be what you would do if you actually wanted to die. Soo chaotic and rushed and nonsensical. Depending on a viewer's experience the way the drama is seen will be different. Just wanna kick that stupid Boss Man now. Regardless, though, I still can't help but feel lightheaded and drunk from all the prettiness between SHK and JIS in the "1 year later" scenes. 5. But unlike That Winter the Wind Blows, in Merlin, each episode was a story in and of itself and brought closure at the end. Time for some new premieres, with That Winter, The Wind Blows heading the melodramatic pack over at SBS. I wonder, I wonder. Sure, the boy gets the girl in the end, but you have no idea about HOW. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed the show but I just feel disappointed because it could have been a great drama. Really, why? Seriously I kept fast forwarding cuz there was nothing intriguing. Also, Jin Sung was actually about to stab Soo a second time, but couldn't bring himself to do it, so he dropped the knife. Soo calls Mi-ra to say hes on his way, but still, shouldnt he stay to make sure Jin-sung gets out of there? This is not the case with That Winter, the Wind Blows. my two cents anyway. But I'm leaning toward a happy-ever-after both are alive and living and loving ending, because hey, this is K-drama land, and if Young can survive a wrist-slitting, then Soo can survive a fatal knife woundtwice. So let me get this straight. 16 episodes. While she was in the taxi she felt the wind rushing throught the trees, thats why she told the taxi driver to stop the car, she wanted to walk because she wanted to feel the breeze. English Title: Wind Blows in Winter Korean Title: , Cast: Jo In Sung, Song Hye Kyo, Kim Bum, Jung Eun Ji # of Episodes: 16 Airing Days: Wed-Thurs Broadcasting Station: SBS Teasers: 001, 002 Associated with: Jdrama - I Don't Need Love & Kmovie - Love Me Not Synopsis: A melodrama about a man and a blind woman who don't believe in love. I guess I cant begrudge a character for not being selfless, so Ill boil it down simply: No matter her deep-seated issues, Young didnt make for an enjoyable heroine. A romcom, please!!! Now shes looking toward the future, to when theyll meet again. I so needed this recap to make sense of the endingare they both alive and getting a chance at love? 6 years later, they meet again. This is my first melo and I endured it all for JIS, hahaha! if so what are you doing? Is he alive or just a figment of her memories? And second, Soo is alive because, as you say, picklemonster, they have too prosaic a conversation. Since everyone went all in, he won the game, and all of Boss Mans money. But he interacts with too many people and objects to be a ghost or a memory. Sun-hee, after a dose of Newfound Optimism, smiles as she claims that Youngs chances are over 50% with that kind of preparedness. It can't be heaven either, because they would've just MET each other. heads, i remember u commenting on SHK casted in a melodrama (TWTWB) which makes me think u don't like her acting abilities? It really was. I think part of the problem lies with how the show quickly glossed over Jin Sung's dilemma and there were also no explanations on how Soo all of a sudden is alive in the end. 'The Wind' is a slow-burn horror-mystery based in the Wild West. I decided not to count Youngs full head of hair as part of the equation since I considered it a vanity issue, despite the fact that brain surgery and long-term chemotherapy should produce some visible, physical effects. while watching this episode, as in "I really want to understand, but honestly, I don't. But thanks for the pretty and until the end am still team KKB, boy's way too fine! I think she is still smart, just that depression--or drama depression, even--doesn't care about smartness. I absolutely love your comments and totally agree word for word with your analysis. That Winter The Wind Blows Ending Explain. For taking the time to actually write it out or type it out in this case. And as a result of their country being deemed as a potential target . It's nearing the end of autumn, and winter is just around the corner. I wished they would have saved time there, and showed us what happened after OS was stabbed, instead of letting us speculate on what happened. hahaha, I can't believe more people didn't think of that, poor forgotten oppa Oh Soo :(. As folks already pointed out, I just don't get why Sec. I will miss this drama.. hiks. One of the least enjoyable finales av ever watched! (the way to end the show?) Because it just does not make sense. If we add the something else, then this was an insanely beautiful if not sometimes-frustrating exercise in understanding people who looked like people, but had some moments where they didnt really act like people. 2. Secretary Wang and Young have a heart to heart as Wang tells her that even after the surgery, Young wont be able to live alone not because shes handicapped, but because no one can do anything alone. Having Soo say he made a mistake is kind of the show telling everyone to forgive her. The camera clearly focused on him, when he was on the ground, stabbed, after the flashabck he had his eyes were wide open for like seconds. That Winter The Wind Blows Ending Explained - Connie Chambers Obituary News, Death - Cause Of Death - . I love this drama, its been an amazing ride and regardless the ending, i still think its one of the best drama out there, but the last episode wasweird. Because she chatted and interacted with him. And Oh Soo and Jin Seong ain't Robert Redford and Paul Newman. They also tend to be short-lived lasting typically several hours to a day. (Shes implying that people need people, and that they need each other.). And Soo saying that he made a mistake in ousting her?! It was like a bad fairy tale that had a happy ending tacked on to please the audience. Also, um. Well, Young must be alive. It was just obviously a British animated film based on a graphic novel by Raymond Briggs. ;), Which means Soo must be alive, too. that he doesnt need it anymore, all while Young stands at her open window, ringing the glass bell as he leaves. I did have a much more beautiful hair after my chemo and it takes me only 2 months to grow my hair. And yes, like mentioned above, to show lust and passion. Overall a beautiful drama with beautiful people. and yeah. But it doesn't make sense. Theres new focus to her eyes she can definitely see. Thank you, Heads, for pointing out all the illogical additions and omissions that left me feeling confused and nonplussed during the last three or more episodes. That scene left me really perplexed because I would have liked to have known what happened (considering how long OS seemed to have been on the ground and he seemed dead. He decides to divorce Soo-Jin out of concern for her future. xfbml : true, // parse social plugins on this page Really? A coastal region, for instance, undergoes changes in wind direction daily. And then sit there and cry about it while he dies in front of you. Because, it was so sweet but then it was so BLURRY! I don't know. These 2 things really disappointed me, there were definetely some things who could have been done better, but on the other hand, im sure not many directors/writers could have succeded in making it better or at least as good as these producers did. Tags: Fake Incest, Stolen Identity, Deception, Male Chases Female First, Playboy Male Lead, Hidden . Your email address will not be published. Im going to backtrack a bit to the attempted suicide, frankly because it still doesnt make any godforsaken sense on my end. Even for wearing that maroon suit and pants at ep16! We shouldnt have to go through what a character is feeling in order to understand them if that were the case, how could I understand the plight of second generation chaebol princes or cross-dressing nuns joining an idol group if Ive never been in those shoes? But fine, lets say Ill buy that love cures all, and that she just needed to know that Soo cared. I'm certainly not an expert on NHK's work-- I've only seen a handful of her dramas. Thank you to the commenters, too. Song Hye-kyo sunk into the role of being a broken, blind and suicidal woman, who is struggling to shut down from the world outside. Didnt things turn out badly the last time he left someone for Young? And I'm just sitting around like "LOL, nah". ), but he stays on the phone with Mi-ra to get updates on Youngs surgery. Sure the show wasn't perfect but it did give us a happy ending which both characters deserved. I was also unhappy that Soo didn't take the money, making his con a moot point but whatever. I think soo is alive:) eith regards to yhe "blurred" background.. i noticed that too yet i understand it this way :) young can't see clearly.. shes not totally blind, the background is actually her vision (that's my take) the first time she saw soo after a year when he was on his bike i noticed it's blurred so i thought maybe it was young's vision and i confirmed it when young visited yhe restaurant she cant see him that clear but she can see him :). How can such a fine man do so many bad boy roles and be believable in them? We dont hear or see it, but the look on Jin-sungs face seems to tell us that the truck plowed into his familys car. It's alright if you're uncomfortable watching others be intimate at the moment, buuut "porn" is not the correct label for such a film. About the wang discussion, i think wang told her that soo died 20 days ago, after her chimio was over, because she didnt want to give up on her chimio because of the sad news (im assuming wang found out oh soo died 6 months ago). But there was nothing to support that theory so it's just Jin Sung doing something weird, lol. You're right, everyone in this show seems to heal rather quick. He struggles to his knees as we pan to the shoes of the man who stabbed him, the trembling man holding the knife, and up. It never felt like the characters were tying to be perfect or anything. Me too Jo In Sung forever.I'm like Lee Min Who?hahaha. }; Jin-sung Why? Soo ekes out, but his next words go to Young: Wait for me. Then he struggles to get up in order to go to her, though he can barely stand. Energy from moving air. "NHK lost her soul to the devil". Can she see? I did chuckle many times reading this recap. So my expectation was that in TWTWB, we would end up at least being able to understand all of the main characters. Its not over between us, she says, echoing his line from the video. 7. Love it! so that ending was weird, to say the least. As for Soo, I mean, dude got stabbed not shot. So, the suicidal attitude has always been there and it takes months of treatment, so I can totally relate to OY each time she is going back and forth with the suicidal attempt or negativity towards life. If you're looking for some information that's important to you (such as research for work or learning how to manage your money), then the advice here is to first write down the relevant keywords on a piece of paper to figure out exactly what you want, which will be a lot more efficient. There were just moments that I wanted to backtrack to check if I missed out anything, but just didn't have the patience to go through the frustrations again. I liked that Young's character stayed true to form for someone in her precarious situation. No thanks.). I was also wondering, why shouldn't have JS hanged up on HS? But, as much as I hate to say it, having seen dramas of hers like Goodbye Solo or More Beautiful Than a Flower, I can't help but feel that she's sold a part of her soul to write TWTWB (which was far more commercially successful). (I am just curious about that part). Ah, so maybe shes making plans for the future since she wants to have a future now. Some power that be wanted a happy to make viewers happy.