KimJiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo, translated by Jamie Chang, is published by Scribner (£12.99). To order a copy go to guardianbookshop.com. Free UK p&p over £15. Topics
The Long Plot, Sans Spoilers Jung Yu Mi plays Kim Ji-Young, a regular mom who left her career to focus on raising her child. Gong Yoo plays Jung Dae Hyun, Ji-Young's caring husband. Conflicts arise in and out of the household when Ji-Young gets afflicted with a psychiatric condition, where she "turns" into another person those close to her, like her mom and sister. Throughout the movie, the struggles of women in a patriarchal society are also shown, such as workplace issues, sexual harassment, and family expectations. The Short, Honest Plot A peek into the life of a stay-at-home mom who was a former career woman. She was ordinary...except that she has a loving hubby that looks like a god and whose only flaw, really, is his bossy AF mother and a psychiatric condition. The Actors And Where You Last Saw Them Jung Yu Mi as Kim Ji-Young Prior to this film, Yu Mi starred in the movie Psychokinesis 2018 with Ryu Seung Ryong and in the series Live 2018 with Lee Kwang Soo. ADVERTISMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓ Gong Yoo as Jung Dae Hyun Gong Yoo's most recent acting projects before this film were Train To Busan, The Age Of Shadows, and Goblin all in 2016. Did You Know? 1. This is Yu Mi and Gong Yoo's third movie together! The previous ones were Train To Busan and Silenced 2011. 2. The pair also belong to the same entertainment agency called Soop, which manages other big K-drama stars like Bae Suzy, Choi Woo Sik who was also in Train To Busan, and rom-com queen Gong Hyo Jin. ADVERTISMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓ 3. Suzy promoted the movie of her sunbae labelmates on her IG, but this didn't sit well with people who negatively viewed the movie's feminist theme. 4. Kim Ji-Young Born 1982 was actually based on a book of the same name. The novel, written by Cho Nam-Joo, sold over a million copies in Korea but also received criticisms because of the sensitive issues it touched upon. ADVERTISMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓ 5. Seo Ji Hye who played Seo Dan in Crash Landing On You and Red Velvet's Irene both revealed having read the novel...and both drew flak for it. What My Friends Think "I watched Kim Ji-Young primarily because I'm a huge Gong Yoo fan. I am so grateful I came out with more than my share of Gong Yoo goodness. It's a story about the everyday woman, often trapped with society's long-established rules and expectations. Every woman would find a piece of herself in Kim Ji-Young. I liked that the film showed pieces of her life randomly, and how it narrated how her current actions are effects of previous life experiences, and how society—from her family, work, and even her husband—had a hand in making Kim Ji-Young 'broken.' The movie doesn't want to present a clear-cut solution to an ingrained cultural and societal problem, but wants to raise awareness so that women will find her support system. And in the movie, Kim Ji-Young gets that. She actively seeks it. And I wish that every woman does the same. ADVERTISMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓ "The film left me with much appreciation for my mom, to fellow women who choose to live outside of herself every day—choosing her kids, peace, and family. Most of all, I gained a much deeper sense of respect for myself—how strong, worthy, and enough I am." —Agatha "The movie tackled a lot of issues most women have to face on a daily basis, which should not be the norm. Cameras in bathroom stalls, condescending male peers, having to sacrifice career for the family or vice versa, being expected to serve in the kitchen, being judged [when you're still single in your 30s]—these are just some of the issues shown in the movie. Most women just learn to adjust, to give in, to sacrifice, and maybe it's high time that society recognizes that men can and should adjust, too. ADVERTISMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓ "And in the end, sometimes, all we need is for someone to listen. We don't need someone else to solve our problems for us all the time. A little support, a listening ear, and a lot of love can go a long way. Kudos to the author for writing such a novel despite being in a mostly patriarchal society, and for the producers for making it into a movie. This enabled a lot more people to read/watch it around the world." —Costa What I Think Pinays would appreciate this movie because it's very honest and relatable. The setting is Korea, but a lot of issues are encountered by Pinays especially Pinay moms, too. You're probably familiar with the career-versus-family debates, the meddling in-laws, the judge-y people when someone brings their noisy toddler to a cafe. It'll be a great chance for you to reflect and just know that you're not alone in your struggles. ADVERTISMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓ Another great thing about it is how the husband chose to deal with his wife's condition. He didn't impose anything on her or pushed her to seek treatment. He patiently cared for her, helped her whenever he could, and waited for her to help herself. I believe it's the best approach whenever you're dealing with a partner struggling with a mental health issue. I didn't expect to like the movie because it lacked kilig and heart-stopping plot twists aka prerequisites for my favorite dramas these days. But in the end, Kim Ji-Young made me feel empowered. It's a woke portrayal of an average woman and it acknowledged her struggles and strengths—qualities that make her extraordinary and admirable. ADVERTISMENT - CONTINUE READING BELOW ↓ I'd Recommend It To Everyone, really, for ~*awareness*~ but most especially for married couples or those who are thinking about getting married Follow Ginyn on Instagram.
CriticReviews for Kim Ji-Young: Born 1982. If the result doesn't quite wrench the soul, it at least succeeds in warming the heart. June 5, 2021 | Full Review. The story and characters linger in the mind long after the credits have rolled which gives hope that this story will remain timeless and change the way we think.

Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 is a film about a woman in her 30s named Ji-young Jung Yu-mi who has recently given birth to her first child and acts as a stay-at-home mother while her husband Jung Dae-hyun Gong Yoo continues working. Since the birth of their child, Ji-young has started acting strangely. From time to time, she will be seemingly taken over by another person’s spirit, such as her mother, or deceased grandmother, and speak as if she is that person rather than Ji-young, referring to herself in the third person and taking on personality quirks of whoever is “possessing” her at that time, like wanting to drink beer. Afterwards, Ji-young has no memory of it, and puts the lost time down to simply being tired following childbirth. Dae-hyun naturally is worried, thinking she may be experiencing postpartum depression, and asks her to visit a psychiatrist, although he doesn’t tell her she has been acting “possessed” from time to time. From here, the film jumps between important events of Ji-young’s past and the unfolding story of the present to flesh out Ji-young’s character, her influences, and how she came to be the woman she is today. Societal and Individual Misogyny For me, there were basically two main ingredients to the film the dynamics of the family both Ji-young and Dae-hyun’s parents and siblings, and how difficult it is for an ordinary woman just to exist in such a male-dominated society. Both of these aspects worked very well, for me. The performances of all the characters are excellent, especially Ji-young and Dae-hyun, you can really feel the warmth, the worry, the love and the pressure of it all. Ji-young prepares dinner at Dae-hyun’s parents house, her mother-in-law supervises and the men relax in the living room The focus on how society is skewed towards men is handled very deftly as well. It’s not exactly subtle, but neither is it a simple “MEN BAD” message. While some men do behave very poorly, it’s not always out of malice, but rather an insidious and instilled attitude baked into society. It can be as simple as an expectation of who will be cleaning or cooking dinner, or as serious as sexual harassment. For example, Ji-young feels pressured into being a staying at home mother and bearing the brunt of child-rearing simply because if Dae-hyun applied for paternity leave at work, it would become exponentially more difficult to be promoted after he returned. This, combined with women’s earning power being less than men’s anyway, essentially traps Ji-young into the role of stay-at-home mother. It’s not Dae-hyun’s fault that society is structured this way, but even so he’s not perfect either. Individually, a person may be caring and supportive, but it’s a good deal harder to free yourself from the constraints placed on you by society, and unlearn prejudices widely propagated and endlessly perpetuated by that society. Of course, the film is focused on South Korea, but this type of attitude and male-skewed society is prevalent the world over. Dae-hyun prepares to leave for work, Ji-young stays home with their child. The feeling I got watching this film wasn’t that I was being chided for participating in society as it is, but rather the importance of opening your eyes to what’s going on in the world. It doesn’t explicitly tell you that you yourself need to change whether you’re a man who is profiting from how society is structured or you’re helping keep these kinds of attitudes alive, be you man or woman, but rather shines a light on the types of attitudes and practices that do need to change, on a societal level. It gives you an idea of the depth and breadth of issues women may face, simply for existing. Through this, hopefully you would come away from the film feeling outraged, or enlightened, or motivated to change things on your own. And hopeful that things can change. Maybe some combination of all of that. I’ll probably think about this film quite often, and I do hope I can help contribute to a fairer society, in whatever way I can. 8/10 Discover More Film Positivity!

KimJi Young, Born 1982. 1,041 likes · 1 talking about this. Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 is a fiction novel by Cho Nam-Joo. Published by Minumsa in October 2016, it has sold more than 1 million copies as
Slowly unravelling the patriarchy in a common woman’s life against the backdrop of a developed South Korea, Kim Ji-young Born 1982’ is a story millions of women can relate to. A combination of facts and fiction, it works to show the pressing reality of women in Korea and, at large, the world. While the author Cho Nam-joo faced huge backlash for the novella, the footnotes backing up the statistics she has used stand by her against every negative commentary regarding the story’s accuracy. Considered to be a large inspiration for the MeToo movement in South Korea following the murder of a woman at the Gangnam metro station in 2016, it’s an international bestseller and one of the first feminist writings emerging from the narrative starts with Kim Ji-young’s husband observing a gradual change in Kim Ji-young’s behaviour. This change is unusual and uncharacteristic of Ji-young. What ticked it off? While the reasons were clear to me from the very beginning, people around Ji-young are baffled. Without warning, Ji-young loses her sense of self and talks and behaves as if possessed by the spirit of other women in her life, alive or dead. A scary thing for her husband to witness. A circumstance they fail to unravelling the patriarchy in a common woman’s life against the backdrop of a developed South Korea, Kim Ji-young Born 1982’ is a story millions of women can relate to. A combination of facts and fiction, it works to show the pressing reality of women in Korea and, at large, the world. While the author Cho Nam-joo faced huge backlash for the novella, the footnotes backing up the statistics she has used stand by her against every negative commentary regarding the story’s the reason behind the sudden change in Ji-young’s behaviour can easily be traced back to institutionalised patriarchy. The story works to cover plenty of complex yet fundamental themes and seems like a true story brought to life. After the initial observations of her husband, the narrative proceeds in the third person and talks of Ji-young’s life at different stages, at points also talking of the difficult life her mother had to lead. From Ji-young’s childhood, we can see that there was a clear distinction between the girl children and the boy in the difference in treatment was extremely normalised to the extent that it continued to be the natural cycle of everything. Both the sisters share a room because the brother needs his own space. The grandmother coddled the brother and scolded the sisters. The brother always got more, while the sisters shared everything they ever got. It was obvious the boy was loved more. It was clear he was the family’s pride even before he came into the Ji-young’s mother gave birth to the two sisters, everyone hoped the third one would be a boy. But when the mother was pregnant with her third baby, multiple factors led her to believe the third child would yet again be a girl. Out of desperation and unsolicited pressure, she aborted her third baby. Because who can explain to these people that a family with only daughters is also complete and as enriched as one with a son? Following these unfortunate circumstances, Ji-young’s mother gave birth to the family’s most adored baby boy. Every action in such a constricted family dynamic results in a natural flow of oppression. Ji-young and her sister, Kim Eun-young, constantly make sacrifices from their childhood whilst never questioning or realising why. The same goes for their mother, who had to give up her schooling and work to ensure that her brothers could go to school and be the shining stars they needed to be. Today, while her daughters have more choices, the chains of patriarchy, directly and indirectly, bind them difference in treatment was extremely normalised to the extent that it continued to be the natural cycle of everything. Both the sisters share a room because the brother needs his own space. The grandmother coddled the brother and scolded the sisters. The brother always got more, while the sisters shared everything they ever got. It was obvious the boy was loved more. It was clear he was the family’s pride even before he came into the Ji-young goes through an episode of harassment while coming home after dark from an academy far from her house, her father makes it about her rather than empathising with her daughter. Eventually, it becomes her fault because she came back late, because she goes to an academy far from home and because maybe her skirt was too short. But the perpetrator?According to decades worth of information, statements by public figures, and the family environment of millions of women, the victim is always at fault. Until recently, no one tried to question the lack of critical thinking and logic behind these accusations. Why can’t the world be made safer for women? Why isn’t the perpetrator not at fault? Why should Ji-young backtrack on her education for this? Multiple questions were left it doesn’t end here. As Ji-young reaches adulthood and starts working, we see her push as hard as she can, yet no amount of hard work can help her push past the sexist boundaries drawn by her superiors to keep their higher teams devoid of female workers who they believe will ultimately leave one day after marriage or after giving birth. A reality Ji-young experiences as Ji-young gets pregnant with her daughter, there is a clash between her and her husband. They try their best to work it out so that Ji-young can go back to work after her maternity leaves end, but circumstances ensure that she is the one to give up her career. The explanation is simple, given the gender pay gap, Ji-young can’t make as much money as her husband, and the amount she currently earns can not support the three of them. All things considered, Ji-young gives up the job she loves with a broken heart. Throughout every one, her husband presents himself as someone who understands, someone who wants to help but unsurprisingly fails to do so. After a point, Ji-young’s suffering is something she finds herself unable to share. When her friend from work visits her, the current climate of the workplace is something hard to read without feeling uncomfortable. This part talks of the spycam situation in most of Asia and its impact on the in our world, society somehow finds a way to blame this on women as well. In the story, the workers’ only female superior fights alongside all the women of the office. The heads want to make the happenings non-existent and quiet down the this, the female boss and multiple women workers leave the company. While Ji-young is partly relieved that she wasn’t a part of the company during this, her heart aches for the trouble women have to go through to be independent and make a name for now, her daughter is growing well and healthy, but in her heart Ji-young is lonely. She feels a lack of purpose in her life. The insults of people take a toll on her, but there is a lack of understanding from those around her because, traditionally, you are not supposed to talk about these things. You suffer quietly because that’s how it everyone seems to collectively not understand that Ji-young’s condition’ is a by-product of patriarchy’s centuries worth of oppression. Any community that has been historically oppressed and has been made to feel weak and without a voice struggles to find a way out of the systemic oppression in their life. Ji-young is lonely and struggling. No one is willing to understand what she wants, yet they claim to know what’s best for she visits a psychiatrist, a man, he narrates his own wife’s story, who gave up her career after birth. A maths genius who now finds joy in solving her young son’s maths workbooks because that is the only thing she can control. The psychiatrist feels unhappy with his wife’s state and says he understands what Ji-young is going empathetic modern man? Yet in the next breath, he says how female workers leaving because of pregnancy and motherhood need to be replaced by someone more permanent, aka, a man. The psychiatrist truly comes full he wants to do something for his wife, he can not do it. Moreover, he practices the same patterns that became the barrier in his wife’s life in the first place. The story ends in a full circle presenting an end with the implication that Ji-young’s life will not get read Inside The Exploding Anti-Feminist Movement Of South KoreaThe movie adaptation of the book of the same title and the actors in the movie faced a huge backlash as well. Though slightly different from the novella, the movie does pierce every watcher’s heart. The movie provides hope that the novella doesn’t through its ending, yet both versions depict the feelings and unfortunate events women go through in South Korea and in the world. A great read, the novella’s strong stand against the institutionalised patriarchy in South Korea is read K-Pop Suicides Sparks South Korean Women’s Protest Against FemicideFeatured image source Youtube Novel"Kim Ji-young, Born 1982" karya Cho Nam-ju sejak awal dirilis pada Oktober 2016 sempat menuai pro dan kontra lantaran mengangkat isu feminisme yang masih dianggap tabu di Korea Selatan. 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9/10 Bravo for the actor and actress for a tremendous storyline movie This storyline is really tremendous and its although not the one of the top best of my favourites but it indeed already caught my attention of a well made movie from the director, acting team and well written story. This definitely deserve to be on one of the top movies in Korea between 2019 and 2020. This story also touches the real society in Korea and a lot of advance countries too share the same problems. From my knowledge, a lot of countries are far worse on these problems. Gender discrimination is so huge and either worse than or comparable to racism or religion differences. This movie reminds us man to be more mature and to accept those females challenges. As a male, I admit that I always see that males use sex differences to avoid competition with the females. Males can be jealous, anxious and desperate as the females because we are all humans too. 13 out of 13 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 9/10 Speak for girls. It is said that after the publication of the novel and the release of the film, the majority of south Korean men still launched an endless online abuse and boycott, so it is conceivable that in Asia, the status of women is so low that even though some people have awakened, most people still feel accustomed to rights are not just a "METOO" movement. They are needed in every aspect of society, from the home to the hope everyone, women can speak for themselves, and men can speak for women, as a talk show host urged on the program if you keep silent and think it's not your business, then you are an accomplice. 35 out of 37 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 10/10 Me2 This novel cause anger which most of the people try to stop the movie showing and curses the actress because of ego pride. It's contain the real life of what woman is facing who the man refusing to admit or don't talk about it. Gender discrimination happen every where but it is very serious in Asia because of last time ancestors stupidity teaching. It's hidden message contain about gender equality is everywhere if u observe well. Great performance by all the actors especially the mother acting is touching when.... 22 out of 24 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 9/10 You gotta watch it I like this movie. Cinematic wise, it was awesome. Beautifully captured. Story wise, this was one hidden-gem just like The Parasite Movie another must-watch Korean Movie.I think the story depicted on how 'woman' perceived in the Korean society/ Asian culture. It highlights several social issues for woman career, dream, self-dependent, social/peer pressure, social expectation of 'what a good wife/good woman should be/act by presenting us the life of Kim Ji-Young, young wife lived with her little daughter and the story,the characters in it overcame the issues in quite realistic way that maybe some of us can relate to our actual life. After watching it, I feel empowered and satisfied. 25 out of 28 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 8/10 An optimistic yet realistic story The movie was beautiful. although it was a bit slow-paced, there were a lot of touching moments. throughout the movie you'll find yourself rooting for kim ji-young as she struggles to find herself in the midst of criticisms from her mother in-law. the movie was hopeful, but also had a realistic ending. as a woman myself, i felt very inspired after watching this. 20 out of 22 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 8/10 A decent movie A realistic movie drawing attention to full time mothers' psychological and lifestyle changes after getting married and giving birth in Asian countries. A touching story with great actors, worth watching. 16 out of 20 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 9/10 Must watch Korean Movie It is true that the pace of the movie is slow with the very very light topic. However it is really happening arround us. The gender discrimination, pressure from parents, family and family in law versus our needs, dreams and today's life. As light as the topic, this kind of issue rarely being disccuss on public, then the person who have the problem need to find out by them self without support from the inner circle or the worse they don't even know it Every single of us having our own trouble, and there's no one else can stepping our shoes tho? Then why spending energy go hurt others? 19 out of 22 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 8/10 Motherhood is it an easy feat? 'Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982' is based on a fiction novel by Cho Nam-joo that was published in October 2016. Cho only took two months to write the novel as the character's life relates to her own life. She mentioned that "Kim Ji-young's life isn't much different from the one I have lived. That's why I was able to write so quickly without much preparation."The novel is a critique of the patriarchal system that is still very much alive in South Korea's women's lives that depicts what happens from childhood to adulthood after marriage. The lead actor Gong Yoo and actress Jung Yu-mi were brilliant in the film. Even from the opening scene, we can already sense the tension in this film. This film would like to also show how being a stay-at-home mother is never an easy feat. Everyone will have a desire to accomplish things outside private life, however, this is easier for men than it is for women. A secret that is often kept secret is the fact that most women go through depression while trying to be a good mother. This film explored that taboo subject. 13 out of 16 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 8/10 for everyone in the world Warning Spoilers "Jin Zhiying Born in 1982" describes a Korean woman born in 1982, who lived to speak in the tone of her mother and school sister in 2019, bringing out the whole story. And Jin Zhiying is the name of the Korean vegetable market, so it also has the meaning for all "Jin Zhiying". I am interested in this movie because I read this book before the movie was released, but because the chronology in the book is interspersed, and not only the heroine Kim Ji-young, but also the story of her mother, plus I am intermittently Reading this book, it is easy to forget the details or the plot in front, so I didn't understand the chronology of the book very well at the time. After watching the video, I did clarify a lot of things that I didn't understand, although the movie has some plot adaptations. The female's name became someone's wife and the child's mother. This is the plot that I most impressed when I was reading a novel. I don't know when Jin Zhiying's name became Mrs. Zheng and Mother Yaying. Every night at 8 o'clock in the evening, all the people waiting for the garbage truck under my building are women, of course there are also men, but the ratio is about eight to two, and women are called Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Chen..., so I am right This part is quite impressive. Also, when Zhiying was pregnant, Dae-hyun said to her, "Giving birth to a child will not change anything." Later, when Dae-hyun saw that Ji-young was tired, he said to Ji-young, "I will help you with housework" and "Mom". The clips are the clips in this movie that I was surprised and didn't believe ?. But one of the scenes that impressed me the most was the part where Jiyoung's face was radiant when he got better at the end. His skin changed from the original wrinkle to luminous, and his eyes became piercing and piercing. The angle of light just made Jiyoung. Standing in the bright place of the bed curtain, with the circle in slightly from the bottom up, I think this is probably the most successful scene of this movie. There is no gorgeous mirroring and editing in the movie, and even the soundtrack has only one song, but this can make it closer to our daily life without losing the standard of the movie. The two protagonists always mentioned the word ordinary when they were interviewed. I hope this movie can give people comfort and reflect on family, parents... and other issues that are usually not taken into the plots presented in this movie are all possible and happening, and they are all examples of what happened to my mother or my side, so I don't think the movie is too deliberately arranged, but Koreans are required to receive and Acknowledging that this is a big challenge for them related to nationality, and that the film vilifies men. And South Korea's patriarchal society, coupled with deteriorating feminists and some misogynistic people, made Zheng Youmei and Kong Liu no less opposed than supporting voices when the news of the movie came out. Social software also used a lot of offensiveness. watching the movie, I thought about whether this is considered a South Korean film to be transformed into justice ? 5 out of 5 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 9/10 A novel driven movie discuss about how bias can grow among society The movie itself had widely discussed in Korea. And yet even in other Asian countries may sense similar feelings as most agricultural economy driven countries treat differently boys to girls. Even raised as kids, we sense the difference. Moms never come to dinning board and always buried in preparation of breakfast, lunch, dinner and tones of dishes. The movie generate discussion around women's right and how bias grown among society. Even today, our elder generation may still press by their old thoughts against young ones. Not only work, raising kids, mental health will you find in the movie but also how those small events trigger deep sorrow and emptiness in a mom. Worth watching and discuss how to treat people around differently without unconscious bias. 8 out of 9 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 10/10 Love the ending Just fall in love with this movie. I really like gong yoo role here, eventho Im not married but I wish I can be like gong yoo character in the future. Bestttt 6 out of 7 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 6/10 The lot of a wife and mother Some issues here are quite novel for a movie. Not an easy movie to watch but illuminating. She has a beautiful daughter and a nice husband. So why is she depressed? Her career was given up for that. Her mother in law expects her to just cook and look after the baby. Her husband is supportive and so is her mother. She even has a job offer to return to work. But she is depressed. Not terrible life threatening problems but real issues that every woman faces after having a child. Not sure about the conclusion. Wish things had been more definitive. 6 out of 23 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 8/10 Cinema Omnivore - Kim Ji-young Born 1982 2019 "Kim's directorial guideline is in accord with a recognizable day-to-day urban view without much specificity - occasionally warm light shots through and soft-focus pleasantness takes hold, and munificently permits actors to perform for all they are worth. Among which, Jung Yu-mi fully lives up to or even surpasses one's expectation as Ji-young, turbulence flows and ebbs underneath her docile comportment with such exquisite potency. Holding Ji-young's dignity intact, Jung registers chronic sufferance with piercing empathy and devastating impact, her excellence reaches its crashing crescendo during the key sequences with cracking screen partners like Gong Yoo, who voluntarily plays the second banana with beguiling benevolence, and Kim Mi-kyung, who plays Ji-young's hardworking mother and whose outpourings are roundly soul-shattering."read my full review on my blog Cinema Omnivore, thanks. 0 out of 2 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 10/10 Wholesome & Meaningful This was such a wholesome and meaningful movie. I loved how this movie covered topics like gender roles, gender inequality, and things that women struggle with in our current society. This film was able to cover all those topics accurately, but not in an aggressive way. The acting was phenomenal too, I cried so much in one of the scenes because the acting made the scene much more realistic and believable. I loved the wholesome moments as well as it reminded me of family and friendships. More films like this would be great to spread awareness one situations like this, just like how this movie so perfectly did. 0 out of 0 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink 5/10 Meh Warning Spoilers Slow paced movie with no intense climax. Just a regular psychological case with no deep approach. Nothing climax,the storyline is easy to guess.. The pace becomes much much faster at the end with no further detail stories and of course, no surprise. 11 out of 55 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink
Review Kim Ji-Young, Born in 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo. Kim Ji-Young is a character that will stick around with you for months after you finish the novel. Her story of how the patriarchy has affected her will make anyone sit down and reflect on their own experiences. This book will touch anyone who reads it, women will feel it emotionally, and men
“What do you want from us? The dumb girls are too dumb, the smart girls are too smart, and the average girls are too unexceptional?” These are lines in Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo, the Korean novel hailed by The Guardian as a “South Korean MeToo bestseller.” With the recent release of the English translation by Jamie Chang, the groundbreaking feminist novel is now available to readers who seek to understand how society has designed the struggles of the modern Korean woman. The book focuses on the silent and subtle injustices experienced by a woman named Kim Jiyoung, whose name is implied to represent the Korean “Everywoman.” Cho’s narrative tracks the progression from childhood to adulthood, with inequality as the central aspect of Jiyoung’s life. These stories, which read more like third-person anecdotes, are interspersed with commentary and statistics that problematize how gender inequality manifests in South Korea. To that effect, Cho’s reportage emphasizes the broader contexts of sexist practices and institutions, while Jiyoung herself serves as the individual microcosm where daily sexism becomes apparent. The almost “hybrid” nature of the book is instrumental in illustrating the dynamics of womanhood. It is here that Kim Jiyoung evolves beyond a specific literary character and is given greater depth as the representation for a societal issue. As a child, Jiyoung is forced to endure a classmate’s daily harassment under the justification of “boys will be boys.” As a young adult, she cannot get hired because she is a woman; when she does get a job, she cannot get promoted. When she is married, she is forced to sacrifice her job to be a wife, which is implied to be the “only” job that she needs. When she is pregnant, she is told she is entitled for arriving to work late. When she becomes a housewife, her domestic labor is demeaned. At its core, Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 expresses a woman’s struggles with what has become mundane and mediocre, products of a society that relegates women to inferior positions. These instances of sexism express the book’s central idea that not only is it difficult to be a woman, but also that cultural values have influenced a woman’s identity. As such, these values have become embedded into the very fabric of South Korean society. They have come to determine how women are allowed to live. There are so many poignant moments in the novel that it is difficult to only talk about one. Rather, it is necessary to examine the entirety of these moments as a composite whole. Within Jiyoung’s experience, both the mundane and the mediocre stem from the denial of equal opportunity and upward mobility for a woman. Yet they are also reflections of how for the Korean woman, mediocrity becomes normalized. Jiyoung experiences the imposition of gender constructs through both microaggressions and blatant attacks. Her subliminal acts of rebellion against these constructs involve her assuming the role of different women she has known throughout her life, including her mother. She is suspected to have postnatal depression, but it is psychosis that she has been driven to by a patriarchal society. What Cho does superbly well is create an atmosphere of suffocation and frustration. She evokes this all-consuming sense of helplessness within the emptiness of Jiyoung’s life; there is a constant idea that for Jiyoung, there is no way of dismantling the patriarchy other than losing the identity that she has created within it. The disintegration of Kim Jiyoung’s identity becomes a kind of rebellion, and the chronological structure of the book adds to its power. The reader does not just witness Jiyoung’s sadness as a housewife, but the quiet anger throughout her life as a woman. The English translation of Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is admittedly not without shortcomings. There are parts where the language becomes so stiff that the book is difficult to truly comprehend. At times, the dialogue is awkwardly stilted, one of the issues that comes with translation as a process. But Chang handles Cho’s simplicity with skill, rendering the same ideas that were so powerful in the original. With Cho’s sensitive and forceful writing, Jiyoung becomes more than the profile of a Korean woman. She becomes universal, an expression of not only the “Everywoman” of injustices, but the “Everywoman” of human experience. “What do you want from us?” Jiyoung asks. Cho never gives an answer. KimJiyoung is mad. Kim Jiyoung is her own woman. Kim Jiyoung is every woman. Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the South Korean sensation that has got the whole world talking. The life story of one young woman born at the end of the twentieth century raises questions about endemic misogyny and institutional oppression that are relevant to us all.
Well-intended feminist South Korean drama Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 is realistic and heart-breaking, but the slow-paced and tell-more-than-show narration could be disappointing to housewife in her 30s, Kim Ji-young Jung Yu-mi, is distressed and exhausted from taking care of the household and her young daughter, as well as fulfilling her society’s expectations of a married day when visiting her in-laws with her husband Dae-hyeon Gong Yoo, she suddenly acts and speaks like her mother by speaking against her mother-in-law, who exploits her and expects her to obediently follow her orders and do all the about his wife’s mental health, Dae-hyeon tries to search for information online and seek help from a psychiatrist, hoping to figure out what’s wrong with his around the mental struggles and life of Ji-young, female lead Yu-mi gives a consistently natural and convincing performance, accompanied by a professional with plenty of dialogue and some flashbacks, the lifelike movie is pretty straightforward and mostly saddening, with a few of good punchlines but also a couple of cliche scenes. But with everything either told or shown explicitly on screen, there’s a lack of subtleness and variety in the way the story is Addams Family review Charlize Theron and Oscar Isaac headline charming animated reboot about celebrating differencesWhile the director does a good job in reflecting and challenging the gender inequalities and prescribed gender roles observed in the South Korean society, there are moments where a couple of scenes - whose appearances are not clearly explained - seem almost a little too random and merely added for the sake of social by Cho Nam-joo’s best-selling novel of the same name, Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 is an average women- empowering story with a potential to be told with more care and up for the YP Teachers NewsletterGet updates for teachers sent directly to your inboxNicola Chan is a former Young Post reporter. A firm believer in education and self-care, she has a strong interest in writing about teenage psychology and mental health. She’s also constantly on the hunt for stories about inspiring students and campus events. She has a master’s degree in Comparative Literature.
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Bothmovies play around with the power of conversations. While 'Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982' is a Korean film, 'Marriage Story' is American and is more widely accessible since it is available to stream in Netflix. 'Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982' is based on a fiction novel by Cho Nam-joo that was published in October 2016.
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BerandaMovie [REVIEW FILM] Kim Ji Young, Born 1982 [REVIEW FILM] Kim Ji Young, Born 1982 Dewi Elsawati Januari 09, 2020. Sebenanya agak terlambat saya review film ini karena tayang sejak 20 November 2019 lalu. Tapi tetap saja, saya merasa harus menulis sudut pandang saya pribadi tentang film ini, karena inti permasalahan film ini tidak hanya Ji Young became different people from time to time. Some of them were living, others were dead, all of them women she knew. No matter how you looked at it, it wasn’t a joke or a prank. Truly, flawlessly, completely, she became that person. When was the last time you asked your mother how she was doing? We often forget about the sacrifices our mothers make for us as a parent and as women. Books like Kim Ji Young come to us as a wake up call and urge us to stand up against the unfair practices of discrimaination in the society. Kim Ji Young, Born 1982, is a Korean novel written by former scriptwriter, Cho Nam Joo and translated to English by Jamie Chang. It came into publication in the year 2016 with Minumsa and has since sold over a million copies, becoming the first million selling Korean novel. It was even adapted to a film in 2019 starring Gong Yoo and Jung Yu Mi, which also gained a lot of popularity. Kim Ji Young tells the story of all mothers, all women. Following the life of Ji Young and her family, the novel talks about the struggle a woman has to go through throughout her life. It takes you on a journey of awareness and walks you step by step on what it takes to be a woman and to grow up and live in Korea. Captivating you from the very beginning, Cho has written the book in a simple manner with a simple story which in every way manages to capture your heart. Kim Ji Young is not a complicated novel, neither does it take a lot from you to understand it, no major plot twists, no characters you love or hate, or sad or happy endings. It is a simple story about a woman’s life and is simply heart breaking. Cho writes the book with ease, giving us the right amount of information when needed. She writes in such a way that the book keeps you interested till the very end and even after being translated it does not lose its message or magic. The book Kim Ji Young talks about the sacrifices a woman makes in her life. It talks of empowerment, of oppression, the discrimation women face and the ways society has failed women throughout time. And as you read the novel you realise these topics are not just limited to Korea but also are a huge part of other societies, like ours. More than often we ignore or do not bother to think about the sacrifices our mothers make for us, even though it may be an unconscious action on our part, it does exist. Books like Kim Ji Young help us to some extent spread awareness about topics like these. It is an eye opening read that urges us to question the prejudices in society. And forces us to look at the little things we often tend to ignore and not give much importance to- the dreams and the life our mothers give up to take care of us and our dreams. Kim Ji Young is an eye opening and an emotional read. A similar book to the above mentioned is The Vegetarian by Han Kang which deals with somewhat similar topics. Aysha Kulsum is a student pursuing English Literature from Jamia Millia Islamia. Edited by Rutba Iqbal Disclaimer The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of The Jamia Review or its members. DisclaimerThe opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of The Jamia Review or its members. Linkto the review HERE. After finishing the novel, I thought to encourage all the men I know, especially my close Asian friends, to read Kim Ji-Young, Born 1982, to have them see viscerally the effect of gender discrimination on women. Any men who took pride in their identity as a feminist, for purporting to acknowledge the suffering of women
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Courtesyof Lotte Entertainment. Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 opens with a vignette of the ordinary life of a South Korean woman as she carries out a series of ordinary chores—cooking, taking out the trash, vacuuming the living room carpet—all done with the swift adroitness of someone who can only have performed these tasks countless many times. Her name, Kim Ji-young, is none the less ordinary
KimJi Young Born 1982 also featured a sensitive sub-topic on mental illness — depression in this case — which often goes unnoticed by family members and even the person himself/herself. Perhaps it is Kim's subconscious way of dealing with depression, she took on different personalities to take a break from her daily struggles. OGK5t4v.
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