Drama Digest
Kang Jin Bo is a beautiful and talented Korean woman with a good career. Her father is a pro-American ex-military personnel, and her mother is a typical Korean mother who favours the son over the daughter. She works hard and is well respected at work, but she has reservations about Korea’s patriarchal wedding traditions and wishes for a freer, more egalitarian family dynamic. In order to pursue her hopes and objectives in China, she broke up with her lover in Korea, who sought to coerce her into marriage. She runs into Wu Xiong Xi, an HR manager she met previously in Korea, at the office.
The Feel-Good Part
A story about a Chinese husband and his Korean wife as they overcome cultural barriers and the challenges of dealing with the older generation to find happiness.
The Disappointing Factor
Kang Jin Bo begins a new chapter in her life as the daughter-in-law of a Chinese family, but discovers that adjusting is difficult owing to cultural differences between China and Korea, which sometimes result in big disputes between her and her mother-in-law Xu Man Li (Jin Xing). The family has many wild moments as a result of the two ladies fighting in the house, which they must learn to get past if they are to live together.
In-Depth Analysis
Kang Jin Bo, a successful career woman with beauty and talent from Korea. Her father is a pro-American ex-military guy, and her mother is a normal Korean mother favouring the son over the daughter, thus she has a lot of reservations about Korea’s patriarchal wedding traditions and desires for a freer, more egalitarian family dynamic. She ended her relationship with her Korean lover, who sought to force her into marriage, so she could pursue her aspirations and ambitions in China. She runs into Wu Xiong Xi, an HR manager she met in Korea. Their earlier disagreement is resolved, and they fall in love, marry, and have a child. Jin Bo marries into a Chinese family and begins her life with her mother-in-law, Xu Man Li, who is described as “prickly as a cactus.” They collide and have a string of misunderstandings and disputes due to cultural and educational background discrepancies.
Star Power
It’s one of the dramas affected by the Hallyu Embargo, an unofficial Chinese ban that restricted all kinds of Hallyu, or Korean Wave, due to a political dispute between China and Korea over the THAAD missile defence system. On October 31, 2017, reports surfaced that both parties were working to repair diplomatic connections, and days later, the virtual ban was lifted.
Overall Opinion
Aside from the intriguing plotline of an international marriage and the inevitable friction that would inevitably occur within her new married life, Lee DaHae’s collaboration with the other Chinese actors, particularly her acting with Jin Xing, who will play her mother-in-law, is eagerly anticipated.
