Reply 1988 Episode 5
Added 2025-02-22 15:00:33 +0000 UTC"Ready for Winter"
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As others have mentioned, Bora's storyline is associated with the University's Student Union protesting the Martial Law and Dictatorship following the Coup d'État in 1979, and the Gwangju Uprising (May 18 1980) during which student protestors were violently killed. The propaganda claimed that University students demanding democracy in South Korea were communist willing to destroy the country. That's why last December (2024), citizens and politicians were quick to put a stop to the Martial Law since the same rhetoric was being used (communists). They weren't about to relive history. While a totally different topic, this pro-democracy movement is as historically massive and important as the Civil Rights movement in the USA.
Genevieve
2025-02-23 23:04:50 +0000 UTCbananas were imported foods back then so they were hella expensive, brown ones weren't considered unsellable, and they were usually sold individually because they were so expensive.
Danis
2025-02-23 02:47:37 +0000 UTC48:03 that's literally bibimpap
rose
2025-02-22 23:19:28 +0000 UTCA taxi driver ❤️ one of my favourites k-movies !
Lina
2025-02-22 21:34:15 +0000 UTCA Taxi Driver, 1987 and 12.12:The Day are all films based on significant events in South Korea's democratization movement. A Taxi Driver (Jung Hwan's movie) is set around the 1980 Gwangju Uprising and 12.12 is also set around the similiar timeline. 1987 shares a similar historical backdrop to Reply 1988. All these movies features A-list actors/actresses of Korea. Also, 12.12 and A taxi driver were both massive hits surpassing 10 million viewers. For context, only 24 South Korean films (excluding foreign films) have ever reached the 10 million mark at the box office. These are all great films, and I highly recommend watching them !!😊
sara
2025-02-22 18:19:03 +0000 UTCThere is a Korean movie called 1987 in which Kim Tae-ri stars. It is set during the time when President Chun Doo-hwan ruled with an authoritarian regime. During this period, many students like “Bora” were protesting to overthrow the dictatorship and to fight for democracy. They were often arrested by the police, tortured, and some even lost their lives. The drama Reply 1988 is set in this era of dictatorship. A year before the setting of the drama, a Seoul National University student was tortured and killed by the police while protesting, which sparked a huge public outcry. “Bora,” who protests for democracy, is doing something righteous, but her parents, fearful that their daughter might be arrested and tortured, plead with her to stop protesting. The reason South Korea can enjoy freedom and live as a democratic society today is because of these historical struggles. Getting arrested by the police for protesting must have been a terrifying experience in that era. And we all know Bora’s personality, right? She is a strong-willed person with a lot of pride and a deep commitment to the justice she believes in. For someone like her, saying “I’m sorry” to those police officers would have been incredibly difficult. But seeing her mother, she chose to suppress her sense of justice. Her mother was doing everything in her power to stop her daughter from being taken away by the police. As mentioned in the comment above, considering what happened a year ago (as shown in the movie 1987), Bora—given her personality—would never have backed down. She could have been tortured or even killed for refusing to submit.
노랑ㅎㅐ
2025-02-22 17:36:48 +0000 UTC37:37 Even in Korea, this was a scene that Koreans couldn’t understand. The actor who played Jungbong even said he felt like he was going to throw up while acting the scene where he eats margarine sugar rice. LOL. That dish is the only one in this drama that isn’t a nostalgic Korean food…🤮🤢
노랑ㅎㅐ
2025-02-22 17:34:30 +0000 UTCAlso '12.12: The Day'
rose
2025-02-22 17:05:00 +0000 UTC22:37 The English subtitles for this part of the drama seem strange. What she actually said was, “Sometimes, strangers are better (than family).” Ra Mi-ran, who plays Jung-hwan’s mother, gave her an abalone dish—something commoners at the time couldn’t afford—because Sun-woo had injured his leg.
노랑ㅎㅐ
2025-02-22 16:45:51 +0000 UTCyeah i looooovvveee movie 1987!! it's masterpiece!! Oh right, I almost forgot—Tae-ri was in that too!! taeri's everywhere!! lol trailer: https://youtu.be/19hvVaeJ4tI?si=fDqx5AbBmHK4izxg
key
2025-02-22 16:00:49 +0000 UTCJunghwan's movie A Taxi Driver is a great one, to understand Bora and '80s political scene in Korea
Rita리리
2025-02-22 15:36:27 +0000 UTCAt that time, Korea was under a very serious and violent military regime. President Chun Doo-hwan took power in a military coup and his government often tortured and killed innocent people. they trampled on the freedom of society. So this was not just a protest, it was a desperate pro-democracy movement. Without these movements, there would be no k-pop, k-drama, and k-movie today... Anyway, They caught them for resisting and protesting against the goverment, cops tortured or imprisoned them, and especially as college students participated in many democratization movements, there were many sacrifices. For easy understanding, I recommend the movie 1987 and a taxi driver. There's Kim Tae ri in the movie 1987, too!
lili27
2025-02-22 15:21:17 +0000 UTC
