Typhoon Family

As expected from Korean dramas, the entire cast acts very well. It is the story that is a big let-down. Though the supporting cast shines here, the love story of the supporting cast generated more interest for me. The story does finally become interesting in the final few episodes. While the story starts very well, but the story quickly begins to falter as the repetition of similar events continues throughout from start to near finish. There are some heartfelt moments, especially in the stories of the supporting cast, but the show does not feel as memorable as most of the Korean dramas that I have watched.

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The main villain continues being a menace to the main lead. Eventually, his father understands that his son’s wrong ways and failure were due to his own fault as a father. The story involves a company surviving through the tough times that the entire country was going through, against near-impossible odds. But it never made sense to me as to how both the main leads as well as most of the supporting cast kept going through despite not being able to make money. The supporting cast steals the show for me, especially the secondary lead characters.

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Lee Jun-ho as Kang Tae-poong portrays the role of the son of a businessman whose business is struggling, while Kim Min-ha as Oh Mi-seon also plays the role of one of the staff in his dad’s office. When things go south, she supports him, and they go through various hurdles together. While her own sister falls in love with the friend of the protagonist, the relationship between them develops very well. Kang tries to save his father’s business as he clears the old debts and tries his hand at various business adventures. As more time passes, Kang and Oh fall in love. Oh supports him so much that he lives with her in her home with his mom. Oh, she is already poor, yet somehow she and her family manage to support 2 more people for a long time, which never made sense. Initially, the drama felt exciting as I was hoping to see how Kang brings his dad’s business back in order, but the villain keeps winning until the final parts of the series, so any new thing the protagonist begins never maintains any hope or excitement. Because of this particular reason, it felt very repetitive and boring. The main plot gets stretched out for far too long. There was not much to the story, but it was somewhat saved by the stories of the supporting cast.