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Thank you, son (2015)

Thank you, son poster
Directed by
Go Young Tak
Cast
Lee Dae Yeon, Yoon Yoo Sun, Ahn Jae Min, Choi Jin Ho, Lee Ah Hyun, Lee Jung Shin, Kim Ji Young, Woo Sang Wook
Genre
drama
Country
South Korea
Length
2 episodes

How it feels

This two-part drama examines the intense pressure on South Korean students preparing for the national college entrance exam. It focuses on two families of repeat test-takers, showing how parental ambition and overprotectiveness create strain at home.

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What happens

《謝謝你,兒子啊》,(,),韓國KBS定於2015年2月11日所播出的2集水木特輯電視劇。劇情是以韓國大學能力測驗為背景,講述兒子所肩負的壓力,與父母過度關愛,對兒子造成的無形壓力。씨엔블루 이정신, KBS 특집극 '고맙다 아들아' 주연 以兩個重考生家庭為中心,在揭示入學考試制度的問題的同時,通過應考生子女的父母的野心和因為這份野心而發生的家庭變化,讓人重省人生真正的目標。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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