Prosecutor Princess

from seobyunlover @ Livejournal

I had begun this kdrama a while back but I never finished it. My resolve the previous summer is to finish dramas I had begun.

This kdrama is awesome. The characters are deliciously complex, the score was beautiful, the cinematography was amazing, and save for the fans swooning for the male lead whom I didn't consider all that, I loved it. Every single character is written and portrayed like a real person, there is no typecast which makes me happy.

The prosecutor princess finds a shocking truth about her father and her curiosity gets the better of her. There are none of the kdrama cliches here, everything flows so seamlessly. Her character is faced with serious betrayal. The man she fell for was only using her to get his revenge. The man she had trusted all her life lied to her. Her character goes through so much but the essence of her character is not lost. She wants to know the truth and she does not let her love for her father or this new guy colour that.

The father in this drama would have to be my favorite character. Never have I seen any television program, Asian or otherwise, delve into a father's love for his daughter. She is his only child but the moment where he is faced with the truth, his concern goes to his daughter. He made some mistakes, he admits that, but his concern remains with his daughter. I have never seen an actor portray such a character in such an amazing way. It was simply beautiful.

The mother is so much like her daughter and I thank the writers and directors for keeping that similarity. The mother has to deal with this side of her husband she knew nothing about but she is not leaving him. She realizes her daughter's happiness, perhaps true happiness for the first time, but she maintains that "family comes first."

The guy is a seriously focused character. His father died in prison, sentenced for a crime he did not commit, and his mother died in a car accident while they were living in America. His life is sad but he is consumed by revenge. So consumed that he did not realize that the people he were after were people. He ends up falling for the prosecutor princess and revealing the truth about what happened that night. His character was the saddest of all, not because he lost his family, but because he could not forgive. He spent fifteen years pursuing revenge only to be left with an empty feeling.

The other members of the cast were funny as well from the head prosecutor to other members of the team. The Prosecutor Princess was a princess, her attire was far too flamboyant for a prosecutor and she received the customary slack for this. But I liked the work relation between her and her peers.

I especially loved the stylist for the show, especially the shoes. I love shoes, every single kind from sneakers to heels to sandals to boots. I like walking around barefoot but I love the feeling of shoes on my feet. And the shoes in this drama were spectacular. And back to the drama, it is different. Nothing is predictable and I love that. The characters are far from ordinary, the writing is lovely, the chemistry is like a hydrogen bond, there was no good guy/bad guy, it was complex and yet so simple. I loved it, I did.

Kamsahmnida.