Family Ties (film)

Family Ties Hangul RRGajokeui tansaeng lit. Birth of a Family is the second film by South Korean director Kim Taeyong. Mismarketed as a slapstick comedy through its promotional posters, the film is actually a generationtogeneration view of two families through love and life.

In part one, restaurateur Mira Moon Sori is satisfied with her ordered, if solitary, life until her excon brother Hyungchul Uhm Taewoong suddenly appears with his much older new wife Mushin Go Dooshim in tow. Mira reluctantly allows them to stay a time with her at the family home, but friction builds over a short time and with the unexpected arrival of Mushins young stepdaughter Chaehyun, the three adults quickly reach a breaking point.Part two concerns a quicktempered young woman Sunkyung Gong Hyojin and her relationship with her estranged mother Kim Hyeok. Sunkyungs resentment toward her mother is exacerbated by an affair the latter is having with a married man Ju Jinmo. Sunkyung diligently tries to find employment in Japan, but once her mother dies of cancer, she must care for her young halfbrother Kyungsuk and abandon her expatriation. ........

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