Summary
It’s going to be a long wait forAll of Us Are Deadseason 2, but another K-drama is a good substitute. The Netflix show won’t be back until 2025, having last aired in January 2022. In season 1, theAll of Us Are Deadcastwas one of the show’s biggest selling points, featuring many young, up-and-coming stars.
Park Ji-hu has proven to be an exceptional lead, starring as Nam On-jo, an ordinary student trying to survive a zombie invasion in her high school. Although the actress is relatively new, with only a few credits to her name so far, she is already a rising talent. Most notably, Park Ji-hu showcases her versatility in her co-starring role in Netflix’s 2022 mystery series,Little Women,which is worth checking out in the wait forAll of Us Are Deadseason 2.
All Of Us Are Dead Season 2 Needs To Answer 1 Massive Question About Season 1’s Finale
All of Us Are Dead’s season 1 finale never answered one major question about the characters, and hopefully, the upcoming season 2 will tackle it.
Park Ji-hu Plays One Of The Sisters In The Netflix Adaptation
Little Womenis a 12-episode thriller series set in modern-day South Korea. The K-drama centers on the lives of three sisters: Oh In-joo (Kim Go-eun), Oh In-kyung (Nam Ji-hyun), and Oh In-hye (Park Ji-hu). The Oh sisters were raised in poverty, but their lives take a dramatic turn when one sister seems to inherit 70 billion won (almost $51 million USD). Soon, they become entangled with a powerful family who are connected to the fortune. Much like Bong Joon-ho’sParasite, Netflix’sLittle Womenexplores Korea’s wealth inequalityand the consequences people and families face in the blind pursuit of money.
The youngest of the sisters inLittle Women, Park’s In-hye plays a pivotal role as a savvy yet sometimes naive high school student who has an enviable talent for art. This talent draws the attention of the powerful Won family, and their daughter, Park Hyo-rin (Jeon Chae-eun) befriends In-hye and draws her deeper into the chaebol family’s web.
How Little Women Compares To Other Adaptations Of Louisa May Alcott’s Book
The 2022 Version Of Little Women Is Incredibly Different From Past Works & The Novel
Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 coming-of-age novelLittle Womenhas been the subject of numerous adaptations including films, TV series, anime, stage plays, and musicals. Each adaptation has introduced a different spin on the classic novel’s themes and characters; some are much closer to the original source material than others. In 2019,Barbiewriter-director Greta Gerwig garnered critical acclaim with her reasonably faithful adaptation ofLittle Women, which, like many film and TV versions of the novel, was set in the 1860s during Alcott’s time.
Another favoriteLittle Womenadaptation was released in 1994. The Gillian Armstrong film featured a star-studded cast, including Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, and Christian Bale. Like Gerwig’s version, the 1994 film was set in the 1860s, remained close to the source material, and received critical acclaim and Oscar nominations. Some argue that Gerwig’s adaptation ofLittle Womenis the better of the two. However, both films are widely beloved and faithful to Alcott’s original book.
The 2022 South KoreanLittle Womenis a far cry from these faithful period-set films and TV shows. In fact, on the surface,there are very few similarities between the K-drama and Alcott’s novel. The setting, characters, and plot will all be unfamiliar to fans of the original book. What makes this a smart and insightful adaptation is the way that the K-drama writer, Jeong Seo-kyeong, crafts the narrative around key themes within Alcott’s classic. Jeong uses the source material to explore income inequality and class struggles in a hyper-competitive modern South Korea.
Jeong Seo-kyeong is perhaps best known for her collaborations with director Park Chan-wook, includingSympathy For Lady Vengeance,Thirst,The Handmaiden, andDecision to Leave.
Little Women Is One Of Park Ji-hu’s Best Performances Alongside All Of Us Are Dead
Park Ji-hu Shines In Both Shows
Although Park Ji-hu has a limited list of credits to her name, she has forged a career taking on interesting and complex characters. Park brings a sense of vulnerability to herAll of Us Are Deadrole that grounds the events of Netflix’s thriller series. The actress takes a similar approach to herLittle Womencharacter. She gives Oh In-hye the complexity of a street-smart teenager aching to exercise her independence from her overprotective sisters but makes it clear she is naive to the world of the rich and powerful.
Through her roles in K-dramas likeLittle WomenandAll of Us Are Dead, it’s clear thatPark Ji-hu has a bright future ahead of her. Beyond these roles, Park delivered an outstanding performance in the 2018 filmHouse of Hummingbird,where she won Best Actress in a Narrative Feature Film at the Tribeca film festival. All of the actress' projects are worth checking out in the wait forAll of Us Are Deadseason 2.
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All of Us Are Dead is a South Korean series that centers on a high school overrun by a zombie virus outbreak. The students, facing an unprecedented crisis, must navigate survival while combating the threat of becoming part of the undead horde.
