5 K-Drama Dads And What Their Spaces Reveal About Their Fathering Styles
The houses they live in are material manifestations of their complex personalities
Father's Day will be celebrated in a few days so we can take some time to rewatch K-dramas with the memorable dad characters. In these dramas, the role of the father is very important, because it establishes a special relationship with his children, which informs how each of the narratives take shape.
The houses where they live seem to be a material manifestation of their very complex personalities. So let start to watch some of these houses:
K-Drama Spaces For Dads
K-Drama Spaces For Dads
The CEO Father- Crash Landing On You
In drama Crash Landing of you (Netflix, 2020), Yoon Jeung-pye (Kyung-eub Nam) father of Yoon Se-ri (Son Ye-jin) is a minor character who appears at the beginning and in few episodes later. His presence, however, is crucial to bringing Se-ri back to South Korea and later he helping her to unmask her older brother's plot. Se-ri's father villa is very large and reflects his personality.
Photo Credit: Still from Crash Landing On You (2019)
The CEO Father- Crash Landing On You
In fact, the use of stone and the creation of very large spaces, with refined furniture,, gives a certain majesty that belongs to the style of Se-ri's father. Despite having two legitimate sons, he feels he must reward to his youngest daughter's entrepreneurial ability so it means that he knows how to recognize the value of people.
Photo Credit: Still from Crash Landing On You (2019)
The CEO Father- Crash Landing On You
Photo Credit: Still from Crash Landing On You (2019)
The CEO Father- Crash Landing On You
Photo Credit: Still from Crash Landing On You (2019)
The Master of the House and Business- Itaewon Class
In the drama Itaewon Class (Netflix, 2020), Park Sae-ro-yi's (Park Seo-joon) antagonist is Jang Dae-hee (Yoo Jae-myung), CEO of the Jangga Group and father of the bully, Jang Geun-won (Ahn Bo-hyun) and Jang Geun-soo (Dong-Hee Kim). Jang Dae-hee is ambitious, selfish and his only goal is to make the Jangga Group more and more powerful.
Photo Credit: Still from Itaewon Class (2020)
The Master of the House and Business- Itaewon Class
He doesn’t preserve his sons from compromises and use them to his own personal benefit. His home is a revisited hanok that in reality is Seonungak Wedding within Bukhansan National Park.
Photo Credit: Still from Itaewon Class (2020)
The Master of the House and Business- Itaewon Class
In the CEO's office, awards are showcased, instilling a certain fear in his subordinates and underscoring his achievements. Some furnishing elements are found both in the office and in his house including: the large black capitonè leather sofas, decorative elements that take up the figure of the dragon icon of power.
Photo Credit: Still from Itaewon Class (2020)
The Master of the House and Business- Itaewon Class
Both rooms have very similar furniture, with little light and dark wood furniture that give the environment a sense of domination and power. The link with tradition is evident for the presence of furnishings and partitions in traditional Korean style.
Photo Credit: Still from Itaewon Class (2020)
The Master of the House and Business- Itaewon Class
Photo Credit: Still from Itaewon Class (2020)
The Master of the House and Business- Itaewon Class
Photo Credit: Still from Itaewon Class (2020)
The Master of the House and Business- Itaewon Class
Note the use of symmetry in planning his space, where chesterfield sofas flank a coffee table. In turn, traditional Korean screens flank these, showing balance. Perhaps not descriptive of the narrative in Itaewon Class, but this certainly alludes to his stability and rootedness in power.
Photo Credit: Still from Itaewon Class (2020)
The Master of the House and Business- Itaewon Class
Photo Credit: Still from Itaewon Class (2020)
The Protective Father- Hello, Me!
Hello, me! (Netflix, 2021) is a drama starring Kim Young-kwang (Han Yoo Huyn), Choi Kang-hee (Ban Ha Ni) and Lee Re (young Ban Ha Ni) and tells the story of Ban Ha Ni who never managed to overcome the guilt connected with his father's sudden death when she was only a teenager
Photo Credit: Still from Hello, Me! (Netflix, 2021)
The Protective Father- Hello, Me!
Ban Ha Ni’s adult life changed when she has two encounters: the first one with Han Yoo Huyn, and the second with her younger self. Han Yoo Huyn is the wealthy heir of Han Ji-man (Yoon Joo-sang). His father has granted him everything, because his mother died when he was a child.
Photo Credit: Still from Hello, Me! (Netflix, 2021)
The Protective Father- Hello, Me!
Ha Yoo Huyn as adult has no purpose in life, so his father deprived him of everything and forced his son to work to prove his abilities. Han Ji-man who slowly loses his sight takes refuge in a modern and villa that has been seen in many dramas including Bride of the Century (2014) with Lee Hong-ki and Yang Jin-sung.
Photo Credit: Still from Hello, Me! (Netflix, 2021)
The Protective Father- Hello, Me!
This exposed brick building consists of large steel windows of blue color, even the interiors recall the same essential and modern style, creating continuity between exterior and interior. The red curtains and the soft yellow carpet with geometric patterns, give a tone of color to the environment dominated by the large window and go perfectly with the white floor and other structural elements of the building.
Photo Credit: Still from Hello, Me! (Netflix, 2021)
The Creative Father- Start Up
The first installments of the drama Star Up (Netflix, 2020) feature Seo Cheong-my (Kim Joo-hun) father of Seo Dal-mi (Suzy). A creative father, a technological pioneer who is very close to his daughters who in turn, love him very much.
Photo Credit: Still from Start Up (2020)
The Creative Father- Start Up
His dream is to see his project realized to regain the trust of his wife and other daughter. His apartment he shares with his daughter Dal-mi is simple, full of books and in the living room there reigns a creative disorder.
Photo Credit: Still from Start Up (2020)
The Creative Father- Start Up
His living space is a great creative space with a whiteboard that covers the TV, books scattered everywhere and notes of the project he is trying to create.
Photo Credit: Still from Start Up (2020)
The Creative Father- Start Up
It is a house full of memories of his hands-on fathering style, with family photos, classic furnishings such as the large leather sofa and Ikea modular furniture where you can functionally store different types of objects.
Photo Credit: Still from Start Up (2020)
The Creative Father- Start Up
Photo Credit: Still from Start Up (2020)
The Creative Father- Start Up
Photo Credit: Still from Start Up (2020)
The Father of Secrets- Flower of Evil
In the drama Flower of Evil (Netflix, 2021) Baek Hee-sung (Lee Joon-gi) is a loving father and metal craftsman with a dark and mysterious past. His house reflects his complex and dark personality.
Photo Credit: Still from Flower of Evil (2020)
The Father of Secrets- Flower of Evil
It is divided into three distinctly separate environments representing the different aspects of his past, personal and working life.
Photo Credit: Still from Flower of Evil (2020)
The Father of Secrets- Flower of Evil
The three areas are divided as follows: the shop workshop where he creates the jewelry and various metal design objects, the apartment where he lives with his wife and daughter, and the cellar where he hides his dark past. The workshop/shop is a space divided between forge, exhibition area and customer reception.
Photo Credit: Still from Flower of Evil (2020)
The Father of Secrets- Flower of Evil
The predominant style is industrial design with a few vintage touches given by the chairs and turntable that he often listens with his wife. The apartment is simple, but the spaces are well distributed, in the room there is family photo, and other memories. This neat division is indicative of his fathering style that prefers to keep a focus on the present, albeit with a past that haunts him.
Photo Credit: Still from Flower of Evil (2020)
The Father of Secrets- Flower of Evil
The style is a mix of industrial design with a few touches of modernity, in fact we have exposed bricks and metal beams that take up those of the laboratory, while the coffered ceiling and the floor, both made of wood, give the environment a warmer and more welcoming tone.
Photo Credit: Still from Flower of Evil (2020)
The Father of Secrets- Flower of Evil
The kitchen is separated from the entrance by a glass and metal wall, very bright and the color palette is in various shades of gray. The only touch of color is given by the strip of white and blue tiles with the geometric pattern just below the large window.
Photo Credit: Still from Flower of Evil (2020)
The Father of Secrets- Flower of Evil
In this drama, the basement plays an integral role. Seeing what happens here gives a strong and convincing impression of this father's dark past that cannot be kept hidden forever.
Photo Credit: Still from Flower of Evil (2020)
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