Yi Kwang-Su’s (The father of Korean dramas?) “The Soil” (흙): Long, didactic, worth it.^^
Soil Yi Kwang-su is, as far as I can tell, the spiritual godfather of the modern Korean drama. Better known as the father of Korean modern literature (for his work, Heartless), his stories are laced with love triangles, betrayals, defeats, revenges, and in the case of The Soil (흙) a spectacularly failed suicide attempt. Doomed…