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                                             January 7, 2019

Some quotes about "Winter Sonata":

https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2012/01/08/remembering-winter-sonata-10-years-on/

   "Culture critic Lee Young-mi, who saw Winter
   Sonata as an 'extension of therapeutic pop-
   culture products to ease the collective trauma
   of the 1997 financial crisis in Korea', said
   the show’s popularity in Korea and Japan must
   be understood separately."

   "'People rejected the ‘traditional’ kind
   of love throughout the 1990s in Korea by the
   younger generation,' said Lee."

   "'These young men and women were confident
   enough to have fun while not settling down or
   being too committed."

   "'But that confidence was totally shattered by
   the financial crisis in the late 1990s. By this
   time, we all knew there was no such thing as
   romantic, ever-lasting love. But we needed to
   hang on to those fantasies to survive. So what
   came out were movies and drama series that
   dealt with death-transcending love stories. The
   popularity of Winter Sonata in Korea was part
   of that.'"

   ...

   "'I had no idea it would become so popular in
   Japan,' said producer Yoon."

   "Yoon, who last year produced the musical
   adaption of the show for the 10th year
   anniversary, quoted a Japanese critic as
   saying Winter Sonata awakened the little girls
   deeply buried in the middle-aged Japanese
   women’s subconscious."

   "'I think Autumn in My Heart was popular in
   South-East Asia as it dealt with social class
   differences as well as poverty. Japan, on the
   other hand, was the first country in Asia that
   went through modernisation and westernisation.
   The show probably touched on what these
   Japanese women left behind, as well as their
   fond memories and values that only exist in
   their past.'"



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