TV series review: Mr Sunshine
Where do I even begin. There are tv series, and then there are tv series. And Mr. Sunshine belongs to the second category. Somehow I just did not expect it to have the kind of impact it did. Most of the other K-dramas I have watched before (and there are 11 of them!) were all great in their own right. But Mr. Sunshine is something else. It has touched me and affected me more than the others. And it continues to haunt me even after it's over. Such an epic series. It starts out as a love story, but then turns into an even bigger love story. Love for one's country, for your people around, and for freedom. Mr. Sunshine is the story of Eugene Choi, a Joseon (Korean) child who had fled to the US, and now comes back to his homeland. Initially just to exact revenge for what had happened to him in his childhood. But then he meets a noblewoman, Go Ae-Shin and his life changes. As it does for a few other people, for Gu Dong Mae, a Japanese samurai, for Kim Hui-Seong, a lost nobleman...