The Korean drama "That Year, Our Summer", which was cooperated by Choi Woo-sik and Kim Do-mi after "Witch", was recently being broadcast, and the plot of reuniting after five years of separation successfully attracted the attention of the whole network, not only becoming this year's dark horse drama, but also getting a high score of 9.1 on Douban!
"That Year, Our Summer" is adapted from the popular web comic of the same name, telling the story of xueba "Guo Yanxiu" and xue scum "Cui Xiong" due to the school arrangement to record a documentary "Penultimate and the witty campus life of the whole school", bringing the two personalities with opposite personalities together and becoming the same table. The story of the two from the joy of mutual dislike to becoming a campus couple, but did not expect that five years after the separation, the two were forced to stand in front of the camera because of their work and documentary reunion.
Choi Woo-sik and Kim Do-mi are described by everyone as a combination of a dog-style boyfriend and a cat-style girlfriend because of the character settings in the play. The complex and delicate feelings of the two long-term reunion also make the audience can't help but fall into it, completely capturing the girl's heart Ah ~ Choi Woo-sik and Kim Do-mi successfully won the 2021 "SBS Acting Awards" Men's and Women's Directors Awards with "That Year, Our Summer"! And today, the editor wants to take you to inventory the super careful plot foreshadowing that you have not found since the beginning of the broadcast, and can only say that the screenwriter is too powerful!!!
Title details
The original title of the show was "I Like Early Summer", but it was later decided to change its name to "That Year, Our Summer". Remember the books that Guo Yanxiu borrowed from the library in the first episode? The first word in the name of each book is "I like early summer", which is the original title. For this tiny detail, the screenwriter himself also personally responded, and said that "I Like Early Summer" is actually his own prose published in 2018, but the reason why the name was changed to "That Year, Our Summer" is because I think the title can better interpret the meaning of the four seasons.
Sub-titles for each episode
Have you guys who are watching the show discover the secret details at the beginning of each episode? That's right, the subtitle of each episode of "That Year, Our Summer" is not only a short sentence introduction to the plot content, but also the name of each famous movie! These include famous films from the United States, Taiwan, China and other countries, such as: "The Secret That Can't Be Said", "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", "Pride and Prejudice", "Love at Sunset Before Sunset", "Hello, My Soul Mate" (Korean "July and Ansheng"). This detail is really too careful~
Character representation color
According to psychological theory, the allegory of color is that different colors represent different personalities and hidden psychology. The writers of "That Year, Our Summer" also perfectly integrated this into the characters' personalities, such as Choi-woong is blue, Guo Yeon-so is yellow, Kim Ji-woong is green, and NJ is pink. Cui Xiong's blue symbolizes tranquility, freedom and loyalty, but at the same time it is cold and negative. Tranquility, freedom and loyalty refer to Choi-woong's clear dreams and lifestyle from high school, and also plans Guo Yeon-soo into his future life: "My dream is to lie in the sun during the day, lie under the lamp at night, and then accompany you and your family"; while coldness and negativity refer to the state after Choi-hung and Guo Yeon-so broke up, not only suffering from insomnia but also often feeling empty.
The yellow color of Guo Yanxiu is the meaning of wisdom, self-expression and courage to challenge, just like Guo Yanxiu has always been in the state, not only the first in the whole school for many years, but also very clear about her future planning. In addition to this, yellow also symbolizes sunshine and warmth. Here it refers to Guo Yeon-soo in front of Choi-woong, who has always been optimistic and enthusiastic, and she is also the dawn of Choi-hung's life. In color theory, yellow and blue are contrasting colors, just like Guo Yanxiu, who is the first in the whole school, and Cui Xiong, who is the first in the whole school, both of them are completely different in terms of grades and personalities. Not only that, but in the play, you will also find that the two people's outfits and the colors of their objects are relative, such as shoes on the last day of filming in high school, pencil cases on their desks or couples' clothes.
On the contrary, Kim Ji-woong's kind and smiling personality, like his representative color, green, gives people a sense of calm, comfort and listening. For Choi Woong and Guo Yeon-so, getting along with him is always comfortable and comfortable, and he is also a very good listener, which is also reflected in Kim Ji-woong's career as a documentary director. NJ's pink is an allusion to youth and vitality, but it is also a mixture of red's optimistic initiative and white innocence. Therefore, when facing Cui Xiong, NJ always approached bluntly and proactively.
Elements of summer
When it comes to colors that represent summer, it must be green! Green, in addition to representing nature, it is also a color that belongs to youth. "That Year, Our Summer" not only concept posters, but even the soundtrack cover or the opening design of each episode title have added green as the background and summer elements, making people feel the breath of youth ~ And in color theory, green is a mixture of blue and yellow, which also symbolizes the youth and summer of Choi Xiong and Guo Yanxiu.
Cui Xiong's life
With the broadcast of 12 episodes, Cui Xiong's fear of being abandoned was gradually revealed. In the first few episodes, choi-hung and his friend Kim Ji-woong's childhood clips have actually laid the groundwork for the secret of Choi-woong's life: Choi-hoon ran to a tree because he didn't want to read "My Dear Family" or cried and panicked in the crowd to find a figure, indicating that Choi-hung is actually an adopted child, and the so-called Xiaoxiong in the mouth of his adoptive father and adoptive mother is someone else. This point directly looked at everyone crying, too painful Cui Xiong ~
In addition, the puppy "Zhong Zhong", adopted by the stationery shop owner, can also be said to be the embodiment of Cui Xiong, and the puppy is afraid to go out because it has been abandoned, and does not dare to run around. The experience of the puppy Zhong Zhong alludes to Cui Xiong's mental journey, because there have been reasons for abandonment, so he cannot face the results that he cannot bear, so he will always choose to escape when facing problems. But in the latest episode, both the puppy Zhong Zhong and Cui Xiong are different from the past, not only overcoming fear, but also summoning up the courage to face and solve problems with actions.
In addition, Cui Xiong also presents his feelings and feelings of not liking gain and loss through his paintings. Everyone knows that Cui Xiong's works have always been only buildings, and there are no characters, so when asked why in the interview, Cui Xiong also generously said: "I like things that do not change and pass, people will change or disappear with the passage of time, so I will not see the existence of characters or time in my works."
the four seasons
Four seasons, for "That Year, Our Summer" is a very important point, both the plot and the setting of the characters are refreshing! Each character represents a season, symbolizing the character's personality and story. For example, Choi Hung represents spring, which gives Guo Yanxiu hope and dawn; Guo Yanxiu represents summer, which is full of blood and energy for life; Kim Ji-woong represents autumn, the best representative of warm male and second and the heartache of the crush Guo Yeon-so; NJ represents winter, and the cold personality is difficult to approach. In addition, the scene setting in the play is also designed with the four seasons, especially the leaves outside the floor-to-ceiling windows and windows in the living room of Cui Xiong's home are all colored according to the season, I don't know if you have noticed it?
Another "four seasons" is the most exciting! Because each kiss scene between Choi Woong and Guo Yeon Soo represents spring, summer, autumn and winter!!! The four most famous kiss scenes are the cherry blossom rain prepared for Choi Xiong when the two are in love, and this cherry blossom kiss is full of the pink atmosphere of spring; the first kiss of Guo Yeon-so and Choi Xiong on the last day of filming the documentary represents the middle of summer; the two who are forced to travel together for another documentary ten years later, the reunion kiss before the autumn sunset, the kiss in the rain directly hit the small heart of the fans; the kiss representing winter is the kiss after Guo Yeon-so and Choi Xiong confessed to each other after a day trip. Each kiss scene is very meaningful, and the setting of this four seasons also symbolizes that Choi Woong and Guo Yanxiu will spend every four seasons and years together! Did this detail directly capture your girlish heart? The editor can only say that the screenwriter of "That Year, Our Summer" is really very good~
The meaning of couples' clothes
When you are chasing the drama, are you poked hard by Choi Hung's act of collecting Guo Yanxiu's yellow couple's clothes like the editor? Since the two of them have been in a relationship, Guo Yeon-so and Choi-woong have always quarreled and broken up due to various problems, and just when the two broke up for the fifth time in the amusement park, Choi-hung retrieved the couple's clothes with Guo Yeon-so after the quarrel. In the five years since the breakup, Choi Hung has been keeping the couple's clothes in the closet, a metaphor for Choi Hung's unchanged liking for Guo Yeon-so. After the two reunite, Choi Xiong confesses to Guo Yeon-so that he only wants to be friends that night, and the reappearance of the couple's clothes shows that the two will repair the old good.
The meaning of red date tea
"Red Dates" can be said to represent GuoYanxiu. The first time was a red date tea prepared by Cui Xiong, who pretended to be a cooperative name for insomnia; the second time was holding a large bag of red dates, falling along the road, and walking into Cui Xiong's house. These two bridge sections allude to Yanxiu entering Cui Xiong's heart; and Cui Xiong, who picks up the red dates, picks up his heart for Yan Xiu. In addition, after the two reconcile as before, the camera still has the appearance of red dates, and this time the dates are small plates that are placed on the table. This scene shows that the two have once again entered each other's hearts and collected this feeling into their hearts.
I don't know if you have found out, Guo Yanxiu took a large bag of red dates to Cui Xiong's home, and accidentally dropped the red dates in the home scene, NJ also sent red wine to Cui Xiong at the same time, but NJ did not enter the home, and her red wine was also placed outside the door. This scene is actually indicative that red wine represents NJ. And a "fall inside the door", a "place outside the door" setting is a metaphor for Guo Yanxiu is the one who can enter Cui Xiong's heart.
As long as you have watched "That Year, Our Summer", you must know the hidden meaning of red date tea ~ After Choi Xiong and Guo YanXiu are reconciled, one of the scenes is choi Xiong in order to be able to stay with Guo YanXiu, and Bi Dong Guo Yan Xiu said a line: "Do you want to go to my house to drink red date tea?" This "red jujube tea" actually has a super obscure meaning, representing the early (jujube) birth of takako through harmonics, and this sentence has unexpectedly become one of the hot topics discussed by netizens.
After reading these details, Xiaobian can only say that it is too excellent and too stalked! Full of details, straight to everyone's heart. "That Year, Our Summer" sweets exceeded the standard and ran in both directions to successfully break out of the siege, choi Woo-sik and Kim Duomei's super high CP sense will definitely make you into the pit!