김복남 살인사건의 전말
"Nothing is more deadly than a woman seeking revenge."
Director: Jang Cheol-soo
Cast: Seo Young-hee, Ji Sung-won, Park Jeong-hak, Baek Su-ryeon, Kim Gyung-ae
Bedevilled — Characters & Cast
Character Analysis
Kim Bok-nam
Seo Young-hee
Motivation
To protect her daughter Yeon-hee and escape to Seoul.
Character Arc
Endures inhuman subjugation for the sake of her daughter; upon losing her, completely shatters and executes systematic retribution.
Hae-won
Ji Sung-won
Motivation
Self-preservation and emotional insulation.
Character Arc
Moves from emotionally frozen, selfish urban bureaucrat to traumatized survivor forced to confront her moral cowardice.
Man-jong
Park Jeong-hak
Motivation
Maintaining total feudal dominance over Bok-nam and his household.
Character Arc
Exercises unchecked physical, domestic, and sexual tyranny until he is violently dismantled by the woman he enslaved.
Dong-ho’s Grandmother
Baek Su-ryeon
Motivation
Preserving island customs and male supremacy to sustain village order.
Character Arc
Upholds the village's abuse of Bok-nam as tradition; remains unrepentant until she is cornered by Bok-nam.
Cast
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