Little Forest — Characters & Cast

To feed herself, literally and spiritually, and to find answers she could not find in the city.

She goes from a Seoul life in which nothing works to a self-sufficient life in the village, and she gradually faces her past and her mother's leaving.

To find a life of her own after years of hardship.

She is present mainly through memory and through the dishes she taught. She left abruptly to find out what life had taken from her during the years as a widow and single mother.

To make a life in his hometown and keep his friendship with Hye-won.

He is a friend who stayed in the village and offers company and a counterpoint to Hye-won's choices.

To find her own place, with her friends beside her.

She represents the other possible reaction to the same rural upbringing. Together with Jae-ha, she gives Hye-won a sense of community.