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Little Women
A suffocating yet intoxicating psychological noir steeped in desperate ambition and grief, where brittle, poverty-stricken sisters navigate a labyrinth of predatory wealth like delicate ghost orchids blooming amidst venomous shadows.
Little Women
Little Women

작은 아씨들

"70 billion won that appeared out of nowhere, to keep or to return."

03 September 2022 — 09 October 2022 South Korea 1 season 12 episode Ended 8.0 (193)

Cast: Kim Go-eun, Nam Ji-hyun, Park Ji-hu, Wi Ha-jun, Uhm Ji-won

Drama Action & Adventure Mystery The Haunting Burden of Poverty and Hyper-Capitalism Sisterhood: Mutual Solidarity vs. Traumatic Martyrdom The Theater of Power and Fabricated Realities Historical Trauma and Intergenerational Complicity

Little Women — Movie Quotes

Memorable Quotes

자본주의는 심리 게임이거든? 있는 사람은 극복할 수 있지만, 없는 사람은 못하는 감정이 있어. '상숤감'. 잃을 수 있어야지만 더 큰 돈을 만질 수 있어.
— Great-Aunt Oh Hye-seok

Context

Spoken by Great-Aunt Oh Hye-seok in Episode 4 during a discussion on wealth and risk.

Meaning

Captures the core economic philosophy of the series—the structural divide where the rich risk capital while the poor risk their very lives.

난 가난한 건 괜찮아. 그 상태로 이렇게 살아왔잖아. 그런데 가난해서 도됑이 되는 건 싫어. 그건 지는 거잖아.
— Oh In-kyung

Context

Delivered in Episode 3 when confronting the temptation of compromised wealth.

Meaning

Highlights In-kyung’s unyielding ethical stance and sets the moral counterweight to In-joo’s pragmatic desperation.

언니가 사랑으로 해 주는 거 다 아는데, 그 사랑이 나를 숨 막히게 해. 남한테 빚지는 게 차라리 나아.
— Oh In-hye

Context

Spoken in Episode 3 to express her frustration with her older sisters' overbearing sacrifices.

Meaning

Deconstructs the suffocating nature of familial martyrdom and articulates the youngest sister's desperate urge for personal independence.

네가 위 나랑 결혼했는지 아라. 안제든지 너를 위해 죽을 수 있는 사람이니까, 망설임 없이.
— Park Jae-sang

Context

Spoken by Park Jae-sang to Won Sang-a in Episode 11.

Meaning

Reveals the twisted, transactional, yet deeply genuine devotion binding Jae-sang to Sang-a within their toxic union.

가장 밑바닥에 있던 사람이 어디까지 올라갈 수 있을까? 아깝다, 일주일만 더 버티면 보여줄 수 있었는데.
— Park Jae-sang

Context

Reflected by Park Jae-sang in Episode 10 prior to his fatal fall.

Meaning

Exemplifies the tragic hubris of the self-made working-class man who destroyed his own soul to serve the elite, only to remain disposable.

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