Entertainment · K-Culture & Anime · 21 hrs ago
Korean Drama ‘The Family Table’ Follows a Father’s Fight After School Bullying
The Family Table is a Korean drama project set in Busan, about a family whose life changes after their 12-year-old daughter faces sexually inappropriate comments at school.
Her father, Gyu-seong, takes legal action after a school review committee ends without a firm finding.
As the case drags on, financial pressure and public scrutiny strain the family.
The story also reveals secrets about Chan-yeong, the 12-year-old boy the family sees as responsible.
Those revelations lead Gyu-seong to question whether his fight is only about protecting his daughter or also about his own past resentment.
The film explores how seeking justice can harm people and relationships, rather than dividing its characters simply into heroes and villains.
Its screenplay is still being developed, and the team is seeking co-production partners, investors and other support, with the goal of starting production in the second half of 2027.
The Korean drama The Family Table follows a father who takes legal action after his 12-year-old daughter is targeted by sexually inappropriate comments at school.
The school violence review committee ends without a firm finding, while the school relies on procedure to contain the case.
As the father pursues the case, financial pressures and public scrutiny strain the family.
Secrets about the 12-year-old boy seen as the culprit complicate the family’s view of what happened.
The project is being developed for potential production in the second half of 2027.
- Who
- The project is directed by Lee Hanju and follows father Gyu-seong, his wife Seon-gyeong and their daughter Ji-woo.
- What
- The Family Table is a Korean drama about a father’s response to his daughter’s school bullying case.
- When
- The project is in screenplay development; the team aims to start production in the second half of 2027.
- Where
- The story is set in Korea. The project is part of the Asian Project Market at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market.
- Why
- Gyu-seong takes legal action after his daughter is targeted by sexually inappropriate comments at school.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
What does it really mean to live as a ‘good person’? And what happens when someone who has always yielded to others and avoided confrontation finally speaks up for something they cannot afford to lose?
Why does doing the right thing come at such a high cost?
Someone who has been harmed in one relationship may cause harm in another. An action taken in the name of justice can, at some point, inflict another wound on someone we love.
The first draft was complete, and the screenplay was being developed further.
The team aims to lay the groundwork to start production.
- Director
- Lee Hanju
- Daughter at the centre of the case
- Ji-woo, 12
- Project market
- Asian Project Market, Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market
- Production target
- Second half of 2027
- Father
- Gyu-seong, 42
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