Today, we’ll be discussing Episode 8 of Gyeongseong Creature, the hit K Drama on Netflix starring Park Seo-joon as Jang Tae-sang, Han So-hee as Yoon Chae-ok, Wi Ha-hun as Kwon Jun-taek, Kim Soo-hyun as Lady Maeda, Ji Woo as Myeong-ja, Jo Han-chul as Yoon Joon-won, and Kim Hae-sook as Nawol daek. We discuss:

• How Jang Tae-sang was able to escape from Ongseong Hospital by getting the better of the Japanese soldier and holding up Lady Maeda to let him leave with her out of the hospital.
• Lady Maeda’s motivations for nursing Jang Tae-sang back to health.
• Lady Maeda calling Seishin, the creature, sensei or teacher.
• Commissioner Ishikawa confronting his wife about what is happening at Ongseong Hospital and what she did to Akiko.
• How we’re learning that Lady Maeda is the silent power behind what happens in Gyeongseong.
• How Jang Tae-sang negotiated with Ishikawa for the release of the Bonjeong merchants.
• How Mr. Gu was tortured and now we understand Mrs. Nawol’s warning about betraying your loved ones with faced with torture.
• How Jang  Tae-sang and Yoon Chae-ok are reunited and their hug said so much.
• How Jang Tae-sang and Yoon Chae-ok are able to steal a moment of happiness together while buying dumplings but it doesn’t last long.
• How Myeong-ja has been on a killing spree through Gyeongseong and now Ishikawa knows she’s the murderer responsible for killing people and eating their brains.
• How Yoon Joong-won, Yoon Chae-ok’s father, now knows what happened to his wife.
• The K Drama elements in this episode, including: crying, lots of triangles involving Lady Maeda, Jang Tae-sang’s confession to Yoon Chae-ok, umbrella scene, and JTS pulling YCO out of the way of a speeding car when they’re chasing Myeong-ja.
• What we think of the title of the episode: Awakening, between Justification and Excuse.
• What happened to Unit 731 after the war.
• The shows we’re watching now and the shows we’re considering for Season 7 of K Drama Chat!

References

• The Na people
• What happened to Unit 731?
• Does Torture Work?
• Unit 731 on Wikipedia
• Japan discloses details of notorious chemical warfare division
• https://unit731.org
• Details of the atrocities committed by the Japanese