From ordinary Korean's perspective, here is what I saw in Minari. (Maybe interpretation below is not that Korean, but I just wanted to share ; sorry for the grammar mistakes) I personally thought the film could be analyzed on three levels - tough life of immigrants - trade off between sense of breadwinner and happiness of one's family - attitude change when people come to adopt to new environment and achieve something 1. Fire -> Right before fire, steven yeon and yeri han was on the verge of breaking up -> The grandma mistakenly burns all the crops -> Grandma stares at the family sleeping together on the floor : Sacrifice of grandma herself and the crop enable the family to reunite and pieced love between steven and yeri together 2. Minari -> minari is not ordinary crop that people sell in the market (many grandmas usually sell minari on the ground, not in the formal marketplace) -> it is more like wild plant that adopts wherever it is seeded -> It symbolizes wildness at the same time, strength and ability to adopt in a new environment -> Such features contradict with the attitude of steven yeon at the beginning when he refused to hire a person to find the location of groundwater -> After visiting location of minari and starting to genuinely acknowledging the presence of grandma/mother in law, steven yeon changed opened his mind to really adopt to the environment 3. Grandma -> sacrifices herself for the family's happiness (she died at the end of the film, leaving happiness and miracle of healing her grandson's cardiovascular disease -> Also the film metaphorically shows that life of grandma was lonely and harsh like how minari has grown in the wild environment without attention of farmers

In the name of movie reviews, generally YT reviewers just narrate the entire story end to end. There is nothing new to take away. This review however, is so much more than what I just saw in the movie. You have given it so much meaning. It's beautiful!

I think that the family was able to sell the Minari which in the USA is s rare and valuable herb, it probably ensured their financial safety for the time.

I love this review. It made me realize I loved Minari more than I thought I did. Thank you so much and please make more great videos like this!

the best video analysis i’ve seen for this movie. thank you !

Thank you so much for doing reviews like this. Your content is incredible! I only wish there was more of it 😊. Love the analysis and the way you break things down. Please don’t stop.

Looking for this one too. As somebody with immigrant background, I can strongly relate to the subject even if korean focus is heavily family and generational duty centered. The symbolism of the plant, not only the resilience, but also the "enracinement" could be important : first generation immigrants often have the sentiment to be a "tree without a root".

I really love your analysis. Keep it up, you're doing a great job and deserve much more attention, honestly 🥰

I hope you will continue making these videos, great analysis. Thank you :)

You create some fantastic analysis videos! I'd love to see one for Promising Young Woman. That one seems perfect for your analysis. Thank you!

Loved this video, didn't expect to be so drawn into it and watch the entire thing but I did lol :) For me, I felt that the film focused a lot on juxtaposing ideals. As you said, these ideas often clash, especially ideas about collectiveness vs individuality, tradition vs modernity, family vs success. It was only through the tragedy of both the grandma and the fire that a balance was able to be struck in these ideals, and just as the wild minari was able to thrive in harsh places, the family was able to come together and adapt to their new environment/reality.

This analysis was great! I just came here from your analysis of The Father!!....Who are you??????????

This is an amazing review. Damn, this is a near perfect movie, done so well keeping all these points in mind.

Wow that Analysis was amazing and helpful to understanding the film. I didn't know how to feel after the film ended. But I needed to discover what I missed in my first viewing. Thanks for the insight.

Thanks for your efforts. Wonderful video.

I'm looking forward to this one

Hope I can provide some new insight! What were your thoughts or takeaways from Minari? Let me know below! I would love to discuss!

good video you got a one subscriber

Would LOVE to hear your take on Promising Young Woman after watching this and your The Father videos!

The male chick analogy is so perfect for korean culture. My dad has the exact same mindset

I didn't love the movie as much as i do now after watching this video, great work!!

nice one mate

The analysis was great! 💕

Great analysis man! Just out of morbid curiosity, where did your family emigrate from?

well done

Kind of yeah

Man, the number of views and subscribers does not do justice to this channel. I've seen dozens if not hundreds of various video essays and film analysis videos, some of those with hundreds of thousands of views, and I am positively sure that this channel would rank at the top. Keep up your oscar dissections. Such attention to detail, profound analysis of themes and symbols is not that common. It'd be great if you did this for all the best picture nominees (especially Nomadland and Mank). Really hope that you succeed in this endeavor. Good luck!

Please do more analysis with other films

Kids, bookmark this video for the inevitable assignment you will get about this film.

I wish your own world view you had more knowledge of biology and evolution not just culture