Character Relationship Map: Chasing

Characters

• Kim Seung-ju (played by Kim Seung-woo) — protagonist
• Doh Jung-taek (played by Kim Jung-tae) — supporting
• Shin Jae-kwon (played by Shin Kang-Woo) — supporting

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Kim Seung-ju → Shin Jae-kwon (Alliance Peer Support) — Their connection reflects solidarity among the rebellious students.

  When Shin Jae-kwon explains that his family is struggling financially, the other students defend him and insist that friendship is not determined by f...

• Doh Jung-taek → Shin Jae-kwon (Conflict Adversarial Pursuit) — Doh represents authority confronting Shin's resistance and desperation.

  The students repeatedly evade and mock Doh Jung-taek during the pursuit. Shin Jae-kwon is among the students who confront the adults and reveal the fi...

• Doh Jung-taek → Kim Seung-ju (Conflict Pursuer And Evader) — Their relationship is defined by Doh's pursuit and Kim's participation in the students' defiance.

  Doh Jung-taek pursues a group of teenagers after they steal his phone, wallet, handcuffs, and police gun. Kim Seung-ju is established as one of the re...

Story Analysis

A police pursuit of rebellious students gradually exposes humiliation, social hardship, and the limits of authority.

Plot Progression

1. Authority and Rebellion — Doh Jung-taek confronts a mortgage lender while refusing an offer to leave police work. Kim Seung-ju separately decides to quit school and pursue gangster work temporarily.
2. The Stolen Badge of Authority — After speaking at career day, Doh becomes entangled with teenagers who steal his personal belongings and police gun. Their repeated escapes turn the pursuit into a humiliating contest.
3. A Pursuit Without Control — The students return only part of Doh's property, and the confrontation continues through a PC room and a stranded vehicle. Neither side accepts responsibility or gives up control.
4. The Cost of Poverty — Doh's attempt to use family circumstances as intimidation prompts Shin Jae-kwon to describe illness, low income, and abandonment by former friends. The students answer by defending their friendship.
5. The Empty Threat — The students seize the gun again, forcing Doh to warn them about its danger. The discovery that it contains blanks leaves the exhausted group facing an unresolved standoff.