Character Relationships in Obsessed
Colonel Kim Jin-pyeong (played by Song Seung-heon) is a protagonist in Obsessed.
Decorated war hero and colonel nearing promotion to general, admired by others yet tormented by post-traumatic stress disorder from the Vietnam War, suffering nightmares over the fallen soldiers under his command. Despite his wife Lee Sook-jin, his affection has long faded. He falls obsessively in love with Jong Ga-heun and carries on a secret affair until she breaks it off. At his promotion party, a drunken outburst publicly exposes the affair, and he is sent back to Vietnam. Rejected by Ga-heun, he attempts suicide, then dies on the battlefield while clutching a polaroid of them inscribed 'My Love'. Jong Ga-heun (played by Lim Ji-yeon) is a protagonist in Obsessed.
Wife of Captain Kyung Woo-jin, who moves next door to Colonel Kim Jin-pyeong. Originally estranged from Jin-pyeong's world, she develops cordial feelings after he risks his life saving her from a violent PTSD patient at the army hospital. They begin a secret love affair, but guilt toward her mother-in-law, who raised her after she lost her family, makes her end it. She coldly turns Jin-pyeong away when he offers to give up his army career, insisting she is not so in love as to give up her life. Two years later, she learns of his death and grieves over their polaroid. Lee Sook-jin (played by Cho Yeo-jeong) appears in Obsessed.
Jin-pyeong's beautiful wife, the daughter of his commander father-in-law. She is part of the envied perfect family picture, though her husband's affection for her subsided long ago. At the celebration of his promotion to general, it is revealed she is pregnant. That night, Jin-pyeong's drunken outburst publicly reveals his affair with Jong Ga-heun, humiliating her and enraging her father, who punishes Jin-pyeong by sending him back to Vietnam. Kyung Woo-jin (played by On Ju-wan) appears in Obsessed.
A captain transferred to Colonel Kim Jin-pyeong's troop, moving in next door with his wife Jong Ga-heun. Unaware of the secret affair developing between his wife and Jin-pyeong, he is targeted when Jin-pyeong schemes to falsely accuse him of something he did not do; the scheme fails. He attends Jin-pyeong's promotion celebration with Ga-heun. His mother raised Ga-heun as one of her own after Ga-heun lost her family, which drives Ga-heun's guilt and her decision to end the affair. Lieutenant Colonel Choi's Wife (uncredited) (played by Jeon Hye-jin) appears in Obsessed.
Lieutenant Colonel Choi (played by Park Hyuk-kwon) appears in Obsessed.
Woo-jin's Mother (uncredited) (played by Ye Su-jeong) appears in Obsessed.
Unit 4 Woman (played by Jang Yun-sil) appears in Obsessed.
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Story Analysis
A forbidden wartime romance collapses under guilt, military power, public scandal, and irreversible loss.
