Wonderful Days story
Wonderful Days (also known as Sky Blue) is a South Korean animated science fiction film, released in 2003, written and directed by Kim Moon-saeng. Synopsis: The year is 2142 and the survivors of an ecological apocalypse of some sort live in and around a specially constructed city, divided into a ruling class and a worker underclass.
20 total · 6 major · 11 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| caste system | major | The society in this story was divided into two hereditary classes: The Ecoban city dwellers, who lived in comfort, and the Diggers, who lived in a wasteland surrounding the city and toiled to supply the city with fuel. |
| commander and subordinate | major | The relationship between the Ecoban security commander Cade and Jay, an officer under his command, became increasingly strained over the course of the film. |
| ecological destruction | major | The story is set in a not-too-distant future when an environmental catastrophe has led to a breakdown of human civilization. |
| relations between social groups in society | major | The story explores the enmity between the Ecoban city dwellers and an underclass of workers, known as Diggers, who toil to supply fuel for running the city. |
| reunion with a loved one | major | The hero of the story Shua was reunited with his childhood friend, Jay. |
| social oppression | major | The Digger underclass was systematically oppressed by the Ecoban city dwellers. |
| blindness | minor | The blue haired girl was born blind. |
| coma | minor | Shua was shown at the orphan boy Woody's bedside as the boy lay comatose from a gunshot wound he'd sustained. |
| computer hacking | minor | A kabuki-masked intruder hacked into the Ecoban city master computer. |
| coping with a loved one being gravely ill | minor | Shua was shown at the orphan boy Woody's bedside as the boy lay comatose from a gunshot wound he'd sustained. |