A Korean show on Netflix. It's quite the hit apparently. Binged it last night and today. Must admit it was pretty good. Parts of it were pretty violent. Here's a trailer.
View: https://youtu.be/oqxAJKy0ii4
yes, NF, to my wife's dismay, is scooping up a lot of the big name Korean TV drama actors
the main actors in this one are long time mainstays in "KDRAMAs" i have seen them all in many historical 'period dramas' from korean network tv shows
the one actor- the head masked man- played by Lee Byung Hun has also been in several US movies like magnificent 7 and GI Joe films
this show is a BIG break away from typical korean TV. you will find nothing like it on Korean broadcast tv. also, it attacks at its basest level, the notions of 'money is everything' that drive so much of korean society and much of many asian nations society
the modern melding of western capitalism, and twisted versions of Confucianism where wealth is seen as a quicker way to earn the status one cannot attain by birth, training or education
and that bit at the beginning where they had him sign the "body contract" in the bathroom? where he thought he was still dealing with the gangsters he owed money too? that is NOT hyperbole, that IS standard fare in Korean society. It may not be for body parts, but it is very often for things like indentured service. technically illegal, but since you are engaged in illegal acts to begin with..well
that is how they get so many women into work as prostitutes and many men into working in illegal factories where no one else will work because of hazardous materials. they guarantee their loan payments with their bodies if they fail to make payment.
this attacking of so much of society that koreans know of but dont want to know of is what is so unsettling about the show and why it IS so popular
