TV series

Salt Doll

2007 · 1 season

A slow, heavy melodrama that wrings quiet anguish from sacrifice and forbidden longing, leaving you drained and moved.

Overview: Cha So Yeong is a devoted wife to her disordered husband. Her first love is a second generation heir to a large finance company. In order to pay for her husband’s surgery cost, she sells her body to the man who loves her one-sidedly…
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, romantic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Love, betrayal, guilt, class
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note: Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Add to a list: Salt Doll

In the USNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.

In your watch list

More like this

Like Salt Doll, but

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown

Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
betrayal
guilt
class
family
Places: big city
home
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

All scales, 0 to 10

No streaming, rental or purchase options are known in the US.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Genres: drama
Starring: Hwang Su-jeong, Kim Young-ho, Kim Yu-seok, Kim Ki Hyeon, Jung Ae-yeun, Kim Hee-jung
Length: 1 seasons, 20 episodes, 60 min each
Network: SBS
Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean