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Giant

2010 · 1 season

A sweeping, slow-burning saga of family ties and bitter revenge, heavy with loss and ambition across decades of change.

Created by
Lee Chang-min, Yoo In-sik
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lee Beom-soo, Hwang Jung-eum, Lee Duck-hwa
Overview
Giant is a 2010 South Korean television series starring Lee Beom-soo, Park Jin-hee, Joo Sang-wook, Hwang Jung-eum, Park Sang-min, and Jeong Bo-seok. It aired on SBS from May 10 to December 7, 2010 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 21:55 for 60 episodes. Giant is a sprawling period drama about three siblings' quest for revenge during the economic boom of 1970-80s Korea. Tragically separated during childhood, the three reunite as adults and set out to avenge their parents' deaths, their fates playing out against a larger tide of power, money, politics, and the growth of a city.

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Created by
Lee Chang-min, Yoo In-sik
Genres
Drama
Starring
Lee Beom-soo, Hwang Jung-eum, Lee Duck-hwa
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • family
  • betrayal
  • ambition
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
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Created by
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Written by
Jang Young-cheol, Jung Gyeong-sun
Starring
Lee Beom-soo, Hwang Jung-eum, Lee Duck-hwa, Joo Sang-wook, Nam Ji-hyun, Moon Hee-kyung, Park Jin-hee, Park Sang-min
Length
1 seasons, 60 episodes, 65 min each
Network
SBS
Country
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Languages
Korean

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