TV series

3 Leaf Clover

2005 · 1 season

A heavy, tear-streaked melodrama that lingers on hardship and longing, rewarding patient viewers with slow emotional payoffs.

Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: Lee Hyo-ri, Ryu Jin, Kim Kang-woo

Overview: After their mother left them to be with another man, Jin Ah and her brother were raised by their grandmother. Jin Ah left school and began working as a welder in a steel mill in order to support her family. Because of her rebellious brother, Jin Ah was arrested and sent to jail. As an ex-felon, she struggles to assimilate into normal life and longs for her mother to return to theirfamily once again. She starts working for Sae Hyung, who is engaged to Yeon Hee. As time goes by, Sae Hyung and Jin Ah begin to fall in love.

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Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: Lee Hyo-ri, Ryu Jin, Kim Kang-woo

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 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: family
isolation
class
love
redemption
Places: workplace
home
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, family
Written by: Jung Hyun-jung
Starring: Lee Hyo-ri, Ryu Jin, Kim Kang-woo, Kim Jung-hwa, Lee Bo-hee, Cheon Ho-jin, Jo Mi-ryung, Yoon Hye Kyung
Length: 1 seasons, 11 episodes, 80 min each
Network: SBS
Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean

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