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Midas

2011 · 1 season

A sleek, brooding climb through corporate power plays where every favor has a price and ambition quietly corrodes the soul.

Created by
Lee Chang-min, Kang Shin-hyo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jang Hyuk, Lee Min-jung, Kim Hee-ae
Overview
A business drama about mergers and acquisitions between companies. When Kim Do Hyun passes the bar exam at the top of his class, he's offered a dream job as top aide to Yoo In Hye, daughter to one of the richest and most powerful men in South Korea. As he becomes more ambitious, Do Hyun is about to find out just how cut throat In Hye's world is, and also just how much he's about to lose, including his long-time girlfriend Lee Jung Yeon.

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Stream in the UK
  • Kocowa
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Created by
Lee Chang-min, Kang Shin-hyo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jang Hyuk, Lee Min-jung, Kim Hee-ae
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • power
  • greed
  • betrayal
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Lee Chang-min, Kang Shin-hyo
Written by
Choi Wan-gyu
Starring
Jang Hyuk, Lee Min-jung, Kim Hee-ae, No Min-woo, Lee Duck-hwa, Cheon Ho-jin, Kim Seung-oh, Choi Jung-woo
Length
1 seasons, 21 episodes, 70 min each
Network
SBS
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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