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Scarlet Letter

2010 · 1 season

A long, brooding melodrama of guilt and simmering revenge, where every relationship carries a stain and consequences unfold slowly.

Created by
Lee Min-su
Genres
Drama, Soap
Starring
Lee Seung-yun, Kim Yeon-ju, Kim Na-woon
Overview
Successful television screenwriter Kyung-seo's life spins out of control after she accidentally kills her best friend's fiancé. Four people paying the consequences for a love that went wrong. One woman endures poverty and a guilty conscience while the other woman plots revenge after her career takes off. Then a twisted fate brings the two women back together. Four people stained by adulterous affairs.

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Created by
Lee Min-su
Genres
Drama, Soap
Starring
Lee Seung-yun, Kim Yeon-ju, Kim Na-woon
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • guilt
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • love
  • class
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
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, soap
Created by
Lee Min-su
Starring
Lee Seung-yun, Kim Yeon-ju, Kim Na-woon, Kim Byong-chul, Kim Yoo-bin, Kim Hye-ok, Lee Se-na, Kim Young-ho
Length
1 seasons, 165 episodes
Network
MBC
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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