TV series

Golden Cross

2014 · 1 season

A tense, emotionally charged revenge thriller that pulls you into a world of corruption and moral dilemmas, keeping you gripped with its twists and conflicted characters.

Created by: Hong Seok-ku
Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: Kim Kang-woo, Lee Si-young, Han Da-gam

Overview: If you have a chance to enter top 1% super class at a cost of others’ happiness, what would you do? Employee’s net incomes are getting lower and lower but their employer’s salaries increases every year. In the age of rough economy, we are forced to believe prospective economy in the future. Then one day, someone lures you for dirty money. Just by juggling with some figures, you can get a glamorous life from a great deal of money and promotion as well as fancy sports car and luxurious pent house. Will you take this Golden Cross card that will lead you to a totally new world? Everyone wants to live well. Who has never dreamed of this kind of desires? However, what if you need the sacrificial lambs for your desires? Here was a banker who never compromised with the dirty desires. But the price of having this principle was high. For rejecting a dangerous suggestion, he had to pay for it with his life. Here is a son of the dead banker, who jumps into the world of Korean top 1% super class with the purpose of taking revenge for his family’s death. However, before long, the son confronts the moment of the same kind of choice like his father. Between his mission to taking revenge and the desire for a glamorous life filled with the power and money, which one will he choose in the end?
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and cynical. Brisk and needs your attention.
About: Revenge, corruption, power, family
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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