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Angry Mom

2015 · 1 season

A warm, earnest mix of comedy and social drama that keeps you invested in a mother's fierce, sometimes absurd mission to protect her daughter.

Created by
Choi Byeong-gil
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
Starring
Kim Hee-seon, Ji Hyun-woo, Kim You-jung
Overview
When Jo Gang-Ja attended high school, she was notorious for fighting. She gave birth to her daughter A-Ran in her late teens and became more responsible. Her daughter A-Ran is now a high school student, but A-Ran is bullied at school. Jo Gang-Ja decides to go back to high school to protect her daughter. Jo Gang-Ja becomes a high school student again.

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Stream in the UK
  • Kocowa
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Choi Byeong-gil
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
Starring
Kim Hee-seon, Ji Hyun-woo, Kim You-jung
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • justice
  • coming-of-age
  • corruption
  • parenthood
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, family
Created by
Choi Byeong-gil
Written by
Kim Ban Di
Starring
Kim Hee-seon, Ji Hyun-woo, Kim You-jung, Im Hyung-jun, Koh Soo-hee, Kim Seul-gi, Jeon Kuk-hwan, Kang Moon-Young
Length
1 seasons, 16 episodes, 60 min each
Network
MBC
Languages
Korean

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