TV series

Into the Flames

2014 · 1 season

A solemn, sweeping historical drama that moves at a deliberate pace, carrying the weight of hardship and hard-won hope.

Overview: Based on the life of Park Tae-joon, founder and honorary chairman of multinational steel-making company POSCO, this is the story of the people who battled poverty and despair after the colonial era and the Korean War with a relentless pursuit of economic innovation, and the choices they made in the name of love, loyalty and sacrifice. Park worked tirelessly to build a mill that produced steel, which became pivotal to Korea's modernization.
How it feels: Earnest, melancholic, uplifting and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Ambition, survival, loyalty, class
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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
survival
loyalty
class
redemption
Places: countryside
workplace
big city
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild