TV series

The Unusual Family

2016 · 1 season

A gentle, everyday workplace drama about family ties and small ambitions, easy to dip into and quietly warm.

Genres: Drama
Starring: Gil Eun-hye, Shin Ji-hoon, Park Yeon-Soo

Overview: Dan-Yi loves her hometown farming village. She arrives in Seoul to distributed farm products from her village at a good price. To make this happen, Dan-Yi begins work as a merchandiser at home shopping company "Good Morning Home Shopping." On the other hand, Dan-Yi's niece Sam-Wol does not care for her hometown farming village. She came to Seoul to achieve a better life. She works as a show host at the same company as Dan-Yi. She has to have whatever she wants.

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Genres: Drama
Starring: Gil Eun-hye, Shin Ji-hoon, Park Yeon-Soo

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
work
ambition
class
identity
Places: big city
workplace
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama
Starring: Gil Eun-hye, Shin Ji-hoon, Park Yeon-Soo, Lee Shi-a, Jeon Mi-seon, Sunwoo Jae-duk, Ban Hyo-jung, Kim Jin-woo
Length: 1 seasons, 1 episodes, 35 min each
Network: KBS1
Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean

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