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Tower of Babel

2019 · 1 season

A grim, twisty revenge thriller that keeps you tense and emotionally wrung out as secrets unravel.

Created by
Yun Seong-sik
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Action & adventure
Starring
Park Si-hoo, Jang Hee-jin, Kim Hae-sook
Overview
A prosecutor who started his career as a newspaper reporter faces a life-changing event when his father dies in an unexplained accident, and his mother takes her own life. With his life shattered in pieces, he will stop at nothing to discover what happened and get revenge.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Yun Seong-sik
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Action & adventure
Starring
Park Si-hoo, Jang Hee-jin, Kim Hae-sook
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • family
  • grief
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, mystery, action & adventure
Created by
Yun Seong-sik
Written by
Kwon Soon-won
Starring
Park Si-hoo, Jang Hee-jin, Kim Hae-sook, Jang Shin-young, Kim Ji-hoon, Im Jung-eun, Song Jae-hee, Kim Jong-goo
Length
1 seasons, 16 episodes, 60 min each
Network
TV Chosun
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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