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The Servant: The Untold Story of Bang-Ja

2011 · 1 season

A playful period romance that flips familiar class and beauty dynamics, asking you to watch courtship unfold through the eyes of the servants who carry it.

Created by: Bong Man-dae
Genres: Drama
Starring: Lee Sun-ho, Yeo Hyun-soo, Lee Na-ra

Overview: The drama's story twists around to ask what would happen if Lee Myong Ryong was unattractive, while his servant Bang Ja Jeon was attractive? During Lee Myong Ryong's courtship with Lady Chun Hyang both parties use their servants to communicate...

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Created by: Bong Man-dae
Genres: Drama
Starring: Lee Sun-ho, Yeo Hyun-soo, Lee Na-ra

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Tone
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
love
identity
deception
Places: None
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	6
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: drama
Created by: Bong Man-dae
Starring: Lee Sun-ho, Yeo Hyun-soo, Lee Na-ra, Min Ji-hyun, Yoon Ki-won, Lee Ah-hyeon, Yeo Min-jeong
Length: 1 seasons, 4 episodes
Network: OCN movies
Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean

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