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Shadow Beauty

2021 · 1 season

A tense, uneasy watch that keeps you glued to the gap between a shy schoolgirl and her glamorous online mask.

Created by
Ahum
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Shim Dal-gi, Choi Bo-min, Lee Na-gyung
Overview
A high school outcast transforms into a stunning social media star, but her carefully crafted digital persona is threatened when her deepest secret is exposed.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Created by
Ahum
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Shim Dal-gi, Choi Bo-min, Lee Na-gyung
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • deception
  • coming-of-age
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
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, mystery
Created by
Ahum
Written by
Bang Soo-in
Starring
Shim Dal-gi, Choi Bo-min, Lee Na-gyung, Heo Jung-hee, Yang Hong-seok, Baek Ji-hye, Kyung Da-eun
Length
1 seasons, 13 episodes, 20 min each
Network
Kakao TV
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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