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I Can't Stop

2009–2010 · 1 season

A slow-burning, emotionally charged melodrama that traces a woman's transformation from innocence to revenge, with moments of warmth and tension.

Genres
Drama, Soap
Starring
Lee Ji-hoon, Park Ha-seon, Won Ki-jun
Overview
Hong Yun Shi was a pure and innocent girl who remained cheerful despite growing up in poverty. Her unfortunate circumstances drives her to marry the rich Byung Joo, but she is soon betrayed by her husband and her mother-in-law. When she discovers that her mother-in-law also had a hand in her mother’s mysterious disappearance, Yun Shi finds herself slowly losing all semblance of her original purehearted self and turning into someone obsessed with revenge. Soo Ri, who loves Yun Shi deeply, is helpless to do anything but watch over her with warmth and love.

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Genres
Drama, Soap
Starring
Lee Ji-hoon, Park Ha-seon, Won Ki-jun
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • betrayal
  • class
  • family
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
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
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, soap
Starring
Lee Ji-hoon, Park Ha-seon, Won Ki-jun, Kim Gyu-ri, Lee Bo-hee, Sunwoo Yong-nyeo, Choi Deok-moon, Yoo Gun
Length
1 seasons, 129 episodes, 30 min each
Network
MBC
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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