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Payback: Money and Power

2023 · 1 season

A brooding, talky revenge thriller where boardroom schemes and legal maneuvering carry more weight than fists, rewarding patient viewers with slow-burning righteous tension.

Created by
Lee Won-tae, Kim Won-suk
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Lee Sun-kyun, Moon Chae-won, Son Eun-seo
Overview
Eun Yong, a money business titan and an affluent financial capitalist, has been living a life of a recluse in the pastures of Mongolia. Eun returns to Korea when his nephew Tae-chun and his late benefactor's daughter Joon-gyeong enlists his help. He prepares for war against corrupt powers to protect his beloved family and to avenge the death of a dear old friend.

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  • Amazon Prime Video
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Lee Won-tae, Kim Won-suk
Genres
Drama, Mystery
Starring
Lee Sun-kyun, Moon Chae-won, Son Eun-seo
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • corruption
  • revenge
  • justice
  • family
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
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
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, mystery
Created by
Lee Won-tae, Kim Won-suk
Written by
Kim Won-suk
Starring
Lee Sun-kyun, Moon Chae-won, Son Eun-seo, Kang You-seok, Park Hoon, Choi Chul-min, Kim Hong-pa, Lee Ki-young
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 63 min each
Network
SBS
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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