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Teacher, It's Time to Pay Me Back

2026 · 1 season

A coiled, uncomfortable watch where menace and desire sit in the same room and you can never quite relax.

Created by
Kim Hae-in
Genres
Drama
Overview
An obsessively dominant man demands the debt be paid with his body—and the one caught in that trap is his former private tutor. Hae-in, a wealthy loan shark hiding madness behind an angelic face, and Tae-seok, a pretentious top student turned penniless overnight! Thus begins a dangerous cohabitation where fear and attraction blur.
How it feels
Dark, tense, romantic and melancholic. Relentless and needs your attention.
About
Obsession, power, class, deception
Content
Strong sexual content. Mild violence, gore and language.
Note
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Created by
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Genres
Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance6
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Kim Hae-in
Written by
Kim Deul-pan
Starring
Han Sun-woo, Lee Sang-min, Kim Ji-woong
Length
1 seasons, 58 episodes
Network
iQIYI International, Shortime
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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