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Key Features:
Cloning, Afterlife, Undercover agent, Conspiracy, Action, Sci-fi, Moral ambiguity, Survival, Government secrets, Genetic engineering, Pursuit, Betrayal
Tone:
serious, suspense-driven, dramatic
Target Audience:
Sci-fi fans, Action thriller enthusiasts, Viewers interested in cloning, Korean cinema fans
Emotional Arc:
Intrigue → Tension → Confrontation

Seobok

2021-04-12
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Ex intelligence agent Ki-heon is tasked with safely transporting Seo Bok, the first ever human clone, who holds the secret of eternal life. Several forces try to take control of Seo Bok to serve their own agendas.

Genres
Science Fiction, Action, Thriller, Mystery
Cast
Gong Yoo, Park Bo-gum, Jo Woo-jin, Jang Young-nam, Park Byung-eun, Yeon Je-wook, Kim Hong-pa, Lee Eon-jeong, Na Kwang-hoon, Kim Jae-geon
Crew
Lee Yong-ju, Lee Yong-ju
Rating
7.194(237 votes)
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Secret Reunion
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A Bittersweet Life
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Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.



A Company Man
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7.5

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Replicant
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Natural City
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Hide and Seek
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Phantom Detective
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Hwayi: A Monster Boy
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Hindsight
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Alienoid: Return to the Future

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I, the Executioner
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The Suspect
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Genocidal Organ
6.64

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A Hard Day
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Inside Men
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Beasts Clawing at Straws

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Concrete Utopia
6.9

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Acacia(2003)
5.653

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A Better Tomorrow
6.065

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7.4

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The Witch: Part 2. The Other One

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Higher Power
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Seoul Raiders
6.11

Agent Lam (Tony Leung) sets out to track a pair of plates used to make fake American dollars. When he discovers the plates, they are conned out of him by enigmatic US Embassy workers Owen (Richie Ren) and JJ (Shu Qi). With the trail now leading to Korea, Lam sets off in hot pursuit. There, amidst the dangerous and glamorous urban landscape of Seoul, Lam finds himself confronting an underworld crime boss known as the Polar Bear, head of the biggest counterfeiting organisation in Asia.



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