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Set in the turbulent times of South Korea between the ’80s and ’90s, it depicts the fierce life, revenge, and conflict of young people who have to pursue power and wealth by any means in an era filled with wrong social values. Lee Doo Hak is a young man who was born in a small city in Jeolla Province and grew up innocent with a clever brain. However, he fatefully becomes caught in a whirlpool of events and ends up in the middle of conflict. After going through a real estate fraud group, he becomes a “political gangster” and lives his life to avenge his father’s unjust death.
South Korea South Korea
Jang Dong-yoon Seol In-a Choo Young-woo Kim Myung-soo So Hee-jung Kang Ji-eun Hyun Seung-hee Do Sang-woo Jin Yi-han Lim Seung-Jun Jeon No-min Kang Kyung-hun Song Tae-yoon Han Jae-yeong Ahn Jung-hoon Park Won-sang Lee Han-wi Lee Kyo Yeob Jang Young-hyeon Shin Yoon Ha Jang Da-kyung Ahn Dong Yeob Jeong Ji-sun Bae Seul-ki Ha Hye-seung
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