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The Cursed

Name: The Cursed
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 2020-02-10
Rating: 7.545

★ 7,5 /10 (33 Votes)

2020 KO 1 Seasons

Overview

Im Jin Hee is a gung ho reporter, out to do the ring thing. She covers a violent case involving Forest, the biggest IT company in South Korea. The chairman of Forest is Jin Jong Hyun. He relies heavily on shamanism. During her investigation, Im Jin Hee learns of a spiritual consulting company that is affiliated with Forest. The head of that affiliate company is Jin Kyung. While trying to reveal the secret behind Forest, Im Jin Hee meets So Jin. She is possessed by a spirit and she has a special ability.

First air date

10/02/2020

Votes

Popularity

4.0

The only way to fight against evil is to overcome it with malice.

Genres

Drama Mystery Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Created by

Yeon Sang-ho

Networks

tvN

Original title

방법

Language

Last air date

2020-03-17

Episodes

Episode runtime

60 min

Website

program.tving.com

Season 1

12 episodes • 2020 • ⭐ 9,3

A truth-chasing journalist goes up against the demonic CEO of an IT conglomerate with the help of a teenager with the ab…

Uhm Ji-won

Lim Jin-hee

Sung Dong-il

Jin Jong-hyun

Cho Min-soo

Jin Kyung

Jung Zi-so

Baek So-jin

Jung Moon-sung

Jung Seong-jun

Kim Min-jae

Lee Hwan

Kim In-kwon

Kim Pil-sung

Ko Kyu-pil

Tak Jung-hoon

Lee Jung-ok

Cheon Ju-bong

Cha Mi-kyung

[Jong Hyun's mother]

Kim Ju-a

Lim Jin-hee (young)

Kim Do-yoon

Yang Jin Soo [Homicide Detective]

Original Soundtrack

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in spite of having very Korean supernatural aspects, that might feel a little unfamiliar, even alien to Western viewers, The Cursed still has a lot to offer. The storyline behind The Cursed does take effort to come to grips with, if, like me, you are a Western viewer. Talk of evil Inugami (Japanese dog spirits), shamans and procedures (which amounts to an active cursing of a person) seem rather inexplicable. Yet, if you take the time to understand Korean supernatural aspects of this story they start to nicely fit into what is a well crafted tale of supernatural cursing, revenge and ult…

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