2016
16 eps
tvN
Action Melodrama Romance
A former mercenary soldier becomes the personal bodyguard of the illegitimate daughter of a presidential candidate — a girl who has been hidden away her whole l…
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2021
8 eps
Netflix
Action Thriller Crime
A woman joins a drug cartel and infiltrates the police to avenge her father's murder.…
The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2014
11 eps
OCN
Action Crime Thriller
A detective assembles a team of convicted criminals — a professional hitman, a crime syndicate boss, and a serial killer with an IQ of 190 — to catch the crimin…
The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2023
9 eps
Netflix
Action Historical Thriller
Set in 1920s Manchuria during Japanese colonial rule, a group of Korean independence fighters and outlaws converge on a lawless frontier. When their paths colli…
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2009
20 eps
KBS2
Action Thriller Romance
Two elite agents at a covert government agency fall for the same woman — then find themselves on opposite sides of a deadly international conspiracy run by a sh…
Both are built around characters making devastating sacrifices for people they love — and the aftermath. The pacing is kinetically paced — constantly in motion.