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Kairos (2020)
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Original name: 카이로스
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
Kim Seo-Jin is a man who is driven only to achieve success in his life. Thanks to his efforts, he is the youngest executive at his company. His life is perfect, with his beautiful violinist wife Kang Hyun-Chae and a daughter. His wonderful life comes to a halt when his young daughter is kidnapped. He falls deep into despair. To change the past, when his daughter was kidnapped, he contacts Han Ae-Ri approximately one month in the past.
Han Ae-Ri has busy days with her studies and working a part-time job to make enough money to pay for her sick mother's operation. One day, her mother suddenly goes missing. Han Ae-Ri falls into despair, when Kim Seo-Jin from the future contacts her.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, dark, mystic
Plot:
father daughter relationship, kidnapping, mother daughter relationship, travel, life is a bitch, relationship problems, family problems, sacrifice, desperation, mother and daughter, rescue mission, investigation, female protagonist, second chance, male protagonist, hopes, conspiracy, urban, empathy, student life, time travel, death, betrayal, murder, adultery ...
Time:
2020s, contemporary
Place:
seoul
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Audience:
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Style:
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