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The Potato Lab (2025)
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Original name: 감자연구소
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
A potato researcher with 12 years of experience who is working on a secret project and a newly appointed eccentric director go head to head before falling for each other in a sweet office romance.
Style:
romantic comedy, feel good, lighthearted, absurd, loving
Audience:
adult
Plot:
chemistry, opposites attract, office romance, enemies to lovers, secret project, professional rivalry, office politics, slice of life, couples, second chance, office, romance
Time:
contemporary
Place:
south korea
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Story:
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