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Samjin Company English Class (2020)
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Original name: 삼진그룹 영어토익반
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In mid '90s, 3 female high school-grad office workers take up English classes together to get promotions and they team up to uncover corruption within their company.
Style:
captivating, realistic, disturbing, semi serious, uplifting, period piece, retro, comedy drama, rom com
Plot:
friendship, office, whistleblower, office politics, workplace, corporate corruption, female empowerment, conspiracy, rivalry, manipulation, fighting crime, lifestyle, company, secret revealed, twentysomething life, investigation, justice, teamwork, language learning, resilience, solidarity, feminism, ambition, class struggle, bureaucracy ...
Time:
90s, year 1995, 1990s
Place:
south korea, seoul
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Country: Japan
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Plot:
friendship, law enforcement, teamwork, justice, police procedural, workplace situations, police station, police, officer, police investigation, police officer, workplace ...
Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Indonesia
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Story:
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Style:
satirical, semi serious, disturbing, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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seoul
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53%
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Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
48%
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Country: India
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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