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Twenty Five Twenty One (2022)
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Twenty Five Twenty One (2022)
Original name: 스물다섯 스물하나
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: The dreams of two young people are crushed by an overwhelming financial crisis in the 1990s. But when they reunite at the ages of 25 and 21, the spirited pair finds friendship and affection in times of adversity as they venture into adulthood together.
Style: dorama, sincere, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, romantic drama, epic, nostalgic
Plot: friendship, couple relations, first love, fencing, direction and purpose, first kiss, teenage life, adolescence, beach, ballet, breakup, rainbow, scandal, follow your dream, ambition, relationships, teenager, lifestyle, sword fight, workaholic, entertainment, training, flashback, loss of father, news reporter ...
Time: year 2001, 90s, year 2000, 1990s
Place: new york, paris france

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