Money Game (2020)

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Drama: Money Game
Revised romanization: Money Game
Hangul: 머니게임
Director: Kim Sang-Ho
Writer: Lee Young-Mi
Network: tvN
Episodes:
Release Date: January 15, 2020 —
Runtime: Wed. & Thu. 21:30
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis

A bank, that the Korean government holds equity in, is on the verge of bankruptcy. The country is worried that they will soon face another financial criss similar to what happened in 1997. People in the Financial Services Commission struggle to prevent another similar incident.

Chae Yi-Hun (Ko Soo) is a chief in the Economic Policy Bureau at the Financial Services Commission. He does his best as an economic bureaucrat. His father is the best economist in South Korea, but Chae Yi-Hun hides the identity of his father.

Heo Jae (Lee Sung-Min) is the chairman of the Financial Services Commission. He is an ambitious man. He experienced the Korean Financial Crisis in 1997. At that time, he became disillusioned with the powerless Korean financial infrastructure. His objective is to improve the country’s financial infrastructure at any cost.

Lee Hye-Joon (Shim Eun-Kyung) begins work at the International Finance Bureau of Ministry of Economy and Finance. During the Korean Financial Crisis, she was only an infant and her family struggled through that time. She dreams of owning a building.

Notes

“Money Game” takes over tvN’s Wed. & Thu. 21:30 time slot previously occupied by “Psychopath Diary” and followed by “Memorist” March, 2020.
Filming began summer, 2019.
Main poster & first still images of Shim Eun-Kyung in the drama series.

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