Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. and is assigned to a crisis team.
Acting
Kim Hye-soo's controlled panic anchors every scene.
Direction
Makes ministry hallways feel like war rooms.
Production
Painfully authentic 1997 Seoul recreation.
Director
Choi Kook-hee
Kim Hye-soo
Han Si-hyun
Yoo Ah-in
Yoon Jung-hak
Huh Joon-ho
Gap-su
Jo Woo-jin
Vice-Minister of Finance
Vincent Cassel
IMF Managing Director
Kim Hong-pa
New Senior Secretary for Economic Affairs
Uhm Hyo-seop
Senior Secretary for Economic Affairs
Kwon Hae-hyo
The President of the Bank
Cho Han-cheul
Lee Dae-hwan
Ryu Deok-hwan
Orange
Park Jin-joo
Yoon-ju
Jang Seong-beom
Park Jin
Jeon Bae-soo
Young-bum
Yeom Hye-ran
Hee-won
Ryu Tae-ho
Chief of Staff
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real 1997 Asian Financial Crisis led to massive IMF protests and reshaped Korean attitudes toward foreign economic intervention for a generation.
Vincent Cassel learned his Korean lines phonetically and reportedly terrified the actual 1997-era officials consulted as advisors.
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