Recently, another suspenseful new Korean drama has been released.
Although not many people are watching it at present, the plot is tense and the pace is fast. The length of an episode of less than half an hour is very suitable for dinner - "Hyde" .
Without further ado, let’s start with the plot.
The heroine Na Moon-young in the drama is a lawyer who runs a firm with her husband Cha Sung-jae.
The two share the same goals and have a harmonious relationship. They are an enviable couple in the eyes of outsiders.
However, viewers who are familiar with the routines all know that in suspense films, such seemingly impeccable middle-class homes usually have some hidden crisis hidden under the appearance of happiness.
This drama is no exception.
One day, the heroine went out to socialize with her friends, and for some reason she became drunk and unconscious after drinking two drinks.
Fortunately, when I woke up the next day, I was already lying in the bedroom at home.
Her husband Sung Jae kept silent about what happened last night, but the heroine discovered that he was injured on his hand.
Because he had to go to court in a hurry, Sung Jae hurried out of the door. The heroine originally thought that he would ask questions when he came back, but she did not expect that he would disappear immediately after leaving.
A few hours later, a colleague called and asked about Sung Jae's whereabouts, saying that he had not gone to the court.
The client is still waiting for the lawyer to arrive, so the heroine can only do it herself.
However, this day, weird events happened one after another. After
rushed to the court first, she found that Chengzai was taking over a manslaughter case. A property company was building a resort in a coastal area, and a resident who insisted not to sell his land was hit and killed by a car.
The suspect is Jin Yunshan, a female employee of the property company. Originally, he would definitely be found guilty, but some witnesses said that they saw the victim rushing to the car by herself.
Sung Jae was entrusted with defending Kim Yoon Sun. According to his character, he would never delay work due to personal matters. However, today for some reason, he still did not show up after the court session. His mobile phone was turned off and he disappeared from the world.
After the heroine arrived at the scene, she found that the client's reaction was also strange. Witnesses and the boss of the property company said they did not see Cha Sung Jae and refused to appear in court. The defendant Jin Yun Shan even ran away on the spot and disappeared.
After returning to the office, the heroine heard another devastating news.
It turns out that the company has not paid salaries to employees for several months. After checking the accounts, it was discovered that Sungjae had embezzled public funds many times and also borrowed huge loans in his own name.
Their company has actually gone bankrupt, but Sung Jae never said this.
Did he abscond because he was unable to repay his debt?
What’s even more outrageous is that the company was forcibly broken into on that day, and no important items were lost at the scene. It seemed like the other party was looking for something.
After the police came to the door, the heroine reported the disappearance case.
However, both the police and people around him believed that "there must be a reason for an adult to run away from home." They secretly speculated that either the relationship between the two couples was not harmonious, or that Sungjae had done something wrong and escaped, as if he was just watching the fun. Big mentality.
Until the end of the second episode, the plot took a turn for the worse. The police found Sung Jae's body on a coast. The cause of death of
was suicide by driving off a cliff. Due to the explosion of the car body, the body was burnt. Only rings, documents, suicide notes and other items can be used to determine the identity.
At this point, you can roughly understand why netizens call this drama a "sexually modified version of " Her Disappearance "".
Judging from the plot, many details point to Sung Jae faking his death, and there may be an accomplice to assist in this act.
For example, the corpse was beyond recognition. For example, the heroine's daughter said that she had seen her father on the street after Sung Jae died.
The heroine firmly believed that Sung Jae would not commit suicide and asked the police to conduct an autopsy, but Sung Jae’s parents tried their best to stop him, and finally even cremated the body without telling her.
All these unreasonable events happened together, making the heroine determined to find out the truth behind it. However, the truth may not be the result she wanted to see, and the image of the perfect husband in her heart inevitably collapsed.
On the one hand, Sung Jae may have done more than just misappropriating public funds and borrowing debts.
After he disappeared, the suspect Jin Yunshan who also disappeared secretly found the heroine and told her that the reason why she refused to appear in court was because she was taking the blame for someone else.
She was hesitant to do such a thing at first, but Sung Jae assured her that he had a way to exonerate her and arranged false witnesses, so he persuaded her to accept the deal.
Unexpectedly, Sung Jae ran away on the day of the trial, and Jin Yun Shan was so scared that he hid. She believed she was in danger of being silenced.
As expected, not long after saying these words to the heroine, she died in a car accident.
The heroine thought that Sungjae’s father was also a famous human rights lawyer. This firm was originally owned by his father, but now it is run by the couple. Sungjae has always reported good news but not bad news about business conditions, and has always maintained the image of a proud son in the eyes of his parents.
Could it be that he was afraid that the company would go bankrupt and his illegal operations would be exposed, and he would be too embarrassed to face his father, so he chose to run away and commit suicide?
Things may not be that simple. According to her best friend, on the day the two of them went out to drink, Sung Jae rushed to the scene immediately after the heroine fell drunk, but neither of them called him.
This shows that Sungjae usually has the habit of following and monitoring the heroine.
When the heroine was worried about the company's debts, she suddenly received a meaningful encrypted letter. She followed the instructions and dug out a huge amount of cash and a large number of insurance policies in the shoe cabinet at home. Chengzai seemed to know that he was going to "commit suicide" and purchased various insurances in advance and named the beneficiary as the heroine.
This aspect seems to be able to solve the bankruptcy crisis she is facing, but it also puts her under suspicion and becomes the biggest beneficiary of Sung Jae's death...
The heroine in the center of the whirlpool looked confused, she vaguely felt No one around him can be trusted. The property company that entrusted Cheng Zai's defense had other interests entangled with him, and Cheng Zai's parents were just acting in front of her.
She decided to investigate the mystery of her husband's fake death alone, although all this will involve her in a greater crisis...
In fact, this drama is not original in Korea, but adapted from a 2017 niche British drama " "Danger of Trust" , but the Korean drama version has obviously undergone a drastic localization adaptation.
For example, in a British drama, the heroine and her husband have three children, one of whom is still in infancy. After her husband disappears, the heroine not only has to return to work during maternity leave and take care of childcare and work, but also has to face her husband's family, the police, The neighborhood residents questioned and investigated the truth alone. It can be said that a disappearance case brought out the various roles of women in society.
The Korean drama version weakens the social observation attribute and makes it a more typical suspense drama.
The identity of the "disappeared male protagonist" Sung Jae has also changed from the ordinary lawyer's son in the original drama to the second generation of a chaebol. The conflict between the heroine and her husband's family has changed from simple family ethics to a class attribute, and her life experience has also changed. The mystery of his father's suspected suicide in his early years is buried in it, which is indeed very Korean...
Generally speaking, the British drama version does not have a good reputation because of its too slow pace. In terms of overall rhythm and entertainment, the Korean drama version may be better than the original version.
If you are looking for a suspense drama to watch recently, you can do it while it’s hot ~
