When the Phone Rings 2024
Created by Kim Ji-woon
- Drama, Mystery, Crime
- 70 min episodes
- 1 season
- 12 episodes
- Ended
- TV-14
Their love hangs by a thread... until a stranger picks up the phone.
A rising politician and his mute wife's tense marriage begins to unravel after a call from a kidnapper turns their lives upside down.
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Contemporary, earnest, classical in form and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Yoo Yeon-seokBaek Sa-eon
- Chae Soo-binHong Hee-ju
- Heo Nam-junJi Sang-woo
- Jang Gyu-riNa Yu-ri
- Lee Doo-seokKang Hyeong-Cheol
Crew
- Kim Ji-woonCreator
- Park Sang-wooDirector
- Wi Deuk-gyooDirector
- Kim Ji-woonWriter
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Seasons
- Season 112 eps · 2024
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