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Climax
There's only room at the top for one
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ju Ji-hoon
Bang Tae-seop
10 eps
Ha Ji-won
Choo Sang-ah
10 eps
Nana
Hwang Jeong-won
10 eps
Cha Joo-young
Lee Yang-mi
10 eps
Oh Jung-se
Kwon Jong-wook
10 eps
Kim Hong-pa
Kwon Se-myeong
7 eps
Lee Ga-sub
Park Jae-sang
7 eps
Han Dong-hee
Han Ji-su
5 eps
Lee Yoo-jun
CEO Eom
8 eps
Bae Yoon-gyu
7 eps
Yoon Sa-bong
Nam Hye-hun
3 eps
Lim Sung-kyun
2 eps
Yoo Jeong-ho
3 eps
Seo Hyun-woo
Oh Gwang-jae
5 eps
Oh Seung-hoon
Choi Ji-ho
8 eps
Park Seong-yeon
Bang Dae-sil
5 eps
Kim Hak-sun
Choi Ui-won
6 eps
Moon Jung-dae
6 eps
Lee Yoon-jae
2 eps
Ju Jin-mo
Son Guk-won
5 eps
Lee Chae-kyung
3 eps
Kim Young-min
2 eps
Park Seong-il
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Climax actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Climax reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
An ambitious prosecutor rises through Korea’s elite by marrying a famous actress, only to be pulled into a ruthless power cartel where hidden informants, corporate heirs, and political players collide in a brutal struggle for survival and control.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Lee Ji-wonWriter
Direction
- Lee Ji-wonDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Rakuten VikiStreaming
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