Scripted series · Netflix
Mousetrap
PROVE I'M REAL OR I'M THE IMPOSTOR
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Mousetrap actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Mousetrap reads strongest on Tension, Cliffhanger Intensity and Serialized.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The story
What it's about
A reclusive writer wakes to find his identity stolen — and must ally with a ruthless loan shark to reclaim his life from a man known as "The Rat."
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 Jae-gonWriter
Direction
- Kim Hong-sunDirector
Where to watch
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