Scripted series · Coupang Play
The Affair Was Just The Beginning
Who's in it
Cast
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Signature profile
The Affair Was Just The Beginning reads strongest on Humour, Tension and Serialized.
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The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
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How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
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How hard it is to stop after one episode.
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The story
What it's about
A successful entrepreneur with a seemingly perfect life sees everything fall apart after discovering her husband covering up a murder allegedly committed by their daughter. As the family scrambles to hide the truth, an anonymous blackmailer claims to have recorded everything, pulling them into a dangerous web of lies, secrets, and betrayal.
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The craft
Key Crew
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Writing
- Jeong Eun-kyeongWriter
Direction
- Lee Chang-heeDirector
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