Seo In-gook faces punishment in Death's Game

12 November 17, 2023December 10, 2023

Seo In-gook faces punishment in Death’s Game

by solstices

In case you’ve been curious about TVING original Death’s Game, another teaser is here to shed light on the doom awaiting our reincarnating hero Seo In-gook (Cafe Minamdang). After teasing us for weeks with mere glimpses of its stellar cast, the drama has finally revealed a little more of what’s in store.

Beleaguered by perennial unemployment and dwindling finances, Choi Yi-jae (Seo In-gook) can barely see a future ahead of him. As Yi-jae steps onto a building’s ledge, he narrates: “I wanted to die cleanly.” Then he’s falling, but instead of crashing onto the pavement below, he finds himself transported to the underworld. There, he comes face-to-face with a peeved Park So-dam (Record of Youth).

She’s Death, and she isn’t pleased that he’s throwing away his chance at life. To teach him a lesson, she decides to have him undergo a trial by fire — he’ll be given twelve more chances at life, but none of these incarnations have long to live. Yi-jae will be forced to suffer through death all twelve times, unless he manages to figure out a strategy to survive.

As a sneak peek of what’s in store for Yi-jae, we see flashes of his impending deaths. Miles up high in the sky, passengers onboard a plane are flung out of a gaping hole in its hull. Of course, no dramaland death is complete without our trusty Truck of Doom, which shines its headlights on Kim Kang-hoon (Reborn Rich).

Elsewhere, Kim Jae-wook (Crazy Love) struggles against his bindings on a butcher’s table, as his captor brings a saw dangerously close to his legs. Apart from a deliberate act of waterboarding, we also see a series of accidents: an explosion, a skydiving mishap, a motorcycle crash, and an entire signboard dropping on someone’s head.

If these previews are anything to go by, Yi-jae’s in for a world of pain as he meets his demise through a variety of excruciating methods. Will his torment lead to remorse and repentance? There’s only one way to find out — Death pulls the trigger on an ornate gun, and Yi-jae’s ordeal begins.

Helmed by PD Ha Byung-hoon (18 Again, Go Back Spouses) on both the directing and scriptwriting fronts, the webtoon adaptation Death’s Game is slated for a December 15 premiere.

Via Sports DongA

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1 🌸 Cera (@Seeker) 🌸

November 17, 2023 at 6:45 PM

Eh! Is Death's hand a smoking gun? 🤣
There does seem to be a little puff of smoke there.

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2 Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️

November 17, 2023 at 8:27 PM

I look forward to the weecaps on this one and plan to jump in on the episodes with the characters that I liked in the webtoon to see how they are portrayed in 3D.

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3 DancingEmma

November 17, 2023 at 9:45 PM

It is so good that Park Sodam is healthy now and back to acting. Stay well.
And, poor SIG. “Cafe Minamdang” is going to haunt him for a while.

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imzadi

November 18, 2023 at 1:00 PM

I really, really love SIG, but I couldn't finish Cave Minamdang.

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DancingEmma

November 18, 2023 at 1:05 PM

Me too on both counts! It had some fun and funny bits but it stank overall. In future, here is to SIG doing so much better with his drama *choices so he shines.
ps - Is choice even the right word? There is an alchemy to the KD world casting which is above my pay grade.

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4 Britney

November 17, 2023 at 9:59 PM

I'm interested in this but no idea where to watch it.

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Elinor is trapped in the timeslip

November 17, 2023 at 10:08 PM

Reportedly it will be on Amazon Prime. That usually means virtually everywhere except Korea and China.

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5 tabong has two different tears🍉

November 17, 2023 at 10:10 PM

The title sounds like a Netflix reality show.

So Dam and In Guk are an interesting combination and I'm in for it.

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6 Gikata

November 18, 2023 at 3:55 AM

Why going to such drastic lengths? Just let him jump but keep him alive after that, pretty sure all the pain would be more than enough to give dude a good idea why his previous life was not that bad actually.

Cast rocks tho, I'm not sure how this many actors for one hero's journey will work, but intrigued to try.