Production is being an audiovisual phenomenon on the platform and quickly conquered audiences around the world.
The Korean audiovisual industry is stomping in the West. The squid game was rage in all countries of the world, and the Netflix platform took note. Now a new series called A weak heroconsisting of an 8 -chapter season and is causing a sensation in spectators around the world.
Success is such that Asian production is already among the 10 most popular worldwide in March. Originally premiered on an exclusive Korea platform in 2022, but the success was such that Netflix He decided to buy it. It is an adaptation of a webtoon and received excellent reviews in his country of origin, considering it one of the best productions taken to the screen.
A weak hero
Netflix: What a weak hero is about
The series tells the story of a brilliant student who belongs to a select 1% of high school students. Although its existence revolves exclusively around the study, everything changes when it becomes a victim of abuse by its classmates. But it takes a dramatic turn when begins to use their intellectual skills to defend against abuse. But thus also gets fully into the dark world of school violence.
In the course of his search to be able to defend himself, he begins to discover the meaning of strength, and is facing increasingly complicated and strange situations in his path. This shows a strange reality for our customs, and perhaps more common in the East or precisely in Korea. In production its raw representations of youth problems, in addition to great visual aesthetic.
Netflix: trailer of a weak hero
Netflix: cast of a weak hero
- Lee Yeon as Yeong-I
- Shin Seung-Ho as Jeon Seok-Dae
- Kim Su-Gyeom as Jeon Yeong-Bin
- Cha Woo-min like Kang Woo-Young
- Na cheol as Kim Gil-Soo
- Gong Hyun-Joo as Si-Eun’s mother
- Kim Sung Kyun as Gyu-Jin
- Jo Han-Chul as Oh Jin-Won
Source: Ambito
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