Death's Game 이제 곧 죽습니다 [Part 1 - 2023][Part 2 - 2024]

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Death's Game 이제 곧 죽습니

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Korean Title: Ije God Jukseubnida / 곧 죽습니다
English Title: Death's Game

Adapted From the Webtoon: Ije God Jukseubnidaby Lee Won Sik and illustrated by Gul-chan (English)
Director/Writer: Ha Byung Hoon (Previous work: 18 Again)
Network: tvN / TVING
Episodes: 8
Release Date: December 15th, 2023 (4 Episodes) and January 5th, 2024 (4 Episodes)
English Subtitle: Amazon Prime

 

Synopsis:

He's perennially unemployed, his ex-girlfriend has moved on, and he's just lost all his life savings to a bitcoin scam. Burdened by societal pressures, Choi Yi Jae (Seo In Guk) decides to take his own life. Insulted by his flippant attitude towards dying, Death (Park So Dam) comes to punish him with her game: he must experience death over and over again through 13 other lives. But if he can find a way to survive the imminent death coming for these lives, he gets to live out their lifetime. His life was a bust, but what about the lives of others? (Credit)

 

 

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Main Cast. 

Seo In Guk as Choi Yi Jae

 

Park So Dam as Death

 

 

Supporting Cast.

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Kim Ji Hoon as Park Tae Woo

 

Choi Si Won as Park Jin Tae

 

Sung Hoon as Song Jae Seop

 

Kim Kang Hoon as Kwon Hyeok Su

 

Jang Seung Jo as Lee Ju Hun

 

Lee Jae Wook as Cho Tae Sang

 

Lee Do Hyun as Jang Geon U

 

Go Youn Jung as Lee Ji Su

 

Kim Jae Wook as Jeong Gyu Cheol

 

Oh Jung Se as An Ji hyeong

 

Kim Mi Kyung as Yi-jae's mother

 

 

 

 

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Trailer(s).

 

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English Subtitles: Amazon Prime

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I read a little bit of the webtoon and it's actually pretty interesting. Basically, the ML committed suicide. He meets Death (played by Park So Dam). I'm not exactly who she is as I'm not at that part in the webtoon yet. She has him live out the lives of 13 people and their deaths. If he's able to save one of the lives, he can continue living as that person. 

 

The lineup for all the people Seo In Guk will "play" is pretty insane too. 

Jang Seung Jo

Choi Si Won

Lee Jae Wook

Go Youn Jung

Kim Jae Wook

Sung Hoon

 

 

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The lives so far that I've read in the webtoon are:

- A chaebol

- A student who is bullied at school

- A magician 

- A murderer 

 

It'll be interesting to see who plays these characters. 

 

 

 

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Sung Hoon is confirmed. 

 

I'm really curious to know who everyone is going to played. I can't even begin to guest because they can be anyone. 

 

Continuing on with the WebToon, I am now at the fifth reincarnation, a live streamer. 

 

 

 

[mademoiselle]

 

 

[mademoiselle]

It's confirmed... @abs-oluteM @Tofu

We can re-adopt him now @abs-oluteM. Pretending that drama before never existed...

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I am really curious to know who they will all play. Choi Si Won reminds me a bit of the live streamer, so maybe he'll play that character. I can also see Sung Hoon as that one too. 

 

Whoever plays the murderer will be interesting because the male lead had a very difficult time in that body. There are these side characters that are kind of important, so I wonder if some of the celebrities will be playing those characters too. 

 

@mademoiselle @abs-oluteM He might go back to school again and play the student who gets bullied. 

[mademoiselle]

@Tofu With so many characters cameoing, that would mean SIG's screen time is reduced isn't it? I like some of these cameos but I don't know if I want to trade some of them with SIG.

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@mademoiselle I think he'll have limited scenes too. In the webtoon, you do see him as the characters when he's having his inner dialogues so maybe they'll show SIG during those moments? Whenever he switch bodies, he'll see Death (Park So Dam's character) and that usually is quite the scene. I can't wait to see her approach to that character. Death is so feisty and such an interesting person. Actually, the whole interaction between SIG's and PSD's characters will be interesting because they are like oil and water. 

[mademoiselle]

11 hours ago, Tofu said:

@mademoiselle I think he'll have limited scenes too. In the webtoon, you do see him as the characters when he's having his inner dialogues so maybe they'll show SIG during those moments? Whenever he switch bodies, he'll see Death (Park So Dam's character) and that usually is quite the scene. I can't wait to see her approach to that character. Death is so feisty and such an interesting person. Actually, the whole interaction between SIG's and PSD's characters will be interesting because they are like oil and water. 

Don't set my expectation up too high especially with Park So Dam. She hasn't wow me in dramas.

I know SIG can pull off quirky all the time so I hope this time the writing is good. I ♥ him too much but Minamdang was just impossible to keep going.

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20 hours ago, mademoiselle said:

She hasn't wow me in dramas.

Same. I don't think I've been really impressed with her in dramas either. I didn't mind Record of Youth that much until halfway into it. The writer just couldn't keep it together and the storyline got ridiculous especially that ending. 

 

 

[mademoiselle]

5 hours ago, Tofu said:

Same. I don't think I've been really impressed with her in dramas either. I didn't mind Record of Youth that much until halfway into it. The writer just couldn't keep it together and the storyline got ridiculous especially that ending. 

Record of Youth was quite meh for me since the beginning but it definitely got worst. My fave part is only when PBG was playing the villain. LOL! That writer disappointed me as well in Temperature of Love. I loved the first 10 episodes of that drama. I love YSJ and his acting too, but the second leads made me angry. I felt like she ruined KJW's character. Jo Bo Ah's character was horrible; she doesn't deserve the sous chef's love.

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On 2/9/2023 at 8:09 AM, Tofu said:

The lives so far that I've read in the webtoon are:

- A chaebol

- A student who is bullied at school

- A magician 

- A murderer 

- Livestreamer

- A prison guy, but I cannot remember exactly who he is because it's been while since I read his part. 

- A good looking person who relies on his looks to get by.

- A serial killer (who I think killed the previous murderer)

 

I'm trying to keep tabs on the different lives I've read so I can reference when the drama airs. 

 

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Apparently, filming has started...

 

 

 

 

 

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Lots of cameos from many celebrities! 

I'll be back later to make some guesses on who I think each one is playing -- which reincarnation they are.

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Poster -- Park So Dam definitely has the energy of her character. 

 

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Stills

 

 

 

 

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First Teaser! @mademoiselle

 

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Confirmed to air Dec. 15th, 2023. There will only be 8 episodes. 

 

 

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New Teaser.

 

 

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Lee Do Hyun's Stills.

 

 

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Kim Ji Hoon's Stills.

New Poster.