Jeon Jong-seo as Tokyo in a still from Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area. Photo: Jung Jaegu/Netflix
Jeon Jong-seo as Tokyo in a still from Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area. Photo: Jung Jaegu/Netflix

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Netflix K-drama review: Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area Part 1 gives a slick geopolitical makeover to hit Spanish thriller series

  • The storyline is largely the same, with criminal mastermind the Professor assembling a break-in gang to steal money, but the setting is a newly unified Korea
  • With an ensemble cast that includes Jeon Jong-seo, Jang Yoon-ju and Yoo Ji-tae, and the same red uniforms and masks, the Netflix series opens fluently

Jeon Jong-seo as Tokyo in a still from Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area. Photo: Jung Jaegu/Netflix
Jeon Jong-seo as Tokyo in a still from Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area. Photo: Jung Jaegu/Netflix
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