The Tooth and the Nail

May 9, 2017

1h 49m

★ 7.3

The corpse is missing, yet the evidence is present.

Overview

Seok-jin, a magician at a club, meets a mysterious woman, Ha-yeon, who soon becomes his assistant and fiance. Things take a turn when she is found dead and he must find out what happened.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Kidari ENT

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Cast

Choi Seung-man

Go Soo

Nam Do-jin

Kim Joo-hyuk

Yun Young-hwan

Moon Sung-keun

Song Tae-seok

Park Sung-woong

Jeung Ha-yeon

Im Hwa-young

Ms. Sung

Park Ji-a

Abe

Kim Ooh-jin

Theater Owner

Oh Kwang-rok

Jang Ji-ho

Kim Tae-woo

Cheon-hee

Han Ji-eun

Soldier

Joel Roberts

Court Audience

Han Kyu-won

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