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Plot Summary:
Baek Dong Joo, a newly hired funeral director, has the uncanny gift, or curse, to momentarily resurrect and talk to the recently deceased. She has to grant their last wishes or have her days be filled with a series of bad luck and accidents. And helping the little boy that first terrified her when he came to life will lead her down a path she never could have expected. Kim Tae Hee works as a man for hire. Employed by his uncle Vincent running the newly opened errand service company “A Dime A Job” he can be hired for any odd (but legal) task. One day, Kim Tae Hee encounters Baek Dong Joo, when he is hired by her boyfriend to break up with her in his stead. After that, their paths continue to cross, and by the virtue of their jobs, their fates get intertwined deeper and deeper in a series of life and death situations, surrounding the wishes of the people who had died, and the painful past it is going to unravel for both of them.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 726
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 602
Genere: Drama
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Duration: 88 min
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 69
Genere: Drama
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Duration: 85 min
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IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 135
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IMDB Votes: 179
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 379
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IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 539
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IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 117
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IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 272
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IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 19
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Duration:
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IMDB Votes: 251
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IMDB Votes: 11
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IMDB Votes: 794
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IMDB Votes: 5
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 202
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IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 542
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 28
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Duration:
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 720
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 971
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Country: South Korea
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IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 72
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IMDB Votes: 93
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IMDB Votes: 34
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Circumstances condemn Oh Soo and Oh Young to loveless lives. After the untimely death of his first love, Oh Soo turns to an ambitionless life as a derelict gambler. The gorgeous Oh Young should be leading the perfect life as an heiress, but when her parents’ divorce crumbles the family, she faces the reality of living life alone—particularly in light of her increasingly impaired vision. When these two heavy souls cross paths, fate delivers a chance meeting that will change their lives forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
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