Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area Explained

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Native Name:
Hangul:종이의 집: 공동경제구역
Hanja:종이의 집: 共同經濟區域
Rr:Jongi-ui Jip: Gongdonggyeongjeguyeok
Mr:Chongiŭi chip: kongdonggyŏngjeguyŏk
Lk:House of Paper: Joint Economic Area
Developer:Netflix[1]
Director:Kim Hong-sun
Composer:Kim Tae-seong
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
Num Episodes:12
List Episodes:Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area#Episodes
Camera:Multi camera
Runtime:63–78 minutes
Company:BH Entertainment
Zium Content
Network:Netflix
Related:Money Heist

Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area is a South Korean television series and second series in the Money Heist franchise, based on the original Spanish series. The Korean series directed by Kim Hong-sun and written by Ryu Yong-jae, is an original Netflix series, starring Yoo Ji-tae, Yunjin Kim, Park Hae-soo, Jeon Jong-seo, Lee Hyun-woo, Lee Won-jong, and Park Myung-hoon.[2] It depicts a hostage crisis situation set in a unified Korean Peninsula, involving a genius strategist and people with different personalities and abilities.[3] The first six episodes were released on June 24, 2022, on Netflix.[4] The second part was released on December 9, 2022.[5]

Synopsis

The series follows the storyline and characters of the original Spanish series. "The Professor" (Yoo Ji-tae), a strategist criminal mastermind, plans to pull off a heist in the reunified Korean Peninsula. The operation involves strategists and desperados with different characteristics and abilities, who have to face unusual situations. Robbers overtake the mint of a unified Korea. With hostages trapped inside, the police must stop them, as well as the operation's shadowy mastermind.

Cast

The gang

The mastermind of a 4 trillion won heist. He is the boyfriend of police inspector Seon Woo-jin and the Korean version of the original Professor who is portrayed by Álvaro Morte.

A 41-year-old North Korean former prisoner of the Kaechon concentration camp, where he served 25 years' detention since age nine as a result of attempted defection. He tends to resort to violence and tries to use fear to threaten the hostages, unlike the Professor's intention to not harm anyone and is the Korean version of the original Berlin who is portrayed by Pedro Alonso.

A North Korean woman with military training who was wanted for committing armed robberies and murders of loan sharks (who extorted penniless North Korean defectors) before the Professor recruited her for the heist. She serves as the narrator of the series and is the Korean version of the original Tokyo who is portrayed by Úrsula Corberó.

The "maknae" (the youngest person) of the heist group and skilled hacker. He is a medical school dropout and son of an affluent family and the Korean version of the original Rio who is portrayed by Miguel Herrán.

An ex-convict, who raised his son Denver alone, after his wife left him. He was constantly in and out of prison prior to the heist and is the Korean version of the original Moscow who is portrayed by Paco Tous.

Moscow's son and underground fighter, who later falls for Mi-seon, one of the hostages at the Mint and is the Korean version of the original Denver who is portrayed by Jaime Lorente.

A con artist who was recruited by the Professor, she is the Korean version of the original Nairobi who is portrayed by Alba Flores.

Oslo's brother and former member of a gang in Yanbian, he is the Korean version of the original Helsinki who is portrayed by Darko Perić.

Helsinki's brother and former member of a gang in Yanbian, he is the Korean version of the original Oslo who is portrayed by Roberto García Ruiz.

Task Force

JEA Police Chief

Gyeonggi Police Agency Sergeant

Hostages

Director of the Mint Bureau. He only cares about his own safety and disregards the others' welfare. He has an affair with Mi-seon despite being married with two children. He is based on Arturo Román, the Director of the Royal Mint of Spain who he is portrayed by Enrique Arce.

An employee in charge of accounting at the Mint. She is Young-min's lover, and later falls for Denver. Based on the character of Mónica Gaztambide aka Stockholm who she is portrayed by Esther Acebo.

A high school student and the daughter of the U.S. Ambassador, who came with her class for a field trip at the Mint. She is one of the hostages and is based on Alison Parker, the daughter of the British ambassador to Spain who she is portrayed by María Pedraza.

Deputy director of the Mint Bureau installed in JEA, a general economic zone on the Korean Peninsula.

A member of the North Korean military special operations unit who infiltrates the bandit-occupied Mint.

Others

The leader of the mercenaries outside the mint to help the robbers.

A leader who came down from the North Korean for inter-Korean economic cooperation

A politician who is the former husband of Woo-jin. He is quite similar to Raquel Murillo's ex-husband Alberto Vicuña, a forensic examiner with the Spanish National Police Corps, who he is portrayed by Miquel García Borda.

a former special agent from North Korea.[21]

Seon Woo-jin's and Kim Sang-man's daughter

Seon Woon-jin's mother

U.S. Ambassador to Korea and Anne Kim's father

The chairman of Ohsung Group, a supporter of Kim Sang-man and a person at the pinnacle of fulfilling his desires through the establishment of an inter-Korean economic cooperation model

Production

Development

In June 2020, it was reported that BH Entertainment was planning for a remake of Money Heist co-producing it with Zium Content. They were in talks with Netflix, and it was in the development stage.[22] On December 1, it was reported that a Korean remake of the series has been confirmed by Netflix with Kim Hong-sun as director and Ryu Yong-jae as script writer. BH Entertainment is in charge of production, with the series having 12 episodes.[23] [24]

Casting

On March 31, the casting line-up was confirmed by Netflix.[25] [26] After finalising the cast, the story and characters were formulated. The focus was to keep the narrative of the original and the attributes of the characters alive.[27] Lim Ji-yeon joined the cast in April 2021. Lee Hyun-woo replaced Park Jung-woo due to date conflicts with the series Fly High Butterfly.[28] The Korean cast was compared by drawing the similarities and differences among the original and the adaptation.[29]

Filming

Filming was suspended on July 7, 2021, to accommodate guidelines intended to limit the spread of COVID-19.[30]

On January 17, 2022, Netflix revealed the English title of the series: Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area.[31]

On April 29, 2022, it was announced that Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area would be released on June 24, 2022.[4]

On May 20, 2022, the official teaser was released.[32]

Reception

Viewership

Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area featuring in Global Top 10 weekly list of the most-watched international Netflix TV shows, topped the list with 33,740,000 viewing hours in the week from June 20 to June 26 and with 49,000,000 viewing hours in the week from June 27 to July 3. In the week July 4 to July 10 it was at 3rd place with 15,630,000 viewing hours.[33] [34] Additionally it ranked first in the Top-10 list of 51 countries.[35]

Critical response

On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 71% based on 17 reviews, with an average rating of 6.60/10. Its critical consensus reads "This Korean remake of Money Heist pilfers from the original to the point of holding no surprises for established fans, but the execution is slick and blueprint rock-solid."[36] On Metacritic, the series has a weighted average score of 56 out of 100 based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[37]

Joel Keller of Decider appreciated the performances of Yoo Ji-tae as the Professor, Jeon Jong-seo as Tokyo and Kim Yun-jin as Seon Woo-jin, writing, "each providing just the right tone to make the show less an over-the-top heist series and more of a layered treatise on the economic gap that everyone is suffering through at this stage in world history." Keller concluded, "If you're a fan of Money Heist, you'll like Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area."[38] Pierce Conran of the South China Morning Post rated the series with 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, "the purpose of Money Heist is to entertain rather than educate, and entertain it does with a story that hums along with all the thrills and twists required of a well-planned and inventively thwarted heist narrative."[39]

S. Poorvaja of The Hindu wrote, "The first season of Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area gets right in terms of its setting and characters, but here's hoping the makers push the envelope and take some risks in the second season."[40]

Notes and References

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