The Manipulated (2025)
- Original title
- 조각도시
- Directed by
- Kim Chang-ju, Park Shin-woo
- Cast
- Ji Chang Wook, Do Kyung Soo, Kim Jong Soo, Jo Yoon Soo, Lee Kwang Soo, Yang Dong Geun, Eum Moon Suk, Lee Jae Kyoon
- Genre
- action television series, thriller, crime television series
- Country
- South Korea
- Length
- 1 season, 12 episodes
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Rating
- 8.2 of 10 from 129 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An ordinary man gets framed for a serious crime and his life falls apart. He later finds out it was all set up and comes back to take revenge.
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What happens
The Manipulated (Korean: 조각도시) is a 2025 South Korean revenge action crime thriller television series written by Oh Sang-ho, directed by Park Shin-woo and Kim Chang-ju, and starring Ji Chang-wook, Doh Kyung-soo, Kim Jong-soo, Jo Yoon-su, and Lee Kwang-soo. It is based on the film Fabricated City, which Oh Sang-ho co-wrote. It depicts the story of an ordinary man whose life is abruptly shattered for being wrongly accused of a major crime, but returns to pursue a bloody vengeance after discovering it was a fabrication. The series premiered with 4 episodes on Disney+ as a Hulu original series on November 5, 2025, as the Star content hub was replaced by Hulu on October 8, 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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