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Mousetrap turns identity theft into an urgent crime thriller, with financial ruin and the loss of legal existence making the threat painfully concrete. Its cat-and-mouse pursuit moves through Seoul at speed, favoring desperate choices and physical danger over a slow unraveling of clues. Losing a name means losing the means to live under it, not just solving a mystery.
The reclusive writer’s alliance with a ruthless loan shark puts two sharply different temperaments under the same pressure. One is socially withdrawn; the other operates without moral restraint. Their partnership offers a way to fight back, but also exposes the writer to another danger: depending on a criminal whose help carries a real risk of betrayal.
identity theft danger, cat-and-mouse pursuit and Crime
Crime and Drama
Season 1 · 10 episodes
Netflix
A reclusive writer wakes to find his identity stolen — and must ally with a ruthless loan shark to reclaim his life from a man known as "The Rat."
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