# Karma (2025)

> Six lives collide after a hit-and-run, and each character's buried crimes begin to surface as their fates tangle.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/151094

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 53 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, drama, thriller
- Created by: Lee Il-hyung
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Park Hae-soo, Shin Min-a, Lee Hee-jun, Kim Sung-kyun, Lee Kwang-soo, Gong Seung-yeon, Choi Hong-il, Park Ho-san
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29921070/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: grim, harrowing, claustrophobic, tense

## What critics say

Viewers broadly find this tightly told six-episode Korean crime drama gripping and well acted, with a positive audience reception.

## Synopsis

Karma (2025) is a South Korean crime thriller limited series created by Lee Il-hyung for Netflix. Across six tightly paced episodes of roughly fifty-three minutes each, a fateful accident binds together six lives, and every character must confront dark secrets and tangled connections. The engine is a web of blackmail, insurance fraud and buried guilt, with the protagonist Kim Beon-jun (Park Hae-soo) and Lee Joo-yeon (Shin Min-a) drawn into escalating schemes as the cover-ups grow more desperate. Park Jae-yeong (Lee Hee-jun) and Han Sang-hoon (Lee Kwang-soo) carry much of the havoc, while Jang Gil-ryong (Kim Sung-kyun) and Park Dong-sik (Choi Hong-il) add weight to the central conflicts. The show is built as one continuing story rather than case-of-the-week episodes, and its compact runtime keeps the momentum brisk. Set in contemporary South Korea, it plays as a grim, morally tangled drama in the tradition of Korean cinema's revenge thrillers. Its tone is harrowing and claustrophobic, with an atmosphere of dread that rewards close attention. Fans of Old Boy and Mouse will find resonance in its brutal vengeance and its unforgiving sense of consequence.

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