UPSIZE PH | Why is everyone talking about 'The Penthouse: War In Life?"

Dec 23

Dec 23 Why is everyone talking about 'The Penthouse: War In Life?"

If you move around circles whose members live and breathe Korean drama, then you've heard of the SBS show "The Penthouse: War In Life."

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"The Penthouse" has been compared to "SKY Castle" in that it involves women and their children. The similarity, to us, ends there.

If you're looking for a relaxing drama that will help make you fall asleep, "The Penthouse" isn't it.

It tells the story of four families who live in a posh building called Hera Palace. The penthouse dwellers, businessman Joo Dan-tae (played by Um Ki-joon) and his beautiful wife Shim Su-ryeon (played by Lee Ji-ah).

Within minutes of the drama starting, a young woman, who turns out to be a math tutor, falls to her death from the building and Shim Su-ryeon witnesses it.

The other characters include an ambitious opera singer and her doctor husband, a lawyer, a hardworking middle class single mom and a bunch of kids who look like they're spoiled brats but are actually troubled.