“Buried Hearts focuses on Seo Dong-Joo his boundless ambition, his downfall and his rising back from the ashes“

Storyline:

To survive, a man hacked into a political slush fund worth 2 trillion won. The other man is a powerful shadowy figure, who loses 2 trillion won by killing a man without knowing that he was hacked.

Seo Dong-Joo (Park Hyung-Sik) is the leader of the chairman’s secretary office at Daesan Group. He is known as the “Daesan Man,” who lives and dies for the Daesan Group’s interests. but, he hides his elaborate and passionate ambitions deep within his mind. His greatest plan is to entirely eradicate the Daesan Group.

Yeom Jang-Sun is a law school professor and the former director of the National Intelligence Service. He is the most consequential person in the South Korean political world. He even controls the kingmaker behind the scenes. Yeom Jang-Sun feels the pinnacle of pleasure when he exerts money and power as he pleases. He is the type of person who feels alive only when he has control over everyone like a marionette puppet.

Cast:

Park Hyung Sik as Seo Dong Ju (Main Role), Huh Joon Ho as Yeom Jang Seon (Main Role), Lee Hae Young as Heo Il Do (Main Role), Hong Hwa Yeon as Yeo Eun Nam (Main Role) .

Buried Hearts Written by Lee Myung-Hee, Directed byJin Chang-Gyu, and telecast on Network SBS.

Review:

The drama story begins with the alarming image of a body floating on a raft. We don’t see the man’s face, but the camera focuses on his unique wristwatch as a fisherman approaches the man takes his belongings and walks away with the watch in his possession.

 Now we’ve travelled back in time and that unique watch is on the wrist of Seo Dong Joo ( our male protagonist). He works as a trusted assistant to the Daesan Empire’s CHAIRMAN Cha Gang-Cheon.

Seo Dong Joo doesn’t wait to get his hands dirty on the chairman’s behalf. He using a combination of bribery, blackmail, and good old-fashioned brute power to procure a favourable result in a legal hearing involving Chairman Cha’s son-in-law, Heo Il-do. Despite helping Dong-joo’s intelligence and talents, it’s clear that Il-do hates Dong-joo’s closeness with Chairman Cha.  

Seo Dong Joo once chose love over power and wealth, Once, Dong-joo had dreamed of evading his way into the Daesan family fortune by wooing and marrying Il-do’s daughter. But before he got the chance to attempt it, he met YEO EUN-NAM his love interest, and fell in love with her.

Chairman Cha invites Dong-joo at the last minute as family-adjacent, Il-do’s daughter JenniferIt’s wedding which is meant to be a private family wedding. The ceremony begins and Eun-nam walks down the aisle to join her groom at the altar. Dong-joo was shocked to see Eun-num as a bride and unable to control himself, guards dragged him from the room and locked him in a storage room, where his incredulous laughter turned to sobs and then ice-cold anger. After the ceremony, he’s let out and ordered to carry on with his duties like he hasn’t just had his heart stomped on.

He manages to get a few minutes face-to-face with Eun-nam and asks her Did you ever truly consider marrying me instead? But though she does look sorrowful, she’s made her decision based on what’s best for the family business.

Dong-joo discovers Chairman Cha’s locks have all been changed, it’s clear the chairman himself has been made aware of the link between his now-married granddaughter and his favourite assistant.

Buried Hearts is a dark tale of revenge and corporate scheming. Despite resisting the attraction to manipulate his way into a conglomerate dynasty, Seo Dong Ju finds himself hooked up in the family drama and cutthroat series of wars.