As interest in virtual assets (cryptocurrencies) grows worldwide, works using this material are attracting attention in theaters and home theaters.

The movie ‘Plummet’, which will be released on the 15th, is a crime drama based on the true story of the Luna coin crash that shook the world with the evaporation of 50 trillion won in 2022. It is the last work of the late Song Jae-rim, who passed away in November of last year, and stars Ahn Woo-yeon, Min Sung-wook, and Cha Jung-won.

The production team of ‘Plummet’ received thorough prior investigation and close legal advice as they dealt with a case in which there were 280,000 victims in Korea alone and no judicial judgment has been made to date.

In fact, director Hyun Hae-ri, who was in charge of directing and writing the screenplay, is known to be one of the victims of the ‘Luna Incident’. The film was made with the question, “Why do people keep investing even after failing several times?” The current director is a former current affairs and culture PD who received favorable reviews at the Cannes Drama Festival for “The Woman Who Only Worked as a Contract Worker 9 Times.”

Ra Mi-ran is also returning with a drama based on cryptocurrency. MBC’s new drama “Let’s Go to the Moon,” scheduled to air in the first half of the year, is about three poor office workers who dream of making a fortune by boarding a coin train.

In the drama, Ra Mi-ran plays the role of Kang Eun-sang, an unregistered sales team employee who only thinks about making money day and night, and she works with Lee Sun-bin and Jo A-ram.

‘Let‘s go to the moon’ is a translation of the slang term ‘TO THE MOON’, which is mainly used in cryptocurrency, and means ‘Pray for a sharp rise’ in the context of the chart being like a rocket soaring toward the moon.

It is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Jang Ryu-jin, which vividly portrays the psychology of office workers immersed in Bitcoin before and after the rush of retail investors in the early 2020s.

It sheds light on the lives of contemporary youth suffering from poverty due to unstable employment environments, absurdity in the workplace, and increasing household debt.


Reporter Lee Jeong-yeon annjoy@donga.com