Numbers: Observers in the Building Forest (넘버스)
Numbers: Observers in the Building Forest is a tense Korean workplace thriller that exposes corruption, power struggles, and moral conflicts within one of the nation’s top accounting firms. Centered on justice and revenge, the story explores how numbers can be used both to conceal the truth and to reveal it.
Synopsis
Ho Woo is a high school graduate gifted with exceptional memory, sharp observation skills, and an unshakable sense of justice. Breaking all conventions, he becomes the first person without a university degree to join the country’s most prestigious accounting firm.
Inside the firm, Ho Woo works alongside Je Kyun, the calculating Vice President, and Je Kyun’s son, Seung Jo, a brilliant and ambitious ace accountant. Though the three men hold vastly different values, motivations, and personal goals, they are inevitably drawn toward the same objective: uncovering the truth and delivering justice within a system riddled with corruption.
As Ho Woo navigates corporate politics, hidden agendas, and dangerous secrets, he learns that the world of finance is just as ruthless as any battlefield. Using numbers as his weapon, he challenges powerful figures and risks everything to expose injustice buried deep within the firm.
Drama Information
Native Title: 넘버스: 빌딩숲의 감시자들
Also Known As: Numbers, NUM:ERS, Numbers: Observers in the Building Forest, Accounting Firm, Hoegyebeobin, 넘버스
Director: Kim Chil Bong
Screenwriters: Oh Hye Seok, Jung An
Genres: Action, Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Key Themes
- Justice versus corruption
- Workplace politics and power struggles
- Revenge and moral dilemmas
- Bromance and conflicting ideals
- Business ethics and accountability
- Underdog rising against an elite system
