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Dead-End Job

Name: Dead-End Job
Genre: Mystery, Horror, Fantasy
Released: 2026-10-30

A debt-ridden young man accepts a part-time job that promises extraordinary pay, only to find that every shift at a mysterious staffing agency can turn nightmarish.

Mystery Horror Fantasy

First release OCT 30, 2026

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Who’s who in Dead-End Job

Hyeok-junPlayed by Lee Jae-wook

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Yeon-jooPlayed by Ko Min-si
Ji-yoonPlayed by Kim Min-ha
Mr. SPlayed by Lee Hee-jun

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A young man in a work uniform stands in a red-lit interior.

Lee Jae-wook as Hyeok-jun reacts to the words “50 times?” on screen.

A close-up of a young man with his eyes closed.

A young man stands in a damaged convenience store.

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Dead-End Job is a Korean mystery-horror-fantasy series. Netflix’s premiere announcement follows Hyeok-jun, who accepts work at Spider Staffing Agency, where pay starts at 50 times the minimum hourly wage and workers must never reveal what happens on the job. His first assignment is an apparently ordinary convenience store, where each shift could cost him his life. Kim Da-min directs, with Han Jun-hee as creator. Kyung Min-sun and Lee Shin-ji wrote the series. Lee Jae-wook plays Hyeok-jun, Ko Min-si plays Yeon-joo, Kim Min-ha plays Ji-yoon, and Lee Hee-jun plays Mr. S, head of Spider Staffing Agency. The series premieres October 30, 2026, only on Netflix. Netflix India lists the series as U/A 16+; a U.S. classification is not confirmed.

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