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The Returned Box

A small trading company is weeks from closing when a fax arrives from a Japanese partner it lost ten years ago.

Office and fax scene from The Returned Box production cut
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The Returned BoxAI short drama · 5 episodes
Episode 1 · 3:12

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A DOWHARA ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTIONAI SHORT DRAMA5 EPISODES 2026
Synopsis

One fax, ten years later

A small trading company is weeks from closing when a fax arrives from a Japanese partner it lost ten years ago.

Jung Man-ho is winding down 35 years of business. His hand stops at a sender’s name he knows too well. But the person who used to sign those faxes is nowhere to be found.

The Returned Box is a five-part short drama set in the final month of a company that traded between Korea and Japan for 35 years.

Programme

Five episodes

Episodes 1–4 are on YouTube. Episode 5 has no announced release date.

01

One fax, ten years later

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03:12Now showing
02

The missing contact

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03:16Now showing
03

A Price That No Longer Works

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02:59Now showing
04

The Returned Box

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02:46Now showing
05

Title to be announced

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Cast

Characters

Jung Man-ho

CEO, Haram Trading · 62

Runs a trading company that dealt with Japan for 35 years. He plans to close it this month.

Seo Ji-hyun

Staff, Haram Trading · 33

The last employee left. She looks at the fax her boss could not put down.

Credits

Production details

Format
5-part short drama (3–5 min per episode)
Language
Korean dialogue · Japanese on screen (Korean subtitles)
Written · directed · edited
DOWHARA TRADING
Release
YouTube · Episodes 1–4 available
Video
MiniMax H3
Image
Z-Image
Voice
MOSS-TTS
Music
ACE-Step

This work was made with AI generation tools. It is a work of fiction and does not depict any real person or company. Every company and character in it is invented.

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Written · directed · editedDOWHARA TRADING
Contact[email protected] · 053-382-1357
SinceDaegu, Korea · 1990