The Manipulated
| The Manipulated | |
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| Hangul | 조각도시 |
| Hanja | 彫刻都市 |
| Lit. | Sculpture City |
| RR | Jogakdosi |
| MR | Chogaktosi |
| Genre | |
| Based on | Fabricated City by Park Kwang-hyun |
| Written by | Oh Sang-ho |
| Directed by | |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Kim Tae-seong |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
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| Budget | ₩35 billion |
| Original release | |
| Network | Hulu (Disney+) |
| Release | November 5 – December 3, 2025 |
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The Manipulated (Korean: 조각도시) is a 2025 South Korean revenge action crime thriller television series written by Oh Sang-ho, directed by Park Shin-woo and Kim Chang-ju, and starring Ji Chang-wook, Doh Kyung-soo, Kim Jong-soo, Jo Yoon-su, and Lee Kwang-soo. It depicts the story of an ordinary man whose life is abruptly shattered for being wrongly accused of a major crime, but returns to pursue a bloody vengeance after discovering it was a fabrication. The series premiered with 4 episodes on Disney+ as a Hulu original series on November 5, 2025, as the Star content hub was replaced by Hulu on October 8, 2025.