63 minSeason 1 • Episode 20
LatestHyun-Jun and the NSS are able to save the hostages, but with the cost of Sa-Woo's life. But on the night of the summit, the NSS receives word that the hostages were actually IRIS soldiers in disguise.
Two friends, members of the South Korean military, are recruited by a secret black ops agency.
Production
Budapest and Japan locations elevate spy aesthetics
Acting
Kim Yeong-cheol's villainy steals every scene
Stunts
Hand-to-hand combat actually looks exhausting
Lee Byung-hun
Kim Hyeon-Jun
Kim So-yeon
Kim Seon-Hwa
Jung Jun-ho
Jin Sa-Woo
Kim Tae-hee
Choi Seung Hee
Kim Yeong-cheol
Baek San
T.O.P
Vick
Moon Hee-kyung
Choi Seung-hee's aunt
Hyun Jyu-ni
Yang Mi-jung
David Lee McInnis
Ray
Jung Ho-bin
Kang Chul-hwan
Kim Seung-woo
Park Cheol-yeong
Lee Jeong-kil
Jo Myeong-ho
Yun Ju-sang
Oh Hyeon-kyu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The ₩20 billion budget made it Korea's most expensive drama in 2009, with filming in Hungary, Japan and Russia.
The series reflected real anxieties about North-South relations during the Lee Myung-bak administration's tougher stance.
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