Production | Taewon Entertainment
PD | Kim Kyu-tae 김규태 (A Love To Kill), Yang Yun-ho 양윤호 (Rainbow Eyes)
Script | Kim Hyun-jun / Kim Jae-eun / Choi Wan-kyu 최완규's A Story
Cast | Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-hee, Jung Joon-ho, Kim Seung-woo, Kim So-Yeon, Kim Young-chul, T.O.P
Episodes | 20
Broadcast Time | Wednesday/Thursday 9:55PM
First Broadcast | 14 October 2009
Network | KBS2TV l TBS Japan
Filming | Starts in March 2009
Press Conference | May 12, 2009 l October 5, 2009
IRIS Showcase at | 3rd CHIFFS August 31, 2009
Shooting Locations | Seoul-Korea, Akita-Japan, Budapest-Hungary, Shanghai-China.
Partners/Promoters | H-Plus, 9th Avenue, Artist View
Synopsis
Assassin Kim Hyun Joon and psychological analyst Choi Seung Hee are lovers as well as colleagues at secret intelligence organization, NSS.
Due to a friend’s betrayal, they go through hell with the unlucky fate of continually loving each other but unable to say or do anything about it.
Jin Sa Woo is a secret agent who was at the top of his class.
However, since meeting Hyun Joon and Seung Hee, he struggles to obey orders.
He and Hyun Joon are friends in work but foes in love, as both care for Seung Hee.
The character played by T.O.P is an assassin for IRIS, a secret organization hidden the States.
He has been assigned to kill Hyun Joon. Kim Sun Hwa is a North Korean security agent who follows her security team leader, Park Chul Yung, like a shadow.
She is also ordered to chase after Hyun Joon, but falls in love with him after being discarded by her country.
Sato Eriko is an agent for Japan’s Defence Intelligence Headquarters.
The cast and crew will film in several different countries
(Japan, U.S., China, Russia) with an astounding budget of approximately $15 million USD (based on March 17’s exchange rate). Source: kpculture.com
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