K-Drama : Sweet Spy

Starring: Nam Sang-Mi, Yoo Sun, Lee Ju-Hyun, Dennis Oh
Director: Go Dong-Sun
Writer: Kim Gi-Ho, Lee Sun-Mi, Kwon Mi-Sun
Episode: 20 eps

Synopsis

“What is the moral level of Korea in the 21st century?
Is this society one where common sense is still valid?
A country where just because of the fact that some officials are elected candidates they think they can get away with bribery and large-scale wiretappings initiated by National Institutions.
Who are our people supposed to trust?
A weak traffic police Lee/ Soon/ Ae
Let’s hope that she will soothe our surging anger.

MBC's new drama series, Sweet Spy delves into the World of politics, espionage and corruption. Best New Actress nominee Nam Sang-Mi stars as Lee Soon-Ae, a recently widowed traffic cop who finds herself in over her head after she stops a young man for committing a routine traffic violation. Newcomer Dennis Oh plays Han Yoo-Il, the mysterious stranger who is stopped by the ever-diligent Soon-Ae. He is in fact an international spy, who has come to Korea on a top-secret mission.

When Soon-Ae accidentally forgets to return Yoo-il's super high-tech spy pen to him, she sets in motion a chain of events that pulls her into the shady world of international espionage. When the Special Operations Unit also becomes involved, its new Chief Kang Joon (Lee Joo Hyun), and female officer Park (Yoo Sun) also become entangled.

Casts

Lee Soon Ae - Nam Sang Mi

About the time that Soon Ae was about to graduate high school her father's print shop was not doing very well. They were barely making enough to scrape by. So as soon as she graduated she went out to help make money for the family. She married a young police officer, Kim Minook, but shortly after their marriage he died in a questionable car accident. Soon Ae ends up becoming a special recruit police officer but soon finds that making a living on her own is not too easy. After accidentally stepping on the edge of the First Lady’s skirt she gets moved to a neighborhood public security center where she gets harassed by drunks, goes around looking for runaway teens, and get bruises here and there trying to help solve domestic disputes. She has a very troublesome life but she works very hard never to forget her duties as a police officer.

Kang June - Lee Joo Hyun

He is a very hard worker; studying and working at the same time he makes it into the police college. This guarantees him a secure future and also exempts him from paying tuition. He graduates with exemplary grades and stands out among his classmates with his outstanding skills in solving cases which gets him promoted as a police captain early on in his career. He is a very lonely person who is frighteningly cold-hearted, doesn't let his feelings be shown nor does he let others come into his heart. But one day he meets the troublemaker police officer Soon Ae who starts to melt his heart.

Park Eun Joo - Yu Sun

She is born the eldest of a family from which many of Korea's best police officers were born. As a child she got all sorts of special education and was brought up not knowing any hardships. She is the most intelligent and talented woman ever to graduate from the police college. It’s hard to believe that her feelings toward Kang June are truly love but one thing for sure is that she can not let someone take the most popular and best officer away from her. But just when she thought Kang June was all hers his heart starts to move toward the preposterous Lee Soon Ae! Just watching her going ahead and solving cases before any orders come down from the investigators stirs up great hatred inside Eun Joo's heart. Eun Joo becomes more of a wicked character as she rebukes each and every case Soon Ae is involved in to Kang Jun and even puts her into great danger. Soon after, Eun Joo herself gets into a great accident.

Han You Il - Dennis Oh

A character with an unknown identity who has nothing but money suddenly appears out of nowhere as a person who has great funding powers from a non-banking sector. There are many rumors going around about him because everything about him, starting from where he was brought up and what he did in the past, is hidden. He can speak English, Japanese, French, German, Russian and 2 third world languages, and he has information about anyone he needs to know about. His one and only hobby is boxing till he sweats, and this, after coming back from trips to Tokyo, Singapore, and Hong Kong. As the curiosity grows of what actually is behind the curtains of this great spotlight, fame, wealth and soft smile, he meets Soon Ae again, after getting a speeding ticket, at a sparring ring. After seeing her again a little fire of love lights his dim heart. What is his real identity?...

Credits :
MBC Global media + cine-east.com + Yong(Malaysia) @ KpopKingdom