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Revision as of 06:59, 9 October 2016

The K2
Promotional poster
GenreThriller
Political drama
Romance
Action
Written byJang Hyuk-rin
Directed byko
StarringJi Chang-wook
Song Yun-ah
Im Yoona
Jo Sung-ha
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes16
Production
Running time60 min.
Production companyHB Entertainment
Original release
NetworktvN
ReleaseSeptember 23, 2016 (2016-09-23) –
present ()

The K2 (Korean: 더 케이투; RR: Deo Keitu) is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Ji Chang-wook, Song Yun-ah, Im Yoona and Jo Sung-ha. It began airing on tvN every Friday and Saturday at 20:00 (KST) on September 23, 2016.[1]

Synopsis

Kim Je-ha (Ji Chang-wook) is a former mercenary soldier from the JSS Special Forces, also known by his code name "K2". After he is betrayed by his country and loses his lover, he becomes a fugitive and has no loyalty to any organization and country. When he comes back to South Korea, an accident causes him to become entangled with an influential political family and he meets Go Anna (Im Yoona), the illegitimate daughter of presidential candidate Jang Se-joon (Jo Sung-ha). The candidate president's wife, Choi Yoo-jin (Song Yun-ah), wants to keep Go Anna a secret from the world and hires Je-ha to guard Anna from prying eyes. As Je-ha gets to know Anna, the two abandoned souls slowly fall in love with each other.

Cast

Main characters

A hired mercenary under the JSS Special Forces. He is a skilled soldier but becomes a fugitive and changes to be cold and cynical. He gets noticed by Yoo-jin, who hires him to guard her husband's secret illegitimate daughter, Go An-na.
The wife of the presidential candidate and eldest daughter of a chaebol family. She is ambitious and merciless, and has her sights set on becoming the First Lady.
An illegitimate daughter of a presidential candidate and a former famous star. Growing up surrounded by public interest, An-na suffers from social phobia and experiences panic when exposed to flashing lights. She returns to Korea from Spain by chance, and becomes a pawn in her father’s race to become the president.
A presidential candidate and An-na's father. He cares for An-na, but is unable to show it in order to protect her from his wife, Choi Yoo-jin.

Supporting characters

  • Kim Kap-soo as Park Gwan-soo, Se-joon's political rival and leader of the current ruling party
  • Lee Jung-jin as Choi Sung-won, Yoo-jin's brother and CEO of JB Group[6]
  • ko as Kim Dong-mi,[7] the right-hand woman and chief secretary of Yoo-jin
  • Song Kyung-chul[8]
  • Lee Jae-woo as Sung-gyu
  • Lee Ye-eun as Mi-ran (aka J4),[9] Go An-na's bodyguard and love rival
  • ko,[10] Dong-mi's bodyguard and former baseball player
  • ko,[11] Park Gwan-soo's bodyguard and detective

Special appearance

Production

The K2 is written by scriptwriter Jang Hyuk-rin (Reset, 2014 and Yong-pal, 2015) and directed by producer Kwak Jung-hwan (The Slave Hunters, 2010 and Neighborhood Hero, 2016).[12][13] The drama is depicted with a bodyguard action theme and utilized various fighting techniques including systema, taekwondo, aikido, and jujutsu for its action scenes. It became the first Korean television drama to introduce the Bullet Time effect.[14][15] The first script reading was held in August 2016 at the CJ E&M Center in Seoul, South Korea.[16] Filming began in September; some scenes of the drama were filmed in Spain.[17]

The male lead Ji Chang-wook, due to his casting, became the highest-paid actor for a tvN drama.[18] He had special training and will be performing the action stunts in the drama by himself, without a body double.[19] At the press conference, director Kwak expressed "On top of Ji's splendid action, the drama will tell the story of insatiable desire and political fights between people holding secrets of their own."[15]

Original soundtrack

Part 1
No.TitleLyricsMusicArtistLength
1."Today Too (오늘도)"Hard Carry
  • Hard Carry
  • Choi Seon-young
Kim Bo-hyung (Spica)3:44
2."Today Too (오늘도)" (Inst.) 
  • Hard Carry
  • Choi Seon-young
 3:44
Total length:7:28

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.[20]

Episode # Original broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen Ratings[21] TNmS Ratings[22]
Nationwide Seoul National Capital Area Nationwide
1 September 23, 2016 3.225% 3.257% 4.2%
2 September 24, 2016 3.396% 3.821% 4.9%
3 September 30, 2016 4.390% 4.743% 4.6%
4 October 1, 2016 3.948% 3.936% 5.4%
5 October 7, 2016 4.622% 4.820% 5.2%
6 October 8, 2016 6.636% 8.489% 5.6%
7 October 14, 2016
8 October 15, 2016
9 October 21, 2016
10 October 22, 2016
11 October 28, 2016
12 October 29, 2016
13 November 4, 2016
14 November 5, 2016
15 November 11, 2016
16 November 12, 2016
Average % % %

Note: This drama airs on cable channel / pay TV which has a relatively small audience compared to free-to-air TV / public broadcasters (KBS, MBC, SBS, and EBS).

International broadcast

  • Vietnam Vietnam: HTV2
  • Taiwan: KKTV
  • Hong Kong

References

  1. ^ Cho Yoon-sun (August 26, 2016). "'THE K2' 측 "지창욱, 몸 사리지 않는 연기에 감탄"". Naver (in Korean). Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  2. ^ Jin, Min-ji. "Ji Chang-wook confirms lead in 'K2'". Korea JoongAng Daily. JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  3. ^ Ahn, Woorim. "Ji Chang Wook Confirms to Appear in 'K2'". BNT News International. BNT News. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  4. ^ Jang, Hee-jeong. "tvN 측 "'THE K2' 제작 돌입, 내달 23일 첫방 확정"(공식입장)". Naver (in Korean). News1 Korea. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  5. ^ Lee, Ji-hae. "SNSD's Yoona to star in drama". Kpop Herald. Herald Corporation. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  6. ^ Jin Min-ji (July 20, 2016). "Lee Jung-jin confirmed for 'K2'". JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  7. ^ Park Soo-in (August 18, 2016). "신동미 'THE K2' 출연 확정, 송윤아와 호흡(공식)". Herald Pop (in Korean). Retrieved August 18, 2016.
  8. ^ Hong Se-yeong (August 24, 2016). "송경철, 'THE K2' 출연확정…지창욱과 호흡 [공식입장]". Dong-A Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  9. ^ "뮤지컬배우 이예은, 'THE K2' 소녀시대 윤아 보디가드 役 낙점". Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). August 31, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  10. ^ Park Soo-in (August 19, 2016). "신예 유인혁, tvN 'THE K2' 캐스팅..액션 연기 펼친다". Star News (in Korean). Retrieved August 19, 2016.
  11. ^ "tvN 'The K2' 배우 지윤재, 극중 정체 드러내.. 또 다른 흥미요소로". Media&Contents (in Korean). October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  12. ^ Park, Hyun-min. "지창욱도 tvN 진출하나…'K2' 주연 물망". OSEN (in Korean). OSEN. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  13. ^ Park, Yoon-jin. "송윤아, 첫 케이블 드라마 진출작? "'K2' 검토 중"". My Daily (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  14. ^ THE K2 더 케이투 비기닝 지창욱,송윤아,윤아의 보디가드 액션 제작 리포트 160923 EP.1 (news program). South Korea: tvN on YouTube / Google Inc. September 14, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
  15. ^ a b Park Jin-hai (September 21, 2016). "Action drama 'K2' adopts 'Matrix' filming technique". The Korea Times. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
  16. ^ THE K2 (대본리딩)THE K2 다섯자로 말하기 160923 EP.1 (news program). South Korea: tvN on YouTube / Google Inc. August 17, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  17. ^ Kaur, Gungeet (September 6, 2016). "Im Yoona's still cuts from her upcoming Korean drama released [Photos]". International Business Times. Retrieved September 6, 2016.
  18. ^ "지창욱 측 "tvN 역대 최고 출연료? 해외 인기 고려된 것"". DongA Ilbo. July 27, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  19. ^ "'THE K2' 지창욱, 고난이도 액션도 대역 없이 OK". 10Asia. The Korea Economic Daily. September 8, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  20. ^ Park Jeong-seon (June 29, 2016). "['또 오해영' 종영②] "키스만 했다 하면"…최고 시청률의 순간들". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  21. ^ "AGB Daily Ratings: this links to current day-select the date from drop down menu". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Retrieved May 10, 2016.
  22. ^ "TNmS Daily Ratings on Naver". TNmS Ratings (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved July 8, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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