IRIS

 

DETAILS

• Title: 아이리스 / IRIS
• Previously known as: 쉬리 / Shiri
• Genre: Action, mystery, thriller, romance
• Episodes: 20
• Broadcast network: KBS2
• Broadcast period: 2009-Oct-14 to 2009-Dec-17
• Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
• Related TV Shows: Athena: Goddess of War

SYNOPSIS

Kim Hyun Joon and Jin Sa Woo are best friends who were brought into a top secret organization known as NSS by analyst Choi Seung Hee and Park Sang Hyun. Hyun Joon and Sa Woo both fall in love with Seung Hee when she first profiles them. Their lives are changed forever when Hyun Joon is given a solo mission in Hungary. Hyun Joon later tries to find out who set him up and to figure out what IRIS is and wants.

CAST

• Lee Byung Hun as Kim Hyun Joon
  • Oh Eun Chan (오은찬) as Hyun Joon (child)
• Kim Tae Hee as Choi Seung Hee
• Jung Joon Ho as Jin Sa Woo
• Kim Seung Woo as Park Chul Young
• Kim So Yeon as Kim Sun Hwa
• T.O.P BIG BANG as Vick
• Hyun Jyu Ni as Yang Mi Jung (NSS staff, best Korean hacker)
• Yoo Min as Sato Eriko
• Kim Young Chul as Baek San (NSS vice-director)
• Yoon Je Moon as Park Sang Hyun (NSS chief)
• Yoon Joo Sang as Oh Hyun Kyu (NSS chief)
• Lee Jung Gil as Jo Myung Ho (president)
• Jung Han Yong as Jung Hyung Joon (president's male advisor)
• Na Yoon as Hwang Tae Sung (NSS staff)
• Kim Hye Jin as Yang Jung In (NSS staff)
• Myung Ji Yun as Hong Soo Jin (president's female advisor)
• Miyama Karen as Yuki
• Kim Gab Soo as Yoo Jung Hoon
• Park Soo Hyun as Park Joong Kwon
• Jung Ho Bin as Kang Chul Hwan
• Park Yong Ki as Yoo Kang Oh
• Kim Hyung Jong as North Korean agent
• Lee Eon Jeong
• Yeo Ho Min
• Lee Jung Yong
• Son Jung Min
• Sung Woong
• Jo Ji Hwan (조지환)
• ?? as Eo Seong Shik
• ?? as Hwang Shil Jang
• ?? as Kang Do Chul
• ?? as Baek Kyung Hwa
• ?? as Kim Hyun Suk
• ?? as Oh Kwang Soo
• ?? as Kwan Oh Hyun

PRODUCTION CREDITS

• Production Company: Taewon Entertainment
• Director: Kim Kyu Tae, Yang Yoon Ho (양윤호)
• Writers: Choi Wan Kyu, Kang Je Kyu
• Screenwriters: Kim Jae Eun, Jo Kyu Won (조규원), Kim Hyun Joon (김현준)
• Executive Producer: Choi Ji Young
• Producer: Kim Young Jo

RECOGNITIONS

• 2010 46th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best TV Drama Award
• 2010 46th Baeksang Arts Awards: Best TV Actor Award (Lee Byung Hun)
• 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Daesang (Grand Prize) (Lee Byung Hun)
• 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Novella Drama - Actress (Kim Tae Hee)
• 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Novella Drama - Actor (Jung Joon Ho and Kim Seung Woo)
• 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Best Supporting Actor Award (Yoon Joo Sang)
• 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Lee Byung Hun and Kim Tae Hee)
• 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Popularity Award (Kim So Yun)
• 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Netizen Popularity Award (Lee Byung Hun)

NOTES

• Filming sites include Russia, Japan, China and the U.S.
• The production cost for this drama is estimated to be around 20 million dollars.
• This drama is somewhat based on the film Shiri.
• Plans have been made for a season 2 of IRIS. However actor Lee Byung Hun will be unable to participate in as he has other commitments.