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The K2

★ 7.7 13K votes 2016–2016 1 season · 16 episodes Ended tvN
K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 9/10Political intriguePower struggles inside governments and institutions.This show: 8/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 8/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 8/10Cliffhanger-drivenEngineered for the 'one more episode' effect.This show: 7/10Elites & privilegeThe rich and powerful, glamorous or rotten.This show: 7/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.This show: 7/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Ji Chang-wookSong Yun-ahIm Yoon-ahJo Sung-haKim Kap-suJeon Bae-soo
Starring
Ji Chang-wookSong Yun-ahIm Yoon-ahJo Sung-haKim Kap-suJeon Bae-soo
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
063125188250

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About

"Action-romance thriller wrapped around political rot"

A former mercenary soldier, adrift after a botched overseas mission, takes a bodyguard job protecting the estranged daughter of a powerful political fixer. What starts as personal protection spirals into a web of election-rigging, buried secrets, and a captive woman hidden away by the fixer's ruthless wife. It's a glossy, high-stakes Korean thriller that mixes bruising action sequences with a slow-burn romance and political intrigue. The pace is brisk, the visuals polished, and the lead performances carry real charisma, even when the plotting leans melodramatic.

Watch it for

the lead's magnetic performance anchoring both the fight choreography and the romance.

Maybe skip if

you dislike political-conspiracy plots that lean melodramatic in their back half.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12016
7.92K1617h 12m
A fugitive soldier gets swept up in personal and political intrigue when he's hired as a bodyguard for the family of a presidential candidate.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1He Saw My Face7.6
22264 min
▶2The K27.8
21264 min
▶3I Do Not Devote Myself to Anyone Any More8.1
18165 min
▶4I Will Pull the Trigger For You7.9
15663 min
▶5He Was a Wolf8.0
15464 min
▶6Don't You Think, Friend?7.7
15363 min
▶7Promise Me That You'll Protect Anna until the End7.6
14763 min
▶8I Won't Let Anyone Touch You, Even Choi Yoo Jin7.6
14361 min
▶9Je Ha, I Think I Like You7.8
14266 min
▶10If We Stay Together, We'll Both Die8.1
14267 min
▶11If You Touch Je Ha, I'll Kill You7.8
13566 min
▶12Are You on My Side or Yoo Jin's?7.6
12866 min
▶13Anna Is My Daughter8.1
12566 min
▶14Love Isn't Something You Can Share7.8
12163 min
▶15I Think You'll Die Today8.3
14064 min
▶16I'm Your Mother's Murderer8.5
18167 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Ji Chang-wook Kim Je Ha
Song Yun-ah Choi Yoo Jin
Im Yoon-ah Go Anna
Jo Sung-ha Jang Se-joon
Kim Kap-su Park Gwan-soo
Jeon Bae-soo Joo Chul-ho
Shin Dong-mi Secretary Kim Dong-mi
Yeom Hye-ran Housekeeper
Lee Jae-woo Kang Sung-gyu
Lee Jung-Jin Choi Seong-won

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