The Spy Gone North
In the lasting days of the Cold War.
DramaHistoryThrillerundercover agentspybased on true storypolitical campaignbeijing, chinanuclear threatpolitical corruption1990s2000sinter-korean relationsnational intelligence service (nis)
A tense Cold War espionage thriller grounded in historical fact, exploring the moral and personal costs of undercover intelligence work amid geopolitical stakes.
South Korea, 1993. An agent of the National Intelligence Service is sent to Beijing to infiltrate a group of North Korean officials with the ultimate goal of obtaining information about their nuclear program.
Essence
Ensemble
Hwang Jung-min
Heuk Geum-seong / Park Seok-yeong
Lee Sung-min
Ri Myeong-woon
Cho Jin-woong
Choi Hak-seong
Ju Ji-hoon
Section Chief Jeong Moo-taek
Jeong So-ri
Lee Hong-seol
Kim Hong-pa
Kim Myung-soo
Ki Joo-bong
President Kim Jong-il
Kim Eung-soo
Department Head Kim
Chae Yong
Hwang Byeong-cheol
Park Sung-woong
Han Chang-joo
Park Jin-young
Kim Jang-hyeok
Nam Moon-chul
National Assembly Member Park
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