The Spies Who Loved Me () is a South Korean television series starring Eric Mun, Yoo In-na, and Lim Ju-hwan. The series revolves around Kang Ah-Reum (Yoo In-na), a wedding dress designer, and her two husbands; ex Jun Ji-Hoon (Eric Mun) and current husband Derek Hyun (Im Joo Hwan), who both hide their real identities from her. It premiered on MBC TV on October 21, 2020, airing twice a week. It is also available on iQIYI for streaming worldwide.
Synopsis Kang Ah-Reum is a wedding dress designer who has been married twice. Her ex happens to be an undercover Interpol agent, while her current husband is an industrial spy. After a close friend is murdered for her involvement in the well-known EcoSun project, Ah-Reum seeks the help of Ji-Hoon and his team in finding out the truth, along the way uncovering dark and shocking secrets about those closest to her.
Cast Main Eric Mun as Jun Ji-Hoon, Kang Ah-Reum's first husband who is a secret Interpol agent disguised as a travel writer. Yoo In-na as Kang Ah-Reum, a wedding dress designer and owner of the shop Areumdaun Dress. She is married to Derek Hyun. Lim Ju-hwan as Derek Hyun, Kang Ah-Reum's second husband and a cold-blooded industrial spy, who works as the CEO of an industrial spy agency.
Supporting
People around Jun Ji-hoon Kim Tae-woo as Ban Jin-min, Director of Asian Affairs at Interpol's Industrial and Confidential Bureau. Jeong Suk-yong as Kang Tae-ryong, the head of the second Asia Branch of Interpol's Industrial Confidentiality Bureau disguised as a representative of the publishing company, Gulliver's Publishers. Cha Joo-young as Hwang Seo-ra, an Interpol secret agent with an IQ of 157. She is the one who Ah-Reum believes Ji-Hoon had an affair with, though in reality, it was all a misunderstanding. Bae In-hyuk as Kim Young-goo, a junior agent of the Bureau disguised as the sales manager of the publishing company. The youngest of the team who specializes in analytics.
People around Kang Ah-reum
Park So-jin as Bae Doo-rae, Ah-reum's business partner and best friend, and the co-CEO of the wedding dress shop Kim Chung as Han Bok-sim, Ah-reum's mother and the hostess of the Dongbaekjudan Yoon So-hee as Sophie Ahn, a genius scientist in charge of the EcoSun Project, and Ah-reum's friend. She is the informant that Ji-Hoon is looking for early in the series.
People around Derek Hyun
Jeon Seung-bin as Peter, Asia division industrial spy. Lee Jong-won as Tinker, an agent, M Classic Car CEO and a classic car restoration specialist. Kim Hye-ok as Hye Ra-sin, Derek Hyun's grandmother.
Others Lee Joo-woo as Kim Dong-ran, DDK Group's second daughter and CEO of DDK Bora Food. Moon Ji-hoo as Doo-bong's underling Lee Ha-eun as Yoon Yeo-jung Jang Jae-ho as Kim Dong-taek Ji Hyun-joon as Jang Doo-bong
Special appearance Ahn Hee-yeon as Hacker (ep. 8-9)
Production It is the first drama by screenwriter Lee Ji-min, who has previously produced films such as The Man Standing Next, Forbidden Dream and The Age of Shadows. MBC confirmed the casting of Eric Mun, Yoo In-na and Lim Ju-hwan on June 22, 2020 in a press release that described the series as a "romantic spy drama". The main poster was revealed on September 29.
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Special Track
Part 4
Viewership +Average TV viewership ratingsEp.PartOriginal broadcast dateAverage audience share (Nielsen Korea)Nationwide11October 21, 20203.7%221October 22, 20203.0%23.2%31October 28, 20201.8%22.4%41October 29, 20202.8%22.6%51November 5, 20202.8%23.2%61November 11, 20202.2%22.4%71November 12, 20202.7%23.1%81November 19, 20203.0%22.8%91November 25, 2020 1.6%2101November 26, 20202.1%22.5%111December 2, 20202.1%22.2%121December 3, 20202.2%22.6%131December 9, 20201.8%22.3%141December 10, 20202.9%22.8%151December 16, 20201.8%22.0%161December 17, 20202.5%22.8%Average
International broadcast The series is available same time as Korea, as an iQIYI Original and exclusively on iQIYI globally (except China and Korea) with multilingual subtitles. It is also available non-exclusively on iQIYI in South Korea.
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result 2020 39th MBC Drama Awards Drama of the Year The Spies Who Loved Me Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries Eric Mun Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries Yoo In-na Excellence Award, Actor in a Wednesday-Thursday Miniseries Lim Ju-hwan Best Supporting Actor Kim Tae-woo Best Supporting Actress Cha Joo-young Best New Actor Bae In-hyuk Best New Actress Park So-jin Best Couple Eric Mun & Yoo In-na
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