It’s an occassion when a prominent director does a tv series project, in this case Yoon Jong-bin, who brought us hard-hitting hits like ”Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time” and ”The Spy Gone North”. But it’s another massive occassion when he brings together for the first time two of the biggest Chungmuro actors.
Synopsis
Based on an incresible true story, this is the life-threatening journey of Kang In-gu, a civilian businessman who has no choice but to cooperate with the secret operation of the National Intelligence Service to catch Jeon Yo-hwan, the Korean drug lord who has taken control of Suriname.
Yoon Jong-bin has managed quite a casting coup for this Netflix series, bringing together Ha Jung-woo (who he worked with on ”Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time”) and Hwang Jung-min (his star in “The Spy Gone North”), two of the most bankable Korean superstars and members of elite 100 Million Viewers Club, who will be seen together in a project for the first time. Additionally, the mouthwatering supporting cast includes Netflix’s go-to Korean actor Park Hae-soo in his 3rd Netflix original drama, Jo Woo-jin, Yoo Yeon-seok and, in a special appearance, Taiwanese superstar Chang Chen too. This is Ha Jung-woo’s first tv role since 2007. Hwang, on the other hand, returned to tv in 2020 after an absence of 8 years.
“Narco-Saints”, which has gone through a couple title changes (“Suriname”, ”The Accidental Narco”) before settling for this one, is scheduled to release worldwide on Netflix on September 9th.
