The K2

The K2
Genre
Created by Studio Dragon
Written by Jang Hyuk-rin
Directed by Kwak Jung-hwan
Starring
Country of origin South Korea
Original language(s) Korean
No. of episodes 16
Production
Producer(s) Kwak Jung-hwan
Production location(s)
  • South Korea
  • Spain
Running time 60 min
Production company(s) HB Entertainment
Distributor tvN
Release
Original network tvN
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original release September 23 (2016-09-23) – November 12, 2016 (2016-11-12)
External links
Website

The K2 (Hangul: 더 케이투; RR: Deo Keitu) is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Ji Chang-wook, Im Yoon-ah and Song Yoon-ah. It premiered on tvN every Friday and Saturday at 20:00 (KST) on September 23, 2016 until November 12, 2016 for 16 episodes.[1]

Synopsis

Kim Je-ha is a former mercenary soldier for the PMC Blackstone. While in Iraq, he gets framed for the murder of his lover Raniya, a civilian. As a result, he runs away and becomes a fugitive. He returns to South Korea and by chance, gets offered to work as a bodyguard by Choi Yoo-jin, the owner of JSS Security Company and wife of the presidential candidate, Jang Se-joon. He accepts the job in exchange for resources that he needs in order to get his revenge on another presidential candidate, Park Kwan-soo, who previously ordered the killing of his lover. In the meantime, Je-ha gets assigned to guard Go An-na, the hidden daughter of Jang Se-joon, whose life is always threatened because of Yoo-jin, her stepmother. An-na, who has been reclused and lonely all her life, starts relying on Je-ha, who shows concern for her and protects her at all costs. They slowly fall in love with each other, which makes Je-ha torn between having to work with his ally, Yoo-jin, in order to get his revenge and protecting his new-found love, An-na, against his own ally.

Cast

Main

The main protagonist of the series. An employee under the JSS Security. He is a skilled soldier but becomes a fugitive and changes to be cold and cynical. He gets noticed by Yoo-jin, who hires him to guard her husband's secret illegitimate daughter, Go An-na.
An illegitimate daughter of a presidential candidate and a former famous star. Hidden and grown up under her stepmother's surveillance, An-na suffers from social phobia and experiences panic when exposed to flashing lights. She returns to Korea from Spain by chance, and becomes a pawn in her father's race to become the president.
The wife of the presidential candidate and eldest daughter of a chaebol family. She is ambitious, yet merciless and corrupted as a result of both her father's and husband's philandering ways, and has her sights set on becoming the First Lady. She starts developing feelings for Je-ha after he saved her life.
A philandering presidential candidate partially responsible for corrupting his wife and An-na's father. He cares for An-na, but is unable to show it in order to protect her from his corrupted wife, Choi Yoo-jin.
  • Kim Kap-soo as Park Kwan-soo, Se-joon's political rival and leader of the current ruling party. He is the main antagonist of the series.

Supporting

  • Lee Jung-jin as Choi Sung-won, Yoo-jin's brother and CEO of JB Group. He and Yoo-jin fight for JSS and JB group. He teams up with Kwan-soo later in the series.[6]
  • Shin Dong-mi as Kim Dong-mi,[7] the right-hand woman and chief secretary of Yoo-jin. She doesn't like Je-ha and attempts to kill him.
  • Lee Ye-eun as Jang Mi-ran (aka J4),[8] An-na's bodyguard
  • Lee Jae-woo as Kang Sung-gyu (aka K1), An-na's bodyguard
  • Lee Chul-min as Park Kwan-soo's aide
  • Song Kyung-chul as Song Young-chun[9]
  • So Hee-jung as Head of JSS medical team

Extended

  • Park Soon-chun as Choi Sung-won's mother
  • Jeon Bae-soo as Joo Chul-ho
  • Ko In-beom as Guk Chae-wan
  • Lee Soon-won as JSS body guard team leader
  • Jo Jae-ryong as Secretary Sung
  • Kim Ik-tae as Old man helping Je-ha
  • Kwon Soo-hyun as Bodyguard
  • Jung Ji-young as Noh Ji-yeon
  • Yeom Hye-ran as Housekeeper
  • Park Gun
  • Joo Jae-byun
  • Yoo In-hyuk as Dong-mi's bodyguard and former baseball player[10]
  • Yoon Joo-bin
  • Oh Sang-hoon as Battalion captain
  • Kim Kyung-ryong as Lee Kyung-jin
  • Ji Yoon-jae as Kwan-soo's bodyguard and detective with scar[11]
  • Jung Se-hyung as Detective
  • Park Kyun-rak
  • Kim Hyun as Helper
  • Carson Allen as Raniya

Special appearances

  • Joo Sae-byuk as Woman having affair with Jang Se-joon (Ep.1)
  • Son Tae-young as Uhm Hye-rin, An-na's mother and a former famous star
  • Jo Hee-bong as Police officer
  • Sung Dong-il as Police officer (Ep. 3)
  • Yoo Seung-mok as Congressman Kim
  • Lee Han-wi as President's secretary (Ep. 10)
  • Jo Dong-hyuk as JSS Special Ops captain (Ep. 8)[12]
  • Choi Jung-min
  • Park Jung-sang

Production

The drama is written by scriptwriter Jang Hyuk-rin who wrote Yong-pal (2015) and directed by Kwak Jung-hwan of Neighborhood Hero (2016).[13][14] Being depicted with a bodyguard action theme, the drama utilized various fighting techniques including systema, taekwondo, aikido, and jujutsu for its action scenes. It became the first Korean television drama to introduce the Bullet Time effect.[15][16] The first script reading was held in August 2016 at the CJ E&M Center in Seoul, South Korea.[17] Filming began in September; some scenes of the drama were filmed in Spain.[18][19][20][16]

The male lead Ji Chang-wook, due to his casting, became the highest-paid actor for a tvN drama.[19] He had special training and performed the action stunts in the drama by himself, without a body double.[20] At the press conference, director Kwak expressed "On top of Ji's splendid action, the drama will tell the story of insatiable desire and political fights between people holding secrets of their own."[16]

Original soundtrack

The K2
OST
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released November 11, 2016
Genre K-pop, soundtrack
Label CJ E&M Music
The K2 OST
No.TitleArtist(s)Length
1."The K2 Main Theme"Various Artists6:45
2."Today" (오늘도)Kim Bo-hyung3:44
3."Sometimes" (아주 가끔)Yoo Sung-eun3:51
4."Amazing Grace"Yoona2:13
5."Love You"Min Kyung-hoon3:50
6."As If Time Has Stopped" (시간이 멈춘듯)Park Kwang-sun4:57
7."Anemone"Jan3:52
8."The Witch and the Girl"Various Artists3:56
9."Mirror Mirror"Yang Sun-mi2:52
10."Wolf Knight"Yang Sun-mi4:44
11."Quando Corpus Morietur"Various Artists5:01
12."Wolf's Song"Yang Sun-mi3:30
13."Serenade"Yang Sun-mi3:38
14."Witching Hour"Various Artists2:40
15."The Witch's Advice"Kim Min-young3:01
16."Der Rosenkavalier"Various Artists4:59
17."Against the Odds"Various Artists3:25
18."A Queen of the Forest"Various Artists4:37
19."Anna's Appassionata"Various Artists3:11
20."Anemone"Yang Sun-mi3:45
Total length:1:18:31

Reception

The drama received favorable reviews, topping cable channel viewership ratings throughout its 8-week broadcast.[21] It was praised by viewers for good performances.[22][23][24]

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.[25]

Ep. Original broadcast date Average audience share
AGB Nielsen[26] TNmS[27]
NationwideSeoulNationwide
1 September 23, 2016 3.225% 3.257% 4.2%
2 September 24, 2016 3.396% 3.821% 4.9%
3 September 30, 2016 4.390% 4.743% 4.6%
4 October 1, 2016 3.948% 3.936% 5.4%
5 October 7, 2016 4.622% 4.820% 5.2%
6 October 8, 2016 6.636% 8.489% 5.6%
7 October 14, 2016 5.059% 5.343% 6.1%
8 October 15, 2016 5.707% 7.410% 6.4%
9 October 21, 2016 4.849% 5.410% 4.6%
10 October 22, 2016 5.646% 6.688% 5.2%
11 October 28, 2016 4.932% 5.817% 4.5%
12 October 29, 2016 5.369% 5.717% 5.0%
13 November 4, 2016 4.489% 5.210% 4.5%
14 November 5, 2016 4.574% 5.279% 5.4%
15 November 11, 2016 5.523% 6.538% 5.2%
16 November 12, 2016 5.467% 6.537% 5.5%
Average 4.865% 5.563% 5.1%
  • This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

International broadcast

The drama streams internationally on DramaFever with English subtitles. Its broadcasting rights were sold to Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Thailand and Israel.[21][28][29][30][31][32][33]

Country Network Airing dates
South Korea South Korea TVN September 23, 2016 - November 12, 2016 (tvN金土連續劇/tvN 금토드라마)
Singapore Singapore HUB October 9, 2016 - November 27, 2016 (South Korea's speed up to Sunday 22:00 - 00:15)
Malaysia Malaysia 8TV January 2, 2017 - February 21, 2017 (Monday to Wednesday 21:30 - 22:30)
Hong Kong Hong Kong TVB Network VisionKorean Drama (韓劇台) March 6, 2017 - April 25, 2017 (Monday and Tuesday 20:00 - 21:15)
TVBTVB J2 May 24, 2017 - June 26, 2017 (Monday to Friday 23:05 - 00:00, June 20th and 22nd suspension of broadcast)
 Philippines CINEMO! May 7, 2017 - June 25, 2017 (Week 13:00 - 15:00)
Digital TV Network (Sundays at 13:00 - 15:00)
ABS-CBN
PST
Jeepney TV
Asianovela Channel starting September 3, 2018
Taiwan Taiwan EBC東森戲劇 September 7, 2017 - October 11, 2017 (Monday to Friday 22:00 - 23:00)
EBC東森戲劇 September 8, 2017 - October 12, 2017 (Monday to Friday 20:00 - 21:00)
Taiwan Taiwan
Hong Kong Hong Kong
Macau Macau
Malaysia Malaysia
Singapore Singapore
Indonesia Indonesia
 Philippines
Myanmar Myanmar
 Thailand
 Cambodia
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka		 TVN ASIA with subtitles. November 14, 2017 - January 2, 2018 (Tuesday 20:30 - 23:00 (GMT+8) (two episodes)
Indonesia Indonesia Sony One February 13, 2018 - March 9, 2018 (Tuesday to Friday 20:45 - 22:05)
 Thailand True4U April 5, 2018 - May 31, 2018 (Every Wednesday and Thursday at 20.30 - 21.30.)
 Vietnam HTV January 4,2018 - (Monday to Friday at 21.00 - 22.00.) and HTV2 Youtube Chanel : September 23, 2016 (Saturday and Sunday at 20.30.)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2016 Asia Artist Awards Popularity Award, Actress
Im Yoon-ah
 Won [34]
Asia Star Award, Actress Won
31st Korea's Best Dresser Swan Awards Best Dressed Actress Won [35]
Best Dressed Actor
Ji Chang-wook
Won
2017 5th Annual DramaFever Awards Best Bad Boy Won
Best Villain
Song Yoon-ah
 Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Cho, Yoon-sun (August 26, 2016). "'THE K2' 측 "지창욱, 몸 사리지 않는 연기에 감탄"". Naver (in Korean). Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  2. ↑ Jin, Min-ji. "Ji Chang-wook confirms lead in 'K2'". Korea JoongAng Daily. JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  3. ↑ Ahn, Woorim. "Ji Chang Wook Confirms to Appear in 'K2'". BNT News International. BNT News. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  4. ↑ Lee, Ji-hae. "SNSD's Yoona to star in drama". Kpop Herald. Herald Corporation. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  5. ↑ Jang, Hee-jeong. "tvN 측 "'THE K2' 제작 돌입, 내달 23일 첫방 확정"(공식입장)". Naver (in Korean). News1 Korea. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  6. ↑ Jin Min-ji (July 20, 2016). "Lee Jung-jin confirmed for 'K2'". JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  7. ↑ Park Soo-in (August 18, 2016). "신동미 'THE K2' 출연 확정, 송윤아와 호흡(공식)". Herald Pop (in Korean). Retrieved August 18, 2016.
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  15. ↑ THE K2 더 케이투 비기닝 지창욱,송윤아,윤아의 보디가드 액션 제작 리포트 160923 EP.1 (news program). South Korea: tvN on YouTube / Google Inc. September 14, 2016. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
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