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The K2
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ji Chang-wook
Kim Je-Ha
16 eps
Song Yun-ah
Choi Yoo-Jin
16 eps
Yoona
Ko An-Na
16 eps
Cho Seong-ha
Jang Se-Joon
16 eps
Kim Kap-soo
Park Gwan-Soo
16 eps
Lee Jung-jin
Choi Sung-Won
16 eps
Son Tae-young
An-Na's Mother
16 eps
Shin Dong-mi
Kim Dong-Mi
16 eps
Park Geon-Rak
Public Prosecutor
16 eps
Lee Yea-eun
Jang Mi-Ran
16 eps
Lee Jae-woo
Lee Sung-Kyu
16 eps
Jeon Bae-soo
Joo Cheol-Ho
16 eps
Song Kyung-chul
Song Young-Choon
16 eps
Park Soon-cheon
Sung Won's Mother
16 eps
Lee Cheol-min
Kwan Soo's Secretary
16 eps
Ko In-beom
Kook Chae Wan
16 eps
Lee Yoo Joo
Young Go An-Na
16 eps
Yeom Hye-ran
An-Na's Housemaid
16 eps
Ju Seok-tae
Notary
16 eps
Kim Bo-mi
Girl who took a Selfie
16 eps
Lee Han-wi
Blue House Chief of Staff
16 eps
Cho Dong-hyuk
JSS Special Division Leader
16 eps
Shin Dong-hoon
Kim Ki Ja
16 eps
Jung Ji-young
No Ji Yun
16 eps
Yoon Jong-hwa
Kim Suk Han
16 eps
Cho Jae-ryong
Secretary Sung
16 eps
Joey Albright
Scott
16 eps
Choi Seung-hoon
Young Kim Je-Ha
16 eps
Lee Soon-won
JSS Bodyguard Leader
16 eps
Lee Won-jin
FD
16 eps
Kim Hyun
Guide
16 eps
Han Hye-ji
Reporter
16 eps
Lee Seung-joon
Examiner
16 eps
Lee Yoo-Soo
Detective
16 eps
Jeong Se-hyeong
Detective
16 eps
Yoo In-hyuk
Bodyguard
16 eps
Yoon Joo Bin
Bodyguard
16 eps
Lee Su-ryeon
Bodyguard
16 eps
Kwon Soo-hyun
Bodyguard
16 eps
Oh Sang-Hoon
Task Force Leader
16 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The K2 actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The K2 reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A patriotic bodyguard who was abandoned by his country and colleagues, a hidden daughter of leading Presidential candidate who regards love as a tool for revenge, and the First Lady contender who hides her ambition and charisma behind a kind and friendly personality.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Kwak Jung-hwanDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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