''The Spies Who Loved Me'' () is a

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starring

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, and

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. 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 The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...

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

as Jun Ji-Hoon, Kang Ah-Reum's first husband who is a secret Interpol agent disguised as a travel writer. *

as Kang Ah-Reum, a wedding dress designer and owner of the shop ''Areumdaun Dress'', married to Derek Hyun. *

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 Cha Joo-young (born 5 June 1990) is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in dramas such as ''Cheese in the Trap'', ''Wok of Love'', ''Jugglers'', ''The Spies Who Loved Me ''The Spies Who Loved Me'' () is a South Korean televisi ...

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. *

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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

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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 Yoon So-hee (; born May 7, 1993) is a South Korean actress. Early life and education Yoon was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on May 7, 1993, and lived there for six years before returning to Seoul. In 2011, she enrolled as a Chemical and Biomolecu ...

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 Lee Jong-won (born September 25, 1969) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Television series * ''Love Is Blue'' (SBS, 1994) * ''The Last Match'' (MBC, 1994) * ''Partner'' (MBC, 1994) * ''Our Sunny Days of Youth'' (KBS2, 1995) * ''The Sce ...

as Tinker, an agent, M Classic Car CEO and a classic car restoration specialist. *

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as Hye Ra-sin, Derek Hyun's grandmother.

Others

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as Kim Dong-ran, DDK Group's second daughter and CEO of DDK Bora Food. *

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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 ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. MBC confirmed the casting of

and

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.

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3 Special Track

Part 4

Viewership

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

Notes

References

External links

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