City Hunter (TV series)
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City Hunter is a South Korean television drama series starring Lee Min Ho
, Park Min Young
, Lee Joon Hyuk
, Hwang Sun Hee, Goo Hara and Lee Kwang Soo
. It premiered on May 25, 2011 on SBS and finished broadcasting on July 28, 2011. The show reached number one in its time slot in Korea, reaching 18% ratings, as well as achieving popularity throughout Asia. The show's ending and immense popularity have led to calls for a second season, a rarity in Korean television dramas.
It is based on Japanese
manga
series, City Hunter
, written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo
.
After the end of the show in August 2011, costars Lee Min Ho
and Park Min Young
confirmed that they were dating.
n president and his delegates are visiting Burma (now Myanmar) when a bomb planted by North Korea
explodes, killing some high ranking officials. This historical event is called the Rangoon bombing
(also known as the Rangoon incident). To strike back, five South Korean officials plan an underground operation to enter North Korea and kill North Korean agents. Unbeknownst to the South Korean president, Lee Jin-Pyo (Kim Sang Joong) and Park Moo-Yul (Park Sang Min) who work as bodyguards for the Chung Hwa Dae, organize a 21-men troop to execute the plan. However, as the operation os taking place, the five high-ranking officials changed their minds, aborting the plan in order to avoid an international crisis if the mission is discovered. Their major concern is that the United States might withdraw its nuclear protection if the mission is made public.
The operation is successful, but as the troops swim to the submarine which is supposed to take them back to South Korea, snipers from the submarine shoot and kill all the troop members, except Lee Jin-Pyo, while they are still in the water. An already injured Park Moo-Yul uses his body to shield Jin-Pyo, thus saving his life. As the only survivor of the ambush, Jin-Pyo swims back to shore and returns to South Korea, where he finds out that there are a total of five officials responsible for aborting the operation.
Vowing to avenge his fallen comrades, including his closest and best friend Park Moo Yul, he kidnaps Moo-Yul's son and flees to Southeast Asia
's Golden Triangle
, specifically the mountainous Burmese-Thai
border. There, he raises the child as his own and trains the boy intensively in combat. Following an attack on the village, Jin-Pyo confesses to the child, Lee Yoon Sung (Lee Min Ho
), about his long-term plan for revenge.
Seven years later, after successfully finishing his college years in the United States at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
, Yoon-Sung returns to South Korea to fulfill his step-father's plan for revenge. He enters the Blue House (South Korean presidential palace) as an IT expert under the National Communication Network Team. He is warned by Jin-Pyo not to trust anyone and never to fall in love, as doing so will put the people around him in danger.
In Chung Hwa Dae, he meets bodyguard Kim Na-na (Park Min Young
). The story of love and revenge begins. Eventually the bodyguard Kim Na-na, helps him to take revenge, as they discover that they have the same goal in mind. So both of them start working together but problems occur during their revenge plot.
A big shocking twist occurs as the truth unveils.
He is the "City Hunter". His ultimate goal is to avenge his father's killers as the City Hunter. He used a dead Korean-American
John Lee's identity,with this identity he gets his Doctoral degree at MIT, and to enter Korea's presidential palace
. But while he was taking revenge, he falls in love with a presidential guard called Kim Nana. He tries to protect Nana from the many enemies hunting him down.
She is a judo
master, being forced to fend for herself at an early age after one of her parents were killed in a drunk driving accident and the other is in a coma. She has to take many jobs in order to support herself. Her exceptional skills in martial arts allowed her to be chosen as one of the president's bodyguards. During her time as a bodyguard, she falls in love with Lee Yoon Sung.
An intelligent prosecutor, Kim Young Joo possesses a strong sense of justice, even against the corrupt politicians of South Korea. He was Jin Sae Hee's ex-husband
as well as the son of one of the officials that ordered the slaughter. He is constant rival against the City Hunter
He was the only one to survive the slaughter 28 years ago. Full of anger, he wants to kill all of the people who ordered the execution. He pretended to be an investor from The America
and started his revenge through his dead best friend's son, Lee Yoon Sung.
She was Kim Young Joo's Ex-Wife
, a vet
.
The president's academically challenged daughter.
Lee Min Ho
Lee Min Ho is a South Korean actor who is best known for his leading role in 2009 as 'Gu Jun Pyo', the leader of the group of students known as F4, in the South Korean television series Boys Over Flowers. He started his career in small drama roles in 2006, but he came to prominence with his acting...
, Park Min Young
Park Min Young
Park Min-Young is a South Korean model and actress. She is a graduate of Dongguk University-Personal Life:On 23 August 2011, Lee Min Ho's agency confirmed that Min-Young is in relationship with her City Hunter costar, Lee Min Ho.- TV dramas :...
, Lee Joon Hyuk
Lee Jun-Hyuk
-Education:Lee Jun-Hyuk attended Hanshin University .He also went to Dankook University, Graduate School of Culture, Art and Design.-Drama:-Film:-Awards:-External links:* * * * *...
, Hwang Sun Hee, Goo Hara and Lee Kwang Soo
Lee Kwang Soo
Lee Kwang Soo is a successful South Korean actor.-Filmography:-Awards:*2010 SBS Entertainment Awards: New Star Award*2009 4th Asia Model Awards: CF Model Award*2008 Mnet 20s Choice: CF Star Award...
. It premiered on May 25, 2011 on SBS and finished broadcasting on July 28, 2011. The show reached number one in its time slot in Korea, reaching 18% ratings, as well as achieving popularity throughout Asia. The show's ending and immense popularity have led to calls for a second season, a rarity in Korean television dramas.
It is based on Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series, City Hunter
City Hunter
is a hardboiled manga series written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo, published by Shueisha in the Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1985 to 1991. The manga was adapted into an animated television series by Sunrise Studios in 1987...
, written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo
Tsukasa Hojo
is a Japanese manga artist. He studied technical design while still at Kyushu Sangyo University, where he began to draw manga. He worked on several one-shot stories before releasing his serialized works: Cat's Eye, City Hunter and Angel Heart....
.
After the end of the show in August 2011, costars Lee Min Ho
Lee Min Ho
Lee Min Ho is a South Korean actor who is best known for his leading role in 2009 as 'Gu Jun Pyo', the leader of the group of students known as F4, in the South Korean television series Boys Over Flowers. He started his career in small drama roles in 2006, but he came to prominence with his acting...
and Park Min Young
Park Min Young
Park Min-Young is a South Korean model and actress. She is a graduate of Dongguk University-Personal Life:On 23 August 2011, Lee Min Ho's agency confirmed that Min-Young is in relationship with her City Hunter costar, Lee Min Ho.- TV dramas :...
confirmed that they were dating.
Synopsis
The story starts in 1983. The South KoreaSouth Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n president and his delegates are visiting Burma (now Myanmar) when a bomb planted by North Korea
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
explodes, killing some high ranking officials. This historical event is called the Rangoon bombing
Rangoon bombing
The Rangoon bombing of October 9, 1983, was an assassination attempt against Chun Doo-hwan, the then-President of South Korea, allegedly orchestrated by North Korea. Two of the bombers were captured, one of whom confessed to being a North Korean military officer.-Bombing:On October 9, 1983,...
(also known as the Rangoon incident). To strike back, five South Korean officials plan an underground operation to enter North Korea and kill North Korean agents. Unbeknownst to the South Korean president, Lee Jin-Pyo (Kim Sang Joong) and Park Moo-Yul (Park Sang Min) who work as bodyguards for the Chung Hwa Dae, organize a 21-men troop to execute the plan. However, as the operation os taking place, the five high-ranking officials changed their minds, aborting the plan in order to avoid an international crisis if the mission is discovered. Their major concern is that the United States might withdraw its nuclear protection if the mission is made public.
The operation is successful, but as the troops swim to the submarine which is supposed to take them back to South Korea, snipers from the submarine shoot and kill all the troop members, except Lee Jin-Pyo, while they are still in the water. An already injured Park Moo-Yul uses his body to shield Jin-Pyo, thus saving his life. As the only survivor of the ambush, Jin-Pyo swims back to shore and returns to South Korea, where he finds out that there are a total of five officials responsible for aborting the operation.
Vowing to avenge his fallen comrades, including his closest and best friend Park Moo Yul, he kidnaps Moo-Yul's son and flees to Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
's Golden Triangle
Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)
The Golden Triangle is one of Asia's two main illicit opium-producing areas. It is an area of around that overlaps the mountains of four countries of Southeast Asia: Burma, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Along with Afghanistan in the Golden Crescent and Pakistan, it has been one of the most...
, specifically the mountainous Burmese-Thai
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
border. There, he raises the child as his own and trains the boy intensively in combat. Following an attack on the village, Jin-Pyo confesses to the child, Lee Yoon Sung (Lee Min Ho
Lee Min Ho
Lee Min Ho is a South Korean actor who is best known for his leading role in 2009 as 'Gu Jun Pyo', the leader of the group of students known as F4, in the South Korean television series Boys Over Flowers. He started his career in small drama roles in 2006, but he came to prominence with his acting...
), about his long-term plan for revenge.
Seven years later, after successfully finishing his college years in the United States at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
, Yoon-Sung returns to South Korea to fulfill his step-father's plan for revenge. He enters the Blue House (South Korean presidential palace) as an IT expert under the National Communication Network Team. He is warned by Jin-Pyo not to trust anyone and never to fall in love, as doing so will put the people around him in danger.
In Chung Hwa Dae, he meets bodyguard Kim Na-na (Park Min Young
Park Min Young
Park Min-Young is a South Korean model and actress. She is a graduate of Dongguk University-Personal Life:On 23 August 2011, Lee Min Ho's agency confirmed that Min-Young is in relationship with her City Hunter costar, Lee Min Ho.- TV dramas :...
). The story of love and revenge begins. Eventually the bodyguard Kim Na-na, helps him to take revenge, as they discover that they have the same goal in mind. So both of them start working together but problems occur during their revenge plot.
A big shocking twist occurs as the truth unveils.
Cast
- Lee Min HoLee Min HoLee Min Ho is a South Korean actor who is best known for his leading role in 2009 as 'Gu Jun Pyo', the leader of the group of students known as F4, in the South Korean television series Boys Over Flowers. He started his career in small drama roles in 2006, but he came to prominence with his acting...
as Lee Yoon Sung
He is the "City Hunter". His ultimate goal is to avenge his father's killers as the City Hunter. He used a dead Korean-American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
John Lee's identity,with this identity he gets his Doctoral degree at MIT, and to enter Korea's presidential palace
Presidential Palace
A Presidential Palace is the official residence of the president in some countries. However, some countries do not call the official residence of a head of state a presidential palace...
. But while he was taking revenge, he falls in love with a presidential guard called Kim Nana. He tries to protect Nana from the many enemies hunting him down.
- Park Min YoungPark Min YoungPark Min-Young is a South Korean model and actress. She is a graduate of Dongguk University-Personal Life:On 23 August 2011, Lee Min Ho's agency confirmed that Min-Young is in relationship with her City Hunter costar, Lee Min Ho.- TV dramas :...
as Kim Na Na
She is a judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
master, being forced to fend for herself at an early age after one of her parents were killed in a drunk driving accident and the other is in a coma. She has to take many jobs in order to support herself. Her exceptional skills in martial arts allowed her to be chosen as one of the president's bodyguards. During her time as a bodyguard, she falls in love with Lee Yoon Sung.
- Lee Joon HyukLee Jun-Hyuk-Education:Lee Jun-Hyuk attended Hanshin University .He also went to Dankook University, Graduate School of Culture, Art and Design.-Drama:-Film:-Awards:-External links:* * * * *...
as Kim Young Joo
An intelligent prosecutor, Kim Young Joo possesses a strong sense of justice, even against the corrupt politicians of South Korea. He was Jin Sae Hee's ex-husband
Husband
A husband is a male participant in a marriage. The rights and obligations of the husband regarding his spouse and others, and his status in the community and in law, vary between cultures and has varied over time...
as well as the son of one of the officials that ordered the slaughter. He is constant rival against the City Hunter
- Kim Sang Joong as Lee Jin Pyo
He was the only one to survive the slaughter 28 years ago. Full of anger, he wants to kill all of the people who ordered the execution. He pretended to be an investor from The America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and started his revenge through his dead best friend's son, Lee Yoon Sung.
- Hwang Sun Hee as Jin Sae Hee
She was Kim Young Joo's Ex-Wife
Wife
A wife is a female partner in a marriage. The rights and obligations of the wife regarding her spouse and others, and her status in the community and in law, varies between cultures and has varied over time.-Origin and etymology:...
, a vet
Vet
Vet may refer to:* Vet or veterinarian, a professional who treats disease, disorder and injury in animals* Veteran, a person with long experience in a particular area, most often in military service during wartime...
.
- Goo Hara as Choi Da Hye
The president's academically challenged daughter.
Extended cast
- Chun Ho Jin as Choi Eung Chan
- Kim Sang Ho as Bae Shik Joong
- Park Sang Min as Park Moo Yul
- Kim Mi Sook as Lee Kyung Hee
- Lee Seung Hyung as Song Young Duk
- Yang Jin Sung as Shin Eun Ah
- Lee Kwang SooLee Kwang SooLee Kwang Soo is a successful South Korean actor.-Filmography:-Awards:*2010 SBS Entertainment Awards: New Star Award*2009 4th Asia Model Awards: CF Model Award*2008 Mnet 20s Choice: CF Star Award...
as Go Ki Joon - Kim Byung Choon as Jang Woo Hyun
- Shin Young Jin as Kim Mi Ok
- Lee Hyo Jung as Lee Kyung Wan
- Choi Jung Woo as Chun Jae Man
- Choi Il Hwa as Kim Jong Shik
- Choi Sang Hoon as Seo Yong Hak
- chae sang woo as Poo Chai(Child)