Spy: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The fictional story begins after the execution of real-life North Korean general Jang Sung-taek. One day an order comes down from North Korea, reactivating erstwhile spy Park Hye-rim who has spent decades in South Korea as an ordinary housewife. She is given the mission to turn and bring in her own son, Kim Sun-woo. Cool-headed, quick-witted genius Sun-woo is an information analyst on North Korea working for the NIS. His girlfriend Yoon-jin is a tour guide for Chinese tourists who cannot speak Chinese, and they fell in love when Sun-woo helped her translate. Hye-rim is suddenly forced to choose between her son and country, and risks her life to see the choice through.

Series details

• Title: Spy
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Korean
• Genres: Action, Romance, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2015-01-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-03-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: KBS2
• Network country: Korea, Republic of
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 3503

Cast and credited roles

• Kim Jae Joong — Kim Sun Woo
• Bae Jong Ok — Park Hye Rim
• Yoo Oh Sung — Hwang Gi Chul
• Go Sung Hee — Lee Yoon Jin

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-01-09; final listed air date 2015-03-06; episode order: 16.

Source and licence

Adapted from Spy on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.