City Hunter | |
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Promotional poster for City Hunter
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Genre |
Action Thriller Romance |
Based on |
City Hunter by Tsukasa Hojo |
Written by | Hwang Eun-kyung Choi Soo-jin |
Directed by | Jin Hyuk |
Starring |
Lee Min-ho Park Min-young Lee Joon-hyuk Kim Sang-joong Hwang Sun-hee Goo Ha-ra Chun Ho-jin |
Opening theme | "It's Alright" by Yang Hwa-jin |
Ending theme | "Suddenly" by Kim bo-kyung |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language(s) | Korean |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Kim Young-sup Sebastian Dong-hun Lee |
Location(s) | Korea, Thailand |
Running time | Wednesdays and Thursday at 21:55 (KST) |
Production company(s) | SSD |
Release | |
Original network | Seoul Broadcasting System |
Original release | 25 May | – 28 July 2011
Chronology | |
Preceded by | 49 Days |
Followed by | Protect the Boss |
External links | |
Website |
Korean name | |
Hangul | |
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Revised Romanization | Siti Heonteo |
McCune–Reischauer | Sit'i Hŏnt'ŏ |
City Hunter (Hangul: 시티헌터) is a 2011 South Korean television drama based on the Japanese manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Tsukasa Hojo, starring Lee Min-ho, Park Min-young, Lee Joon-hyuk, Kim Sang-joong, Kim Sang-ho, Hwang Sun-hee, Goo Ha-ra, Chun Ho-jin and Lee Kwang-soo. It premiered on May 25, 2011 on SBS and finished broadcasting on July 28, 2011.
In 1983, the South Korean president and his delegates are visiting Burma when a bomb planted by North Korean agents 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 a covert operation, codenamed "Operation Cleansweep," to enter North Korea and kill several top members of the North's high command. Lee Jin-pyo and Park Moo-yul, two Presidential Security Service bodyguards and best friends who were present at the bombing, organize a 21-man team for the mission. However, as the team wreaks havoc in Pyongyang, the five officials abort the plan to avoid an international crisis if the mission is discovered. Their major concern is that the United States will withdraw its nuclear protection if the mission is made public, in light of Seoul's official declaration that it will not retaliate.