Neighborhood Hero
| Neighborhood Hero | |
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| Genre |
Action Thriller Mystery Crime |
| Written by | Kim Gwan-hoo |
| Directed by | Kwak Jung-hwan |
| Starring |
Park Shi Hoo Jo Sung-ha Lee Soo-hyuk Kwon Yuri Jung Man-sik Yoon Tae-young |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language(s) |
Korean English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | South Korea Macau |
| Running time | 60 minutes Saturdays and Sundays at 23:00 (KST) |
| Release | |
| Original network | OCN |
| Original release | January 23 – March 20, 2016 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 동네의 영웅 |
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| Hanja | 洞네의 英雄 |
| Revised Romanization | Dongne-ui Yeong-ung |
| McCune–Reischauer | Tongneŭi Yŏng'ung |
Neighborhood Hero (Hangul: 동네의 영웅) or Local Hero is a 2016 South Korean espionage television drama series, starring Park Shi Hoo, Jo Sung-ha, Lee Soo-hyuk, Kwon Yuri and Yoon Tae-young. It was first broadcast on January 23, 2016 on OCN.
Former secret agent Baek Shi Yoon (Park Shi-hoo) is a well-trained human weapon. Hiding his past, he buys the bar “Neighborhood” and runs it as the owner. He gets close to the Neighborhood regulars at his bar and he sympathizes with their pain. He then meets a young man, Choi Chan Gyu (Lee Soo-hyuk) who works as a temporary employee. Choi Chan Gyu wants to become a police officer. Baek Shi Yoon trains him as a secret agent and they fight together against evil.
The show was first announced in August 2015, with reports of Park Shi-hoo making his return to the small screen through the spy thriller.Kwon Yuri and Lee Soo-hyuk were also in talks to play lead roles, and were later confirmed in early September. The cast had their first script reading on October 1, 2015 and the press conference was held on January 19, 2016 at the Times Square Amoris Hall in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul
Filming began in October in South Korea with some scenes filmed in Macau.
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