South Korea is set to debut The Koreas, a reimagined version of The Americans, featuring Squid Game stars Lee Byung-hun and Han Ji-min as secret North Korean spies in the 1990s. The series explores their double lives, caught between loyalty to the country and family ties, when a counterintelligence agent approaches.
The reimagined Korean version of “The Americans”, starring popular “Squid Game” star Lee Byung-hun and Han Ji-min, has officially begun. The actors in “The Koreans” are set to play North Korean spies living undercover in South Korea. The narrative follows a seemingly ordinary middle-class family hiding a dangerous secret, against the backdrop of South Korea’s democratic transition and rapid cultural transformation in the early 1990s.
More about Lee Byung Hun and Han Ji Min’s roles in the movie “The Koreans”
The series follows the duo as they oscillate between loyalty to their country, their sense of self, and their bond as family, as a relentless Korean counterintelligence agent comes close to exposing them.Lee Byung Hun, known for “Squid Game” and “No Other Choice,” and Han Jimin, from “Heavenly Ever After” lead the cast.
Behind the filming crew of the series “The Koreans”
Ahn Gilho, whose credits include “The Glory,” is directing the series. The script was adapted by Park Eunkyu, known for “Made in Korea” and “Mother,” from the original series created by Joe Weisberg and directed by Weisberg and Joel Fields, which starred Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys.This announcement positions the series as the latest addition to the expanding roster of Korean content.
“The Koreans” will be released exclusively on Disney+ globally and on Hulu in the US
More about “The Americans”
The original series won a Golden Globe Award for Best Drama in 2019 and was named TV Show of the Year by the AFI in each of its first five seasons, from 2014 to 2018. The series starred Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American couple in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., during the Cold War of the 1980s.
