The K2 | |
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Genre | |
Created by | Jinnie Choi Studio Dragon |
Written by | Jang Hyuk-rin |
Directed by |
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Starring | |
Composer | Choi Cheol-ho |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Park Ho-sik |
Producers | Kim Geun-hong Moon Boo-mi |
Production locations | |
Running time | 60 mins |
Production company | HB Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | tvN |
Release | September 23 November 12, 2016 | –
The K2 ( Korean: 더 케이투; RR: Deo Keitu) is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Ji Chang-wook, Song Yoon-ah and Im Yoon-ah. It premiered on tvN every Friday and Saturday at 20:00 ( KST) from September 23 to November 12, 2016 for 16 episodes. [1]
Kim Je-ha is a former mercenary soldier for the PMC Blackstone. While in Iraq, Je-ha gets framed for the murder of his lover Raniya, a civilian, and becomes a fugitive. Je-ha escapes and returns to South Korea, where he is offered work as a bodyguard by Choi Yoo-jin, the owner of JSS Security Company and wife of presidential candidate Jang Se-joon. Je-ha accepts the job in exchange for resources that he needs to exact revenge on another presidential candidate Park Kwan-soo, who previously ordered Raniya's killing.
Je-ha is assigned to guard Go An-na, Jang Se-joon's secret daughter, as An-na's life is always threatened because of her stepmother Yoo-jin. An-na, who has been a recluse and lonely all her life, starts relying on Je-ha, who shows concern for her and protects her everytime. They slowly fall in love, causing Je-ha to be torn between having to work with his boss Yoo-jin to exact revenge on Park Kwan-soo and protecting An-na against the wishes of Yoo-jin.
Another key figure is Choi Sung-won, Choi Yoo-jin's half brother and the son of her father's mistress and eventual second wife, who is his half-sister's fierce rival. Plotting with Park Kwan-soo, Sung-won eventually causes the deaths of Jang Se-joon and Choi Yoo-jin but later pays for this with his life at the hands of Choi Yoo-jin's devoted assistant Kim Dong-mi. Park hangs himself for his atrocious acts and Je-ha finally proves his innocence and achieves his goal of revenge. Je-ha and An-na leave for a foreign country and embrace each other. An-na asks Je-ha about his real name and Je-ha reveals his name.
The drama is written by scriptwriter Jang Hyuk-rin, who wrote Yong-pal (2015) and directed by Kwak Jung-hwan of Neighborhood Hero (2016). [12] [13]
Being depicted with a bodyguard action theme, the drama utilized various fighting techniques including systema, taekwondo, aikido, and jujutsu for its action scenes. It became the first Korean television drama to introduce the Bullet Time effect. [14] [15]
The first script reading was held in August 2016 at the CJ E&M Center in Seoul, South Korea. [16] Filming began in September.
Some scenes of the drama, primarily in episodes 1 and 2, were filmed in Catalonia (along the mountain of Montserrat, the Gothic and Baroque Cistercian Monastery of Santes Creus in Aiguamúrcia), followed by various places in Barcelona (center, Old City, etc., as well as various metro / commuter rail stations such as Plaça d'Espanya and Magòria / La Campana), Gaudí's Modernista Colònia Güell Crypt (fashion show party) among other locations in Spain (probably near Almería for the Iraq War desert locations). The closing scene of episode 16 was filmed at Barcelona's Turó de la Rovira hill. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] The rest of the series was apparently filmed in Korea.
The male lead Ji Chang-wook, due to his casting, became the highest-paid actor for a tvN drama. [20] He had special training and performed the action stunts in the drama by himself, without a body double. [21] At the press conference, director Kwak expressed "On top of Ji's splendid action, the drama will tell the story of insatiable desire and political fights between people holding secrets of their own." [15]
The K2 OST | |
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Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
Released | November 11, 2016 |
Genre | K-pop, soundtrack |
Label | CJ E&M Music |
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "The K2 Main Theme" | Various Artists | 6:45 |
2. | "Today" (오늘도) | Kim Bo-hyung | 3:44 |
3. | "Sometimes" (아주 가끔) | U Sung-eun | 3:51 |
4. | " Amazing Grace" | Yoona | 2:13 |
5. | "Love You" | Min Kyung-hoon | 3:50 |
6. | "As Time Stops" (시간이 멈춘듯) | Park Kwang-sun | 4:57 |
7. | "Anemone" | Jan | 3:52 |
8. | "The Witch and the Girl" | Various Artists | 3:56 |
9. | "Mirror Mirror" | Yang Sun-mi | 2:52 |
10. | "Wolf Knight" | Yang Sun-mi | 4:44 |
11. | "Quando Corpus Morietur" | Various Artists | 5:01 |
12. | "Wolf's Song" | Yang Sun-mi | 3:30 |
13. | "Serenade" | Yang Sun-mi | 3:38 |
14. | "Witching Hour" | Various Artists | 2:40 |
15. | "The Witch's Advice" | Kim Min-young | 3:01 |
16. | "Der Rosenkavalier" | Various Artists | 4:59 |
17. | "Against the Odds" | Various Artists | 3:25 |
18. | "A Queen of the Forest" | Various Artists | 4:37 |
19. | "Anna's Appassionata" | Various Artists | 3:11 |
20. | "Anemone" | Yang Sun-mi | 3:45 |
Total length: | 1:18:31 |
The K2 received favorable reviews, topping cable channel viewership ratings throughout its 8-week broadcast. [22] [23] [24] [25] Till 2023, the drama streamed internationally on Netflix with English subtitles and its broadcasting rights were sold to Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Thailand, Israel and Greece. [22] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
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Nielsen Korea | TNmS | |||
Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | ||
1 | September 23, 2016 | 3.225% | 3.257% | 4.2% |
2 | September 24, 2016 | 3.396% | 3.821% | 4.9% |
3 | September 30, 2016 | 4.390% | 4.743% | 4.6% |
4 | October 1, 2016 | 3.948% | 3.936% | 5.4% |
5 | October 7, 2016 | 4.622% | 4.820% | 5.2% |
6 | October 8, 2016 | 6.636% | 8.489% | 5.6% |
7 | October 14, 2016 | 5.059% | 5.343% | 6.1% |
8 | October 15, 2016 | 5.707% | 7.410% | 6.4% |
9 | October 21, 2016 | 4.849% | 5.410% | 4.6% |
10 | October 22, 2016 | 5.646% | 6.688% | 5.2% |
11 | October 28, 2016 | 4.932% | 5.817% | 4.5% |
12 | October 29, 2016 | 5.369% | 5.717% | 5.0% |
13 | November 4, 2016 | 4.489% | 5.210% | 4.5% |
14 | November 5, 2016 | 4.574% | 5.279% | 5.4% |
15 | November 11, 2016 | 5.523% | 6.538% | 5.2% |
16 | November 12, 2016 | 5.467% | 6.537% | 5.5% |
Average | 4.865% | 5.563% | 5.1% | |
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Asia Artist Awards | Popularity Award | Im Yoon-ah | Won | [32] |
Asia Star Award | Won | ||||
31st Korea's Best Dresser Swan Awards | Best Dressed Actress | Won | [33] | ||
Best Dressed Actor | Ji Chang-wook | Won | |||
2017 | 5th Annual DramaFever Awards | Best Bad Boy | Won | ||
Best Villain | Nominated |
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The K2 | |
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Genre | |
Created by | Jinnie Choi Studio Dragon |
Written by | Jang Hyuk-rin |
Directed by |
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Starring | |
Composer | Choi Cheol-ho |
Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language | Korean |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Park Ho-sik |
Producers | Kim Geun-hong Moon Boo-mi |
Production locations | |
Running time | 60 mins |
Production company | HB Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | tvN |
Release | September 23 November 12, 2016 | –
The K2 ( Korean: 더 케이투; RR: Deo Keitu) is a 2016 South Korean television series starring Ji Chang-wook, Song Yoon-ah and Im Yoon-ah. It premiered on tvN every Friday and Saturday at 20:00 ( KST) from September 23 to November 12, 2016 for 16 episodes. [1]
Kim Je-ha is a former mercenary soldier for the PMC Blackstone. While in Iraq, Je-ha gets framed for the murder of his lover Raniya, a civilian, and becomes a fugitive. Je-ha escapes and returns to South Korea, where he is offered work as a bodyguard by Choi Yoo-jin, the owner of JSS Security Company and wife of presidential candidate Jang Se-joon. Je-ha accepts the job in exchange for resources that he needs to exact revenge on another presidential candidate Park Kwan-soo, who previously ordered Raniya's killing.
Je-ha is assigned to guard Go An-na, Jang Se-joon's secret daughter, as An-na's life is always threatened because of her stepmother Yoo-jin. An-na, who has been a recluse and lonely all her life, starts relying on Je-ha, who shows concern for her and protects her everytime. They slowly fall in love, causing Je-ha to be torn between having to work with his boss Yoo-jin to exact revenge on Park Kwan-soo and protecting An-na against the wishes of Yoo-jin.
Another key figure is Choi Sung-won, Choi Yoo-jin's half brother and the son of her father's mistress and eventual second wife, who is his half-sister's fierce rival. Plotting with Park Kwan-soo, Sung-won eventually causes the deaths of Jang Se-joon and Choi Yoo-jin but later pays for this with his life at the hands of Choi Yoo-jin's devoted assistant Kim Dong-mi. Park hangs himself for his atrocious acts and Je-ha finally proves his innocence and achieves his goal of revenge. Je-ha and An-na leave for a foreign country and embrace each other. An-na asks Je-ha about his real name and Je-ha reveals his name.
The drama is written by scriptwriter Jang Hyuk-rin, who wrote Yong-pal (2015) and directed by Kwak Jung-hwan of Neighborhood Hero (2016). [12] [13]
Being depicted with a bodyguard action theme, the drama utilized various fighting techniques including systema, taekwondo, aikido, and jujutsu for its action scenes. It became the first Korean television drama to introduce the Bullet Time effect. [14] [15]
The first script reading was held in August 2016 at the CJ E&M Center in Seoul, South Korea. [16] Filming began in September.
Some scenes of the drama, primarily in episodes 1 and 2, were filmed in Catalonia (along the mountain of Montserrat, the Gothic and Baroque Cistercian Monastery of Santes Creus in Aiguamúrcia), followed by various places in Barcelona (center, Old City, etc., as well as various metro / commuter rail stations such as Plaça d'Espanya and Magòria / La Campana), Gaudí's Modernista Colònia Güell Crypt (fashion show party) among other locations in Spain (probably near Almería for the Iraq War desert locations). The closing scene of episode 16 was filmed at Barcelona's Turó de la Rovira hill. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] The rest of the series was apparently filmed in Korea.
The male lead Ji Chang-wook, due to his casting, became the highest-paid actor for a tvN drama. [20] He had special training and performed the action stunts in the drama by himself, without a body double. [21] At the press conference, director Kwak expressed "On top of Ji's splendid action, the drama will tell the story of insatiable desire and political fights between people holding secrets of their own." [15]
The K2 OST | |
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Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
Released | November 11, 2016 |
Genre | K-pop, soundtrack |
Label | CJ E&M Music |
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "The K2 Main Theme" | Various Artists | 6:45 |
2. | "Today" (오늘도) | Kim Bo-hyung | 3:44 |
3. | "Sometimes" (아주 가끔) | U Sung-eun | 3:51 |
4. | " Amazing Grace" | Yoona | 2:13 |
5. | "Love You" | Min Kyung-hoon | 3:50 |
6. | "As Time Stops" (시간이 멈춘듯) | Park Kwang-sun | 4:57 |
7. | "Anemone" | Jan | 3:52 |
8. | "The Witch and the Girl" | Various Artists | 3:56 |
9. | "Mirror Mirror" | Yang Sun-mi | 2:52 |
10. | "Wolf Knight" | Yang Sun-mi | 4:44 |
11. | "Quando Corpus Morietur" | Various Artists | 5:01 |
12. | "Wolf's Song" | Yang Sun-mi | 3:30 |
13. | "Serenade" | Yang Sun-mi | 3:38 |
14. | "Witching Hour" | Various Artists | 2:40 |
15. | "The Witch's Advice" | Kim Min-young | 3:01 |
16. | "Der Rosenkavalier" | Various Artists | 4:59 |
17. | "Against the Odds" | Various Artists | 3:25 |
18. | "A Queen of the Forest" | Various Artists | 4:37 |
19. | "Anna's Appassionata" | Various Artists | 3:11 |
20. | "Anemone" | Yang Sun-mi | 3:45 |
Total length: | 1:18:31 |
The K2 received favorable reviews, topping cable channel viewership ratings throughout its 8-week broadcast. [22] [23] [24] [25] Till 2023, the drama streamed internationally on Netflix with English subtitles and its broadcasting rights were sold to Vietnam, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Thailand, Israel and Greece. [22] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share | ||
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Nielsen Korea | TNmS | |||
Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | ||
1 | September 23, 2016 | 3.225% | 3.257% | 4.2% |
2 | September 24, 2016 | 3.396% | 3.821% | 4.9% |
3 | September 30, 2016 | 4.390% | 4.743% | 4.6% |
4 | October 1, 2016 | 3.948% | 3.936% | 5.4% |
5 | October 7, 2016 | 4.622% | 4.820% | 5.2% |
6 | October 8, 2016 | 6.636% | 8.489% | 5.6% |
7 | October 14, 2016 | 5.059% | 5.343% | 6.1% |
8 | October 15, 2016 | 5.707% | 7.410% | 6.4% |
9 | October 21, 2016 | 4.849% | 5.410% | 4.6% |
10 | October 22, 2016 | 5.646% | 6.688% | 5.2% |
11 | October 28, 2016 | 4.932% | 5.817% | 4.5% |
12 | October 29, 2016 | 5.369% | 5.717% | 5.0% |
13 | November 4, 2016 | 4.489% | 5.210% | 4.5% |
14 | November 5, 2016 | 4.574% | 5.279% | 5.4% |
15 | November 11, 2016 | 5.523% | 6.538% | 5.2% |
16 | November 12, 2016 | 5.467% | 6.537% | 5.5% |
Average | 4.865% | 5.563% | 5.1% | |
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Asia Artist Awards | Popularity Award | Im Yoon-ah | Won | [32] |
Asia Star Award | Won | ||||
31st Korea's Best Dresser Swan Awards | Best Dressed Actress | Won | [33] | ||
Best Dressed Actor | Ji Chang-wook | Won | |||
2017 | 5th Annual DramaFever Awards | Best Bad Boy | Won | ||
Best Villain | Nominated |
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