IRIS
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Thriller
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Written by
Choi wan kyu
Kim Hyun Jun
Jo Gyu Von
With a budget in excess of 40 billion won (34 million USD), Iris along with its spin-off Athena: Goddess of War, share the record for the most expensive Korean dramas ever produced.
Starring
Kim Tae hee
Jung Jon hoo
Kim Seung woo
Kim So-Yeon
Lee Byung hun
Choi Seung Hyun
Country of origin
South Korea
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Iris (Korean: 아이리스; RR: Airiseu) is a 2009 South Korean espionage television drama series,
It aired on KBS2 from October 14 to December 17, 2009,
The plot revolves around two best friends from the 707th Special Mission Group recruited into a secret South Korean black ops agency known as the National Security Service.
As the two friends find their loyalties tested and forge new, unlikely alliances, the journey takes them from their home country to Hungary, Japan, and China where they find themselves at the center of an international conspiracy
Kim Hyun-jun (Lee Byung-hun) and Jin Sa-woo (Jung Joon-ho), train under the Republic of Korea Army's 707th Special Mission Group until they are scouted by NSS (National Security Service).
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IRIS featured an ensemble cast split between characters of North Korean and South Korean descent. Because the series explores the tension and mentality behind the two sides of the conflict, both the North and South perspectives are shown at length.