October 21 (2020-10-21) – December 17, 2020 (2020-12-17)
The Spies Who Loved Me (Korean: 나를 사랑한 스파이; RR: Naleul Saranghan Seupai) is a South Korean television series starring Eric Mun, Yoo In-na,[1] and Lim Ju-hwan.[2] The series revolves around Kang Ah-Reum (Yoo In-na), a wedding dress designer, and her two husbands; ex Jun Ji-Hoon (Eric Mun) and current husband Derek Hyun (Im Joo Hwan), who both hide their real identities from her.[3] It premiered on MBC TV on October 21, 2020, airing twice a week. It is also available on iQIYI for streaming worldwide.[4]
Synopsis
Kang Ah-Reum is a wedding dress designer who has been married twice. Her ex happens to be an undercover Interpol agent, while her current husband is an industrial spy. After a close friend is murdered for her involvement in the well-known EcoSun project, Ah-Reum seeks the help of Ji-Hoon and his team in finding out the truth, along the way uncovering dark and shocking secrets about those closest to her.
Cast
Main
Eric Mun as Jun Ji-Hoon, Kang Ah-Reum's first husband who is a secret Interpol agent disguised as a travel writer.
Yoo In-na as Kang Ah-Reum, a wedding dress designer and owner of the shop Areumdaun Dress, married to Derek Hyun.
Lim Ju-hwan as Derek Hyun, Kang Ah-Reum's second husband and a cold-blooded industrial spy, who works as the CEO of an industrial spy agency.
Supporting
People around Jun Ji-hoon
Kim Tae-woo as Ban Jin-min, Director of Asian Affairs at Interpol's Industrial and Confidential Bureau.
Jeong Suk-yong as Kang Tae-ryong, the head of the second Asia Branch of Interpol's Industrial Confidentiality Bureau disguised as a representative of the publishing company, Gulliver'sPublishers.
Cha Joo-young as Hwang Seo-ra, an Interpol secret agent with an IQ of 157. She is the one who Ah-Reum believes Ji-Hoon had an affair with, though in reality, it was all a misunderstanding.
Bae In-hyuk as Kim Young-goo, a junior agent of the Bureau disguised as the sales manager of the publishing company. The youngest of the team who specializes in analytics.
People around Kang Ah-reum
Park So-jin as Bae Doo-rae, Ah-reum's business partner and best friend, and the co-CEO of the wedding dress shop
Kim Chung as Han Bok-sim, Ah-reum's mother and the hostess of the Dongbaekjudan
Yoon So-hee as Sophie Ahn, a genius scientist in charge of the EcoSun Project, and Ah-reum’s friend. She is the informant that Ji-Hoon is looking for early in the series.
People around Derek Hyun
Jeon Seung-bin as Peter, Asia division industrial spy.
Lee Jong-won as Tinker, an agent, M Classic Car CEO and a classic car restoration specialist.
Kim Hye-ok as Hye Ra-sin, Derek Hyun's grandmother.
Others
Lee Joo-woo as Kim Dong-ran, DDK Group's second daughter and CEO of DDK Bora Food.
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
NR denotes that the drama did not rank in the top 20 daily programs on that date.
International broadcast
The series is available same time as Korea, as an iQIYI Original and exclusively on iQIYI globally (except China and Korea) with multilingual subtitles.
It is also available non-exclusively on iQIYI in South Korea.
^"'나를 사랑한 스파이' 문정혁X유인나, '천장지구' 명장면 소환한 메인 포스터 공개" [“The Spy Who Loved Me” Moon Jung-hyuk x Yoo In-na, unveiled the main poster]. MBC 연예 스포츠 (in Korean). 28 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-07-08. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
^"Nielsen Korea". AGB Nielsen Media Research (in Korean). Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2020.
