IRIS
Title: 아이리스 / IRIS
Chinese Title : iris
Previously known as: 쉬리 / Shiri
Genre: Action, mystery, thriller, romance
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2009-Oct-14 to 2009-Dec-17
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Synopsis
Kim Hyun Joon is an assassin who belongs to a top secret organization known as the “NSS” whereas T.O.P is an assassin who works in another secret organization located in the United States called “IRIS” and was ordered to kill Hyun Joon. Seung Hee is a psychological analyst who plays an important role in bring Hyun Joon into the “NSS.” Jin Sa Woo is Hyun Joon’s colleague and falls in love with Seung Hee as well but keeps this to himself.
Cast
Lee Byung Hun as Kim Hyun Joon
Kim Tae Hee as Choi Seung Hee
Jung Joon Ho as Jin Sa Woo
Kim Seung Woo as Park Chul Young
Kim So Yun as Kim Sun Hwa
T.O.P as Vick
Hyun Jyu Ni as Yang Mi Jung
Yoo Min as Sato Eriko
Kim Young Chul as Baek San
Yoon Je Moon as Park Sang Hyung
Yoon Joo Sang as Oh Hyun Kyu
Lee Jung Gil as Jo Myung Ho
Jung Han Yong as Jung Hyung Joon
Na Yoon as Hwang Tae Sung
Kim Hye Jin as Yang Jung In
Myung Ji Yun as Hong Soo Jin
Miyama Karen as Yuki
Production Credits
Production Company: Taewon Entertainment
Director: Kim Kyu Tae, Yang Yoon Ho (양윤호)
Writers: Choi Wan Kyu, Kang Je Kyu
Screenwriters: Kim Jae Eun (김재은), Jo Kyu Won (조규원), Kim Hyun Joon (김현준)
Executive Producer: Choi Ji Young
Producer: Kim Young Jo
Awards
2009 KBS Drama Awards: Grand Prize (Lee Byung Hun)
2009 KBS Drama Awards: Novella Drama Excellence Award – Actress (Kim Tae Hee)
2009 KBS Drama Awards: Novella Drama Excellence Award – Actor (Jung Joon Ho and Kim Seung Woo)
2009 KBS Drama Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Yoon Joo Sang)
2009 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Lee Byung Hun and Kim Tae Hee)
Notes
- Filming sites include Hungary, Russia, Japan, China and the U.S.
- The production cost for this drama is 20 million dollars, making it the most expensive Korean drama to date (10/2008).
- Japanese distribution rights for the drama series “Iris” was sold to TBS for a record ¥ 400,000,000 / ₩ 5,300,000,000 ($4.3 million USD).
- This drama is somewhat based on the film Shiri.
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-10-14 | 1 | 24.5 (2nd) | 25.4 (1st) |
| 2009-10-15 | 2 | 25.3 (1st) | 26.1 (1st) |
| 2009-10-21 | 3 | 27.9 (1st) | 29.3 (1st) |
| 2009-10-22 | 4 | 26.2 (1st) | 27.2 (1st) |
| 2009-10-28 | 5 | 29.6 (1st) | 30.3 (1st) |
| 2009-10-29 | 6 | 28.9 (1st) | 29.8 (1st) |
| 2009-11-04 | 7 | 30.7 (1st) | 31.1 (1st) |
| 2009-11-05 | 8 | 30.9 (1st) | 31.9 (1st) |
| 2009-11-11 | 9 | 32.7 (1st) | 33.3 (1st) |
| 2009-11-12 | 10 | 33.7 (1st) | 34.5 (1st) |
| 2009-11-18 | 11 | 34.1 (1st) | 34.9 (1st) |
| 2009-11-19 | 12 | 31.3 (1st) | 32.3 (1st) |
| 2009-11-25 | 13 | 32.0 (1st) | 32.5 (1st) |
| 2009-11-26 | 14 | 32.5 (1st) | 33.4 (1st) |
| 2009-12-02 | 15 | 34.7 (1st) | 35.5 (1st) |
| 2009-12-03 | 16 | 35.7 (1st) | 36.5 (1st) |
| 2009-12-09 | 17 | 37.2 (1st) | 39.1 (1st) |
| 2009-12-10 | 18 | 35.7 (1st) | 37.8 (1st) |
| 2009-12-16 | 19 | 35.0 (1st) | 36.4 (1st) |
| 2009-12-17 | 20 | 39.9 (1st) | 41.8 (1st) |
Source: TNS Media Korea
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May 22nd, 2010 at 8:16 pm
To: # 824 IRIS nick May 22nd, 2010 at 5:38 pm:
Nickname “iris” is INSANE. Crazy person always think other people in the world are insane.
May 22nd, 2010 at 5:38 pm
IRIS is GOOD, the actors and the actress are GREAT but all the people here are INSANE!!!!
May 22nd, 2010 at 4:05 am
I like LBH too. He is still alive and show up in IRIS#2 in 2011. More action please! More action please! I like KTH also. KTH fighting! fighting!
May 22nd, 2010 at 3:05 am
T.O.P love him love his voice
BIG BANG LETS GO
and I love lee byung hun also
he was cool in G.I.JOE
but it was so sad that he died in this movie
May 21st, 2010 at 10:57 pm
I want more action scenes and lovely scenes between KTH & LBH too. Action of LBH is good & Tae-Hee Kim is very beautiful, charming and suitable for her role. She successfully portrayed her character.
@Lilly: when Winniee says “if anyone doesn’t like sung hwa’s acting skills, just keep quiet…” it means she is not neutral like what she claims. She is anti to KTH fans. So, you do not have to explain anything to her. She does not worth your explanation. Winnie’s English is too bad, so I do not understand many words she writes in message #818. Why winnie does not spend time to study English instead of chatting here for nothing.
This stupid Winnie thinks she can stop others from speaking? Winnie is such a stupid person!
May 18th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
KIM TAE HEE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 17th, 2010 at 8:20 pm
woah…..why am i feeling that people here are holding grudge againt kim so yeon?
May 17th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
oh yea, i din mean to give u such wrongful treatment.
May 17th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
i agree with your last reply Lilly. not the others. n since u said it was so yeon’s fans who started the war first, n if its true, then im sorry that i misunderstood you. of cause i DO NOT want to start another war here. n to u too, you’re nothing too. =) im neither a great fans of KTH nor so yeon. but to me, they both did their best. the drama hits is not because of so-yeon but ALL ＯＦ ＴＨＥＭ.
May 16th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
KIM TAE HEE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 16th, 2010 at 10:43 am
This is a very good series, I admire the actors and actress, they are all good, the story is different too…perfect…
May 16th, 2010 at 3:55 am
IRIS……. K drama is the best……
May 16th, 2010 at 2:10 am
Winniee wrote “… if anyone doesn’t like sung hwa’s acting skills, just keep quiet…”
Because you wrote that, I write this” if anyone doesn’t like Seung hee’s acting skills, just keep quiet…”
May 16th, 2010 at 2:04 am
@ Winniee. Create your own web site & set up your rule there, NOT HERE.
Here, you are nothing, you do not have any right to tell me to keep silent.
You say your opinion and I say mine. So yeon fan criticizes KTH first, and I do not think that unfair comparison is correct, so I have to say what I think. So yeon fan triggers the war first. My view is different and I still shout loud my opinion: Kim so yeon’s acting is BAD.
Wait until so yeon proves her own acting by leading a drama herself to rating of 30% more, I will reconsider. Iris hits not due to so-yeon.
May 15th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
Winniee, as you say, “everyone has different views”. So, you say your view and others say their view. You do not respect other views, while others have to respect your view. Your view is just yours, it is not the juctice. Before telling others to keep quiet, you have to control yourself first and keep quiet first.
May 15th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Winniee= SHUT UP
I am neutral here, not fan of anyone. Everybody has the right to speak. Why you can speak and other (Lilly) can not speak? why fan of sun-hwa can speak and fan of Seung Hee can not speak?
May 14th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
i don’t think sung hwa did badly. they all worked really hard to produce such good drama. and you LILLY, u shouldn’t complain so much. you’re a BIG fan of KTH, doesn’t mean that u can step on sung hwa’s fans. KTH and sung hwa have their own different styles and beauties. not worth for you ppl to quarrel over such thing. I’m neutral here. I think KTH and sung hwa both did great. and if anyone doesn’t like sung hwa’s acting skills, just keep quiet. everyone has different views.
May 14th, 2010 at 2:20 am
I never see any good K-drama like IRIS. IRIS is really good. Is it sure that it will be Iris sequel in the next year? Wow, I am exciting. Who will play the role of Mr Black and the assassin who shot the hero? I believe main hero does not die yet. Experiencing the pain of what was happened to Hyun-Joon, Seung-Hee will change the character to be stronger, tougher in addition to the smart brain?
May 13th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
IRIS 2 IS WORTH WAITING FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
KIM TAE HEE FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 13th, 2010 at 12:42 am
Welcome Iris #2 in year 2011 with LBH, KTH.
Lee Byung Hun, Kim Tae Hee ! I like them.
May 12th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
KIM TAE HEE!!!!!!GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO!!!!!
NO.1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 12th, 2010 at 1:18 am
It’s good to have the next season of IRIS in Oct 2011. I’m so glad that both Lee Byung Hun and Kim Tae Hee will be there. I hope new good actors will play Iris members and at-least one of them falls in love with Seung-Hee, but Seung-hee is loyal to Hun-joon and she is finding the secrete of Iris for NSS. So, I guess, next season will focus to NSS, IRIS system.
May 11th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
IRIS season is worth waiting for even though we have to wait ’til October 2011. Just so happy that KTH and LBH will still be in the second season.
Fighting IRIS Season 2!!!!!!!!!
The real Season 2!!!!!!!
May 11th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
내가 그렇게 아이리스 진정한 속편이 2011년 10월에 리 병 훈과 김 태 희는 아직 속편에 방송됩니다 배울 수 의기 양양한입니다. . . 그 아테나 : 그냥 스핀 오프 아이리스 아무것도 아이리스 스토리와 상관없는 여신 전쟁 중 하나입니다.
우리가 아직도 ‘을 부르는 2011 남자 아이리스 시즌 1의 끝에 매달려 남아있는 모든 질문에 대답을했습니다. 질문에 누가 김 현 준 총을 여부가 죽기 아니면 그가 아직 살아있다, 또한 어떤 최 희 Seung 그 후에 일어난 싶어요. 무엇 백 – 산 일이 누구 씨 검은색이며, 왜 Seung 희 홍채 조직에 중요합니다.
누가 IRIS 뒤에 진짜 사람입니다.
그리고 IRIS 두 번째 속편에서 2011 년 연극을하려고하는 새로운 캐릭터도합니다.
May 11th, 2010 at 1:56 pm
I am so elated to learn that the real sequel of IRIS will be airing on October 2011 and that Lee Byung Hoon and Kim Tae Hee is still in the sequel. . .that Athena : Goddess of War is just a spin-off of IRIS and has nothing to do with the storyline of IRIS.
There we still have to ’til 2011 guys to answer all the questions that are left hanging in the end of the IRIS season 1. Question like who shot Kim Hyun Joon and to whether he died or is he still alive,also what happened to Choi Seung Hee after that. What happen to Baek-San and who is Mr. Black, and why is Seung Hee important to the IRIS organization.
Who are the real person behind IRIS.
And also to new characters that are going to play in IRIS second sequel in 2011.