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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June 5th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Shut Up Raze, you do not have the rights to judge! who cares if u’re gonna be mad if people insulted KTH!!! BUAHAHA!!! This is FUNNY. SORRY Raze. I don’t have the intention to say that to you but that is the conclusion i got after reading the comments here from Lilly, Priscila, YellowRose, Wang and so on……..
Ah well, Sarah, don’t waste your time here. You do not have the ability to be a peacemaker. elle too.
Elle, ^^ there are always many 10000 times better sites for a great fans like you to support Iris and Kim Tae Hee. I envy you for your continuous support for KTH n IRIS!
This is just a site for barbaric people to bitch and bullshit around. (but koreandrama.org is still BRILLIANT, except this Iris Page)
you people make this page shitty Lilly, Priscila, YellowRose, Wang (there are still many of them but these are the main once) and so on……BUAHAHA! keep bitching n bullshitting around! so that one day, KTH or KSY real person will discover this (who knows???u know ACCIDENTALLY, this is a WORLDWIDE WEB!) and get to know their fans defending their own idols with such bitchy ways. WHAT a SHAME!
Well, i think priscila does not have the intention to insult Lilly, just that she just dislike the way Lilly commented on KSY. i think priscila is neither KTH’s fans nor KSY’s. somehow priscila should not have insulted Lilly too. that is Lilly’s view. (the “bitch case” ya’know) but well, who cares????? I’m just here to bitch around too!buahaha! Isn’t this page is meant for people to bitch around????
== End of my bitching here. I am quiting this Iris page. YellowRose or Lilly or Priscila or Wang or IrisFans or whatever so, you guys don’t have to ask me to f**k off if i dislike this page cuz’ Imma now right gonna f**k off!
June 5th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
n BigBoy, u kept using the word “bitch” then whats ur difference between u n priscila? u said if u were a girl, u’d beat anyone who calls u that. but now, u’re the one who used that on others. KTH is ABSOLUTELYgorgeous, i guess major people agree with that. but we have to accept the minorities’ taste. If KSY’s fans were to say KTH is ugly n old, I AM SURE I WILL BE TOTALLY MAD TOO. so imagine how mad is KSY’s fans when someone criticized KSY that badly.
June 5th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
anyway, KTH has her own unique beauty so as KSY. please guys. stop insulting each other. i guess people won’t wanna see this page is in a mess like this. Iris is such a good drama. so please stop polluting this page with all kinds of rude words.
June 5th, 2010 at 8:51 pm
Love, happiness, relaxing, healthy lifestyle, all makes people looks younger than true age. Nowadays, many models and actresses are still very gorgeous at age of 30 & KTH is among them. She looks younger than her true age, of-course she looks mature than teen-age.
June 5th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Ha…ha…”bitch” equals “ugly” ……? Priscila is not ugly, she is the pretty bitch, ha….ha….. btw, you are a girl. If I were a girl, I do not mind they call me ugly, but I will beat anybody who uses word “bitch” to call me. Ha…ha….. So funny!
The youth is evaluated based on the birth date? Ha…ha…. You do not know KSY speaks herself that she looks older than her age? You do not know that stress, life style makes people look older than true age? Ha…ha….
Listen, all citizens, new rule from bitch priscila. All of you must say KSY is better than KTH. All of you must say KSY is young, gorgeous naturally. Anyone who dares to say KIM SO YEON IS UGLY, bitch priscila will insult you. Bitch priscila is mad, you know! Ha..ha…..
Review Iris again, I see KSY is good and KIM TAE HEE is HIGHER than her several classes, ha…ha……
June 5th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
IRIS GOGOGO!!!!!!!!!!!
June 5th, 2010 at 3:40 pm
i think KTH’s beauty and KSY’s beauty r different. They have different styles. some ppl prefer KTH’s beauty, some prefers KSY’s beauty. That’s all.
June 5th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
0.0 KSY’s fans support KSY. KTH’s fans support KTH. KSY’s fans stay calm, so as KTH’s fans!! both ladies r pretty, talented. if you guys really wanna talk about age, KTH is 30, KSY is also 30. LOL! both ladies r old.
KTH’s birthdate :1980-Mar-29
KSY’s birthdate : 1980-Nov-02
hmm….what do u think?
June 5th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
IRIS….YEAH
June 5th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
hala….
June 5th, 2010 at 1:52 pm
grabeh mga tao dito…NAG-AAWAY ba naman…
ang babaw….
June 5th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
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June 5th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
LET THERE BE PEACE HERE….
June 5th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Elle, I like Iris & KTH like you.
Wang, Lilly, you are tough fighter.
YellowRose sounds like the nick of a girl?
Hayley, if Kim Hyun Joon, how they have Iris #2. Seung-Hee & Hyun Joon are there.
Hello chaos
Omg! I talk too much, weekend right?
June 5th, 2010 at 11:54 am
IrisFans, where are you? I like your style & copy it, hi..hi… It seems that on the same time frame in the world.
June 5th, 2010 at 11:36 am
Omg! Fighting! Fighting more everybody! I join your side, Lilly! Just kidding!
So-yun is not bad. Like it or not, I feel she tries her best.
Omg! Priscila’s obscene words when she declares to insult Lilly and other guys irritate my eyes.
If I say: KIM SO YUN IS UGLY too, Priscila , what do you do? Bark every day? Omg! Priscila , you deserve these “even shits of so yun is still good to you”.
I post this because the hostile attitude of Priscila causes the chaos here, not because I hate so-yun. Omg! Fighting further! Fighting more!
Omg! I should say “peace out everybody, calm down, hi…hi…”
June 5th, 2010 at 9:35 am
Bitch: clearly insulting word.
Do not twist issue.
At beauty contest, people comment or newspaper post “this girl is old, ugly, or this form of body is ugly, etc…” that is popular, not an insult. Many journalists comment of beauty of actress, actor on newspaper, that is the everyday life.
Some newspapers even point out the default of actress and post the photos of actress before & after cosmetic surgery. I do not like that, but that is the way newspapers are sold fast.
If one say face to face to you that you are ugly, that is a big different. It depends to the tone. Do not feel hard if you are in fact too ugly & one does not lie to you & say the truth in constructive tone & suggest you to make up this way to hide your default. That one is good to you.
June 5th, 2010 at 8:32 am
Not defending either Priscila or Lilly, why ugly is not an insult and bitch is?
If I were a girl I would be equally sad if I were called ugly or bitch.
June 5th, 2010 at 6:13 am
Omg! moron priscila! Do you see beauty pageant? Girls in 2 pieces walk around for audiences, judges, reporters, … to see and give scores. Many receive bad comments and bad scores. Omg! As moron prinscila’s pitch of words, judges, newspapers, and audiences insult girls when giving her bad scores, bad comments?
Omg! If girls do not want others to see & give comments about beauty, please do not participate beauty pageant. If girls do not want to receive comments about beauty, acting, so do not be an actress.
The word “sun-wha is old, ugly” is nothing. No one calls the actress as the bitch right? Why you wrongly assume Lilly insults sun-wha & insult Lilly? Damn moron priscila!
Omg! Moron is crazy & do not understand the words of human. Please do not waste time with moron priscila and affect other viewers post comments about drama. Omg! I like this drama very much. Aja! aja!
June 5th, 2010 at 4:32 am
Shut up Priscila! I saw Lilly wrote that KSY is old, ugly in replying to what you wrote that KSY is better than KTH. In past interview, KSY said herself that she looked older than her age. As your tone, priscila, she insulted herself? In the eyes of man like me, she is not too ugly but she is not pretty. No one can stop me saying that. Viewers always say this actress is pretty and other actress is ugly. Nothing is wrong. Depends to the eyes of viewers. Searching Internet, you can see many disputes about the beauty of many different actresses including KSY. Come there and bark against thousands of viewers too. Head of priscila is filled with shits.
June 5th, 2010 at 2:56 am
Priscila, you say your opinion “KSY is better” and I say my opinion “Kim soyeon is ugly, old”. That is my right as a viewer. I neither insult her nor insult you. You can’t accept anyone who says your sun wa is ugly, so you insult me first. As Wang said, to deal with you, there is no choice to return your word “bullshits” back to you. Priscila is the big BULLSHITS.
Priscila is the big BULLSHITS.
Priscila is the big BULLSHITS.
Priscila is the big BULLSHITS.
Wang, YellowRose, thanks for your supports.
June 5th, 2010 at 2:34 am
I agree with Wang, I kick your words “bullshits” back to you, priscila.
Priscila, you behave as if you are bullshit.
June 5th, 2010 at 2:28 am
SHUT UP priscila, you must respect other opinions. You behave as under-educated, impolite person.
I do not see any problem when Lilly wrote “KSY=ugly, old”. That is Lilly’s opinion about sun wa, not about you. When Lilly wrote that it did not mean Lilly insulted you or insulted sun wa. In your eyes sun wa is beautiful, but in other eyes sun wa is ugly. Billions of people, billions of the taste of the beauty.
I do not dislike sun-wa. If you want to compare, I believe KIM TAE HEE IS BETTER than sun wa. KIM TAE HEE is more beautiful.
June 5th, 2010 at 12:29 am
Lilly! Just be reasonable. I just said that I liked KSY more than KTH and what did you write? “KSY=ugly, old”. Now who began the insults?
June 5th, 2010 at 12:01 am
shut up Wang! If you didn´t read Lilly saying insults about a person, you´d better be quiet. Stop posing as a wise person, that of course u r not. I insulted her, because I gave my opinion and she insulted a person. So if u don´t know, stop saying bullshits!