IRIS

IRIS

Action, Romance, Crime

Kim Kyu-tae, Yang Yun-ho

Lee Byung-hun, Kim Tae-hee, Choi Seung-hyun, Kim So-yeon, Jung Joon-ho, Kim Seung-woo

2009

South Korea

Film review analysis↗

Completed

Korean

62 minutes

2025-03-02 15:31:52

Detailed introduction

This film (drama)Also known as아이리스,is aSouth KoreaProducerbeauty live,At2009Released in year 。The dialogue language isKorean,Current Douban rating8.1(For reference only)。
Hyun-joon (played by Lee Byung-hun) and Shi-yu (played by Jung Joon-ho) are top agents of the NSS (National Security Service), both in love with their beautiful boss, Seung-hee (played by Kim Tae-hee), who shares a deep bond with Hyun-joon. Deputy Director Baek San sends them to rescue a scientist, who before dying entrusts a USB drive to Hyun-joon. Baek San secretly orders Hyun-joon to assassinate North Korea's second-in-command; Hyun-joon fulfills the mission but is silenced afterward. Out of brotherly loyalty, Shi-yu lets Hyun-joon go. While preparing to escape with Seung-hee, a bomb explodes. Hyun-joon flees to Japan and reconciles with the North Korean agent, Shan-hwa (played by Kim So-yeon), who was chasing him. Seung-hee, having narrowly escaped death, firmly believes Hyun-joon is alive and repeatedly investigates illegally. Hyun-joon faces assassination attempts in Japan, which leads to the tragic deaths of his savior's family. At a dead end, Hyun-joon seeks refuge with North Korea and joins a terrorist organization to attack the NSS headquarters, where he finally sees Seung-hee but still cannot reveal his identity. Hyun-joon ultimately uncovers the secret of the USB drive, discovering that Baek San is his father's killer, and behind it all lies a mysterious organization—IRIS. High-level talks between North and South Korea are underway while the captain of the guard plots a terror explosion. In the midst of the investigation, Seung-hee is captured by terrorists, confronting her lover as an enemy, and they are met with an even crueler conspiracy... This film is the first major spy thriller produced by KBS with an investment of 20 billion won, breaking viewership records repeatedly.