City Hunter

City Hunter

Details

• Title: 시티헌터 / Sitihunteo
• Genre: Action, suspense, romance
• Episodes: 20
• Broadcast network: SBS
• Broadcast period: 2011-May-25 to 2011-Jul-28
• Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
• Original Soundtrack: City Hunter OST

Synopsis

The story takes place in Seoul, 2011. Lee Yoon Sung is a talented MIT-graduate who works on the international communications team in the Blue House. He plans revenge on five politicians who caused his father's death with his surrogate father Lee Jin Pyo and eventually becomes a "City Hunter."

User/Viewer Ratings

4.67

(9 votes)

Cast

Main Cast

• Lee Min Ho as Lee Yoon Sung / John Lee / Poo Chai / "City Hunter" (Blue House Security Officer)
  • Chae Sang Woo as child Yoon Sung / Poo Chai
• Park Min Young as Kim Na Na
• Lee Joon Hyuk as Kim Young Joo

City Hunter Clique

• Kim Sang Joong as Lee Jin Pyo / Steve Lee
• Kim Sang Ho as Bae Shik Joong / Bae Man Deok
• Jung Joon as Kim Sang Gook (Jin Pyo's henchman)

The Blue House

• Lee Seung Hyung as Song Young Deok
• Baek Seung Hyun as Park Ho Shik
• Yang Jin Sung as Shin Eun Ah (bodyguard, Na Na's friend)
• Lee Kwang Soo as Go Ki Joon

Group of Five

• Chun Ho Jin as Choi Eung Chan (President)
• Choi Jung Woo as Cheon Jae Man (Haewon Group's president, former Director of the North Korean National Security Planning Bureau)
• Choi Il Hwa as Kim Jong Shik (Myung Moon University's president, Young Joo's father)
• Choi Sang Hoon as Seo Yong Hak (Minister of Defence)
• Lee Hyo Jung as Lee Kyung Wan (senator)

Extended Cast

• Hwang Sun Hee as Jin Se Hee (veterinarian, Young Joo's ex-wife)
• Goo Ha Ra as Choi Da Hye (President's daughter)
• Kim Mi Sook as Lee Kyung Hee (Yoon Sung's mother)
• Kim Byung Choon as Jang Woo Hyun
• Shin Young Jin (신영진) as Kim Mi Ok (investigator, Na Na's aunt, Young Joo's subordinate)
• Choi Sung Ho as Jang Pil Jae (investigator, Young Joo's subordinate)
• Sung Chang Hoon (성창훈) as Suk Doo Shik (Cheon Jae Man's henchman)
• Jung Joon Won as Do Jin
• Maeng Bong Hak as Na Na's father (cameo)
• Park Sang Min as Park Moo Yul (Kyung Hee's husband) (cameo)
• Min Young Won as Min Hee (cameo)
• Yoon Ye Hee as First Lady (Choi Da Hye's mother) (cameo)
• Kim Won Hyo (김원효) Seo Yong Hak’s son (cameo-Ep.4)
• Park Sung Il (박성일)
• Kang Chul Sung
• Won Jong Rye as Seo Yong Hak's wife
• Kai Supranee Jayrinpon (ไก่ สุปราณี เจริญผล) as Mueangsurin
• Bang Joon Seo as Song Mi Jin (Ep. 2-3, 5)
• Sung Chan Ho (성찬호) as dentist (ep. 12)
• Park Ye Ju (박예주) as Guide
• Jung Myung Joon (정명준) as reporter
• Park Sung Kyun (박성균) as reporter
• Yoon Joon Sung (윤준성) as Go Gi Wook
• Lee Sung Ho as Speaker of the National Assembly
• Kim Yi Jae (김이재)
• Jung Doo Kyum as Cheon Jae Man's creditor, wanted to destroy the Yeoneul group
• Song Kyung Eui (송경의) as Lawmaker Lee's assistant
• Lee Sun Goo (이선구)
• Oh Ah Rang (오아랑) as Kim Na Na's mother
• Kim Kyung Ryong as scandalous client of a veterinary clinic (ep 4)
• Jun Il Bum (전일범) as Deputy Chief Inspection Station
• Na Seung Ho as the masked man who came to meet the City Hunter
• Son Jong Hak as employee of the Presidential secretariat

Production Credits

• Original work: Manga "City Hunter" by Tsukasa Hojo
• Chief Producer: Kim Young Sub
• Producer: Kyung Min Suk (경민석), Lee Young Joon, Hong Jong Chan, Lee Dong Hoon
• Director: Jin Hyuk
• Assistant Director: Nam Gun (남건), Lee Woo Ram (이우람)
• Screenwriter: Hwang Eun Kyung, Choi Soo Jin
• Composer: Oh Joon Sung
• more

Recognitions

2011 4th Korea Drama Awards

• Best Actor (Lee Min Ho)
• Hallyu Star Special Award (Lee Min Ho)

2011 SBS Drama Awards

• Top Excellence Award for Drama Special, Actor (Lee Min Ho)
• New Star Award (Goo Ha Ra)
• Top Ten Stars Award (Lee Min Ho)
• Netizen Popularity Award (Lee Min Ho)

Episode Ratings

See City Hunter/Episode Ratings

Trivia

• In episode 17 of Sign, the game program created by the psychopathic serial killer Lee Ho Jin (played by Kim Sung Oh) was also titled City Hunter.

External Links

• Official site
• News articles: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)

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