"100 Days of Lies" has completed a brilliant lineup including Kim You Jung, Park Jin-Young, Kim Hyun-Joo, Lee Moo-saeng and Jin Sun-kyu.
The new tvN drama "100 Days of Lies," scheduled to air in the second half of 2026 (directed by Yoo In-sik, written by Ryu Bo-ri), is a spy romance that depicts the dangerous and thrilling love between the best pickpocket in Gyeongseong, who goes undercover as an interpreter for the Japanese general government, and the new interpreter of the general government, the adopted son of the minister of administrative affairs, and the splendid yearning for independence. Through the setting of an "interpreter," which allows a look into the speaker's truth and hidden secrets, it will offer new suspense and entertainment unlike anything seen before.
Above all, the coming together of the life-work-making production team that guarantees high completeness excites drama fans. Director Yoo In-sik, who helmed the Dr. Romantic series and Extraordinary Attorney Woo and gained public support with warm and outstanding directing, takes the helm, and writer Ryu Bo-ri, who delivered deep resonance and lingering aftereffects with delicate writing in works such as Do You Like Brahms?, is in charge of the script, stimulating anticipation.
Attention is also focused on the synergy that Kim You Jung, Park Jin-Young, Kim Hyun-Joo, Lee Moo-saeng and Jin Sun-kyu will create to complete the breathless spy romance. Kim You Jung transforms into the role of I Ga-gyeong, the best pickpocket in Gyeongseong who goes undercover as an interpreter for the Japanese general government for 100 days. While collecting money tenaciously to achieve her life goal of going to the United States, she becomes a spy and infiltrates the Japanese general government after receiving an offer from the independence group she cannot refuse. Kim You Jung said she was honored to participate as a member of a meaningful work and added that she hoped it would be a warm piece that comforts many people and encourages reflection on history and life, and that she would work hard with that hope, asking for much anticipation and support.
Park Jin-Young plays Sato Hideo, the adopted son of the minister of administrative affairs and the new elite interpreter of the Japanese general government, Kim Tae-woong. In a dark era when Japan needed propaganda to justify its rule over Joseon to the League of Nations investigation team, he, who was rare at the time for being perfectly fluent in the three languages of English, Japanese and Joseon language, returns to Joseon after about 10 years and takes on an important mission as an interpreter. Park Jin-Young said that because the work is set in a painful era, he approaches filming with even more caution and vowed to do his best to repay audiences with a meaningful work.
Kim Hyun-Joo plays Yu So-ran, the marksman of the anti-Japanese organization the National Salvation Corps, who took up a gun for revenge. Entangled in a past ill fate with Sato Shinichi, he returned to Joseon after about 10 years by falsifying his identity as a Chinese person and entering a staged marriage with Yu Philip. While carrying out an assassination operation against Sato Shinichi, he proposes a life-risking deal to I Ga-gyeong. Kim Hyun-Joo said she felt honored to participate in a work set in the 1930s and added that she wanted to complete a meaningful work with the actors who showed good chemistry from the script reading, asking for much anticipation.
Lee Moo-saeng takes on the role of Yu Philip, the Gyeongseong correspondent for an American news organization. Yu Philip is a member of the National Salvation Corps and is a Korean-American who makes full use of his status as a journalist to unsettle the minister of administrative affairs, who is sensitive to international affairs. Lee Moo-saeng said he is conflicted about how to truthfully portray "100 Days of Lies," but that his desire to meet viewers comes first, adding that he goes to the set today with that feeling and asking for much expectation and love from the audience.
Jin Sun-kyu stars as Sato Shinichi, the minister of administrative affairs and Sato Hideo's father, an ambitious schemer skilled in intrigue and manipulation. As the second-in-command of the Japanese general government who would do anything for success and advancement, he is the National Salvation Corps' primary target. Jin Sun-kyu said he expects to find good chemistry working with excellent actors and hopes the drama will take root in viewers' hearts as a deep lingering memory, adding that he will work hard in his role and asked for much interest and expectation.
The breathless spy war of the spy who infiltrated the heart of Joseon rule, the Japanese general government, and the splendid journey of the independence fighters who willingly gave their lives for independence and love while enduring the dark times will leave a deep impression; the new tvN drama "100 Days of Lies" will air in the second half of 2026.
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