The Spy: Undercover Operation (2013) on Netflix
Chul-soo is a South Korean intelligence agent whom his wife Young-hee believes to be an office worker. Sent to Bangkok on a mission, he spots her there with a man named Ryan.
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Chul-soo is a field agent for South Korean intelligence who has kept his profession from his wife Young-hee, a flight attendant who believes he holds a desk job. When an explosion strikes Seoul, he tells her he is traveling to Busan for work, then flies to Bangkok with his department head Jin on a classified operation to retrieve a person holding clues to the attack. In the city, Chul-soo spots Young-hee, who should have been in Korea, in the company of a man named Ryan. Shocked, he resolves to finish the mission while following his wife, afraid she means to leave him.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Spy: Undercover Operation (2013)
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- In May 2012, production company JK Film, run by director Yoon Je-kyoon, filed a copyright lawsuit against Lee Myung-se, claiming he had illegally and secretly registered himself as the film's copyright holder after quitting the project in April 2012.
- JK Film alleged director Lee Myung-se refused to follow the script and shot scenes in a serene, lyrical way instead of the James Bond-style action comedy they wanted; production resumed in mid-May 2012 with rookie Lee Seung-jun replacing him.
