Here are some K-Dramas where the main character has a double identity.
8. Undercover (K-Drama 2021)
Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Synopsis: Han Jung Hyun is a National Security Planning Agency agent recognised for his exceptional speed and audacity.
He is hiding his true identity when he falls in love with Choi Yeon Soo and marries her during a top-secret mission.
Jung Hyun is a happy fool loving his wife and two children, living as an everyday husband and father. When his wife is nominated for a high-ranking government position, however, the secrets of his past become entangled in an unmanageable maelstrom.
This has the potential to destabilise his tightly knit family, which is his most valuable asset.
Despite succeeding throughout school and passing the bar exam at the age of 20, Choi Yeon Soo is a human rights lawyer who has lived for justice and truth, representing those who are vulnerable and unfairly punished.
She is nominated as the first head of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit in honour of her deep, steadfast principles and abilities.
She had no idea that her new job will compel her to confront a devastating truth about her husband’s clandestine history, the only person in whom she has completely trusted and believed.
Jung Hyun is as determined to protect his family as Yeon Soo is to seek justice against the massive forces that control and rock the country for profit.
Trailer:
Cast:
Ji Jin Hee – Han Jung Hyun [Present]
Kim Hyun Joo – Choi Yeon Soo [Present]
Yeon Woo Jin – Han Jung Hyun/Lee Suk Gyu [Young]
Han Sun Hwa – Choi Yeon Soo [Young]
Yoo Sun Ho – Han Seung Goo [Jung Hyun & Yeon Soo’s son]
Lee Jae In – Han Seung Mi Jung Hyun & Yeon Soo’s son]
Director – Song Hyun Wook
Screenwriter – Jung Hye Eun, Song Ja Hun, Baek Chul Hyun
Aired Date – Apr 23, 2021 – Jun 12, 2021
No. of Episodes – 16
Network – jTBC
7. Player (K-Drama 2018)
Genres: Action, Thriller, Mystery, Comedy
Synopsis: A police redemption team made up of a con artist, a fighter, an elite hacker, and a skilled driver is tasked with recovering stuff stolen by criminals. Cha Ah Ryung, the driver, grew up on the streets after her parents abandoned her.
Trailer:
Cast:
Song Seung Heon – Kang Ha Ri / Choi Su Hyuk
Krystal Jung – Cha Ah Ryung
Lee Si Eon – Im Byung Min
Tae Won Seok – Do Jin Woong
Kim Won Hae – Jang In Gyoo
Ahn Se Ho – Investigator Maeng
Director – Go Jae Hyun
Screenwriter – Shin Jae Hyung
Aired Date – Sep 29, 2018 – Nov 11, 2018
No. of Episodes – 14
Network– OCN
6. Perfume (K-Drama 2019)
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Family, Fantasy
Synopsis: Seo Yi Do is a well-known fashion designer. On the surface, he appears to be the ideal man, yet his demeanour leaves a lot to be desired. He also suffers from 52 phobias and 35 allergies.
Min Jae Hee is a middle-aged housewife who has dedicated her life to her family only to watch it crumble in front of her eyes.
She discovers a miraculous perfume that restores her youthful appearance.
She ends up walking the catwalk in one of Seo Yi Do’s fashion shows after regaining her youth and signing with a top modelling agency to become a celebrity.
In what is billed as a fantasy romantic comedy, both of them get a second chance at romance.
Trailer:
Cast:
Shin Sung Rok – Seo Yi Do
Go Won Hee – Min Ye Rin / Min Jae Hee
Ha Jae Sook – Min Jae Hee
Cha Ye Ryun – Han Ji Na
Kim Min Kyu – Yun Min Suk
Kim Jin Kyung – Kim Jin Kyung [Jae Hee’s daughter]
Director – Kim Sang Hwi
Screenwriter – Choi Hyun Ok
Aired Date – Jun 3, 2019 – Jul 23, 2019
No. of Episodes – 32
Network – KBS2
5. My Name (K-Drama 2021)
Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime
Synopsis: Following her father’s death, a vengeful lady places her faith in a powerful crime lord — and joins the police force under his command.
Yoon Ji Woo, a member of an organised crime ring, disguises herself as a police officer and carries cold vengeance in her heart. Choi Moo Jin, the chief of Korea’s largest drug network, is assisting Yoon Ji Woo in going undercover. His genuine objectives are difficult to decipher.
Jeon Pil Do is a drug investigation unit police detective. He is a rule-follower who becomes Yoon Ji Woo’s companion when she joins the police force. Cha Gi Ho, the Drug Investigation Unit’s team leader. He and Choi Moo Jin have long been adversaries, with Cha Gi Ho vowing to bring down Choi Moo Jin’s crime syndicate before he retires.
Choi Moo Jin’s drug ring deputy, Jung Tae Joo. He is Choi Moo Jin’s most trusted henchman due to his unwavering commitment. Do Gang Jae, a former narcotics ring member. He vowed vengeance against them after causing issues and being booted out of the group.
Trailer:
Cast:
Han So Hee – Yoon Ji Woo / Oh Hye Jin
Park Hee Soon – Choi Moo Jin
Ahn Bo Hyun – Jeon Pil Do
Lee Hak Joo – Jung Tae Joo [Moo Jin’s right-hand man]
Kim Sang Ho – Cha Gi Ho [Drug Investigation unit team leader]
Jang Yool – Do Gang Jae [Dongcheon gang former member]
Director – Kim Jin Min
Screenwriter – Kim Ba Da
Aired Date – Oct 15, 2021
No. of Episodes – 8
Network – Netflix
4. Alice (K-Drama 2020)
Genres: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Melodrama
Synopsis: The organisation Alice was founded in 2050 as a means for humanity to travel into another time and parallel universe. However, the “Book of Prophecy,” which predicted the end of travellers, was discovered soon after.
To avoid the book from falling into the wrong hands, Alice sends Yoo Min Hyuk and Yoon Tae Yi to 1992 to rescue it from the book’s last known caretaker.
Tae Yi discovered she was pregnant with Yoo Min Hyuk’s child during this expedition and decided to stay to raise their child while hiding from Yoo Min Hyuk by changing her name to Park Sun Young.
Park Jin Gyeom, Park Sun Young’s son, is a successful detective in 2020. His path crossed with the Yoon Tae Yi of this planet, a physics professor who specialises in quantum and temporal mechanics and resembles his mother.
The meeting of Park Jin Gyeom and Yoon Tae Yi marked the beginning of their mission to rediscover the Book of Prophecy and seek answers.
Trailer:
Cast:
Kim Hee Sun – Yoon Tae Yi | Park Sun Young
Joo Won – Park Jin Gyum
Kwak Shi Yang – Yoo Min Hyuk
Lee Da In – Kim Do Yeon
Kim Sang Ho – Go Hyun Seok [Police]
Hwang Seung Eon – Oh Shi Young [Alice]
Director – Baek Soo Chan
Screenwriter – Kim Kyu Won
Aired Date – Aug 28, 2020 – Oct 24, 2020
No. of Episodes – 16
Network – SBS
3. Hyde, Jekyll, Me (K-Drama 2015)
Genres: Psychological, Comedy, Romance, Drama
Synopsis: Gu Seo Jin is a third-generation chaebol who owns the Wonder Land theme park. He seemed to have it all: beauty, brains, and riches.
However, a terrible experience in his youth caused Seo Jin to have two personalities: one is a cold, merciless man, while the other is the polar opposite, someone compassionate and gentle. As a result, he resolves never to date or marry.
Seo Jin wants to stop the Wonder Land circus act owing to low ticket sales and hefty overhead costs, but he clashes with circus master Jang Ha Na.
Ha Na is adamant about salvaging the fading circus and restoring it to its former splendour. She quickly falls for both of Seo Jin’s personalities.
Trailer:
Cast:
Hyun Bin – Goo Seo Jin / Robin
Han Ji Min – Jang Ha Na
Sung Joon – Yoon Tae Joo
Lee Hye Ri – Min Woo Jung
Kim Kyung Jin – Director Kim
Lee Seung Jun – Kwon Yeong Chan
Director – Jo Young Kwang, Park Shin Woo
Screenwriter – Kim Ji Woon
Aired Date – Jan 21, 2015 – Mar 26, 2015
No. of Episodes – 20
Network – SBS
2. I’m Not a Robot (K-Drama 2017)
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Drama, Sci-Fi
Synopsis: Kim Min Kyu is the majority stakeholder of a financial firm. He has a “human allergy,” which prevents him from having normal contact with other people.
He becomes intrigued in the Santa Maria robotic team’s Aji-3 robotic project. Hong Baek Gyun, the inventor of Aji-3 and a world-renowned robotics professor, leads the team.
He based Aji-3 on his ex-girlfriend, Jo Ji Ah, who is a struggling inventor who also works as a personal shopper to make ends meet. An accident causes the robot’s batteries to malfunction just as Kim Min Kyu is about to test it.
Hong Baek Gyun begs Jo Ji Ah to stand in for Aji-3 and pretend to be the robot in order to obtain financing from Kim Min Kyu. However, Aji-3 becomes the lonely Min Kyu’s only real touch with another person.
Trailer:
Cast:
Yoo Seung Ho – Kim Min Kyu
Chae Soo Bin – Jo Ji Ah | Aji-3
Uhm Ki Joon – Hong Baek Gyun
Park Se Wan – Pi [Baek Gyun’s colleague]
Song Jae Ryong – Hoktal [Baek Gyun’s colleague]
Go Geon Han – Ssanip [Baek Gyun’s colleague]
Director – Jeong Dae Yun
Screenwriter – Kim Sun Mi
Aired Date – Dec 6, 2017 – Jan 25, 2018
No. of Episodes – 32
Network – MBC
1. Healer (K-Drama 2014)
Genres: Action, Thriller, Mystery, Romance
Synopsis: Seo Jung Hoo is a one-of-a-kind night courier who goes by the moniker “Healer” among his clients.
He gives his clients everything they want for the proper price and with the help of a brilliant hacker, as long as it doesn’t require murder.
His most recent employment introduces him to Chae Young Shin, a second-rate tabloid writer, and Kim Moon Ho, a successful reporter.
He begins to unravel the riddle of his own shared past with the two reporters, placing all of them in peril.
Trailer:
Cast:
Ji Chang Wook – Seo Jung Hoo / Park Bong Soo / “Healer”
Park Min Young – Chae Yeong Shin / Oh Ji An
Yoo Ji Tae – Kim Moon Ho
Kim Mi Kyung – Jo Min Ja [Hacker]
Park Sang Won – Kim Moon Shik [Moon Ho’s older brother]
Do Ji Won – Choi Myung Hee [Moon Shik’s wife]
Director – Lee Jung Sub, Kim Jin Woo
Screenwriter – Song Ji Na
Aired Date – Dec 8, 2014 – Feb 10, 2015
No. of Episodes – 20
Network – KBS2
