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Ha Jung-woo as Kang In-gu (center), seen with the mysterious followers of Pastor Jeon in "Narco-Saints." The series could have a second season. He is visited at the shop by Chang-ho, who reveals that Yo-hwan (who is imprisoned) had told the NIS chief about a baseball signed by the real-life retired Korean baseball player Park Chan-ho that he'd given to In-gu, and the businessman gave to his kids to play catch.
Months after the dramatic showdown that dismantled Yo-hwan's cocaine empire, In-gu is back in South Korea with his wife and two kids, running his auto repair shop. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).įollowing a host of pulsating chases, explosive shootouts, backstabbing twists and hairy moments of covers being blown, the intriguing series finale sees Yo-hwan at the mercy of the DEA and NIS after his drug shipment to Puerto Rico is intercepted by the joint police force. In-gu later decides to help the NIS in their plot to capture Yo-hwan once and for all by pretending to arrange a major drug deal for Yo-hwan in a bid to get him to make a shipment to Puerto Rico, where he can be seized by the U.S. "Squid Game" actor and Emmy Award nominee Park Hae-soo (center) plays a South Korean National Intelligence Service police officer who goes undercover as a drug trader in "Narcos-Saints." He's seen here in a scene with actors Ha Jung-woo (left) and Yoo Yeon-seok (right). Informed by Chang-ho, a team leader from the NIS (played by Squid Game's Park Hae-soo), In-gu learns that Yo-hwan plotted the cocaine scheme in a bid to test out a possible new drug trade route to South Korea via In-gu's fish deliveries.īut Yo-hwan remains untouchable due to his various connections in Suriname, including the country's president who provides the drug lord with military protection and other cover-ups as needed. In-gu manages to avoid payments after a mysterious and charismatic Korean Christian pastor in Suriname named Yo-hwan (played by Hwang Jung-min) steps in, offering to protect In-gu's business from Chen Jin's threats.īut Yo-hwan is later discovered to be the formidable leader of a cocaine drug ring in Suriname when In-gu is suddenly thrown into jail after cocaine was found hidden inside one of his skate shipments at the airport. The Chinese mob leader demands that In-gu pay a fee to run his skate business, claiming he "owns the fish" in the surrounding seas of Suriname.
In-gu's fish business is later threatened by Chen Jin, a Chinese gangster operating the methamphetamine drug trade in Suriname (played by Chang Chen, the lead actor from the Oscar-winning film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). **Spoiler alert: From this point onwards, this article contains several spoilers for Narco-Saints. The show sees a Korean small business owner named In-gu (played by Ha Jung-woo) get embroiled in a clandestine operation led by South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) after traveling to Suriname to launch a skate shipping business. The new series is based on the story of a real-life Korean drug kingpin who ran a drug cartel in Suriname, the South American country, in the late 1990s.
The gripping drama has quickly gained traction in the U.S., ranking fifth among Netflix's top 10 television shows in the country just three days since its release on September 9, according to FlixPatrol, the streaming analytics company.
Netflix's latest K-drama, Narco-Saints, starring Squid Game and Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area actor Park Hae-soo, sees a nail-biting sting operation unfold in an engrossing series about a Korean drug lord who worked with Colombia's Cali Cartel, which was founded by three brothers who broke away from Pablo Escobar's drug ring.
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