Ha Jung-woo, Hwang Jung-min confirmed to star in 'Suriname'

Actors Ha Jung-woo, left, and Hwang Jung-min / Courtesy of CJ Entertainment

By Kwak Yeon-soo

Park Hae-soo, Yoo Yeon-seok and Jo Woo-jin will join Ha Jung-woo and Hwang Jung-min in the star-studded cast of “Suriname,” a new Netflix Korea original series.

Filmmaker Yoon Jong-bin, whose credits include “Nameless Gangster: Rules of Time” (2012), “Kundo: Age of the Rampant” (2014) and “The Spy Gone North” (2018), is set to helm his first TV series.

Based on a true story, “Suriname” revolves around a man named Jeon Yo-han (Hwang) who rose to become a drug lord in Suriname, a former Dutch colony on the northern coast of South America.

Ha, who is set to star in a TV drama for the first time in 14 years since 2007's “H.I.T.,” will star as a businessman named Kang In-goo who gets embroiled in drug-related crimes but chooses to cooperate with the National Intelligence Service.

Park, who left a strong impression on viewers by playing the merciless villain in the 2020 dystopian action thriller “Time to Hunt,” will play the secret agent who chases after Jeon while Jo will appear as a close aide of the drug kingpin. Ahead of “Suriname,” Jo is starring in the thriller “Hard Hit” that will be released in theaters in June.

Yoo, who will appear in season 2 of the series “Hospital Playlist” next, will be playing a lawyer for the drug lord.

Netflix hasn't announced an official premiere date for “Suriname.”