A Bona Fide Killer
유부녀 킬러
A Bona Fide Killer is an MBC Friday-Saturday drama that began on 31 July 2026, about a working mother whose other job is contract killing. Gong Hyo-jin leads; it opened at 7.4 per cent and set a new best for itself over and over.
- Status
- Airing
- Network
- MBC
- First aired
- 31 July 2026
- Genres
- Action, Drama
- Streaming on
- MBC (official site)
- Streaming on
- Rakuten Viki
What it is about
A Bona Fide Killer (유부녀 킬러) is an MBC Friday-Saturday drama that began on 31 July 2026. The Korea Times describes it as the story of Yoo Bo-na (Gong Hyo-jin), a contract killer who comes back from parental leave and works a sales-team job at Durumi Electronics, a company that fronts for a group of assassins; the same piece says she takes contracts on criminals who received lenient sentences. Her husband Kwon Tae-sung (Jung Joon-won) is a newspaper reporter chasing the identity behind the alias Kingfisher, and the detective Lee Dong-jin (Lee Sang-yi) is chasing it too. Yoon Jong-ho and 김지훈 direct, from a script by 김은희.
Why it broke out at home
The audience grew almost every week. Money Today gave episode one 7.4 per cent and episode two 8.0 per cent; Financial News reported on 15 August that episode five had set a new best at 9.8 per cent; News1 reported a further best of 10.2 per cent on 16 August. StarNews wrote on 23 August that episode eight, broadcast the night before, drew 8.8 per cent. All figures are Nielsen Korea nationwide.
Where to watch
A Bona Fide Killer airs on MBC, which keeps an official programme page for it, and streams on Rakuten Viki in selected regions. The official teaser is on MBCdrama’s YouTube channel. K-Culture Radar links to official platforms and uploads rather than rehosting clips.
Official links
Cast
Stories
How A Bona Fide Killer ratings moved: 7.4 percent to 10.2 percent
MBC's Friday-Saturday drama "A Bona Fide Killer" opened at 7.4 percent on 31 July 2026, reached 10.2 percent on Nielsen Korea figures reported by News1, and drew 8.8 percent for the 22 August episode, StarNews reported. The Korea Times says it is number one in its time slot.