Agent Kim Reactivated김부장Agent Kim Reactivated
김부장
Agent Kim Reactivated is SBS's ten-episode revenge action drama (26 June to 25 July 2026), in which an ordinary office manager (So Ji-sub) reopens the life he buried to find his daughter. It passed 20 per cent at home and spent three weeks at No. 1 on Netflix's non-English chart.
- Status
- Completed
- Network
- SBS
- First aired
- 26 June 2026
- Episodes
- 10
- Genres
- Action, Thriller, Revenge
- Streaming on
- SBS (official programme page)
- Streaming on
- Netflix
What it is about
Agent Kim Reactivated (김부장) is a ten-episode SBS Friday-Saturday drama that ran from 26 June to 25 July 2026. SBS described it in its own announcement as a revenge action drama in which “the most ordinary father in the world” becomes “the most dangerous man in the world” to get his only daughter back. So Ji-sub plays the title role; Nam Dae-joong wrote it and Yi Seung-young and Lee So-eun directed. The Korea Herald describes the series as a live-action adaptation of the Naver webtoon of the same name.
Why it broke out internationally
At home the drama passed 20 per cent within four episodes and peaked at 23.1 per cent nationwide on its eighth, which Yonhap News TV reported as the second-highest figure in the history of SBS’s Friday-Saturday slot; the finale drew 23.0 per cent nationwide. Abroad it was released on Netflix in parallel, and SBS News reported on 22 July 2026 that the series had held first place on Netflix’s global Top 10 for non-English TV for three consecutive weeks, ranking first in 19 countries and entering the top 10 in 73.
It also carried a production first. The Korea Herald reported on 10 July 2026 that a three-minute action sequence in the opening two episodes was generated entirely with AI, by Morpheus Studio on its Aicron platform — described as the first commercial use of AI-generated video in a Korean drama.
Where to watch
Agent Kim Reactivated streams worldwide on Netflix, and SBS keeps the programme page for the broadcast run. The official trailer is on Netflix Korea’s YouTube channel. K-Culture Radar links to official platforms and uploads rather than rehosting clips.
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Explainer
How Agent Kim Reactivated made its three-minute AI action sequence
The three-minute flashback in the first two episodes of SBS drama "Agent Kim Reactivated" was built entirely with AI on Morpheus Studio's Aicron platform, a first in Korea, Money Today reported. SBS News reported three straight weeks at number one on Netflix's non-English TV chart.
Guide
What the 'views' number in the Netflix Top 10 actually counts
Netflix publishes four Top 10 lists every Tuesday, ranked by views for the previous Monday to Sunday. Views are hours viewed divided by total runtime, rounded to 100,000. This guide walks through Netflix's own methodology note so you can read the weekly, country and most popular tables yourself.