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Lee Joon-gi plays a father whose daughter is kidnapped in “Kidnap Game,” premiering next month

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • “Kidnap Game” premieres on Channel A on the 6th of next month.
  • The thriller follows seven people across seven Asian cities who enter a survival game to rescue loved ones after a series of kidnappings.
  • Lee Joon-gi plays a genius surgeon whose visually impaired daughter is abducted, while Kentaro Sakaguchi plays an elite detective trying to save his wife.

Seven kidnappings erupt simultaneously across seven Asian cities in “Kidnap Game,” a thriller set to premiere on Channel A on the 6th of next month.

The story unfolds in Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei, Singapore, Bangkok, Naha and Manila. Seven people receive different missions and enter a survival game, racing to complete their tasks first in order to save the people they love.

Lee Joon-gi plays Han Ki-joo, a genius surgeon driven to extreme choices after his visually impaired daughter is kidnapped. Kentaro Sakaguchi plays Niide Toshiro, an elite detective who enters the center of the vast game to rescue his wife.

The cast also includes Taiwanese actor Kе Jiayan, Filipino actor Joel Torre and Stanley Yau, a member of the Hong Kong boy band Mirror. The drama is jointly produced by South Korea’s Simstory, Japan’s Fuji Television Network and Hong Kong’s MakerVille, and will be released in 18 regions worldwide.

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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.