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About Narco-Saints TV Series

Narco-Saints (Korean: 수리남) is a South Korean television series directed and co-written by Yoon Jong-bin, and starring Ha Jung-woo, Hwang Jung-min, Park Hae-soo, Jo Woo-jin, Yoo Yeon-seok, and Chang Chen.

On March 23, 2021, the cast of K-drama Suriname, inspired by Netflix’s Narcos, was announced to include Jo Woo-jin, Yoo Yeon-seok, Park Hae-soo, and Choo Ja-hyun, in addition to Ha Jung-woo and Hwang Jung-min, who had already been confirmed as the lead roles.

The first script reading of the cast was held on March 22, 2021, at a location in Seoul.

Production of Suriname was planned to be filmed at the Dominican Republic from April last year; due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the production was postponed indefinitely. Later, production started filming on a set in South Korea from last April and decided to shoot in the Dominican Republic, not in Suriname, for about two months beginning in November.

On November 9, 2021, it was reported that actors and staffs of Suriname departed to the Dominican Republic at the end of October and plans return to Korea in mid-December. Yoo Yeon-seok recently returned to Korea in the end of October.

Hwang Jung-min and Ha Jung-woo departed to the Dominican Republic in late October and early November. Jo Woo-jin is scheduled to leave the country soon. This story background location will not resemble the Surinamese country.

The series was produced with an estimated cost of ₩35 billion.

Narco-Saints Cast & Characters

• Main
  • Ha Jung-woo as Kang In-gu, A businessman who arrived in Suriname for skate business, only to be forcefully pulled in by the National Intelligence Service for a secret operation to catch Yo-hwan.
  • Hwang Jung-min as Jeon Yo-hwan, A Korean drug lord currently based in Suriname, acting as a pastor.
  • Park Hae-soo as Choi Chang-ho, The team leader of the National Intelligence Service’s Branch in the Americas.
  • Jo Woo-jin as Byeon Ki-tae, The right-hand man of Yo-hwan; he was formerly under the Chinese organisation before betraying to work for Yo-hwan.
  • Yoo Yeon-seok as David Julio Park, The consultant lawyer for Yo-hwan.He also assist Yo Hwan in Drug Dealing Business.
  • Chang Chen as Chen Zhen, A Chinese gang leader based in Chinatown, Paramaribo.
• Supporting
  • Choo Ja-hyun as Park Hye-jin, In-gu’s wife.
  • Jordan Preston as President Delano Alvarez, The President of Suriname who came to power after conducting a military coup with the help of Yo-hwan.
  • Bryan Larkin as DEA Chief, He works closely with Chang-ho to arrest Yo-hwan.
  • Lee Bong-ryun as Deaconess Jung, Yo-hwan’s church figure, she is cruel like him.
  • Kim Min-gwi as Lee Sang-jun, A deacon and close aide of Yo-hwan.
  • Go Geon-han as Dong-woo, Member of the National Intelligence Service and Chang-ho’s assistant.
  • Hyun Bong-sik as Park Eung-soo, In-gu’s high school friend and a sailor, he suggested that In-gu goes to Suriname for skate business.
  • Kim Ye-won as Jeon Yo-hwan’s wife, In 1993, at a investment briefing headed by Yo-hwan, she disclosed false information regarding Yo-hwan having connections to the president to millionaires.
  • Kim Si-hyeon as Si-hyeon, Chang-ho’s assistant.
  • Chidi Ajufo as Gallas
  • Anupam Tripathi as a soldier of the Surinamese Army
  • Song Ho-bum as Chen Zhen’s underling
  • Lee Sung-min as The voice of a fishing boat captain
  • Nubel Feliz Yan as Nubel The Mercenary 2

Narco-Saints Storyline

The life-threatening journey of Kang In-gu (Ha Jung-woo), a civilian businessman who has no choice but to cooperate with the secret operation of the National Intelligence Service to catch Jeon Yo-hwan (Hwang Jung-min), a South Korean drug lord who has taken control of Suriname.

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Narco-Saints Release Date

Narco-Saints was released on Netflix on September 9, 2022, alongside an English language dub renamed Narco-Saints, in order to draw similarities to Netflix’s previous similarly-premised series Narcos (2015–2017) and Narcos: Mexico (2018–2021), the “play next” of the latter series linking to Narco-Saints.

Where to Watch Narco-Saints K-Drama Online?

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