For those invested in the Kdrama front, Disney+’s selection is full of intrigue, tension, and thrills. And it looks like they’re diving even deeper into the thriller genre with the announcement of the latest Kdrama, Tempest. Boasting assassinations, political games, conspiracies, and spies, there’s something for everyone who is in love with adrenaline and heart-pounding thrills.
What is Tempest?
Set in modern-day Korea, Tempest follows Mun-ju, a highly accomplished diplomat and former ambassador to the United States, and San-ho, an international special agent as they race to uncover the truth behind an attack that threatens the future stability of the Korean peninsula.
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Tempest is directed by Kim Hee-won (Queen of Tears, Little Women, Vincenzo) and co-directed by Korea’s leading martial arts director Heo Myung-haeng (The Outlaws 4), and is written by Chung Seo-kyung (Decision to Leave, The Handmaiden, Little Women).
Who is in the new Disney+ Korean Drama Series?
- Gianna Jun (My Love from the Star, Legend of the Blue Sea) as Seo Mun-ju, a career diplomat who turns her razor-sharp intellect to uncovering the source of a lethal attack
- Executive producer Gang Dong-won (Broker, Peninsula, A Violent Prosecutor) as San-ho, an enigmatic agent shrouded in a veil of secrets.
Tempest joins Kdrama favorites
Tempest is the latest Korean drama to be announced as part of the ever-growing collection of unmissable Korean storytelling now available on Disney+ internationally and on Hulu in the United States.
Sign up today to enjoy immediate access to the award-winning series Moving, about a group of South Korean special agents working to protect their super-powered children from harm and exploitation at the hands of malicious government agencies; The Worst of Evil, about an undercover police officer who infiltrates a Korean crime organization, looking to bring them down from the inside; as well as an entire library of other beloved local and international tentpole titles.
