Agent Kim Reactivated (Korean: 김부장) is a 2026 South Korean revenge drama and action thriller television series written by Nam Dae-joong, and directed by Yi Seung-young and Lee So-eun. It stars So Ji-sub in the titular role as a former black-ops operative alongside an ensemble cast featuring Choi Dae-hoon, Yoon Kyung-ho, Joo Sang-wook, Son Na-eun, Kim Sung-kyu, Lee Jae-yong, Won Hyun-jun, Park Jin-woo, Jo Bok-rae, Lee Dong-ha, Seo Su-min, and Yu Ji-ahn. Based on the Naver Webtoon Manager Kim by Jeong Jong-taek and Toy, the plot centers on Mr. Kim, a retired covert agent living a quiet life as a bank employee and single father who is forced to unearth his lethal past when his high school daughter is kidnapped.
Jointly produced by Studio S and Fantagio, the series adapts a spin-off of the PTJ Webtoon Universe and has frequently been compared by media outlets to the American action film Taken. Notably, the production made K-drama history as the first series to generate an entire three-minute, action-heavy backstory sequence using full artificial intelligence (AI) models to reduce high visual effects and production costs.
Agent Kim Reactivated aired on SBS TV from June 26 to July 25, 2026, every Friday and Saturday at 21:50 (KST), and was made available globally for streaming on Netflix. The series was a major commercial and critical success, with praise directed at So Ji-sub's emotional performance and the core "father-trio" dynamic, though the finale drew minor viewer controversy regarding heavy product placement (PPL). It achieved a peak nationwide rating of 23.1%, making it one of the highest-rated Friday–Saturday dramas in SBS network history.
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