TVing Original ‘Villains’ Finally Set for Premiere After Kwak Do-won DUI Controversy
Nov 30, 2025
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The TVing original 'Villains' (played by Kim Hyung-joon, directed by Jin Hyuk), which will be released on December 18, raised expectations by releasing intense teaser posters on the 28th.
'Villains', which is released simultaneously in Asia-Pacific and Japan through global streaming services in Korea, is a super-crime action depicting bloody clashes and confrontations between villains over ultra-precise counterfeit bills. The unpredictable brain game of those who really want to exchange counterfeit bills, trying to take back the money they exchanged and take away the money they exchanged, is depicted with excitement. Director Jin Hyuk, who wrote a success story for each production, such as 'Sipes'The Legend of the Blue Sea'Lord's Sun', will hold a megaphone, and director Kim Hyung-joon, who directed the crime thriller 'No Forgiveness', will take over this time, raising expectations for the birth of a crime action film with a different dimension. In particular, it is a work that has further enhanced the genre pleasure of actors who trust and watch such as Yoo Ji-tae and Lee Min-jung.
Previously, 'Villains' had begun production with the aim of broadcasting in 2023, but in September 2022, after cranking up, Kwak Do-won was booked for drunk driving and failed to disclose the work. At that time, Kwak Do-won's blood alcohol concentration was 0.158%, exceeding the license revocation figure (0.08%) and was ordered to summary fines. Since then, Kwak Do-won has not been able to release his work for more than two years, and last year's film 'Firefighter' was released, and in August this year, he returned to the stage with a play 'Tank Named Desire', but he got off the stage due to the critical gaze "Producer's circumstances".
In the meantime, the aura of 'Villain', which hides different desires in the teaser posters released, creates suffocating tension. The sharp gaze is the same, but the mysterious eyes of Jay (Yoo Ji-tae), Cha Ki-tae (Lee Bum-soo), and Han Soo-hyun (Lee Min-jung), who each designed a game to deceive and deceive, heralds a conflict of mixed desires. Here, the phrase 'super'crime of the worst begins' makes us look forward to a dangerous war in which cooperation and betrayal are intertwined.
Yoo Ji-tae is a crime architect with a 100% winning rate with a genius brain and plays the role of the veiled 'code name J(J)'. The person who designed the "Casino Dealer Fake Money Case" that turned the world upside down and laid the plate of desire. Lee Bum-soo plays the role of Cha Ki-tae, the former head of the NIS' financial crime team. Having been caught up in the past 'Casino Counterfeit Incident' and lost everything, he begins a persistent pursuit to catch the counterfeit money that reappeared, and the fledgling designer 'J'. Attention is also focused on the intense transformation of Lee Min-jung, who returned as the best banknote design artist "Han Soo-hyun." After waiting for a moment of retribution after a life-changing incident, he jumps into a fierce whirlpool to turn the tables.
The production team of "Villains" is interesting in the clash of villains who pursue ultra-precise counterfeit bills with their own purpose and desire, and the brain game of deceiving and deceiving the characters completed by trusted actors and actresses. "You can expect the charm of the characters and the maximum genre pleasure.""
Meanwhile, the TVing original 'Villains' will be released in TVing on December 18, and will be released simultaneously in 17 countries and regions in Asia-Pacific through HBO Max and in Japan through Disney+ Japan.
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