Vagabond

Title: 배가본드 | Baegabondeu | Vagabond
Genre: Drama | Action | Thriller
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Network: SBS
Broadcast Period: September 20, 2019 to November 23, 2019

Synopsis:

Cha Gun is a stunt man and did a lot of odd jobs to make ends meet to be able to support his nephew, Cha Hoon, whom he initially begrudgingly adopted yet grown to love. Cha Hoon is on his way to a taekwando exhibition to Morocco when his plane crashed for inexplicable reason. At first, everyone thought it was an accident and Go Hae Ri, NIS agent stationed in Morocco, was handling the bereaved families when Cha Gun inadvertently discovered that it was intentional. He ended up pursuing the people behind it against peril situation. With the help of Go Hae Ri, together they went in a mission to bring justice to the victims against all odds.

Characters:

• Lee Seung Gi as Cha Gun
• Bae Suzy as Go Hae Ri
• Shin Sung Rok as Ki Tae Woong
• Baek Yoon Shik as Jung Kook Pyo
• Moon Sung Geun as Hong Soon Jo
• Kim Min Jong as Yoon Han Ki
• Lee Ki Young as Kang Joo Chul
• Jeong Man Sik as Min Jae Sik
• Hwang Bo Ra as Gong Hwa Sook
• Lee Kyung Young as Edward Park
• Moon Jung Hee as Jessica Lee
• Kim Jung Hyun as Hong Seung Bum
• Kang Kyung Hun as Oh Sang Mi
• Lee Shi Yoo as Seo Young Ji
• Park Ah In as Lily
• Choi Dae Chul as Kim Do Soo
• Jang Hyuk Jin as Kim Woo Ki
• Shin Seung Hwan as Kim Se Hoon
• Yoon Na Moo as Kim Ho Shik
• Ryu Won as Mickey
• Go Kyu Pil as Park Kwang Duk
• Choi Kwang Il as Park Man-Young
• Ham Tae-In as Hong Sun-Jo’s Secretary
• Kim Jong Soo as NIS Director General An
• Han Ki-Soo as Han Ki-Soo
• Ryu Won as Miki
• Choi Yoo-Jin as Lee Pil-Sun
• Kim Dae-Gon as Ui-Jeong’s Father
• Choi Moon-Soo as Bereaved Woman
• Yoo Teo as Jerome
• Seo Sang-Won as Choi Jeong-Yun
• Moo Woo-Jin as Cha Hoon
• Yoon Na-Moo as Kim Ho-Sik
• Yoo Hyung-Gwan as Consul
• Lee Hwang-Eui as Kevin Kim
• Hong Seo-Jun as General Lim Pil-Gyu
• Lee Yoon Sang as Jang Dong-Gyu
• Bae Ki-Bum as Choi Sang-Bae
• Bae Ho-Geun as Jo Bu-Yeong
• Antonio Pedro Cerdeira as Michael
• Yu Tae-Woong as Hwang Pil-Yong
• Kim Sun Young as Gye Sun-Ja
• Yang Hyung Wook as Gye Jang-Su
• Yun Da-Hun as Judge
• Jeon Se-Hyun as SBC Reporter
• Jang Sung-Bum as Lee Pil-Yong
• Jeong Hyun-Jun as Chan Hoon
• Park Ok-Chool as Female Prisoner
• Han Ye-Joo as Female Prisoner

My Review:

Lee Seung Gi is not the typical Korean actor when it comes looks. Like Bi Rain, they’re not what I can typically describe handsome when it comes to my taste but they definitely have charisma and an exceptional talent in acting. In addition, Lee Seung Gi has a knack of choosing projects that I end up enjoying. Most of the time, the stories are not typical and leaning towards fantasy but believable which I ended up truly loving to watch. So, how can I not watch this especially with what it seems like an interesting plot?

So, What do I Like About this K-Drama?

(1) It is the first time that I’ve watched Lee Seung Gi in pure action genre and like a talented and professional actor he is, he took the character of Cha Gun and made him his own. He definitely is such a hunk here and has performed the fight scenes splendidly. He becomes better and better every k-drama he is into ever since he came out of the military. I wouldn’t have thought of him manly enough to pull this of but he did and aced it.

(2) Bae Suzy reinvented herself as Go Hae Ri. She pulled of the role of a NIS agent. She definitely developed into a fine actress on this k-drama. She and Lee Seung Ki are oozing with chemistry even if there’s not much romantic scenes and their love story was not even fully explored on the entire k-drama. However, their portrayal of 2 people exuding attraction yet suppress due to the circumstances of the characters is very palpable and realistic. They look good together.

(3) I have been a k-drama addict for a long time and this is one of the few times I am amazed of Korean productions have thoroughly evolved as a world class contender for hollywood. Vagabond is a true blue high quality action series in all aspects of its production.

(4) The plot maybe something that we’ve seen before but the writer and the director were able to spin it to still initiate excitement and thrill as you watched it from its very first episode till its last.

(5) The supporting casts are also 1st class and the political angle didn’t create a snooze fest for me. There’s no time for me to be sleepy as this is one thrilling k-drama.

What I do Not Like About this K-Drama?
I can’t seem to find anything I can say bad against this k-drama except for its ending. I will be royally be pissed if there’s no second season. I don’t mind open ended endings but this one certainly requires closure.

Would I recommend this K-Drama? 110% Yes

My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 5/5 Stars

OST:
01. Good All Days – Lee Chan Sol
02. Fallen Star – Elaine
03. Breaking Dawn – I’ll
04. Hello My Lover – Baek Ah Yun
05. Here For You – Lee Joo Hyuk
06. Open Fire – The Vane
07. Falling in Love – IRO
08. Vagabond – Ha Hyun Woo of Guckkasten