''7th Grade Civil Servant'' () is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Choi Kang-hee and Joo Won as rookie spies who trained together, and later become NIS agents who must hide their real identities from each other even as they fall in love. It aired on MBC from January 23 to March 28, 2013, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 ( KST) for 20 episodes. The series is a

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of the 2009 film '' My Girlfriend Is An Agent''. Early

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s were "Secret Agent War" and "The Secret Lovers".

Plot

Love and espionage collide in this

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of the National Intelligence Service's rookie agents. Han Gil-ro ( Joo Won) realizes his dream of becoming an international man of mystery, after a childhood spent poring over

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films. Kim Seo-won ( Choi Kang-hee) spices things up as a goofy, yet determined agent, but it's not all 007 glamor. Both Gil-ro and Seo-won must learn what it takes to uphold their sworn duty, even at the sacrifice of their happiness — and lives.

Cast

* Choi Kang-hee as Kim Seo-won / Kim Kyung-ja * Joo Won as Han Gil-ro / Han Pil-hoon * Hwang Chan-sung as Gong Do-ha * Kim Min-seo as Shin Sun-mi * Ahn Nae-sang as Kim Won-seok *

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as Jang Young-soon *

Kim Soo-hyun Kim Soo-hyun (; born February 16, 1988) is a South Korean actor. He is the recipient of five Baeksang Arts Awards, two Grand Bell Awards and one Blue Dragon Film Award. Kim made his television debut in 2007 with the family sitcom ''Kimchi Che ...

as Kim Mi-rae * Lim Yoon-ho as JJ / Choi Woo-jin * Dokgo Young-jae as Han Joo-man, Gil-ro's father * Im Ye-jin as Go Soo-ja, Gil-ro's mother * Lee Han-wi as Kim Pan-seok, Seo-won's father * Kim Mi-kyung as Oh Mak-nae, Seo-won's mother *

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as Kim Min-ho, Seo-won's younger brother *

Choi Jong-hwan Choi Jong-hwan (; born September 24, 1964) is a South Korean actor. Choi won Producer's Award for his role in ''Gyebaek (TV series), Gyebaek'' and ''The Duo'' at the 2011 MBC Drama Awards, MBC Drama Awards in 2011. Filmography Television serie ...

as Oh Kwang-jae *Ha Shi-eun as Jin-joo * Son Jin-young as Kim Poong-eon *

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as Park Soo-young *

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as Kim Sung-joon *Seo Seung-man as IT&TI manager *Lee Hye-eun as Won-seok's wife *

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as Choi Woo-hyuk (

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, Ep. 1–4)

Reception

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Awards and nominations

International broadcast

*Japan: Aired on KNTV beginning March 30, 2013. *Indonesia: Aired on B-Channel beginning April 3, 2013. *Malaysia: Aired on TV9 beginning October 9, 2013. *Thailand: Aired on Workpoint TV beginning December 18, 2013. *Philippines: Aired on

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beginning February 3, 2014. *Singapore: Aired on VV Drama beginning June 20, 2015. Also aired on Channel U beginning April 9, 2016.

References

External links

''7th Grade Civil Servant'' official MBC website
* * {{IMDb title, 3061226, 7th Grade Civil Servant

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