Athena: Goddess of War   (Korean Drama)

• Title: 아테나: 전쟁의 여신 / Athena: Jeonjaeng-ui Yeoshin
• Also known as: Athena: Goddess of War
• Genre: Action, thriller, romance
• Episodes: 20
• Broadcast network: SBS
• Broadcast period: 2010-Dec-13 to 2011-Feb-21
• Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
• Related TV shows: IRIS

Synopsis

A terrorist group known as "Athena" and led by evil mastermind Son Hyuk threatens South Korea and the world. It is now up to special agent Lee Jung Woo of the National Security Agency to foil their terrifying conspiracy. Jo Soo Young, the daughter of the South Korean president, is kidnapped and hidden away in Italy. Jung Woo and his team are given the assignment to find her and bring her back.

Cast

• Jung Woo Sung as Lee Jung Woo
• Cha Seung Won as Son Hyuk
• Soo Ae as Yoon Hye In
• Lee Ji Ah as Han Jae Hee
• Kim Min Jong as Kim Ki Soo
• Choi Si Won as Kim Joon Ho
• Lee Jung Gil as Jo Myung Ho (president)
• Jung Han Yong as Jung Hyung Joon (president's male advisor)
• Kim Seung Woo as Park Chul Young
• Yoo Dong Geun as Kwon Yong Gwan
• Son Ji Hoon (손지훈) as Hong Jin Suk
• Kim Young Ae as Choi Jin Hee (president's female advisor)
• Lee Han Wie as Park Sung Chul (NTS chief)
• Jun Gook Hwan as Han Jung Pil (Jae Hee's father)
• Park Yong Soo as Hwang Ho Young (president's male advisor)
• Park Yong Gi as Yoo Kang Ho (NTS staff)
• Sean Richard as Andy (Son Hyuk's subordinate)
• Oh Chang Suk as Lee Dong Hun
• Oh Yoon Ah as Oh Sook Kyung (NTS chief)
• Oh Sun Hwa (오선화) as Young Mi
• Lee Min Ji (이민지) as Jessica (DIS staff)
• Lee Ji Hyun as NTS staff
• Choi Gun Woo (최건우) as Special Agent B2
• Kim Ah Young (김아영) as Special Agent B4
• Gong Jung Hwan as Seo Min Hyuk
• Yoo Ha Jin (유하진) as NTS staff
• Jung Chan Woo as Chul Kyu
• Ricky Lee Neely as Viktor Sevcenkov / Sasha
• Lee Jae Yong as Captain Kim Oh Gun (North Korea's general)
• Choi Yong Min as Nam Dong Shik
• Jung Ho Bin as Kang Chul Hwan
• Kim Jin Geun as Park Suk Ho
• Myung Ji Yun as Hong Soo Jin
• Yoo Tae Woong as Kim Sun Hwa's husband (cameo, ep 17)
• Kim Dan Bi (김단비) as NTS agent
• Bang Kil Seung (방길승) as SWAT commander
• Do Ye Sung (도예성) as Jung Kyung Won
• Heo Tae Hee as BoA's manager
• Ahn Jin Kyung (안진경)
• Park Chul Min as Jang Ki Suk
• Im Sung Kyu as an Athena operative
• Lee Bo Young as Jo Soo Young (president's daughter) (cameo, ep 3-5)
• BoA as herself (cameo, ep 7-8)
• SHINee as themselves (cameo, ep 7)
• Chu Sung Hoon as black agent (cameo, ep 1, 16)
• Max Changmin as Choi Tae Hyun (cameo, ep 16-20)
• Kim So Yun as Kim Sun Hwa (cameo, ep 17, 19)
• Jin Goo as black agent (cameo)
• Park Sung Woong as Jin Young (North Korea's agent) (cameo)
• Douglas Day Stewart (더글라스 데이 스튜어트) as director of Son Hyuk's firm (cameo)
• Ryu Dam (cameo)
• Kim Byung Man (cameo)

Production Credits

• Production Company: Taewon Entertainment
• Producer: Kim Young Sup
• Director: Kim Myung Joon (김명준), Kim Tae Hoon (김태훈), Hwang Jung Hyun (황정현)
• Screenwriter: Kim Hyun Joon (김현준), Yoo Nam Kyung (유남경)

Episode Ratings

see Athena: Goddess of War/Episode Ratings

Notes

• Filming locations include Japan, Italy, Switzerland, Singapore, Hawaii, and New Zealand.
• This is the spin-off series to the hit drama, IRIS, which starred Lee Byung Hun & Kim Tae Hee. The sequel to IRIS is being planned for fall 2011.

External Links

• Official site
• News articles: (1), (2), (3), (4), (5)




---

Retrieved from "http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Athena:_Goddess_of_War"

This is a cache file - life of cache file is 30 days
9bc55fba2fdb18515265c07825b2f8cd - May 16, 2012 - 7:46:52 pm
http://video.phpmyanmar.com/getdrama/media.php/Athena:_Goddess_of_War