Lee Jung-eun and Kim Moo-yul Star in Netflix Action-Noir Series The Shooter
- Netflix has confirmed production on the action-noir series The Shooter (working title), pairing actors Lee Jung-eun and Kim Moo-yul in a project that marks Lee's first action role.
- The production team features director Lee Kwon, who previously directed A Shop for Killers, working from a script penned by Kim Hee-su.
- Lee Jung-eun steps into her first action role following her appearance in My Daughter Is a Zombie, which ranked among South Korea's top-grossing films of 2025.
Netflix has confirmed production on the action-noir series The Shooter
(working title), pairing actors Lee Jung-eun and Kim Moo-yul in a project that marks Lee’s first action role. The series is produced by Studio Dragon for Netflix, with Lee Kwon directing from a script written by Kim Hee-su.
Production Details and Creative Team Behind The Shooter
The production team features director Lee Kwon, who previously directed A Shop for Killers,
working from a script penned by Kim Hee-su. Studio Dragon serves as the production company for the streaming platform.
Cast and Character Roles in the Netflix Series
Lee Jung-eun steps into her first action role following her appearance in My Daughter Is a Zombie,
which ranked among South Korea’s top-grossing films of 2025. In The Shooter,
she plays Jeong Suk-ja, a woman in her seventies whose quiet routine gets shattered when her grandson is attacked. The incident forces her to pick up a firearm for the first time since she was young, pulling her into answers regarding the powerful Chunghwa Group and an unexpected partnership.
Kim Moo-yul joins the cast fresh off the global hit Teach You a Lesson,
reuniting with Lee four years after they starred together in Juvenile Justice.
Kim plays Seo Yeon-woo, the strategist behind Jeong’s push for revenge who brings a sharp eye for judgment and motives of his own.
Additional cast members fill out the organizational structure of the Chunghwa Group:
- Huh Joon-ho plays Jang Kwang-cheol, who once led the Heukseong Gang and has since risen to chair Chunghwa Group.
- Choi Sung-eun plays Shin Ji-hyun, who runs the company’s China office while overseeing Operations Unit 3.
- Bae Na-ra plays Cheon Tae-seok, who assists the chairman while running Operations Unit 2.
- Seo Hyun-woo plays Yoo Il-koo, the Chunghwa Group outcast who oversees Operations Unit 4.
- Moon Jong-won plays Um Sang-pil, who runs a bed-and-breakfast and carries a past shrouded in mystery.