Im Si-wan, Ko A-sung and Son Hyun-ju to make anticipated return with drama ‘Tracer’

The largest South Korean streaming platform Wavve is scheduled to release its first 2022 original series “Tracer” on Jan. 7.

The series will also get its terrestrial broadcast premiere on MBC as their new Friday-Saturday drama series following “The Red Sleeve.”

Directed by Lee Seung-young, who was behind crime thriller “Missing Noir M” (2015) and “Voice Season 2” (2018), “Tracer” is an action drama about the National Tax Service’s officials.

Actors Im Si-wan and Ko A-sung are returning to an MBC production for the first time in five years since “The King in Love” and “Radiant Office,” respectively.

Im takes on the role of the tax bureau’s new team manager who is willing to do anything to achieve his goal, while co-star Ko will play a skilled investigator who is unafraid to face the world head-on and chase after tax evaders.

Veteran actor Son Hyun-ju, whose last MBC drama was “Hit” in 2007, plays the head of the Central Regional Tax Service.

Actor Park Yong-woo will become Oh Young, a top agent at the tax bureau who wants to take it easy and work less. The character undergoes changes after working with Im, a newcomer to the National Tax Service.

The project is considered one of the most anticipated works by drama fans with its star-studded cast. Im, Ko and Son made a name for themselves on the drama scene with megahit projects tvN’s “Incomplete Life” (2014), KBS’ “Master of Study” (2010) and “My Rosy Life” (2005), respectively.

“Amazing synergy and chemistry were shown between the veteran and young actors. The viewers should look forward to the exciting storylines presented by the unique characters and setting of ‘Tracer,’” a Wavve official said in a press release on Monday.

The first episode of the 16-part series will air at 9:50 p.m. on Jan. 7.

By Lee Si-jin (sj_lee@heraldcorp.com)