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Agent Kim Reactivated(2026)

Also known as Kim-bu-jang • Chief Kim (2026) • Manager Kim

Archived · SBS

16+10 eps
S01
CrimeDramaActionThriller
ON AIR: JUN 27Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

Hard-hitting fights, chases, and confrontations give Agent Kim Reactivated an urgent pace, but the dry humor comes from the mismatch between Kim’s rumpled office-manager appearance and his lethal skills. As his mild-mannered cover unravels, revelations about his buried past arrive alongside the action. The violence is adult-level, and the danger mounts through a compact crime thriller built around one driving search.

Kim buried that past for his daughter’s sake; using those skills again means exposing the secret he meant to keep hidden. His desperation gives the confrontations a personal cost beyond physical danger. The limited series keeps returning to that conflict between the ordinary life he tried to preserve and the lengths he will go to for his only child.

Best for

emotional rescues, family conflict and Crime

Story lane

Crime and Drama

Commitment

Season 1 · 10 episodes

Where

SBS

Official Premise

Manager Kim was an ordinary head of a household with a daughter and lived as a small citizen. In order to find his daughter, who is his everything, he reveals a secret that should never be revealed to the world.

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