Sisyphus: The Myth

 


Sisyphus: The Myth also known as Sisyphus, is a South Korean television series starring Cho Seung-woo and Park Shin-hye. Labeled as "JTBC's 10th Anniversary Special Drama", it premiered on February 17, 2021; each episode is released on Netflix in South Korea and internationally after their television broadcast every Wednesday and Thursday at 21:00 KST.

Plot

Sisyphus: The Myth tells the story of a genius engineer named Han Tae-sul, who tries to uncover the truth behind his older brother's death, and a mysterious woman called Kang Seo-hae, who travels back in time to help him save the world from imminent danger.

Cast









 

Main

·         Cho Seung-woo as Han Tae-sul

o    Jung Hyeon-jun as young Han Tae-sul

Co-founder of Quantum and Time, an engineer by profession.

·        Park Shin-hye as Kang Seo-hae

o    Seo Yi-soo as young Kang Seo-hae

Savior from the future

Supporting

·         Heo Joon-seok as Han Tae-san, Tae-sul's brother who supposedly died ten years ago.

o  Cha Sung-je as young Tae-san

·         Chae Jong-hyup as Sun (Choi Jae-sun), a Chinese restaurent employee who was an idle wannabe.

Quantum & Time

·         Tae In-ho as Eddie Kim, Co-CEO of Quantum and Time and Tae-sul's best friend. He is loyal to their friendship but re-considers everything due to Tae-sul's erratic behavior.

·         Jeon Gook-hwan as Kim Han-yong, chairman of Quantum and Time, and Seo-jin's father.

·         Jung Hye-in as Kim Seo-jin, a psychiatrist, daughter of the chairman of Quantum and Time, Kim Han-yong.

·         Tae Won-seok as Yeo Bong-sun, Tae-sul's bodyguard

The Control Bureau

·         Choi Jung-woo as Hwang Hyun-seung, head of the 7th division, Immigration and Foreign Affairs, known as the Control Bureau. He is a former NIS agent.

·         Yang Joon-mo as Choi Yeon-sik, a member of the 7th division, the Control Bureau.

·         Go Yoon as Jung Hyun-gi, newcomer bureau agent, former cop

·         Park Young-bin as Kwon Hyuk-bum

·         Lim Ji-sub as Ma Yong-suk

Asia Mart

·         Sung Dong-il as President Park

·         Jung Ha-joon as Uhm Seon-ho

·         Lee Myeong-ro as Uhm Seon-jae

·         Lee Si-woo as Bing Bing

Sigma Group

·         Kim Byung-chul as Sigma, a mysterious character from the future who has always been near Tae-sul and has been manipulating the events in his favor.

·         Lee Jae-won as Kim Dong-hyeon, fund manager who help Sigma to develop Sigma's business in the stock market. (ep. 1,8)

Others

·         Kim Jong-tae as Kang Dong-ki, Seo-hae's father. He is a veteran police officer and former colleague of Jung Hyun-gi.

·         Lee Yeon-soo as Lee Eun-hee, Seo-hae's mother

·         Kim Hee-ryeong as Kim Han-yong's wife and Kim Seo-jin's mother, she has ALS.

·         Shin Young-jin as Choi Jae-sun's mother.

·         Ha Yu-ri as Choi Go-eun, Choi Jae-sun's sister

Special appearances

·         Kim Byung-chun as the owner of the Chinese restaurant where Jae-sun works (ep. 1-2)

·         Hwang Dong-joo as the co-pilot (ep. 1-2)

·         Sung Byoung-sook as Jung Hyun-gi's mother (ep. 4)

 

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