Namkoong Min and Lee Seol Reunite as a Couple—A Kidnapping Frenzy Just Before Divorce, “The Complete Marriage”

A Crimson Chase Begins at the Brink of Disaster—KBS Makes a Bold Bet

The moment the marriage teetered on the edge of separation, the wife vanished. A problem work, dressed in the skin of a "crime thriller," that digs into humanity’s lowest, most base desires is on the way. Actor "Namkoong Min" and "Lee Seol" reunite as husband and wife in the heart of a bloody struggle. KBS’s ambitious new 2TV Saturday-Sunday miniseries "The Complete Marriage" is set to launch July 4, driving viewers into a suffocating suspense.

The series refuses to be a simple domestic-relations melodrama. It sharply spotlights the "all-out fight" of a wife kidnapped just before she is about to sign the divorce papers, and the husband who wages a life-or-death chase against a beast-like criminal to save her. The two actors who played a heartbreaking breakup in last year’s SBS "Our Movie" now tangle again as a married couple in front of the most primal instinct called "survival."

The Fugitive and the Pursuer—and the Predator With a Face of Evil

Leading the drama is "Namkoong Min," who takes on the role of "Kang Tae-ju," a neurosurgeon and the head of Woori Hamkke Hospital—bringing out, in the most brutal way of his filmography to date, a face no one expected. The wife’s disappearance happens the day after the divorce notification. He wears the label of "fugitive" overnight and becomes a "pursuer" who chases the real culprit, holding onto the truth rather than bloody surgical tools.

His wife and hospital director "Go Se-yoon" is played by "Lee Seol," who grips and shakes the drama’s core. In the chill of tense atmosphere, the fear and twists she faces are the drama’s biggest points of watch.

The lineup of villains adds an extra edge of cold, radical audacity. "Kim Daemyung", wearing the mask of a friendly neighborhood computer academy director, reveals a chilling inner side as "No Man-hee," a predator who kidnaps Go Se-yoon. "Lee Sanghee" portrays "Kim Gyeong-ae," a mysterious figure that circles around the wife director when she is thrown into crisis, layering thick fog over the narrative and signaling an unpredictable development.

The Birth of a Well-Made Genre Story—Flipping the Weekend Drama Landscape

The teaming up of "Director Kim Jeong-hyun", who has proven his knack for sensorial genre directing through "Hyper Knife" and "Day and Night," with "Writer Jeong Jae-ha", known for razor-sharp writing, boosts confidence sharply. After five months of silence following "Beloved Thief, My Sweetheart", KBS’s resurrection card for a weekend miniseries revival has industry eyes focused on whether it can completely overturn the stagnant market’s landscape.