Netflix officially released a trailer for the ‘My Name’ series, giving Korean drama fans a taste of what is to come from Han So-Hee’s new crime series. The K-drama’s official Netflix page has a new teaser trailer explaining Ji-Woo’s troubling past that leads her to take revenge. ‘My Name’ is actually an upcoming South Korean Netflix Original crime-thriller directed by Kim Jin-Min, and also written by Kim Ba Da. Subscribers will already be familiar with the work of director Kim Jin-Min as he previously directed one of the Netflix Original series titled ‘Extracurricular’.
Ji-Woo joins one of the most ruthless crime gangs in South Korea to find the culprit behind her father’s murder. To get answers, Ji-Woo joins the police force and lives a double life under a new name. The Netflix K-drama My Name is a dark and gritty crime story of a young woman trying to find her father’s killer. The first teaser showed Ji-Woo joining an organized crime gang and promised their protection. Ji-Woo plans to join the police force and becomes a mole for the gang. Before doing so, Ji-Woo must abandon who she was once was. Her old life is now gone as she trains to become a skilled fighter and learns to survive in a world of crime.
The teaser trailer gives fans an explanation behind Ji-Woo’s father’s death and who he is. The video begins showing a bruised Ji-Woo with a severely swollen eye. Crime boss Choi Moo-jin gives her a new identity as Oh Hye-Jin. The scene cuts to Ji-Woo in funeral attire standing in front of her father’s dead body, asking who killed him. Entering the funeral is Moo-Jin.
The trailer shows how powerful Moo-jin is in the world of crime and reveals Ji-Woo’s father was his closest friend, even considering him a brother. It seems as though Ji-Woo had no idea about her father’s secret life. Fans see firsthand Ji-Woo witnessing her father’s murder. Her father comes home intoxicated, waking up Ji-Woo. As he wishes his daughter a happy birthday, someone approaches from behind. Ji-Woo watches her father as he gets fatally shot.
Sources: YouTube The Swoon, Netflix.