A Shop for Killers K-drama: Release date, plot, cast & more
Disney+A Shop for Killers has a college teen learn the truth about her uncle’s true profession that puts her in danger. Here’s a comprehensive overview of the show, encompassing its release date, trailer, cast, and plot details.
One of 2024’s well-received K-dramas was A Shop for Killers, a spinoff of tvN’s A Killer’s Shopping List. It enthralled fans thanks to its leading cast, and its thrilling action sequences. The K-drama focused on the relationship between a niece and her uncle.
But she soon finds out as an adult what his real job is. The job soon take a hold of her life, but will she be able to survive it.
A Shop for Killers is a fun must-watch for fans of the action genre, and here’s everything you need to know before diving in.
A Shop for Killers: What’s the K-drama about?
A young woman uncovers the dark and perplexing truth behind her uncle’s shopping mall after his death in A Shop for Killers.
Jung Ji-an’s life has been nothing but tragedy. Her father murdered her mother and then died by suicide at her grandmother’s funeral. She’s left in the care of her uncle Jung Jin-man who owns a shopping center. Now grown up, she lives her life and moves on to go to college.
Tragedy is never too far away. Ji-an is informed of her uncle’s death and returns home to settle his affairs. One of them is the shopping mall, but Ji-an soon learns it’s only a facade for her uncle’s real profession. She’s been told he had died by suicide, but Ji-an knew her uncle better and finds it suspicious.
According to Soompi, the official poster for the K-drama has a tagline that reads, “The dangerous inheritance uncle left. Will you continue to run the shopping mall?”
Who was Ji-an’s uncle really? Will his secrets cause a threat to Ji-an? Or will Ji-an take it upon herself to continue his work after learning the truth? In the blink of an eye, Ji-an finds herself in a flurry of gunfire and violence and is forced to remember the training she received at a young age.
A Shop for Killers: Who’s in the cast?
Kim Hye-joon leads the A Shop for Killers cast as Ji-an, alongside actor Lee Dong-wook as her character’s uncle Jin-man. Check out the full cast list below:
- Kim Hye-joon as Jeong Ji-an
- Lee Dong-wook as Jeong Jin-man
- Seo Hyun-woo as Lee Sung-jo
- Park Ji-bin as Bae Jung-min
- Geum Hae-na as Min-hye
- Jo Han-sun
- Kim Min
- Lee Tae-young
K-drama fans will recognize a family face among the cast if they have seen A Killer’s Shopping List. Actor Park played a supporting role in the 2022 K-drama as an employee at the supermarket in the fish section.
He’s originally seen as a possible murder suspect until learning his double persona dressing up as a woman. He helps the main characters find the killer. Based on the difference in character names, Park’s role in the spinoff is not connected to the original K-drama.
It just so happens that both Lee and Kim have played killers in previous roles in Hell is Other People and Inspector Koo.
A Shop for Killers: When is the release date?
The K-drama’s eight episodes are now fully available to stream on Disney+.
A Shop for Killers is one of the praised K-dramas of 2024 and one of many that premiered in January. The K-drama has a shorter run of eight episodes in total. Unlike The Killer’s Shopping List, the spinoff aired on Disney+ and Hulu to global fans.
A Shop for Killers: Is there a trailer?
Yes, you can find the trailer for A Shop for Killers below:
A Shop For Killers: Will there be a Season 2?
Maybe, the producers announced that due to the success of the K-drama, a Season 2 is in talks.
It’s become increasingly expected now that K-dramas develop a second season – something that wasn’t expected before the Hallyu Wave. A Shop For Killers left the door open in its finale for an extedned storyline. A Season 2 would hopefully answer a few questions that fans desperately want to see on the small screen.
A Shop for Killers is available to stream on Disney+, and is one of the many K-dramas that aired in 2024 with plenty more to come.