7th Grade Civil Servant

7th Grade Civil Servant
Promotional poster for 7th Grade Civil Servant
Also known asLevel 7 Civil Servant
Class 7 Civil Servant
Hangul
7급 공무원
Hanja
七級 公務員
Revised Romanization7geup Gongmuwon
McCune–Reischauer7kŭp Kongmuwŏn
Genre
Based onMy Girlfriend Is an Agent
by Chun Sung-il
Written byChun Sung-il
Directed by
  • Kim Sang-hyup
  • Oh Hyun-jong
Starring
ComposerPark Se-jun
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producerPark Hong-gyun
ProducerKim Jung-hwan
Production locations
Cinematography
  • Hong Sung-wook
  • Yoon Kwon-soo
EditorLee Taek-joo
Running time60 minutes
Production companies
  • Appletree Pictures
  • Curtain Call Production
Original release
NetworkMBC TV
ReleaseJanuary 23 (2013-01-23) –
March 28, 2013 (2013-03-28)
Related
My Girlfriend Is an Agent (2009)
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7th Grade Civil Servant (Korean: 7급 공무원; Hanja: 七級 公務員; RR: 7geup Gongmuwon; MR: 7kŭp Kongmuwŏn) is a 2013 South Korean television series starring Choi Kang-hee and Joo Won as rookie spies who trained together, and later become NIS agents who must hide their real identities from each other even as they fall in love.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It aired on MBC from January 23 to March 28, 2013, on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST) for 20 episodes.[7]

The series is a remake of the 2009 film My Girlfriend Is An Agent.[8] Early working titles were "Secret Agent War" and "The Secret Lovers".[9][10]

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  2. ^ Lee, Hye-jin (November 20, 2012). "Joo Won, 2PM Chansung Attend 1st Reading of New Drama". 10Asia. Retrieved January 19, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Joo Won begins filming for 7th Level Civil Servant". Korea Star Daily via Yahoo!. November 28, 2012. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  4. ^ "7th Level Civil Servant releases stills of Choi Kang Hee meeting Joo Won for the first time". Korea Star Daily via Yahoo!. December 11, 2012. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  5. ^ Ho, Stewart (December 13, 2012). "Joo Won, Choi Kang Hee Film Their First Scene for 7th Grade Civil Servant". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Archived from the original on February 16, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  6. ^ "Choi Kang Hee gives Joo Won a beat down on Level 7 Civil Servant". Korea Star Daily via Yahoo!. January 16, 2013. Archived from the original on February 17, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
  7. ^ Kim, Hyun Rok (February 21, 2013). "My Girlfriend is an Agent records the second highest audience rating". Star News. Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
  8. ^ Oh, Jean (February 3, 2013). "Feels like you've seen it before?: Box office hits like My Sassy Girl coming to the small screen". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  9. ^ Lee, Hye-ji (October 23, 2012). "Choi Kang-hee, Joo Won Readying for Battle of Love". 10Asia. Retrieved January 19, 2013.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (May 25, 2012). "Lee Dong-gun to return to K-dramas". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved January 19, 2013.