Director: Shim Na Yeon
Cast: Park Bo-gum, Kim So-hyun, Oh Jung-se, Lee Sang-yi, Heo Sung-tae
Good Boy is a 2025 South Korean action-crime drama series directed by Shim Na Yeon, following a group of elite former national athletes who are recruited into a special police task force after more than a decade away from public service, blending sharp procedural tension with dark comedy and human resilience.
What is Good Boy about?
Eleven years after the program was shut down, the Korean police force reopens its experimental recruitment pipeline aimed exclusively at retired world-class athletes. These men and women — once celebrated as medal-winning heroes — have since fallen into financial hardship, personal tragedy, and social invisibility. When they are pulled back together, they carry old grudges, physical scars, and the kind of disciplined stubbornness that only competitive sport can forge. As a makeshift special crimes unit, they must learn to operate within a system that has never fully respected them, while confronting organized criminal elements that require exactly the unconventional edge only they can bring.
Cast & crew
Park Bo-gum leads as the anchor of the squad, bringing restrained intensity to a role built on physical presence and quiet moral conviction. Kim So-hyun adds emotional grounding as another recruit navigating the institutional friction of the force. Oh Jung-se and Lee Sang-yi contribute strong ensemble work, while Heo Sung-tae and Jeong Man-sik supply the series' sharper dramatic weight on both sides of the law. Director Shim Na Yeon orchestrates the tonal shifts — comedy to violence to drama — with a steady hand across the eight-episode arc.
Context & significance
South Korean genre television has earned a devoted following among Persian-speaking diaspora viewers, and Good Boy fits squarely into the tradition of ensemble crime dramas where the team itself is the real story — think camaraderie under pressure, bureaucratic absurdity, and deeply personal stakes dressed in procedural clothing. The series is available on K-Time with full Persian dubbing as well as Persian subtitles, making it equally accessible whether you prefer listening in Farsi or following the original Korean performances. For viewers who grew up watching underdog sports stories and police procedurals side by side, this series speaks both languages fluently.
Where & how to watch
Good Boy is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, cancel anytime. The full series is ready to watch immediately after signing in.