Director: Park Yoo-young
A kidnapping plan goes hilariously and dangerously off script in The Kidnapping Day, a South Korean 2023 series that pairs a clumsy would-be criminal with a child smarter than everyone around him.
What is The Kidnapping Day about?
Desperate and out of options, a struggling father decides that kidnapping is his only way out of a mounting crisis, but the boy he grabs turns out to be far too clever to play the part of a helpless victim. What starts as a straightforward crime spirals as the child begins steering events from inside his own abduction, pulling in other people whose lives intersect with the botched plan in unexpected ways. The series balances comic misadventure with real tension, using the mismatch between its two central characters to keep the story moving through twists neither of them planned for.
Cast & crew
Yoon Kye-sang leads as the father whose plan unravels almost immediately, opposite Jeon Yu-na as the unexpectedly resourceful child at the center of it all. Park Sung-hoon, Kim Shin-rock, Kim Sang-ho, Seo Jae-hee, Kang Yeong-seok, and Choi Eun-woo fill out an ensemble that widens the story well beyond its two leads.
Context & significance
Directed by Park Yoo-young and released in 2023, The Kidnapping Day holds an 8.0 rating on IMDb, a strong score reflecting how well it blends crime, comedy, and mystery without letting any one tone dominate. Each episode runs about an hour, giving the series room to layer subplots around its central premise while keeping the central father-and-child dynamic at the emotional core of every episode. The show's willingness to keep escalating its premise, rather than resolving the kidnapping plot early, is a big part of why it has built a following well beyond its home market.
Where & how to watch
The Kidnapping Day is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making its comic timing and plot twists easy to follow for Farsi-speaking audiences. Reading about the series and browsing its page costs nothing; watching the episodes requires signing into a K-Time account on a service built around a Farsi-first viewing experience.