'100 Days of Deception' breathes new life into colonial-era spy drama
“Please don't cry, Mr. Kim Tae-woong.” Lee Ga-kyung (Kim You-jung), a spy for an independence movement group, comforts Sato Hideo (Park Jin-young), an interpreter at the Japanese Government-General of Korea who is devastated after learning that his adoptive father took part in a massacre of a Korean village. She calls him by his Korean name, Kim Tae-woong, which he has had to conceal. It is a moment of genuine connection between two people who have spent their lives deceiving each other. Since Episode 8, tvN's weekend drama “100 Days of Deception" has been on a steep upward trajectory. Episode 10, which aired Sunday, recorded an average nationwide rating of 10.7 percent, according to Nielsen Korea, more than doubling the 5.3 percent logged by its premiere and taking the series into double digits. While many dramas have explored the independence movement against Japanese colonial rule and the world of spies and informants, the series has been praised for cleverly subverting familiar tropes to deliver a well-crafted drama. The show's distinguishing feature is its story, driven not b
