D.P.
Promotional poster for season 2
Also known as	Deserter Pursuit
Hangul	디피
RR	Dipi
MR	Tip'i
Genre	Military drama[1] Action[2]
Based on	D.P Dog's Day by Kim Bo-tong
Screenplay by	Kim Bo-tong Han Jun-hee
Directed by	Han Jun-hee
Starring	Jung Hae-in Koo Kyo-hwan Kim Sung-kyun Son Suk-ku
Music by	Primary[3]
Opening theme	"Crazy" by Kevin Oh
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producers	Byun Seung-min[3] Han Jun-hee[3]
Producer	Kim Dong-min[3]
Cinematography	Yoo Ji-sun[3]
Editor	Park Min-sun[3]
Running time	41–64 minutes
Production companies	Climax Studio[3] Shotcake[3]
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	August 27, 2021 (2021-08-27) – July 28, 2023 (2023-07-28)

D.P. (Korean: 디피; an acronym forDeserter Pursuit) is a South Korean military action television series forNetflix. Directed byHan Jun-hee, from a screenplay by Kim Bo-tong and Han, based on theLezhin webtoonD.P Dog's Day by Kim, and starringJung Hae-in,Koo Kyo-hwan,Kim Sung-kyun, andSon Suk-ku.^[4][5] The first season was released on August 27, 2021,^[6][7] and the second season was released on July 28, 2023.^[8][9]

Set in 2014,D.P. tells the story of a team ofKorean military police with their mission to catchdeserters.

The series magnifies the undesirable nature of themilitary, especially within aSouth Korean context. The widespreadbullying andhazing as well as the mindset for the "survival of the fittest" are rife, with those presumed the "weakest" thrown to the bottom of the pile and served horrifying experiences at the hands of their superiors and compatriots.

Private Ahn Jun-ho andCorporal Han Ho-yeol team up to find thedeserters, and they end up on an adventurous journey.

Season 2 is a direct continuation of Season 1. Like the first season, Season 2 magnifies the undesirable nature of the South Korean military, but it is mostly done through the perspective ofsenior officers, covering topics such ascorruption,LGBTQ+ discrimination, and the question of whether the military as an organization is responsible for soldiers who act out violently due to abuse by their fellow soldiers.

• Kwon Hae-hyo as Ahn Joon-ho's father (Eps. 1, 3-4, 11)
• Lee Joong-ok as anhanjeungmak employee (Ep. 2)
• Won Ji-an as Moon Young-ok (Eps. 3, 9)^[15]
• Choi Hee-jin as Girl in pink jacket (Ep. 12)^[16]

In late June 2020,Lezhin Entertainment officially announced that Lezhin Studio and Homemade Film would co-produce a 6-part adaptation of the hit webtoonD.P: Dog Days by Kim Bo-tong, to be released exclusively throughNetflix.^[17][18] The story is based on Kim's own experience during his mandatory military service.^[19]

Director and co-writerHan Jun-hee had wanted to work on the webtoon's adaptation "for five or six years [before he] finally got a chance" to do so.^[20] Though Ahn Joon-ho is aCorporal in the webtoon, Han wanted him to be aPrivate in the series so people could "resonate with the story and consider Joon-ho as a friend who just started his military service."^[21]

On September 1, 2021,Jung Hae-in revealed during an interview that he is "looking forward to season 2, and the director and writer are already writing the script." On May 31, 2022,Netflix officially announced the production of the season 2 with all four main cast reprising their roles.^[22]

On December 14, 2021, a second season was confirmed.^[23]

On September 3, 2020,Jung Hae-in,Koo Kyo-hwan,Kim Sung-kyun andSon Suk-ku were confirmed to star in the series.^[24][25] Koo's character does not appear in the webtoon, which he found "hard but exciting to portray a character exclusive to the series."^[26] To prepare for his role, Koo received help from hisroad manager who was part of the D.P. team during his military service.^[27] As for Jung, he practiced boxing for three months before filming began, in order to do his own action scenes.^[28]

Kim Bo-tong, who wrote the webtoon and co-wrote the series, commented that he "never dreamed of such a cast. They fit so perfectly into their roles that it seems like the roles were written for them."^[29]

Principal photography began in the summer of 2020.^[30]

Following its release, the series topped Netflix's Top 10 in South Korea.^[31]

William Schwartz ofHanCinema praisedJung Hae-in's acting, commenting that he "is sublime here, in a brooding cinematic role radically different from the romances he's better known for." He added that "D.P. is worth watching, not just by people curious what South Korean mandatory military service is really like, but anyone from any country who's seriously thinking about joining up."^[32]

Pierce Conran of theSouth China Morning Post gave the series a 4.5/5 rating, noting that "D.P. hits home with a story that spans the past and present, as it acknowledges that yesterday's problems can still be today's." He also praised the cinematography as well as Jung and Koo's "electric chemistry".^[33]

Greg Wheeler ofThe Review Geek rated the series 4.3/5, noting that "D.P. is a stunning Korean drama [which] takes an unflinching look at bullying, the effect it has on mental health and larger societal questions about the mandatory military service in Korea" and praising the series for its "impressive" cinematography and for the way it "explore[s] a very sensitive and prevalent topic in a raw, artistic and unflinching way."^[34]

In a mixed review, Hidzir Junaini ofNME gave the series a 3/5 rating, commenting that "Kim Bo-tong andHan Jun-hee must be given credit for how this series tackles such extraordinarily difficult and tragic subject matter with compassion and sensitivity", and praising the "uniformly excellent performances, splendid cinematography, addictive pacing, and intrepid commitment to shedding light on the appalling culture of bullying in the military", but criticizing the "weak characterization [of the] three main leads" as well as the "ludicrous escalation of events during its climax, which suddenly turns a fairly grounded show into a melodramatic action thriller."^[35]

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