Series

Swallow the Sun

★ 5.1(10)20091h 0m1 season

Swallow the Sun is streaming on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads in South Korea. Availability checked 11 June 2026.

Where to watch Swallow the Sun

🇰🇷 South Korea

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Release date: 2009-07-09
Runtime: 1h 0m
Language: Korean
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 25
Network: SBS
Status: Ended
Country: South Korea

About Swallow the Sun

Swallow the Sun is a 2009 web series in the Action & Adventure and Drama genres, starring Ji Sung, Sung Yu-ri and Lee Wan. It spans 1 season and 25 episodes, and originally aired on SBS. It holds an average rating of 5.1/10 from 10 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Swallow the Sun in South Korea — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Jung-woo was abandoned by his birth parents when he was a baby and became friends with Soo-hyun, who became his sweetheart. After rescuing Chairman Jang, he is adopted by him and becomes a bodyguard to the chairman’s son. Jung-woo is reunited with Soo-hyun at Tae-hyuk’s school but even though Soo-hyun loves him, she chooses Tae-hyuk who offers to help her achieve her dream career. So both Tae-hyuk and Soo-hyun go to USA for their studies. Jung-woo is eventually betrayed by Chairman Jang but he is called to Las Vegas by Jackson Lee, a military buddy, who offers him an opportunity to rebuild his life. In Las Vegas, Jung-woo meets Soo-hyun and Tae-hyuk by coincidence. In his line of work as a private bodyguard, Jung-woo saves the life of the king of a small African nation and is asked by the king to rescue his son from the rebels in return for rights to a diamond mine. So Jung-woo heads to Africa, risking his life to claim the mine. Meanwhile, Tae-hyuk and Soo-hyun return to Seogwipo city on Jeju island at Chairman Jang’s request. Tae-hyuk is put in charge of managing a hotel there while Soo-hyun becomes the head of event planning. After gaining control of the diamond mine in African, Jung-woo returns to Jeju and engages in a struggle against chairman Jang and Tae-hyuk… He learns a shocking secret that shakes the foundation of his very existence.