“Hyper Knife,” the medical thriller K-drama that had audiences on the edge of their seats with its shocking twists, captivating storyline, and realistic depictions of dangerous medical procedures, was nominated in the TV Movie/Mini-Series category at the 2026 International Emmy® Awards.
A Disney+ Korea original, “Hyper Knife” was also nominated alongside other international Disney+ titles including the United Kingdom’s “A Thousand Blows” (Drama Series) and Mexico’s “La Peor Vuelta Al Mundo” (“The Worst Trip Around The World”) (Non-Scripted Entertainment).
First premiering in March 2025, “Hyper Knife” is a contemporary medical thriller with a syringe full of twists that follows Seok, a visionary neurosurgeon with unparalleled skill with a scalpel. Addicted to the operating room and obsessed with honing her abilities, Seok suddenly finds herself shunned by her mentor and stripped of her medical license after uncovering a shocking truth.
Refusing to let go of her life’s work, Seok continues to carry out back-alley operations for some of society’s least desirable individuals until her former mentor comes asking for her help. Torn between the chance to successfully carry out an impossible operation or exact her revenge on the man who stripped her of her future, find out what Seok decides in “Hyper Knife,” now streaming exclusively on Disney+.
Starring Park Eun-bin (“Extraordinary Attorney Woo,” “The King’s Affection”) as visionary neurosurgeon Jeong Seok and Sul Kyung-gu (“Memoir of a Murderer,” “Oasis”) as her equally skilled former mentor, Choi Deok-he, “Hyper Knife” is written by Kim Sun-hee (“Quiz From God: Reboot”) and directed by Kim Jung-hyun (“After the Rain,” “My Fellow Citizens!”).