Korean actor Joo Won, known for the dramas “Alice,” “Yong-pal,” and “My Sassy Girl,” will be starring in a Netflix movie that will premiere in August. 

Joo Won will headline the film “Carter,” which will be released on Aug. 5. This is the first major Korean film from Netflix that will air in the second half of the year. 

In the film, Joo Won plays an agent who has to risk his life while figuring out who he is.

“Two months into a deadly pandemic originating from the DMZ that has devastated the US and North Korea, ‘Carter’ awakens, with no recollections of his past. In his head is a mysterious device, and in his mouth, a lethal bomb. A strange voice in his ears gives him orders. The bomb may go off at any time — unless he rescues the girl who is the sole antidote to the virus. But the CIA and a North Korean coup are hot on his heels,” according to Netflix. 

In “Carter,” Joo Won wakes up in a motel with no recollection of his identity, except for a voice in his ear that calls him “Carter.” Following the voice’s orders, Carter goes on an exhilarating mission to save a kidnapped girl.

The film is directed by Jung Byung-gil, who helmed the films “The Villainess” and “Confession of Murder.”