Pied Piper (TV series)
| Pied Piper | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster | |
| Genre | Police procedural |
| Written by | Ryoo Yong-jae |
| Directed by | Kim Hong-seon |
| Starring | Shin Ha-kyun Jo Yoon-hee Yoo Jun-sang |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Park Ho-sik |
| Producer | Kim Sung-min |
| Running time | 75 minutes |
| Production company | Contents K |
| Original release | |
| Network | tvN |
| Release | March 7 – April 26, 2016 |
Pied Piper (Korean: 피리부는 사나이; RR: Piribuneun Sanai) is a 2016 South Korean police procedural-crime drama television series. It replaced Cheese in the Trap and aired on cable network tvN on Mondays and Tuesdays at 23:00 (KST) for 16 episodes from March 7, 2016 to April 26, 2016.[1][2][3]
Plot
Joo Sung-chan and his team of crisis negotiators attempt to defuse highly dangerous situations, including hostage crises, suicides, and terrorism, through non-violent means.
Cast
Main cast
- Shin Ha-kyun as Joo Sung-chan – A genius negotiator in the past, currently an outside advisor of the police Crisis Negotiation Team
- Choi Won-hong as young Joo Sung-chan
- Jo Yoon-hee as Yeo Myung-ha – An inspector, Crisis Negotiation Team member
- Jeon Min-seo as young Yeo Myung-ha
- Yoo Jun-sang as Yoon Hee-sung – The real Pied Piper, an anchor of TNN Night News channel
- ko as Jung Soo-kyung – A Pied Piper
People around Joo Sung-chan
- ko as Seo Geon-il – K-Group chairman
- Choi Won-hong as Seo Joon – Seo Geon-il's son
- ko as Kang Hong-seok – K-Group management director, chairman's brother-in-law
- ko as Jung Tae-soo – a member of Assembly
People around Yeo Myung-ha
- Jo Jae-yoon as Han Ji-hoon – SWAT team leader
- ko as Oh Ha-na – police officer of general switchboard 112
- ko as Gong Ji-man – Crisis Negotiation Team leader
- ko as Choi Sung-beom – Sergeant, digital forensic expert
- ko as Jo Jae-hee – Sergeant, profiler
- ko as Yang Dong-woo – Seoul district police chief
People around Yoon Hee-sung
- ko as Yoon Bo-ram – TNN channel social affairs reporter, Yoon Hee-sung's junior
Extended cast
- ko as Jung Hyun-ho – brother of the victim who died during the hostage kidnapping in the Philippines
- ko as director Lee Joon-kyung
- Park Ji-hwan as Heo Tae-woong – the bank robber
- Kwon Hyuk-joon – attempts suicide on the Han river bridge
- ko as Kim Jae-gon
- Kwak Dong-yeon as Gong Jung-in – Gong Ji-man's son
- ko as Noh Kyung-seok – former TNN syndicate president
- Lee Kan-hee as Moon Ji-hye – a doctor, Oh Jung-hak's friend
- ko as judge
- Park Hyo-seon
- ko as Yeon Joon-hee
- ko as Goo Dong-man
- Park Shi-in as Jung Chan-gyu
- ko as Shin Won-chang
- ko as factory magamement director
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- Kim Jung-seok as factory's CEO
- Yang Fan
- Cao Fei Fei as Shanshan
- Lee Won-jong as detective Lee Cheol-yong
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- Heo Min-young
- ko as airplane hacker
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Cameo appearances
- Sung Dong-il as Oh Jung-hak – former Crisis Negotiation Team leader
- Kim Min-seo as Lee Joo-eun – Joo Sung-chan's lover
Ratings
In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
| Episode # | Original broadcast date | AGB | TNMS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 7, 2016 | 3.307% | 3.0% |
| 2 | March 8, 2016 | 3.625% | 3.5% |
| 3 | March 14, 2016 | 2.347% | 2.2% |
| 4 | March 15, 2016 | 2.516% | 2.3% |
| 5 | March 21, 2016 | 2.066% | 2.0% |
| 6 | March 22, 2016 | 1.428% | 1.6% |
| 7 | March 28, 2016 | 1.869% | 1.5% |
| 8 | March 29, 2016 | 2.036% | 2.0% |
| 9 | April 4, 2016 | 2.170% | 2.0% |
| 10 | April 5, 2016 | 2.421% | 1.7% |
| 11 | April 11, 2016 | 1.452% | 1.3% |
| 12 | April 12, 2016 | 1.900% | 1.8% |
| 13 | April 18, 2016 | 1.464% | 1.5% |
| 14 | April 19, 2016 | 1.744% | 1.8% |
| 15 | April 25, 2016 | 1.891% | 1.5% |
| 16 | April 26, 2016 | 1.932% | 1.7% |
| Average | 2.1355% | 1.9625% | |
References
- ^ Jo Min-jeong (February 25, 2016). "신하균 "나눌 이야기가 많은 드라마"…tvN '피리부는 사나이'". Yonhap News.
- ^ "신하균, tvN '피리부는 사나이' 출연 확정… 협상 전문가로 변신". Asia Economy Daily. December 14, 2015.
- ^ Park Sojung (February 25, 2016). "(LEAD) Actress Jo Yoon-hee works with old crush in 'Pied Piper'". Yonhap News.