Robber (TV series)
| Robber | |
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 Promotional poster for Robber | |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Written by | Kim Kyu-wan |
| Directed by | Yoo In-shik |
| Starring | Jang Hyuk Lee Da-hae |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Korea |
| Running time | 50 minutes on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 (KST) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| Release | 2 January – 28 February 2008 |
Robber (Korean: 불한당; RR: Bulhandang; lit. "Con Man") is a 2008 South Korean television series starring Jang Hyuk and Lee Da-hae. It aired on SBS from January 2 to February 28, 2008 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 16 episodes.[1]
This is the first time that Jang and Lee were paired together onscreen; they would later star in The Slave Hunters (2010) and Iris II (2013).[2]
Plot
After graduating from high school, Jin Dal-rae begins working at a local bank in Pyeongchang County. There, she meets Jang Tae-oh, a mountain climber, and she follows him to Seoul, where they get married. Dal-rae becomes pregnant, but before the baby is born, Tae-oh is killed in a freak accident in the mountains. Dal-rae moves in with her mother-in-law, Lee Soon-seom, and together the two women raise her daughter, Yoo-jin.
Several years pass, and Soon-seom herself encourages Dal-rae to move on, even setting her up on blind dates. During one such date, Dal-rae meets the elderly and wealthy Chairman Kim, who isn't really looking for a young wife, but searching for a prospective spouse for his socially inept son Jin-goo. Chairman Kim is impressed with Dal-rae's kindness and integrity, and is determined that she become his daughter-in-law.
Meanwhile, Dal-rae also encounters Kwon Oh-joon. Oh-joon was once a boxer, but he quit because he didn't want to mess up his "pretty boy" face. Since then, he has been masquerading as a fund manager, but in reality he is a con artist who lives off lonely, gullible women by scamming them. His sister Oh-sook is married to an abusive husband, and Oh-joon has been paying off her debts, but he soon grows desperate with the loan sharks hounding him and threatening to kill him unless he pays up. Learning that Dal-rae has been saving to start her own business, she becomes his next target. But as he gets to know her and her family, Oh-joon finds himself falling in love for real.
Cast
- Jang Hyuk as Kwon Oh-joon[3]
- Lee Da-hae as Jin Dal-rae
- Kim Jung-tae as Kim Jin-goo
- Kim Hae-sook as Lee Soon-seom, Dal-rae's mother-in-law
- Hong Kyung-in as Kim Man-doo, Oh-joon's friend
- Son Byong-ho as Kim Ho-jin, gangster boss
- Yoon Yoo-sun as Kwon Oh-sook, Oh-joon's sister
- Kim Hwan-hee as Jang Yoo-jin (nicknamed "Soon-dae"), Dal-rae's daughter
- Kang Ki-hwa as Kim Yeon-ah
- Choi Eun-sook
- Kim In-ae as Chairman Kim, Jin-goo's father
- Ma Dong-seok as Jong-goo, debt collector
- Im Hyung-woon as the other debt collector
- Seo Yoo-jung as Oh-joon's ex-girlfriend
- Jung Gyu-woon as Jang Tae-oh, Dal-rae's husband
- Kim Eun-joo as Young-sook (cameo, ep 1)
- Shin Seung-hwan
References
- ^ "Robber". KoreanWiz. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
- ^ Oh, Jean (14 November 2012). "Will IRIS sequel deliver?". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
- ^ Kwon, Mee-yoo (10 February 2008). "Actor Jang Hyuk Becomes Father". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-08-17.