Bad Thief, Good Thief

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Title: 도둑놈, 도둑님 / Bad Thief, Good Thief

Chinese Title: 小偷傢伙，小偷大人
Also known as: Jerk Thief, Honorable Thief / Thief-nom, Thief-nim
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 50 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2017-May-13 to 2017-Oct-29
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 22:00

Synopsis

This is a drama about a group of thieves who cause damage to a small, elite group who secretly manipulates South Korea.

Cast

Main Cast

Seohyun as Kang So Joo
– Kim Ah In (김아인) as Kang So Joo (4 years old)
– Moon So Hee (문소희) as Kang So Joo (10 years old)
Ji Hyun Woo as Jang Dol Mok
– Heo Joon Woo (허준우)as Jang Dol Mok (4 years old)
– Kim Kang Hoon as Jang Dol Mok (10 years old)
Im Joo Eun as Yoon Hwa Young
Kim Ji Hoon as Han Joon Hee

Supporting Cast

Ahn Kil Kang as Jang Pan Soo
Choi Jong Hwan as Yoon Joong Tae
Jang Gwang as Hong Il Kwon
Kim Jung Tae as Kang Seong Il
Jung Kyung Soon as Park Ha Kyung
Lee Joo Shil as Kim Soon Chun
Seo Yi Sook as Hong Mi Ae
Choi Soo Rin as Hong Sin Ae
Jo Duk Hyun as Kim Chan Ki
Shin Eun Jung

Production Credits

Directors: Oh Kyung Hoon, Jang Joon Ho
Scriptwriter: Son Young Mok, Cha Yi Young

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Lookout

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Title: 파수꾼 / Lookout

Chinese Title: 守望者
Also Known as: Bleak Night
Genre: Action, Crime
Broadcast network: MBC
Episodes: 16 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast period: 2017-May-22 to 2017-July-11
Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 22:00

Synopsis

This drama tells the Story about a group of people who get together to overcome their pain of having lost their loved ones to crime.

Cast

Main Cast

Kim Young Kwang as Jang Do Han
Lee Si Young as Jo Soo Ji
Kim Tae Hoon as Kim Eun Joong
Kim Seul Gi as Seo Bo Mi
Key as Kong Kyung Soo

Others

Shin Dong Wook as Lee Kwan Woo
Kim Sun Young as Lee Sun Ae
Choi Moo Sung as Yoon Seung Ro
Kim Sang Ho as Oh Kwang Ho
Lee Ji Won as Jin Se Won
Jun Mi Sun as Park Yoon Hee

Production Credits

Director: Son Hyung Suk
Scriptwriter: Kim Soo Eun

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Seven Day Queen

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Title: 7일의 왕비 / Seven Day Queen

Chinese Title: 七日的王妃
Also Known as: Queen for Seven Days
Genre: Historical, Romance
Episodes: 20 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2017-May-31 to 2017-Aug-03
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00

Synopsis

This drama is about the tragic love story between real life King Jungjong (Yun Woo Jin) and his wife Queen Dangyeong (Park Min Young), who was crowned and deposed from the throne within seven days.

Cast

Main Cast

Yun Woo Jin as Lee Yuk / King Jungjong
– Baek Seung Hwan as Lee Yuk (young)
Park Min Young as Shin Chae Kyung / Queen Dangyeong
– Park Shi Eun as Shin Chae Kyung (young)
Lee Dong Gun as Lee Yoong / King Yeonsangun

People around Lee Yuk

Do Ji Won as Queen Jeonghyeon
Song Ji In as Deposed Queen Sin
Son Eun Seo as Jang Nok Soo

People around Shin Chae Kyung

Jang Hyun Sung as Shin Soo Geun
Kang Ki Young as Jo Kwang Jo
Kang Shin Il as Im Sa Hong
Park Won Sang as Park Won Jong

Others

Yoo Min Kyu as Ki Ryong
Hwang Chan Sung as Seo Noh
Go Bo Kyul as Myung Hye
Kim Ki Cheon as Seo Noh’s father

Production Credits

Director: Lee Jung Sub
Scriptwriter: Choi Jin Young

Note

Lee Jin Wook was first offered the lead male role, but declined.

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Return of Lucky Pot

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Title: 돌아온 복단지 / Return of Lucky Pot
Chinese Title: 回來的福丹芝
Previously Known as: 단지 널 사랑해 / I Love You Dan Ji
Genre: Family, Romance, Melodrama
Episodes: 120 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2017-May-15
Air time: Monday to Friday 19:15

Synopsis
This is a drama about a woman who is poor but proud, meeting a prince who has hit the ground and realizes the true meaning of love and family.
Bok Dan Ji (Kang Sung Yun) supports her family as a bus driver for a private institute. She meets Han Jung Ok (Go Se Won) who is from a wealthy background and then falls in love with her.

Cast
Main Cast
Kang Sung Yun as Bok Dan Ji
Go Se Won as Han Jung Ok
Song Sun Mi as Park Seo Jin
Lee Pil Mo as Oh Min Kyu
Park Seo Jin’s Family
Go Eun Mi
Lee Jung Gil
Lee Hye Sook
Park Joon Hyuk
Lee Hyung Chul
Others
Jin Ye Sol as Shin Ye Won
Lee Joo Woo as Shin Hwa Young
Park In Hwan
Sun Woo Eun Sook
Kim Na Woon
Moon Chun Shik
Lee Duk Hee
Han Jin Hee
Production Credits

Director: Kwon Sung Chang
Screenwriter: Ma Joo Hee

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Third-Rate My Way

Title: 쌈 마이웨이 / Third-Rate My Way
Chinese Title: 三流之路
Also known as: Fight for My Way / Ssam, My Way
Genre: Workplace, Romance
Episodes: 20 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2017-May-22 to 2017-July-25
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00

Synopsis
A romance drama about two people who chase their dreams in life, despite facing harsh reality which brings them down.
In their school days, Ko Dong Man (Park Seo Joon) took part in Taekwondo. Now, he makes a living by working as a contract employee and also goes after the UFC title. Meanwhile, Choi Ae Ra (Kim Ji Won) hope to become an announcer, but she gave up her dream. Now, she works at the information desk of a department store.

Cast
Main Cast
Park Seo Joon as Ko Dong Man
Kim Ji Won as Choi Ae Ra
Ahn Jae Hong as Kim Joo Man
Song Ha Yoon as Baek Seol Hee
Supporting Cast
Pyo Ye Jin as Ye Jin
Lee Elliya as Hye Ran
Kim Sung Oh as Jang Ho
Chae Dong Hyun as Yang Tae Hee
Cameo
Choi Woo Sik as Moo Bin
Kwak Dong Yeon as Ae-Ra’s ex-boyfriend
Production Credits
Director: Lee Na Jung
Screenwriter: Im Sang Choon
Note

Chun Woo Hee was offered to cast in this drama but rejected after that.

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Circle

Title: 써클 : 이어진 두 세계 / Circle
Chinese Title: Circle：相連的兩個世界
Also known as: Circle: Two Connected Worlds
Genre: Sci-fi, Mystery
Broadcast network: tvN
Episodes: 10 (To Be Confirmed)
Broadcast period: 2017-May-22 to 2017-June-20
Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 23:00

Synopsis
Set in the present (2017) and the future (2037), the story is about an alien invasion in 2017 and the subsequent new Earth in 2037; which is separated into the “Smart Earth” where people’s emotions are controlled and no crimes and illness exist, and the “General Earth” where people still suffer from rampant plague and lawlessness.

Cast
Main Cast
Yeo Jin Goo as Kim Woo Jin
– Jung Ji Hoon as Kim Woo Jin (child)
Kim Kang Woo as Kim Joon Hyuk
Gong Seung Yun as Jung Yun
Supporting Cast
Lee Ki Kwang as Ho Soo
Kwon Hyuk Soo as Oh Hyung Sa
Seo Hyun Chul as Hong Jin Hong
Ahn Woo Yeon as Kim Bum Kyoon
– Kim Ye Joon as Kim Bum Kyoon (child)
Jung In Sun as Park Min Young
Oh Ui Shik as Dong Soo
– Jung Joon Won as Dong Soo (Child)
Han Sang Jin as Park Dong Gun
Song Young Kyu as Han Yong Woo
Yoo Young as Shin Bi Seo
Choi Jin Ho
Production Credits

Director: Min Jin Ki
Screenwriters: Ryu Moon Sang, Kim Jin Hee, Yoo Hye Mi, Park Eun Mi

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My Sassy Girl (SBS)

Title: 엽기적인 그녀 / My Sassy Girl
Chinese Title: 我的野蠻女友
Genre: Historical, Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 32 (30 minutes/episode)
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2017-May-29 to 2017-July-18
Air Time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00 (2 episodes back-to-back)

Synopsis
This is a 100% Pre-produced drama. Filming began on 2016-August and finished on 2017-March. It’s based on the 2001 movie “My Sassy Girl” but set in a historical time period.
It’s about Love story of a cold city scholar Kyun Woo (Joo Won) who’s known as “Joseon’s national treasure” and the sassy princess Hye Myung (Oh Yeon Seo) in a Joseon Dynasty era.
Cast

Main Cast
Joo Won as Kyun Woo
Oh Yeon Seo as Princess Hye Myung
Lee Jung Shin as Kang Joon Young
Kim Yoon Hye as Jung Da Yun
Supporting Cast
Kwak Hee Sung as Park Chang Hui
Shim Hyung Tak as Choon Poong
Jung Woong In as Jung Ki Joon
Son Chang Min
Jung Da Bin as Gyun Hee
Yoon Se Ah
Park Geun Soo
Lee Shi Un
Han Ji Woo as Boo Yong
Na Hye Mi
Kang Shin Hyo
Hong Sung Sook
Lee Si Kang
Lee Je Yeon
Oh Hee Joong
Cameo
Kim Min Joon
Jang Young Nam
Sul Jung Hwan as Maeng Gwang Soo
Production Credits
Production Company: Huayi Brothers
Producers: Shim Jung Woon, Kim Dong Rae, Shin Chul
Director: Oh Jin Suk
Screenwriters: Yoon Hyo Je
Note

Initially, Kim Joo Hyun was selected as female lead through auditions but then was replaced by Oh Yeon Seo after that.

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