Bad Guys

Details[]

Title: 나쁜 녀석들 / Nappeun Nyeosukdeul
Genre: Crime, thriller, action
Episodes: 11
Broadcast network: OCN
Broadcast period: 2014-Oct-04 to 2014-Dec-13
Air time: Saturday 22:00
Original Soundtrack: Bad Guys OST
Related TV shows: Bad Guys: City of Evil (2017)

Synopsis[]

Detectives Oh Goo Tak (Kim Sang Joong) and Yoo Mi Young (Kang Ye Won) rally up a team of criminals to catch other criminals. Their team includes serial killer psychopath Lee Jung Moon (Park Hae Jin), contract killer Jung Tae Soo (Jo Dong Hyuk), and mob boss Park Woong Chul (Ma Dong Suk).

The team is called upon when there is a major homicide case. However, the key mystery of the series is revolving around Jung Moon as he is believed to be the serial killer who has killed Oh Goo Tak's daughter. But Oh Goo Tak has doubts and puts this team together. Is Jung Moon really the killer everyone believes him to be?

The team starts to discover forgiveness and the hope of starting anew.

Cast[]

Main Cast

Kim Sang Joong as Oh Goo Tak
Ma Dong Suk as Park Woong Chul
Park Hae Jin as Lee Jung Moon
Jo Dong Hyuk as Jung Tae Soo
Kang Ye Won as Yoo Mi Young

Extended Cast

Kang Shin Il as Nam Goo Hyun
Min Ji Ah as Park Sun Jung
Hwang Seung Eon as Yang Yoo Jin
Park Jung Hak as Lee Doo Kwang
Kim Tae Hoon as Oh Jae Won
Ki Se Hyung (기세형) as Kang Doo Man
Kim Jae Seung as Woo Hyun Woo
Kim Sung Hoon as Lee Suk Jin
Son Se Bin as Hyun Woo's fiancee
Jun Jin Seo as Kim Young Joon
Nam Sung Jin as Kim Dong Ho
Park Jung Woo as Son Moon Ki
Park Hyo Joon as Yoon Chul Joo
Park Sung Taek (박성택) as Kim Do Shik
Nam Tae Boo (남태부) as Korean-Chinese
Jang Sun Ho (장선호) as Park Jong Suk
Kim Jung Hak as Park Chang Joon
Kim Hye Yoon as Oh Ji Yun
Heo Dong Won
Ahn Byung Kyung
Park Ji Hong

Cameos

Kwon Min as Nam Gun Wook (police officer, Nam Goo Hyun's son) (ep 1-2)
Kim Jong Goo as Im Jong Dae (ep 2, pawn shop owner)
Joo Min Ha as Bae Ji Yun (ep 2)
Kim Byung Choon as serial killer obsessed with blood (ep 2)
Seo Hye Jin as Shin So Jung (ep 3)
Kim Ji Hoon as chief Ri (ep 3)
Kim Sun Bin (김선빈) as Yang Shi Chul (ep 3)
Lee Yong Nyeo as Hwang Kyung Soon (ep 4)
Choi Young (ep 5)
Jung Soo In (ep 5)
Jin Hyun Kwang (진현광) as Kang Suk Ho (ep 5)
Choi Kyu Hwan as Jang Myung Jin (ep 5)
Lee Kyu Sub
Choi Min
Goo Jung Rim
Heo Jae Ho as Cha Shil Jang

Production Credits[]

Production company: Urban Works Media
Chief Producer: Park Ho Shik (박호식)
Director: Kim Jung Min, Shin Yong Hwi
Screenwriter: Han Jung Hoon

Episode Ratings[]

Note: This drama airs on cable channel / pay TV which has a relatively small audience compared to free-to-air TV / public broadcasters (KBS, MBC, SBS, and EBS).

Date	Episode	Subtitles	Nationwide
2014-10-04	01	Crazy Dogs	1.25
2014-10-11	02	Outlaw	2.17
2014-10-18	03	Human Market	2.38
2014-10-25	04	Too Many Bad Guys	3.55
2014-11-01	05	Reason for Murder	3.78
2014-11-08	06	Desperate Chase	3.82
2014-11-15	07	In the Line of Fire	3.33
2014-11-22	08	Truth's Shadow	3.21
2014-11-29	09	Tropical Night	2.93
2014-12-06	10	The Knife is Dancing	3.31
2014-12-13	11	Back to the World	4.13
Average			3.08%

Source: AGB Nielsen Korea (cable standard ratings)